John Gatchell

Biography

John E. Gatchell (November 27, 1945 – July 9, 2004) was an American jazz trumpeter who was prolific in New York City recording studios from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. After serving in the U.S. Navy in the late 1960s, Gatchell became one of the founding members of the horn band Ten Wheel Drive, then Gotham. Gatchell was among the musicians hand-selected by Paul Simon, whom he considered to be the finest studio musicians for the 1981 Simon & Garfunkel Concert in Central Park

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

1,428 releases · 120 albums · active 1969–2025

  • Performance · 2,074
  • Other credits · 86

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Mediasound · A&R Studios · House Of Music, West Orange, NJ

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