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Bob Haggart
real name Robert Sherwood Haggart
New York City, United States
Bob Haggart is credited on 4,395 releases across 1,189 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

4,395
Credits
1,189
Albums
8
Decades active
487
In collections
Biography
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Jazz bassist/composer/arranger, born 13 March 1914 in New York City, USA, died 2 December 1998 in Venice, Florida, USA. He was a founding member of the Bob Crosby Band (1935), arranging and part-composing several of the band's big successes, including "What's New?", "South Rampart Street Parade", "My Inspiration", and "Big Noise from Winnetka". He was also an accomplished painter, whose art was featured on covers of several of his recordings.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
4,395 releases · 1,189 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 4,976
- Other credits · 222
Studios: The Pershing Club · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Half Note · Metronome Studio, Copenhagen
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Birth Of The Cool
1957

Ballads
1963

Quality Control
2000

Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing
1958

Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
1958

What's New
1983

Mellow Dream
1977

Lady In Satin
1958

Smokin' At The Half Note
1965

Night Lights
2025

Helen Merrill
1955

The Billie Holiday Story
1959

Milt Jackson With John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, Lou Donaldson And The Thelonious Monk Quintet
1955

The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane
1975

The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1
1957

Persuasive Percussion Volume 3
1960

Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
1959

Like Someone In Love
1957

At The Cafe Bohemia Volume 1
1956

Ella Sings Gershwin
1951

Smokin' In Seattle Live At The Penthouse
2017

Pure Genius (Volume One)
1982

Thighs And Whispers
1979

Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits!
1968
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Billie Holiday
- Louis Armstrong
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Bob Crosby And His Orchestra
- Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band
- The World's Greatest Jazzband
- Art Pepper
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