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Nelson Boyd
Camden, United States
Nelson Boyd is credited on 617 releases across 146 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
617
Pressings credited
146
Albums
8
Decades active
167
In collections
Biography
Nelson Boyd (February 6, 1928, Camden, New Jersey – October 1985) was an American bebop jazz bassist.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
617 releases · 146 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 696
- Other credits · 2
Studios: WOR Studios · Apex Studios, New York · Pasadena Civic Auditorium · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Birth Of The Cool
1957
Genius Of Modern Music
1951
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Thelonious Monk Trio
1956
Genius Of Modern Music Volume 2
1956
The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1
1957
Sonny Stitt / Bud Powell / J.J. Johnson
1956
The Very Best
2005
The Best Of Thelonious Monk
1991
The Best Of Blue Note
1984
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker
1959
Dizzy In Greece
1957
Alone Together: The Best Of The Mercury Years
1995
Verve Jazz Masters 10
1994
The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Thelonious Monk
1983
Fats Navarro
1980
History Of Jazz
1978
Bird / The Savoy Recordings (Master Takes)
1976
Play Piano Play
1974
The Beginning And End Of Bop
1969
The Essential Dizzy Gillespie
1964
25 Years Blue Note Anniversary Album
1964
The Genius Of Charlie Parker
1955
The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection
2020
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