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Les Spann

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.

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554

Pressings credited

103

Albums

8

Decades active

39

In collections

Biography

Leslie Spann Jr. (May 23, 1932 – January 24, 1989) was an American jazz guitarist and flautist. As a sideman he recorded with Nat Adderley, Benny Bailey, Bill Coleman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Curtis Fuller, Red Garland, Benny Goodman, Sam Jones, Abbey Lincoln, Charles Mingus, Duke Pearson, Jerome Richardson, Charlie Shavers, Sonny Stitt, Billy Taylor, Randy Weston, and Ben Webster. As a leader he recorded only once, the album Gemini in 1961.

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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

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