Performance

Ted Persons

real name Simon Schwartz

Ted Persons is credited on 175 albums across 630 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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630

Credits

175

Albums

8

Decades active

274

In collections

Biography

Lyricist, writer and producer (1909 - 1988). Along with other (mainly political) activities, he wrote lyrics under the name Ted Persons and produced a TV show in the early 1950s, the AdLibbers.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

630 releases · 175 albums · active 1954–2025

  • Performance · 648

Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · United Recording Studios, Las Vegas · Montreux Jazz Festival · Bourbon Street, Toronto, Canada

Discography

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