Paul Simon

producer, vocal, performer, guitar, acoustic guitar, guitars, electric guitar, arranger, synclavier, percussion, instrument arranger, horn, nylon guitar, strings, programming, drum machine, bass harmonica, electric bass guitar, bells

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Simon & Garfunkel vocal My Little Town
Steve Gadd (drummer) drums 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints, Allergies, Another Galaxy, Beautiful, Everything About It Is a Love Song, Father and Daughter, Have a Good Time, Hearts and Bones, How Can You Live in the Northeast?, I Do It for Your Love, I Don’t Believe, My Little Town, Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean, Silent Eyes, Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy, Song About the Moon, Sure Don’t Feel Like Love, That’s Me, The Late Great Johnny Ace, Think Too Much (b), Wartime Prayers, You’re Kind
Andy Smith (Engineer at the famous "The Hit Factory", New York.) mix, programming, recording Another Galaxy, Beautiful, Everything About It Is a Love Song, Father and Daughter, How Can You Live in the Northeast?, I Don’t Believe, Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean, Outrageous, Sure Don’t Feel Like Love, That’s Me, Wartime Prayers
Tchad Blake mix Another Galaxy, Beautiful, Everything About It Is a Love Song, Father and Daughter, How Can You Live in the Northeast?, I Don’t Believe, Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean, Outrageous, Sure Don’t Feel Like Love, That’s Me, Wartime Prayers
Roy Halee engineer, mix Allergies, Cars Are Cars, Hearts and Bones, Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War, Song About the Moon, The Late Great Johnny Ace, Think Too Much (a), Think Too Much (b), Train in the Distance, When Numbers Get Serious

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Simon & Garfunkel vocal My Little Town
Steve Gadd (drummer) drums 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints, Allergies, Another Galaxy, Beautiful, Everything About It Is a Love Song, Father and Daughter, Have a Good Time, Hearts and Bones, How Can You Live in the Northeast?, I Do It for Your Love, I Don’t Believe, My Little Town, Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean, Silent Eyes, Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy, Song About the Moon, Sure Don’t Feel Like Love, That’s Me, The Late Great Johnny Ace, Think Too Much (b), Wartime Prayers, You’re Kind
Andy Smith (Engineer at the famous "The Hit Factory", New York.) mix, programming, recording Another Galaxy, Beautiful, Everything About It Is a Love Song, Father and Daughter, How Can You Live in the Northeast?, I Don’t Believe, Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean, Outrageous, Sure Don’t Feel Like Love, That’s Me, Wartime Prayers
Tchad Blake mix Another Galaxy, Beautiful, Everything About It Is a Love Song, Father and Daughter, How Can You Live in the Northeast?, I Don’t Believe, Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean, Outrageous, Sure Don’t Feel Like Love, That’s Me, Wartime Prayers
Roy Halee engineer, mix Allergies, Cars Are Cars, Hearts and Bones, Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War, Song About the Moon, The Late Great Johnny Ace, Think Too Much (a), Think Too Much (b), Train in the Distance, When Numbers Get Serious
Brian Eno electronic instruments Another Galaxy, Beautiful, Everything About It Is a Love Song, How Can You Live in the Northeast?, I Don’t Believe, Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean, Outrageous, Sure Don’t Feel Like Love, That’s Me, Wartime Prayers
Greg Calbi mastering Allergies, Cars Are Cars, Hearts and Bones, Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War, Song About the Moon, The Late Great Johnny Ace, Think Too Much (a), Think Too Much (b), Train in the Distance, When Numbers Get Serious
Phil Ramone engineer, producer 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Have a Good Time, I Do It for Your Love, My Little Town, Night Game, Silent Eyes, Slip Slidin' Away (demo), Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy, Still Crazy After All These Years, You’re Kind
Mark Cobrin engineer All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints, Crazy Love, Volume II, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Graceland, Gumboots, I Know What I Know, The Boy in the Bubble, Under African Skies, You Can Call Me Al
Ralph MacDonald percussion 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints, Gumboots, Have a Good Time, I Do It for Your Love, My Little Town, Under African Skies, You Can Call Me Al
Tony Levin (US rock bassist/chapman stick) bass 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Have a Good Time, I Do It for Your Love, My Little Town, Night Game, Silent Eyes, Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy, You’re Kind
Anthony Jackson (US bassist) guitar Allergies, Cars Are Cars, Hearts and Bones, Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War, Song About the Moon, Think Too Much (b), Train in the Distance, When Numbers Get Serious
Pino Palladino bass Another Galaxy, Beautiful, How Can You Live in the Northeast?, Outrageous, That’s Me, Wartime Prayers
Naná Vasconcelos vocal Can’t Run But, Further to Fly, Spirit Voices, The Coast, The Cool, Cool River, The Rhythm of the Saints
