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Earl May
real name Earl Charles Barrington May
Earl May is credited on 664 releases across 152 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
664
Credits
152
Albums
8
Decades active
481
In collections
Biography
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American jazz bassist, born 17 September 1927 in New York City; died 4 January 2008 in South Orange, USA
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
664 releases · 152 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 676
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Village Gate · Newport Jazz Festival
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Blue Train
1958
Giant Steps
1960
Chet
1959
Lush Life
1961
Coltrane Plays The Blues
1962
Chet Baker In New York
1958
Bags & Trane
1961
20/20
1985
Hard Driving Jazz
1959
Plays The Best Of Lerner & Loewe
1959
Glory Of Love
1967
The Last Trane
1965
...More Lasting Than Bronze
1972
Rich Versus Roach
1959
The Best Of Dizzy Gillespie
1980
The Evolution Of Mann
1972
Latin Mann (Afro To Bossa To Blues)
1965
Eight Classic Albums
2012
The Best Of John Coltrane
2004
Welcome To The Basement (A Spicy Mixture From Black & Latin America)
2000
Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years
1997
John Coltrane
1996
The Great Jazz Groups
1994
For Members Only / Great Scott!!
1989
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