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Major Holley
real name Major Quincy Holley Jr.
Major Holley is credited on 956 releases across 191 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
956
Credits
191
Albums
8
Decades active
129
In collections
Biography
Major "Mule" Holley Jr. (July 10, 1924 – October 25, 1990) was an American jazz double bassist.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
956 releases · 191 albums · active 1951–2026
- Performance · 1,180
- Other credits · 30
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · Village Gate · VIllage Gate
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Midnight Blue
1963

Night Lights
2025

Legrand Jazz
1958

Today And Now
1963

I Heard That!!
1976

Gula Matari
1970

L.A. Is My Lady
1984

Plays Hip Hits
1963

A Sample Of Blue Notes
1987

Sign Of The Times
1981

Giants Of The Tenor Saxophone / The Genius Of Ben Webster And Coleman Hawkins
1974

Bluesey Burrell
1963

Desafinado (Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba)
1962

The Best Of Blue Note
1984

Blues 'N' Jazz
1983

You Fats...Me Jane (Fats Waller Revisited)
1975

Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz - Volume 1 - 1959 - 1969
1969

Spirits Up Above: The Rahsaan Roland Kirk Anthology - The Atlantic Years 1965-1976
2012

The Artist Selects
2005

The Best Of Blue Note
1991

Jazz Masters Of The Sax
1983

Light And Lovely
1978

Chicago 'N All That Jazz
1975

The Art Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Atlantic Years
1973
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