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Skeets Herfurt

real name Arthur Herfurt

Skeets Herfurt is credited on 153 albums across 502 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2018 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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153

Albums

502

Pressings

7

Decades active

80

In collections

Biography

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American jazz reed player (alto and tenor saxophones, clarinet and flute) born May 28, 1911 in Cincinnati, Ohio, died April 17, 1992 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Herfurt played with Smith Ballew (1934), Dorsey Brothers (1934-1935; with Jimmy Dorsey 1935-1937, with Tommy Dorsey 1937-1939), Ray Noble, Alvino Rey, Benny Goodman (1946-1947), Earle Spencer (1946), Billy May, Louis Armstrong, Georgie Auld, Jack Teagarden, Stan Kenton, Ray Conniff and others. He also worked in Hollywood studio orchestras.

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Credited work

153 albums · 502 pressings · active 1950–2018

  • Performance · 672
  • Other credits · 90

Studios: Capitol Studios · Columbia Studios, Hollywood · RCA Victor · Festival Hall, Osaka

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