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Bill Perkins

real name William Reese Perkins

Bill Perkins is credited on 2,085 releases across 409 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,085

Credits

409

Albums

8

Decades active

627

In collections

Biography

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American jazz tenor and baritone saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist, born 22 July 1924 in San Francisco, California, USA, died 9 August 2003 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Played with Jerry Wald 1950-1951, Woody Herman 1951-1953, Stan Kenton 1953-1954, again with Herman 1954; in the 1960s worked in studios (also as engineer), 1974-1977 in Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band

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Credited work

2,085 releases · 409 albums · active 1953–2026

  • Performance · 2,759
  • Other credits · 365
  • Production · 14
  • Engineering · 4
  • Mastering · 2

Studios: The Village Recorder · Caribou Ranch · Olympic Studios · Command Studios

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