Keynote Records
Keynote Records was an American jazz - record label .
Label history
The record label "Keynote Records" was founded in 1940 by Eric Bernay, who worked as a treasurer for New Masses magazine . First there was a re-release of songs from the Soviet Union that had been sung during the Spanish Civil War . In 1943 the music producer Harry Lim was added and began to record and publish jazz records on keynote . In 1943 Dinah Washington's first big hit , "Evil Gal Blues", was released on the label. One of the first major jazz sessions took place on January 31, 1944; Coleman Hawkins took with Roy Eldridge andTeddy Wilson performed several takes of "I Only Have Eyes for You" and "Bean at the Met", which showed the first echoes of the emerging bebop . Records by Red Norvo , Benny Carter and Lester Young have also been released on Keynote Records . The spectrum of recordings ranged from Dixieland to cool jazz ; the last star of the label was the pianist Lennie Tristano . In 1947, Dave Lambert and Buddy Stewart recorded with Red Rodney and an all-star group of bebop musicians; in 1948 Keynote Records went bankrupt; the catalog was then taken over by Mercury Records .
collection
In 1986, under the direction of the original producers Harry Lim and Kiyoshi Koyama, a box with 21 LPs containing the complete repertoire (original recordings and "alternate takes") of the keynote label: The Complete KEYNOTE Collection , 21 LPs, recorded between March 14, 1941, was released and 23 May 1947. There are photos of:
- George Hartman and his Orchestra ,
- Lester Young Quartet ( Johnny Guarnieri , Slam Stewart , Sid Catlett ),
- Lionel Hampton Sextet with Dinah Washington ( Arnett Cobb , Milt Buckner ),
- "Little Jazz" and his Trumpet Ensemble ( Roy Eldridge , Joe Thomas , Emmett Berry , Johnny Guarnieri, Israel Crosby , Cozy Cole ),
- Coleman Hawkins Quintet feat. Teddy Wilson (Roy Eldridge, Billy Taylor , Cozy Cole),
- Coleman Hawkins Quartet (Teddy Wilson, Israel Crosby, Cozy Cole),
- Cozy Cole All Stars (Joe Thomas, Trummy Young , Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines , Billy Taylor ),
- Kansas City Seven ( Buck Clayton , Dicky Wells , Lester Young, Count Basie , Freddie Green , Rodney Richardson , Jo Jones ),
- Charlie Shavers Quintett feat. Earl Hines ( Tab Smith , Al Lucas , Jo Jones),
- Coleman Hawkins and his sax ensemble (Tab Smith, Don Byas , Harry Carney , Johnny Guarnieri, Al Lucas, Sid Catlett),
- Coleman Hawkins All American Four (Teddy Wilson, John Kirby , Sid Catlett),
- Benny Morton Trombone Choir ( Vic Dickenson , Bill Harris , Claude Jones , Johnny Guarnieri, Al Hall , Sid Catlett),
- Rex Stewart Big Eight ( Lawrence Brown , Tab Smith, Harry Carney, Johnny Guarnieri, Sid Weiss , Cozy Cole),
- The Keynoters (Charlie Shavers, Jonah Jones , Budd Johnson , Johnny Guarnieri, Milt Hinton , JC Heard ),
- Pete Brown 's All Star Quintet feat. Kenny Kersey (Joe Thomas, Milt Hinton , JC Heard),
- Red Norvo All Star Sextet ( Aaron Sachs , Teddy Wilson, Remo Palmieri , Slam Stewart),
- Billy Taylor's Big Eight (Emmett Berry, Vernon Brown , Johnny Hodges , Harry Carney, Johnny Guarnieri, Cozy Cole),
- Jonah Jones and his Orchestra ( Tyree Glenn , Hilton Jefferson , Milt Hinton, JC Heard),
- George Hartman and his Orchestra feat. Frank Froebe (Vernon Brown, Jack Lesberg , George Wettling ),
- Red Norvo's All Star Septet (Joe Thomas, Vic Dickenson, Hank D'Amico , Teddy Wilson, Slam Stewart, Specs Powell ),
- Coleman Hawkins Quintet (Buck Clayton, Teddy Wilson, Slam Stewart, Denzil Best ),
- Charlie Shavers' All American Five (Coleman Hawkins, Teddy Wilson, Billy Taylor, Denzil Best),
