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Sonny Greer
real name William Alexander Greer
Long Branch, United States
Sonny Greer is credited on 1,217 releases across 438 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,217
Credits
438
Albums
8
Decades active
112
In collections
Biography
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American jazz drummer, born 13 December 1895 in Long Branch, NJ, died 23 March 1982 in New York, NY, USA.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,217 releases · 438 albums · active 1950–2022
- Performance · 2,302
- Other credits · 83
Studios: Cotton Club · Carnegie Hall · The Southland Cafe · Crystal Ballroom, Fargo
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Money Jungle
1962
Masterpieces By Ellington
1951
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Ellington Uptown
1953
This Is The Big Band Era
1971
Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite
1949
At Fargo 1940 Live
1978
In A Mellotone
1956
The Versatile Giant
1978
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra 1940-1941
1971
This Is Duke Ellington
1971
At The Cotton Club
1959
Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001
The Indispensable Duke Ellington Volumes 7/8 (1941-1942)
1984
Cotton Club Stars
1984
The World Of Duke Ellington Volume 2
1975
Stars Of The Apollo Theatre
1973
1928 - 1933
1971
Primping For The Prom
1968
Sings Ballads - Blues
1957
Creamy
1955
The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz
2000
1935-1936
1992
The Essential Duke Ellington
1990
Frequent collaborators
- Duke Ellington
- Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
- Various
- Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
- Johnny Hodges
- Lionel Hampton
- Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra
- Louis Armstrong
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