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Les Spann
real name Leslie L. Spann jr.
Les Spann is credited on 554 releases across 103 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
554
Credits
103
Albums
8
Decades active
44
In collections
Biography
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American jazz guitarist and flutist, born 23 May 1932 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA; died 24 January 1989
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
554 releases · 103 albums · active 1957–2026
- Performance · 845
- Other credits · 64
Studios: Nola Recording Studios · Plaza Sound Studios · Columbia Recording Studios · Bell Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Abbey Is Blue
1960

Side By Side
1960

The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie
1960

Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
1959

Back To Back (Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues)
1959
The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones
1959

The Smooth One
1979

Blues Summit
1973

Mondo Cane #2
1964

At Newport '61
1961

Ben Webster And Associates
1959

The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All
1959

Verve Jazz Masters 43
1995

Verve Jazz Masters 4
1994

Verve Jazz Masters 10
1994

History Of Jazz
1978

Lock, The Fox
1966

Solar
1962

That's Right!
1960

Not So Dukish
1958

Night And Day - The Cole Porter Songbook

Uhuru Afrika (Freedom Africa)
1961

Fever
1958
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Duke Ellington
- Quincy Jones
- Johnny Hodges
- Ben Webster
- Sonny Stitt
- "Eddie ""Lockjaw"" Davis"
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