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Larry Willis

real name Lawrence Elliott Willis

New York City, United States · 1940-12-20 – 2019-09-29

Larry Willis is credited on 521 releases across 152 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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521

Credits

152

Albums

7

Decades active

137

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American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger from New York. Music director for Mapleshade Records in the 1990s & 2000s.
Born December 20, 1940 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA - Died September 29, 2019 in Baltimore Maryland, USA.

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Credited work

521 releases · 152 albums · active 1965–2025

  • Performance · 1,164
  • Other credits · 103
  • Production · 19

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Columbia Recording Studios · Camp Colomby · 914 Sound Studios

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