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General Information:
In all of the discographies, personnel
exceptions are listed only as actual appearances and never as omissions. So, for
example, if John Doe performs on trumpet on all of eight tracks of a session except
for flugelhorn on the fifth track (track e), the assignments will read:
John Doe (t) on a-d, f-h; (fh) on e.
Takes are assumed to be masters unless otherwise denoted:
alt = alternate
inc = incomplete
reh = rehearsal
bd = breakdown
City Abbreviations (session location):
NY = New York City, USA
LA = Los Angeles, CA, USA
Country Abbreviations (record label):
Arg. = Argentina
Aus. = Australia
Bra. = Brazil
Can. = Canada
Croat. = Croatia
Dan. = Denmark
Du. = The Netherlands
Eng. = United Kingdom
Eu. = European
Fi. = Finland
Fr. = France
Ger. = Germany
Gr. = Greece
It. = Italy
Jpn. = Japan
Pol. = Poland
Port. = Portugal
Russ. = Russia
Sp. = Spain
Swd. = Sweden
Swi. = Switzerland
acp Accompanied
acc Accordion
acg Acoustic Guitar
af Alto Flute
ah Alto Horn
as Alto Sax
a Arranger
ban Bandoneon
bj Banjo
bh Baritone Horn
bar Baritone Sax
b Bass (upright double bass)
bcl Bass Clarinet
bd Bass Drum
bsx Bass Sax
bt Bass Trombone
btp Bass trumpet
bsn Bassoon
bo Bongos
br Brass
Cm C-Melody Sax
cel Celeste
cl Clarinet
clv Clavinet
con Conductor
cng Congas
c Cornet
dir Director
db Doubling
d Drums (set)
eb Electric Bass
elp Electric Piano
enh English horn
eu Euphonium
fh Flugel-Horn
f Flute
frh French Horn
glk Glockenspiel
gfs Goofus/Cuesnophone
g Guitar (electric or amplified)
hag Hag'houge
h Harmonica
har Harmonium
hrp Harp
hps Harpsichord
hfp Hot Fountain Pen
kal Kalimba
kar Karkaba
k Kazoo
key Keyboards
kor Kora
ldr Leader
md Mandolin
mnz Manzello
mar Marimba
mel Mellophone
mph Mellophonium
mca Melodica
o Oboe
oc Ocarina
or Organ (Hammond type)
oth Other
oud Oud
per Percussion
p Piano
pic Piccolo
pip Pipa
rec Recorder
r Reeds
sax Sax
slg Slide Guitar
sw Slide Whistle
sd Snare Drum
ss Soprano Sax
spk Speaking
stg Steel Guitar
str Strings
syn Synclavier
snt Synthesizer
tam Tamborine
th Tenor Horn
ts Tenor Sax
tim Timbales
tmp Timpani
tri Triangle
tb Trombone
t Trumpet
tu Tuba
u Ukelele
vtb Valve Trombone
vbh Vibraharp
vib Vibraphone
vl Viola
vn Violin
vc Violoncello
v Vocalist
bkv Vocals
wb Washboard
w Whistling
ww Woodwinds
xal Xalam
x Xylophone
qv quo vides
unk unknown
var Various Instruments