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Tiny Grimes

real name Lloyd Grimes

US jazz/R&B guitarist

Newport News, United States · 1916-07-07 – 1989-03-04

Tiny Grimes is credited on 607 releases across 184 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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607

Credits

184

Albums

8

Decades active

29

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American jazz (and R&B) guitarist.
Born: July 7, 1916 in Newport News, Virginia.
Died: March 4, 1989 in New York City, New York.
Began as a drummer and pianist before switching to four-string tenor guitar. Grimes performed with Art Tatum (1943-44), Billie Holiday, with his own groups (with Charlie Parker and Red Prysock), and recorded with Coleman Hawkins, Cozy Cole, Ike Quebec, Earl Hines and others.

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Credited work

607 releases · 184 albums · active 1950–2024

  • Performance · 1,041
  • Other credits · 25

Studios: Decca Studios, Paris · WOR Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

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