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Abner Jay
US blues/folk multi-instrumentalist
United States • 1921-07-15 – 1993-11-04
Abner Jay is credited on 20 releases across 12 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
20
Pressings credited
12
Albums
7
Decades active
9
In collections
Biography
Abner Wingate Jay (July 15, 1921 – November 4, 1993) was an American multi-instrumentalist from Georgia, best known for performing eccentric, blues infused folk music as a one man band. His idiosyncratic lyrics and style have led some to consider his work outsider music; he considered himself to be "the last working Southern black minstrel". Reviewer Jon Dale has described his recordings as "one of the most individual takes on traditional song form to have risen from the 20th century". Releasing his recordings on his own label, Jay has also been described as a pioneer independent recording artist. Composer Anthony Braxton called Jay an "American Master".
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
20 releases · 12 albums · active 1960–2025
- Performance · 32
- Other credits · 3
Studios: The Tunnels · The Cube Cinema, Bristol · The Hope · Meantime, Cheltenham
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Delaney Davidson
- Two Gallants
- Insecure Men
- Koko Joe And The Jobhunters
- Sam Doores
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