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Jymie Merritt

real name James Raleigh Merritt

Philadelphia, United States

Jymie Merritt is credited on 1,193 releases across 177 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,193

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177

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8

Decades active

346

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Jymie Merritt
Born on May 03, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died April 11, 2020
American jazz bassist, best known for his steadfast work in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, which he joined in 1958. Described by All About Jazz as the "quintessential hard bop bassist".
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1,193 releases · 177 albums · active 1958–2025

  • Performance · 1,323

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · L'Olympia · Birdland

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