Skye Records
Skye Records was an American jazz label from the late 1960s.
History of the label
The record label Skye Records was founded in early 1968 by the musicians Gábor Szabó , Cal Tjader , Gary McFarland and the music organizer and producer Norman Schwartz (1927-1995) in New York City; Lenny Lewis was the sales manager. The main focus of the label was pop jazz .
Mismanagement and a lack of sales organization led to the bankruptcy of the company at the end of 1970; the Skye catalog was then acquired in 1971 by Buddah Records . In addition to recordings by Szabó, Tjader and Farland, several singles and 21 long-playing records a.o. appeared on Skye Records . a. by Airto Moreira , Ruth Brown , Lena Horne ( Watch What Happens , 1970), Chuck Rainey , Grady Tate , Armando Peraza and the vocal duo Wendy & Bonnie , who z. Some were re-released on compact discs in Japan .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary (1995) in The New York Times
- ^ Billboard Feb. 3, 1968, p. 24.
- ↑ Marc Myers: Lena Horne and Gabor Szabo (2016) in Jazzwax
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 12, 2016)