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Bob Cranshaw
real name Melbourne Robert Cranshaw
Chicago, United States
Bob Cranshaw is credited on 2,896 releases across 534 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,896
Credits
534
Albums
8
Decades active
548
In collections
Biography
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Bob Cranshaw (born December 3, 1932, Evanston, Illinois, USA - died November 2, 2016, Manhattan, New York, USA) was an American jazz bassist.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
2,896 releases · 534 albums · active 1957–2025
- Performance · 3,457
- Other credits · 21
- Production · 5
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · RCA's Studio B · Plaza Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Saxophone Colossus
1957
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
1973
The Sidewinder
1964
Idle Moments
1965
Greatest Hits, Etc.
1977
The Bridge
1962
Inner Urge
1966
Clubhouse
1979
Rough 'N Tumble
1966
Bumpin'
1965
Negotiations And Love Songs (1971-1986)
1988
Deciphering The Message
2021
Mr. Natural
1980
Kofi
1995
Smackwater Jack
1971
Merry Ole Soul
1969
Happenings
1967
A Caddy For Daddy
1966
The Cape Verdean Blues
1965
Easterly Winds
1968
Take Twelve
1962
Magician
1974
The Phantom
1968
People & Love
1973
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