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Sonny Fortune
real name Cornelius Fortune
Philadelphia, United States · 1939-05-19 – 2018-10-25
Sonny Fortune is credited on 610 releases across 112 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
610
Credits
112
Albums
7
Decades active
195
In collections
Biography
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Born May 19, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Died October 25, 2018 in New York City, New York.
American jazz woodwind player. Fortune played soprano, alto, tenor, & baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
610 releases · 112 albums · active 1966–2025
- Performance · 1,399
- Other credits · 153
- Production · 15
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Festival Hall, Osaka · Mercury Sound Studios · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
AWB
1974
Agharta = アガルタの凱歌
1975
Get Up With It
1974
Sahara
1972
The Other Side Of Abbey Road
1970
Big Fun
1974
He's Coming
1972
Pangaea
1975
Where I'm Coming From
1973
Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
1973
Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits
1970
Closer To The Source
1984
Red Black & Green
1973
Three Or Four Shades Of Blues
1977
Pinnacle
1975
Song Of The New World
1973
You, Me And He
1984
Genesis
1974
Song For My Lady
1973
Miles Ahead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2016
The Complete On The Corner Sessions
2007
Great Friends
1987
Infinity Is
1978
Hotmosphere
1976
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