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Snooky Young
real name Eugene Edward Young
Dayton, United States
Snooky Young is credited on 2,920 releases across 576 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,920
Credits
576
Albums
8
Decades active
567
In collections
Biography
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American jazz trumpet player (born February 3, 1919, Dayton, OH – died May 11, 2011, Newport Beach, California)
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Credited work
2,920 releases · 576 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 3,537
- Other credits · 58
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · The Village Recorder · A&R Studios · Atlantic Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Can't Buy A Thrill
1972

Greatest Hits
1978

Rock Of Ages (The Band In Concert)
1972

The Blues And The Abstract Truth
1961

Genius + Soul = Jazz
1961

Crossroads
1989

Inner City Blues
1971

Heavy Axe
1974

Word Of Mouth
1981

Sounds...And Stuff Like That!!
1978

The Genius Of Ray Charles
1959

Beautiful Noise
1976

Walking In Space
1969

Basie (E = MC²)
1958

Soul '69
1969

Smackwater Jack
1971

Legrand Jazz
1958

The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973

Sinatra - Basie: An Historic Musical First
1962

First Time! The Count Meets The Duke
1962

The Capitol Albums 1968-1977
2015

New York, New York (Original Motion Picture Score)
1977

Let My Children Hear Music
1972

A Musical History
2005
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Count Basie
- Count Basie And His Orchestra
- Quincy Jones
- Jimmy Smith
- Count Basie & His Orchestra
- Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
- Joe Williams
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