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Julius Watkins
real name Julius B. Watkins
Julius Watkins is credited on 1,437 releases across 262 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,437
Credits
262
Albums
8
Decades active
368
In collections
Biography
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American jazz French horn player and trumpeter, born 10 October 1921 in Detroit, Michigan, USA and died 4 April 1977 in Short Hills, New Jersey, USA
Played trumpet with Ernie Fields 1943-1946 and Milt Buckner 1949-1950, thereafter exclusively French horn.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,437 releases · 262 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 1,714
- Other credits · 64
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Columbia 30th Street Studio · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Nola Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Sketches Of Spain
1960

Porgy And Bess
1959

Karma
1969

Extension Of A Man
1973

Africa/Brass
1961

Quiet Nights
1963

Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall
1962

Legrand Jazz
1958

The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973

Let My Children Hear Music
1972

Big Band Bossa Nova
1962

The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years
1970

Guitar Forms
1965

Thelonious Monk
1956

The Africa Brass Sessions, Vol. 2
1974

Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins
1957

The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings

New Bottle Old Wine
1958

The Essential Miles Davis
2001

Song Of The New World
1973

Plays Hip Hits
1963

Love Songs
1999

Thelonious Monk
1972

The Individualism Of Gil Evans
1964
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