David West (Acoustic string instrument musician) engineer, producer At the Zoo, Hazy Shade of Winter, Mrs. Robinson, My Little Town, Sounds of Silence, The Dangling Conversation
Dean Parks electric guitar, guitar Allergies, Hearts and Bones, Song About the Moon, The Late Great Johnny Ace, Think Too Much (b), Train in the Distance
Richard Tee Rhodes piano, keyboard, piano, synthesizer Hearts and Bones, Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War, Think Too Much (b), Train in the Distance, When Numbers Get Serious
John Nicholson engineer, producer Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia, Homeward Bound, I Am a Rock, Scarborough Fair
Robin DiMaggio drums How Can You Live in the Northeast?, I Don’t Believe, Outrageous, That’s Me, Wartime Prayers
Airto Moreira (percussionist) percussion Allergies, Hearts and Bones, Think Too Much (b), Train in the Distance, When Numbers Get Serious
Chikapa "Ray" Phiri arranger, guitar Crazy Love, Volume II, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Graceland, Under African Skies, You Can Call Me Al
Rob Mounsey synthesizer, vocoder Allergies, Song About the Moon, The Boy in the Bubble, You Can Call Me Al
Isaac Mtshali drums Crazy Love, Volume II, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Under African Skies, You Can Call Me Al
Hugh McCracken acoustic guitar, electric guitar 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Have a Good Time, Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy, You’re Kind
David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger) instrument arranger Allergies, Cars Are Cars, Have a Good Time, My Little Town
Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer) instrument arranger, electric piano, strings, woodwind Have a Good Time, I Do It for Your Love, Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy, Still Crazy After All These Years
Baghiti Khumalo bass Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Graceland, The Boy in the Bubble, You Can Call Me Al
Adrian Belew electric guitar, guitar Crazy Love, Volume II, The Boy in the Bubble, Under African Skies, You Can Call Me Al
Tom Coppola synclavier Song About the Moon, Think Too Much (a), Think Too Much (b), When Numbers Get Serious
Joe Beck electric guitar Have a Good Time, I Do It for Your Love, You’re Kind
Rob Sabino piano, synthesizer Allergies, Cars Are Cars, Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War
Peter Thwaites engineer Graceland, I Know What I Know, The Boy in the Bubble
Mike Mainieri marimba, vibraphone Hearts and Bones, Think Too Much (b), Train in the Distance
Steve Ferrone drums Allergies, Think Too Much (a), When Numbers Get Serious
Greg Phillinganes Rhodes piano Allergies, Song About the Moon, The Late Great Johnny Ace
Steven Strassman engineer All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints, Graceland, Under African Skies
Abraham LaBoriel bass, bass guitar Everything About It Is a Love Song, Father and Daughter, I Don’t Believe
Gil Goldstein harmonium, keyboard How Can You Live in the Northeast?, I Don’t Believe, Wartime Prayers
Lenny Waronker producer Allergies, Song About the Moon, The Late Great Johnny Ace
Marcus Miller (jazz musician) bass Think Too Much (b), Train in the Distance
David Hood bass My Little Town, Still Crazy After All These Years
Michael Brecker saxophone Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy, Still Crazy After All These Years
Barry Beckett electric piano, piano My Little Town, Still Crazy After All These Years
Roger Hawkins drums My Little Town, Still Crazy After All These Years
Morris Goldberg soprano saxophone, tin whistle Crazy Love, Volume II, You Can Call Me Al
Johnny Hoyt saxophone Graceland, That Was Your Mother
Nile Rodgers programming, drum machine, electric guitar Cars Are Cars, Think Too Much (a)
Kenny Ascher electric piano, organ 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, I Do It for Your Love
Tau Ea Matsekha performer Graceland, The Boy in the Bubble
Ladysmith Black Mambazo performer, vocal Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Homeless
Vusi Khumalo drums Graceland, The Boy in the Bubble
Makhaya Mahlangu percussion Graceland, The Boy in the Bubble
Valerie Simpson vocal 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Have a Good Time
Kim Allan Cissel trombone You Can Call Me Al
General M. D. Shirinda chorus master I Know What I Know
George Marge bass clarinet The Late Great Johnny Ace
Al Di Meola guitar Allergies
Al Rubin trumpet You Can Call Me Al
Alex Al bass Sure Don’t Feel Like Love
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) piano Wartime Prayers
Alex Foster (Saxophonist) alto saxophone Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Alonzo Johnson bass That Was Your Mother
Jamey Haddad percussion Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean
Jeff Porcaro drums Train in the Distance
Jerry Friedman (session musician) electric guitar I Do It for Your Love
Jesse Levy cello Train in the Distance
Jill Jaffe viola The Late Great Johnny Ace
Alton Rubin, Jr. drums That Was Your Mother
John Tropea electric guitar 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Johnson Mkhalali accordion Gumboots
Jon Faddis trumpet You Can Call Me Al
Joseph Shabalala vocal Homeless
José Feliciano performer Born in Puerto Rico (feat. Jose Feliciano) (demo)
