Engineering · Other credits
Roy Dunann
Roy Dunann is credited on 1,104 pressings across 142 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,104
Credits
142
Albums
8
Decades active
220
In collections
Biography
Born c. 1920, Oakland, California
Died c. 2014
American audio engineer, first for from around 1946 (eventually working under John Palladino), then hired by Lester Koenig for his jazz label in 1956 until the early 1960s. Last known to living near Seattle, WA.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,104 releases · 142 albums · active 1954–2025
- Engineering · 1,090
- Other credits · 99
- Mastering · 17
- Production · 6
Studios: Contemporary's Studio · Good Time Jazz Studio · Contemporary Records · The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section
1957

Way Out West
1957

Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums
2023

Art Pepper + Eleven (Modern Jazz Classics)
1960

Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders
1959

Tomorrow Is The Question!
1959

Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From My Fair Lady
1956

Songs For Young Lovers
1954

Jazz Giant
1958

Something Else!!!!
1958

The Poll Winners
1957

You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce - Vol. 2
1957

Smack Up
1962

West Side Story
1960

A World Of Piano !
1962

Genesis Of Genius: The Contemporary Albums
2022

Gettin' Together!
1960

...The Way It Was!
1972

Intensity
1963

At The Black Hawk Vol. 1
1960

Four!
1959

Together Again!
1961

Leroy Walks!
1958

The Sermon
1987
Frequent collaborators
- Art Pepper
- Shelly Manne & His Men
- Barney Kessel
- Firehouse Five Plus Two
- Hampton Hawes
- Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
- Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars
- The Poll Winners
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