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Paul Motian
US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer
Philadelphia, United States • 1931-03-25 – 2011-11-22
Paul Motian is credited on 1,944 releases across 338 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,944
Pressings credited
338
Albums
8
Decades active
658
In collections
Credited work
1,944 releases · 338 albums · active 1955–2026
- Performance · 3,343
- Other credits · 60
- Production · 18
Studios: Village Vanguard · Generation Sound Studios · Tonstudio Bauer · Avatar Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Kind Of Blue
1959
Waltz For Debby
1962
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
1961
Portrait In Jazz
1960
Moon Beams
1962
Explorations
1961
Trio 64
1964
Know What I Mean?
1962
How My Heart Sings
1964
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
The Survivors' Suite
1977
Treasure Island
1974
New Jazz Conceptions
1957
Riverside Recordings
2010
Birth
1972
The Complete Live At The Village Vanguard 1961
2002
Amber Skies
1984
Eyes Of The Heart
1979
Backhand
1975
The Village Vanguard Sessions
1973
Expectations
1972
Woodstock 40 (3 Days Of Peace & Music)
2009
Classic Jazz Piano (1927-1957)
1988
Introspection
1986
Frequent collaborators
- Keith Jarrett
- Various
- Bill Evans
- Charlie Haden
- Bill Frisell
- Tony Scott (2)
- Paul Bley
- Paul Motian Trio
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