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Donald Palma
Donald Palma is credited on 216 releases across 30 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
216
Pressings credited
30
Albums
6
Decades active
15
In collections
Biography
Donald Palma is a prominent classical double bassist, conductor, bass instructor, and educator of ensemble performance. He is a native of New York City, and is a graduate of the Juilliard School. Palma studied with several noted bassists including Frederick Zimmermann, Robert Brennand, former principal bass of the New York Philharmonic; [1] [2] Orin O'Brien, and Homer Mensch.
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Credited work
216 releases · 30 albums · active 1970–2023
- Performance · 224
- Other credits · 39
- Production · 2
Studios: State University of New York at Purchase, Performing Arts Center · RCA Studio A · The Hit Factory · Mediasound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Various
- Steve Reich
- P.D.Q. Bach
- Igor Stravinsky
- Milton Nascimento
- Mozart
- Kathleen Battle
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