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Ed Cherry
Ed Cherry is credited on 116 releases across 25 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
116
Pressings credited
25
Albums
6
Decades active
1
In collections
Biography
Edward E. Cherry Jr. (born October 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and studio musician. Cherry is perhaps best known for his long association with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, with whom he performed from 1978 until shortly before Gillespie's death in 1993. Since that time, he has worked with Paquito D'Rivera, Jon Faddis, John Patton, Hamiet Bluiett, Henry Threadgill, and Paula West. He has recorded a number of albums as a leader.
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Credited work
116 releases · 25 albums · active 1979–2025
- Performance · 160
- Other credits · 8
Studios: Sear Sound · Noble Street Studios · Power Station · Acoustic Recording
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Henry Threadgill
- Various
- Holly Cole
- Paquito D'Rivera
- Mario Rivera (2)
- Sherman Irby
- C.I. Williams
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