Regent Records
Regent Records was an American record label that had existed since the 1920s and later became a sub-label of Savoy Records for rhythm and blues , rock & roll and jazz .
On the Regent Records label , the 78s a . a. Released by the Al Trace Orchestra ( Linger Awhile ), the Lightning Trio, and other swing and dance music formations. In the late 1940s the company was taken over by Savoy Records.
Since then, Regent has released 78s, singles (including by Erroll Garner ) and around 30 jazz LPs. On Regent, Savoy released classical and dance music, especially rhythm and blues , early rock & roll and jazz by Dorothy Ashby / Frank Wess , Mildred Bailey , Milt Buckner , Wild Bill Davison , Billy Eckstine , Mary Ann McCall ( Easy Living ), Johnny Otis , Ben Pollack , Charlie Ventura and Joe Williams .
Regent's albums in the 1950s were The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams , Jazz Eyes by John Jenkins and Donald Byrd , Jazz South Pacific by JJ Johnson , Singing and Swinging , and others. a. with Annie Ross , Milt Jackson and Shorty Rogers (1956), School Days by Dizzy Gillespie , Milt Jackson and Joe Carroll and Jazz ... It's Magic! with Tommy Flanagan , Curtis Fuller and Sonny Red .
Individual evidence
- ^ Regent Records at Discogs
- ^ Regent catalog at jazzdisco.org
- ↑ archive the Albums Cover with Birkajazz