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Ray Beckenstein
Ray Beckenstein is credited on 649 releases across 125 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
649
Credits
125
Albums
8
Decades active
206
In collections
Biography
American jazz saxophonist, flutist and multi-reed player
Played with Bobby Sherwood, Bob Chester, Benny Goodman, Orrin Tucker, George Paston, Artie Shaw, Shep Fields, Frank Sinatra and many others.
Born August 14, 1923 in New York City, New York, died August 24, 2009 in New York City, New York
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
649 releases · 125 albums · active 1953–2024
- Performance · 1,121
- Other credits · 66
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · RCA Recording Studios · Webster Hall · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Jazz Samba
1962

Out Of The Cool
1961

Wave
1967

California Dreaming
1967

Quiet Nights
1963

The Wiz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1978

Big Band Bossa Nova
1962

Bad Benson
1974

Guitar Forms
1965

The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings

Stars
1974

The Wiz (The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard Of Oz")
1975

Kites Are Fun
1968

Will Power
1987

Big City
1977

Who Can I Turn To
1964

Getz Plays Jobim: The Girl From Ipanema
2002

Aladdin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1992

The Captain's Journey
1978

That Girl From Ipanema
1977

Never Letting Go
1977

Lena & Michel
1975

Jobim
1973

Sing Along Junk
1972
Frequent collaborators
- Stan Getz
- Various
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
- George Benson
- Wes Montgomery
- The Gil Evans Orchestra
- Mundell Lowe
- Coleman Hawkins
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