- George Wettling's New Yorkers (Joe Thomas, Jack Teagarden , Hank D'Amico, Coleman Hawkins, Herman Chittison , Billy Taylor),
- Cozy Cole and his Orchestra ( Shorty Rogers , Vernon Brown, Aaron Sachs, Don Byas, Billy Taylor),
- Barney Bigard Quintet (Joe Thomas, Johnny Guarnieri, Billy Taylor, Cozy Cole),
- Willie Smith and his Orchestra ( Billy May , Murray McEachern , Arnold Ross , Les Paul , Nick Fatool ),
- Corky Corcoran and his Orchestra feat. Emmett Berry (Willie Smith, Dodo Marmarosa , Nick Fatool),
- Chubby Jackson and his Orchestra ( Howard McGhee , Bill Harris, Flip Phillips , Ralph Burns , Billy Bauer , Dave Tough ),
- Bill Harris and his septet ( Pete Candoli , Flip Phillips, Ralph Burns, Billy Bauer, Chubby Jackson, Alvin Burroughs ),
- Milt Hinton and his Orchestra (Jonah Jones, Tyree Glenn, JC Heard),
- JC Heard Quintet (Buck Clayton, Flip Phillips, Johnny Guarnieri, Milt Hinton),
- Irving Fazola's Dixielanders ,
- Bud Freeman and his Orchestra ( Billy Butterfield , Vernon Brown, Ernie Caceres , Gene Schroeder , Carl Kress , Bob Haggart , George Wettling),
- Bud Freeman's All Star Orchestra ( Joe Sullivan , Carmen Mastren , Sid Weiss, George Wettling, Peanuts Hucko , Wild Bill Davison , Edmond Hall , Gene Schroeder, Bob Casey , Dave Tough, Charlie Shavers, Vernon Brown, John Simmons ),
- Jonah Jones and his Orchestra (Hilton Jefferson, Joe Thomas sax, Buster Harding, Milt Hinton, Cozy Cole),
- Chubby Jackson's Rhythm ( Tony Aless , Billy Bauer, Arnold Fishkin , Shelly Manne ),
- Ted Nash Quintet (Joe Thomas tp, Trigger Alpert , JC Heard, Marie Bryant ),
- The Keynoters (Willie Smith, Nat King Cole , Red Callender ),
- Babe Russian Quartet (Arnold Ross, Red Callender, Jackie Mills),
- Mannie Klein All Stars (Babe Russian, Skitch Henderson , George Van Eps , Artie Shapiro ),
- Babe Russian quintet
- Herbie Haymers Orchestra ( Clyde Hurley , Dave Barbour , Nick Fatool),
- Clyde Hurley and his Orchestra (Babe Russin, Murray McEachern , Dave Barbour, Artie Bernstein , Nick Fatool),
- Arnold Ross Quintet ( Benny Carter , Arnold Ross, Allan Reuss, Artie Bernstein, Nick Fatool ),
- Juan Tizol and his Orchestra ( Dick Cathcart , Willie Smith, Babe Russin, Arnold Ross, Irving Ashby , Nick Fatool),
- Benny Carter Quintet ( Sonny White ?, G, b & dm unknown),
- Mary Bryant (Peanuts Hucko, Bernie Leighton , Trigger Alpert, JC Heard),
- Ann Hathaway with Ellis Larkins and his Orchestra (Irving Mouse Randolph, Henderson Chambers , Edmond Hall, Al Hall, Jimmy Crawford),
- Gene Sedric Orchestra ( Lincoln Mills , Al Casey , Slick Jones ),
- Bernie Leighton Quintett and Quartett ( Peanuts Hucko , Hy White , Trigger Alpert, JC Heard),
- Joe Thomas and his Orchestra (Tyree Glenn, Hilton Jefferson, Jerry Jerome , Bernie Leighton, Hy White, Billy Taylor, Lee Abrams ),
- George Barnes Sextet
- Danny Hurd Orchestra ( Louis Mucci , Barry Galbraith , Al Hall, Dave Tough),
- Bill Harris and his New Music ( John LaPorta , Ralph Burns, George Barnes, Chubby Jackson, Barrett Deems ),
- Dave Lambert and Buddy Stewart with Red Rodneys Be-Boppers ( Al Haig , Curley Russell , Stan Levey ),
- Neal Hefti and his Orchestra ( Kai Winding , Charlie Ventura , Tony Aless, Billy Bauer, Chubby Jackson, Alvin Stoller , Frances Wayne ),
- Red Rodney's Be-Boppers ( Allen Eager , Serge Chaloff , Al Haig, Chubby Jackson, Tiny Kahn ),
- Lennie Tristano Trio (Billy Bauer, Clyde Lombardi )
literature
- Ken Bloom: The American Songbook - The Singers, the Songwriters, and the Songs - 100 Years of American Popular Music - The Stories of the Creators and Performers. Black Dog & Leventhal, New York City 2005, ISBN 1-579-12448-8 .