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Juan Tizol

real name Vincente Martinez Tizol

San Juan, United States

Juan Tizol is credited on 6,829 releases across 1,944 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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6,829

Credits

1,944

Albums

8

Decades active

344

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Puerto Rican trombonist and composer, born 22 January 1900 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, died 23 April 1984 in Inglewood, California, USA (aged 84).
Tizol moved to USA in 1920, and worked with Duke Ellington from 1929 to 1944 as an indispensable part of Duke Ellington's Orchestra. Tizol left to join Harry James in 1944 and thereafter spent most of his time alternating between the two bands. He retired to California and later lived in Las Vegas.
Together Tizol and Ellington wrote the jazz standards "Caravan", "Pyramid", and "Perdido".

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6,829 releases · 1,944 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 8,275
  • Other credits · 319

Studios: Carnegie Hall · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Massey Hall · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

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