Performance · Production
Johnny Pate
Chicago Heights, United States • b. 1923-12-05
Johnny Pate is credited on 2,186 releases across 498 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,186
Pressings credited
498
Albums
8
Decades active
316
In collections
Biography
John William Pate (born December 5, 1923) is an American former musician, a jazz bassist who became a producer, arranger, and leading figure in Chicago soul, pop, funk and rhythm and blues. He learned piano and tuba as a child and later picked up the bass guitar. He learned arranging while serving in the United States Army.
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Credited work
2,186 releases · 498 albums · active 1951–2026
- Performance · 2,864
- Production · 798
- Other credits · 126
- Engineering · 3
Studios: RCA Studios, Chicago · Bell Sound Studios · Regal Theater · ABC Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Super Fly (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1972
Pieces Of A Man
1971
Live At The Regal
1965
Roots
1971
Completely Well
1969
Kingdom Come
2006
Nocturnal
1996
The Best Of Wes Montgomery
1967
The London Muddy Waters Sessions
1972
People Get Ready
1965
The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
1969
Movin' Wes
1965
Keep On Keeping On: Curtis Mayfield Studio Albums 1970-1974
2019
Anthology
2000
Together Again...Live
1976
Press Play
2006
Illusions
1976
Shaft In Africa
1973
Curtis In Chicago - Recorded Live
1973
Keep On Pushing
1964
The Hits Collection ◆ Volume One
2010
Ghostdini Wizard Of Poetry In Emerald City
2009
Love Lives Forever
1980
Life In A Tin Can
1973
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