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John Tchicai
Copenhagen, Denmark
John Tchicai is credited on 442 releases across 87 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
442
Pressings credited
87
Albums
7
Decades active
32
In collections
Biography
John Martin Tchicai ( chih-KYE; 28 April 1936 – 8 October 2012) was a Danish free jazz saxophonist and composer.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
442 releases · 87 albums · active 1962–2025
- Performance · 907
- Other credits · 68
- Production · 7
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Jazzhus Montmartre · Bell Sound Studios · Lady Mitchell Hall
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Complete Ascension
1991

The Album
1997

M 144
1969

Ascension (Edition II)
1966

Ascension (Edition I)
1966

Even The Moon Is Dancing
1985

Binder Quintet Featuring John Tchicai
1983

The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years, Vol. 2
1972

New York Eye And Ear Control
1966

Four For Trane
1965

The Early Albums Collection
2020

The Major Works Of John Coltrane
1992

Impulse Energy Essentials (A Developmental And Historical Introduction To The New Music)
1972

Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions
1969

New York Art Quartet
1965
Frequent collaborators
- Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra
- John Coltrane
- Various
- Albert Ayler
- Archie Shepp
- New York Art Quartet
- New York Contemporary 5
- Kristian Blak
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