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Clifford Thornton
Clifford Thornton is credited on 248 releases across 33 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
248
Pressings credited
33
Albums
7
Decades active
12
In collections
Biography
Clifford Edward Thornton III (September 6, 1936 – November 25, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, trombonist, political activist, and educator. He played free jazz and avant-garde jazz in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Credited work
248 releases · 33 albums · active 1965–2025
- Other credits · 254
- Performance · 219
- Production · 6
Studios: A&R Studios · Decca Studios, Paris · Choreographers Workshop · Studio Saravah
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Archie Shepp
- Various
- Sunny Murray
- Dave Burrell
- Marzette And Company
- Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra
- François Tusques
- Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra
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