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Russell Procope
New York City, United States
Russell Procope is credited on 2,309 releases across 517 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,309
Pressings credited
517
Albums
8
Decades active
197
In collections
Biography
Russell Keith Procope (August 11, 1908 – January 21, 1981) was an American clarinetist and alto saxophonist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
2,309 releases · 517 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 3,843
- Other credits · 802
Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · National Recording Studios, New York City · Columbia 30th Street Studio · Atlantic Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Ellington Indigos
1958
Money Jungle
1962
Ellington At Newport
1956
Masterpieces By Ellington
1951
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
First Time! The Count Meets The Duke
1962
Blues In Orbit
1960
Ellington Uptown
1953
Jingle Bell Jazz
1962
Otto Preminger's Anatomy Of A Murder (From The Sound Track Of The Motion Picture)
1959
Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits
1967
Such Sweet Thunder
1957
Francis A. & Edward K.
1968
Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite
1949
New Orleans Suite
1971
Ella At Duke's Place
1966
Ellington '66
1965
Duke Ellington His Piano And His Orchestra At The Bal Masque
1959
Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete)
1999
The Versatile Giant
1978
The Intimate Ellington
1977
Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert
1970
Jazz Concert
1963
Ellington Jazz Party
1959
Frequent collaborators
- Duke Ellington
- Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
- Various
- Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
- Johnny Hodges
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
- Fletcher Henderson
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