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Mario Bauzá
real name Prudencio Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
Mario Bauzá is credited on 588 releases across 208 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
588
Credits
208
Albums
8
Decades active
97
In collections
Biography
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Mario Bauzá (April 28, 1911 in the Cayo Hueso section of Havana, Cuba – July 11, 1993 in New York City, USA) was a musician (reeds, trumpet) and arranger, he was married to Estella, Frank "Machito" Grillo's sister.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
588 releases · 208 albums · active 1951–2025
- Performance · 773
- Other credits · 59
- Production · 24
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Generation Sound Studios · Capitol Studios, New York City · Broadway Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas
1960

The Latin Bit
1963

April In Paris
1957

Tenderly
1989

Hi De Ho Man
1974

A Brighter Day
2000

Jazz & Blues Collection
1994

Cotton Club Stars
1984

The Best Of Dizzy Gillespie
1980

Afro-Cuban Jazz
1977

Stars Of The Apollo Theatre
1973

Kenya (Afro Cuban Jazz)
1958

Master Of The Big Band

Los Ritmos Calientes

Original Album Series
2009

From Avenue A To The Great White Way: Yiddish And American Popular Songs From 1914-1950
2002

Cuban Blues: The Chico O'Farrill Sessions
1996

Latin Jazz (Latino Heat Meets New York Cool)
1995

Afro-Cuba (The Jazz Roots Of Cuban Rhythm)
1995

Spinnin' The Webb - The Original Decca Recordings
1994

The Essential Charlie Parker
1992

The Most Important Recordings Of Cab Calloway
1989

Blue Bossa
1986

Reefer Songs (16 Original Jazz Classics)
1976
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Machito
- Chick Webb
- Cab Calloway
- Machito And His Orchestra
- Tito Puente
- Chick Webb And His Orchestra
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