televiper Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) A friend and I have been debating this for awhile but we are having a hard time finding stats. I know Milt Hinton is on record as saying he had over 1,200 sessions to his name. Ron Carter must also be up there. Other names I've heard mentioned include Art Blakey and Billy Higgins. Is there a place where I could get reliable information on this? Thanks. EDIT~! I apologize if this should be in the discography section... Edited November 11, 2009 by televiper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I would think that Shelly Manne and Hank Jones would be very high on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) I know this has been discussed before, but not sure what/where the threads are. Edit: Wasn't Ray Brown pretty high on that list? Edited November 11, 2009 by Free For All Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I thought I'd read/heard somewhere that Ron Carter WAS the most-recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 A friend and I have been debating this for awhile but we are having a hard time finding stats. I know Milt Hinton is on record as saying he had over 1,200 sessions to his name. Ron Carter must also be up there. Other names I've heard mentioned include Art Blakey and Billy Higgins. Is there a place where I could get reliable information on this? Thanks. EDIT~! I apologize if this should be in the discography section... Roy Haynes must be in the running. In January WKCR presented a marathon of records on which he appears. Playing 24 hours a day, the session took more than 12 days and lasted for 301 hours! I confess to missing the occasional track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructible! Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Mule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I think it's either Plas Johnson, Cornell Dupree or Bernard Purdie. Probably Plas. I think Purdie's 7,000 recording sessions may be an exaggeration. Plas claims over 5,000. Idris Muhammad must be up there somewhere, too. Then there are all those guys like Bernie Glow, Al Klink and Romeo Penque, who seemed to work on every record ever made in Hollywood. 'Course, they may not count as jazz musicians MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I think it's either Plas Johnson, Cornell Dupree or Bernard Purdie. Probably Plas. I think Purdie's 7,000 recording sessions may be an exaggeration. Plas claims over 5,000. Idris Muhammad must be up there somewhere, too. Then there are all those guys like Bernie Glow, Al Klink and Romeo Penque, who seemed to work on every record ever made in Hollywood. 'Course, they may not count as jazz musicians MG Bernie Glow, Al Klink and Romeo Penque were based in New York City, not Hollywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjazzman Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 SONNY STITT................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 This question was asked many moons ago on this board. The answer was Billy Higgins. I can't locate the old thread. Maybe someone else can find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Scott Yanow is obsessed with numbers, I have the impression that music is secondary—it's not what he listens to, it's how much he listens to. I bet he has already got that info compiled and on one of his lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 No mention of Milt Hinton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 No mention of Milt Hinton. First name mentioned in first post. I think he was also mentioned as a serious candidate in that other thread, along with a couple of other bassists (Brown, Carter, Duvivier) and drummers. I'm not sure there is even any supreme being who knows the answer to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Geez, I missed the first friggin' sentence. Forget anything I post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Geez, I missed the first friggin' sentence. Forget anything I post! Chuck, can we hold you to this? Up over and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Dick Hyman has got to be a contender . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 I think it's either Plas Johnson, Cornell Dupree or Bernard Purdie. Probably Plas. I think Purdie's 7,000 recording sessions may be an exaggeration. Plas claims over 5,000. Idris Muhammad must be up there somewhere, too. Then there are all those guys like Bernie Glow, Al Klink and Romeo Penque, who seemed to work on every record ever made in Hollywood. 'Course, they may not count as jazz musicians MG Bernie Glow, Al Klink and Romeo Penque were based in New York City, not Hollywood. Yes, I should have noticed. Too obsessed with Plas Johnson's 5,000 sessions. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Yes, I should have noticed. Too obsessed with Plas Johnson's 5,000 sessions. I am obsessed with the two albums he recorded with Les Baxter, "Jungle Jazz" and "African Jazz." These must be reissued NOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Yes, I should have noticed. Too obsessed with Plas Johnson's 5,000 sessions. I am obsessed with the two albums he recorded with Les Baxter, "Jungle Jazz" and "African Jazz." These must be reissued NOW. Perhaps you should write to Mosaic and ask them to issue a twofer. I'm sure Michael Cuscuna loves Baxter. Tell him, I'll buy them, too. I'm sure that'll make all the difference. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 The Lord Discography index lists 1,198 sessions for Milt Hinton, 1,098 for Ron Carter, 988 for Hank Jones. The others do not qualify (Plas Johnson 267, Bernard Purdie 321...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 The Lord Discography index lists 1,198 sessions for Milt Hinton, 1,098 for Ron Carter, 988 for Hank Jones. The others do not qualify (Plas Johnson 267, Bernard Purdie 321...) The thread didn't specify jazz sessions. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 The Lord Discography index lists 1,198 sessions for Milt Hinton, 1,098 for Ron Carter, 988 for Hank Jones. The others do not qualify (Plas Johnson 267, Bernard Purdie 321...) How many sessions for Billy Higgins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Horn players will not be on as many sessions but should have their own category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 The Lord Discography index lists 1,198 sessions for Milt Hinton, 1,098 for Ron Carter, 988 for Hank Jones. The others do not qualify (Plas Johnson 267, Bernard Purdie 321...) How many sessions for Billy Higgins? Higgins 475 Shelly Manne 830 Osie Johnson 669 Mel Lewis 619 Gene Krupa 600 Buddy Rich 591 Jo Jones 509 Kenny Clarke 507 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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