Biography
George Derek Fleetwood Bell, MBE (21 October 1935 – 17 October 2002) was a Northern Irish harpist, pianist, oboist, musicologist and composer who was best known for his accompaniment work on various instruments with The Chieftains.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
I Can't Stand Still
1982
Spike
1989
Barry Lyndon (Music From The Academy Award Winning Soundtrack)
1975
Irish Heartbeat
1988
Watermark
1978
Mighty Like A Rose
1991
The Long Black Veil
1995
The Chieftains 8
1978
Talk On Corners
1997
Golden Heart
1996
Hymns To The Silence
1991
Derek Bell Plays With Himself
1980
Carolan's Favourite (The Music Of Carolan Volume 2)
1979
Bonaparte's Retreat
1976
The Chieftains 4
1973
Ten From Little Worlds
2003
Little Worlds
2003
The Collection
1989
The Chieftains 5
1975
Credited work
1,003 releases · 94 albums · active 1973–2024
- Performance · 1,639
- Other credits · 671
Studios: Windmill Lane Studios · Olympic Studios · Ocean Way Recording · Westland Studios
Frequent collaborators
- The Chieftains
- Various
- Van Morrison
- James Galway
- Carlos Núñez
- Mark Knopfler
- Elvis Costello
- The Corrs