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Ralph Peña
Nevada, United States
Ralph Peña is credited on 562 releases across 105 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
562
Credits
105
Albums
8
Decades active
33
In collections
Biography
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American jazz bassist, born 24 February 1927 in Jarbidge in Nevada, USA and died in a car accident 20 May 1969 in Mexico-City, Mexico. He was well-known and acclaimed as supportive bassist in the 1950s and 1960s.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
562 releases · 105 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 683
- Other credits · 5
Studios: Pacific Jazz Studios · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · Capitol Studios · United Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Books
1959
The Swingin's Mutual!
1961
Music From The Soundtrack Of "The Man With The Golden Arm"
1956
Perspectives In Percussion: Volume 1
1961
Third Stream Music
1960
Martians Come Back
1956
The West Coast Sound Volume 1
1956
The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet
1956
Zootcase
1976
Manteca!
1965
Shearing Bossa Nova
1963
Bob Brookmeyer Featuring John Williams & Red Mitchell
1963
Bossa Nova Jazz Samba
1962
Perspectives In Percussion: Volume 2
1961
I Had The Craziest Dream
1958
The Big Shorty Rogers Express
1956
The Quartet & The Quintet
1956
The Blues
1956
The Billy May Sessions
1993
Catch Me!
1963
San Francisco Scene
1962
After Hours
1962
Swingin' On The Moon
1960
The Jimmy Giuffre 3
1957
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Shorty Rogers And His Giants
- The Jimmy Giuffre 3
- Bud Shank
- The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Jimmy Giuffre
- Bob Cooper
- Joe Pass
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