Assane Tham (tama player) percussion Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Babacar Faye percussion Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Lenny Pickett tenor saxophone Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Leo Abrahams fretless bass Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean
Leon Pendarvis piano Silent Eyes
Lew Soloff trumpet You Can Call Me Al
Linda Ronstadt vocal Under African Skies
Lloyd Lelose bass Crazy Love, Volume II
Los Lobos performer All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
Louie Pérez drums All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
Lulu Masilela tambourine Gumboots
Bakithi Kumalo bass Under African Skies
Barney Rachabane saxophone Gumboots
Marin Alsop violin The Late Great Johnny Ace
Mark Miller (engineer) engineer That Was Your Mother
Mark Rivera alto saxophone Train in the Distance
Mark Stewart (organist, cellist) cello Biko
Michael Boddicker synthesizer The Late Great Johnny Ace
Bernard Edwards bass Think Too Much (a)
Michael Riesman conductor, synthesizer The Late Great Johnny Ace
Michelle Cobbs vocal Gumboots
Bill Frisell electric guitar Everything About It Is a Love Song
Mike Makhalemele saxophone Gumboots
Milton Nascimento vocal Spirit Voices
Carol Wincenc flute The Late Great Johnny Ace
Olodum percussion The Obvious Child
Patti Austin vocal 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Pete Carr electric guitar My Little Town
Peter Gordon (French Horn) French horn Train in the Distance
Cesar Rosas vocal, guitar All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
Petrus Manile drums Gumboots
Phil Woods saxophone Have a Good Time
Phoebe Snow vocal 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Conrad Lozano bass All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
Daniel Xilakazi guitar Gumboots
Randy Brecker trumpet You Can Call Me Al
Reginald Brisbon vocal The Obvious Child
Dave Bargeron (US trombonist & tubist) trombone You Can Call Me Al
David Hidalgo vocal, accordion, guitar All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
Rockin' Dopsie accordion That Was Your Mother
Rocking Dopsie & The Cajun Twisters performer That Was Your Mother
David Rubin washboard That Was Your Mother
Ronnie Cuber baritone saxophone You Can Call Me Al
David Sanborn saxophone Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy
Sherman Robertson guitars That Was Your Mother
Sid McGinnis electric guitar The Late Great Johnny Ace
Sivuca vocal, accordion I Do It for Your Love
Steve Berlin saxophone All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
Adrian Simon vocal Father and Daughter
Demola Adepoju pedal steel guitar Graceland
Stimela performer Crazy Love, Volume II
Diane Garisto vocal Gumboots
Earl Gardner trumpet Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Teaspoon Ndlela saxophone Gumboots
The Boyoyo Boys performer Gumboots
The Chicago Community Choir vocal Silent Eyes
The Dixie Hummingbirds vocal Loves Me Like a Rock
The Everly Brothers vocal Graceland
The Gaza Sisters vocal I Know What I Know
The Harptones arranger, vocal Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War
The Jessy Dixon Singers vocal Wartime Prayers
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section producer Loves Me Like a Rock
Eddie Daniels saxophone Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy
Eric Gale electric guitar When Numbers Get Serious
Toots Thielemans harmonica Night Game
Forere Motloheloa accordion The Boy in the Bubble
Vincent Nguini acoustic guitar Father and Daughter
Frederick Zlotkin cello The Late Great Johnny Ace
Wells Christie synclavier Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War
Youssou N’Dour percussion Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Simon & Garfunkel arranger, performer, producer, vocal, guitar A Hazy Shade of Winter, America, At the Zoo, Baby Driver, Barbriallen (demo), Benedictus, Bookends Theme, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Bye Bye Love, Cecilia, El cóndor pasa (If I Could), Fakin’ It, Feuilles‐O (demo), For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Homeward Bound, I Am a Rock, Keep the Customer Satisfied, Mrs. Robinson, My Little Town, Old Friends, Old Friends / Bookends, Old Friends / Bookends Theme, Overs, Peggy‐O, Punky’s Dilemma, Rose of Aberdeen (demo), Roving Gambler (demo), Save the Life of My Child, Scarborough Fair / Canticle, So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright, Song for the Asking, The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy), The Boxer, The Dangling Conversation, The Only Living Boy in New York, The Sound of Silence, Voices of Old People, Why Don’t You Write Me
Xue Bing Ellingworth performer Knockin' on Heaven's Door, That'll Be the Day / The Wanderer, The Sound of Silence
Matt Dorsey vocal, acoustic guitar, bells, electric guitar, percussion The Boxer
Omar Alkalouti performer Homeward Bound
Dion vocal, bass harmonica, guitar, percussion New York Is My Home
Randy Newman vocal The Blues
Robin Swenson producer, vocal Gone at Last (demo)
Annie Lennox performer, electric guitar Something So Right
Willie Nelson performer Graceland (feat. Paul Simon) (Saturday Night Live)
Francis Gorgé producer, vocal Gone at Last
George Harrison performer Homeward Bound (feat. Paul Simon)
Gössa Anna arranger, performer, producer Amazing Grace
Lula Camus vocal, guitar Something So Right