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Wilbur Ware

real name Wilbur Bernard Ware

Chicago, United States

Wilbur Ware is credited on 825 releases across 148 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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825

Credits

148

Albums

8

Decades active

358

In collections

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American jazz bassist, born September 8, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, died September 9, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Credited work

825 releases · 148 albums · active 1956–2026

  • Performance · 1,161
  • Other credits · 6

Studios: Reeves Sound Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Village Vanguard · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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