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Walter Perkins
Walter Perkins is credited on 715 releases across 153 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
715
Credits
153
Albums
8
Decades active
111
In collections
Biography
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American jazz drummer, born February 10, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, died February 14, 2004 in Queens, New York
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
715 releases · 153 albums · active 1956–2025
- Performance · 773
- Other credits · 9
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Nola Recording Studios · Half Note · Plaza Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
1964
Empathy
1962
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Little Johnny C
1963
The Piano Scene Of Ahmad Jamal
1959
Holiday Soul
1965
Bags Meets Wes!
1962
Kirkatron
1977
The Essen Jazz Festival All Stars
1963
George Shearing And The Montgomery Brothers
1961
Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology
1993
Strings!
1968
Poinciana
1963
Step High
One Night In Indy
2015
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady / Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
2011
The Best Of Chess Jazz
1989
Kirk's Works
1977
Wes And Friends
1973
Impulse Energy Essentials (A Developmental And Historical Introduction To The New Music)
1972
Interaction
1963
Pike's Peak
1962
Sings Lover Man And Other Billie Holiday Classics
1962
Who's Who In The Swinging Sixties
1962
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