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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
Credits
146
Albums
8
Decades active
186
In collections
Biography
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American jazz bassist, born February 6, 1928 in Camden, New Jersey, died October, 1985 in Camden, New Jersey
Played on numerous bop recordings in the late 1940s-early 1950s; after 1960 performed infrequently.
Bio from Discogs
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
Genius Of Modern Music Volume 2
1956
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Thelonious Monk Trio
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 Complete Genius
1976
The Best Of Blue Note
1984
The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Thelonious Monk
1983
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
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
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