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Oscar Pettiford

Okmulgee, United States

Oscar Pettiford is credited on 3,625 releases across 855 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,625

Pressings credited

855

Albums

8

Decades active

358

In collections

Biography

Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom. Jazz bassist Christian McBride called Pettiford "probably the most important bass player of that bebop generation in terms of creating new language for the bass."

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3,625 releases · 855 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 5,221
  • Other credits · 76

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · WOR Studios · Reeves Sound Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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