Chas Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 Let's put together a list of jazz artists or groups whose leader dates were recorded for one label only . The ground rules : 1) The artist or group must have recorded at least twice as a leader or co-leader 2) Recordings include those issued on 7" , 10" and 12" (78s and LPs) and CDs 3) Unissued recordings are treated the same as issued recordings 4) 'One Label' means a label and all its subsidiaries 5) A label which changed names is considered one label 6) Reissues count neither for nor against inclusion in the list To get things started : - Gene Shaw - Wilbur Harden - Lou Blackburn - Dom Frontiere - The Poll Winners Quote
Swinging Swede Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) OK, here are some more: Ted Heath (everything on English Decca, right?) Jimmy Cleveland (4 albums for EmArcy/Mercury) Tina Brooks (4 albums for Blue Note) Leon Spencer (4 albums for Prestige) Dolo Coker (4 albums for Xanadu) Rampart Street Paraders (3½ albums for Columbia) Ernie Henry (3 albums for Riverside) [or maybe 2½] Sam Lazar (3 albums for Argo) The Three Souls (3 albums for Argo) Sandy Mosse (2 albums for Argo) Billy Ver Planck (2 albums for Savoy) Evans Bradshaw (2 albums for Riverside) Modern Jazz Disciples (2 albums for New Jazz) JFK Quintet (2 albums for Riverside) Fred Jackson (2 albums for Blue Note [one unissued at the time]) [deleted from the list: Kenny Cox, Montego Joe, Freddie McCoy & Azar Lawrence] Edited February 10, 2008 by Swinging Swede Quote
GA Russell Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) Maybe this discussion is best left to the guys with the discography books. But since I'm just guessing... Weren't all of Sonny Clark's albums for Blue Note? edit to add: Both of Manfred Mann's jazz group Chapter III's albums were for Vertigo. Both of Dreams' albums were for Columbia. Edited January 31, 2008 by GA Russell Quote
Chas Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) OK, here are some more: Ted Heath (everything on English Decca, right?) Freddie McCoy (7 albums for Prestige) Jimmy Cleveland (4 albums for EmArcy/Mercury) Tina Brooks (4 albums for Blue Note) Leon Spencer (4 albums for Prestige) Dolo Coker (4 albums for Xanadu) Rampart Street Paraders (3½ albums for Columbia) Ernie Henry (3 albums for Riverside) [or maybe 2½] Sam Lazar (3 albums for Argo) The Three Souls (3 albums for Argo) Azar Lawrence (3 albums for Prestige) Sandy Mosse (2 albums for Argo) Billy Ver Planck (2 albums for Savoy) Evans Bradshaw (2 albums for Riverside) Modern Jazz Disciples (2 albums for New Jazz) JFK Quintet (2 albums for Riverside) Fred Jackson (2 albums for Blue Note [one unissued at the time]) Montego Joe (2 albums for Prestige) Kenny Cox (2 albums for Blue Note) I'll need to go through this list carefully , but off the top I can tell you that Kenny Cox should not be on it , since he and his Contemporary Jazz Quintet led a third album for Strata ( N.B. not Strata-East ) called Location which I have been trying to find for years . EDIT : Need to scratch Freddie McCoy and Azar Lawrence off the list as well since they recorded for other labels . Edited January 31, 2008 by Chas Quote
Swinging Swede Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 Off the list he goes then! Here are some musicians/bands from the 78 era, who recorded numerous sessions, but only for one label. McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (Victor) [under that name at least] Putney Dandridge (Vocalion) Boots And His Buddies (Bluebird) Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans (Decca) Skeets Tolbert And His Gentlemen Of Swing (Decca) Harlan Leonard And His Rockets (Bluebird) Quote
marcello Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) Maybe this discussion is best left to the guys with the discography books. But since I'm just guessing... Weren't all of Sonny Clark's albums for Blue Note? There's hundreds of cases that can be mentioned here, I believe. But... Sonny Clark recorded for Time Azar Lawrence recorded for Milestone Edited January 31, 2008 by marcello Quote
clifford_thornton Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 Montego Joe (2 albums for Prestige) + one for ESP. Giuseppi Logan (2 albums for ESP) Man, this is hard, especially with most of my music currently in storage! Sonny Clark also had some archival recordings in solo and trio format, from '54 and '55, on Xanadu and Uptown. These have been repackaged by the Andorrans since. Quote
Niko Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) Lou Blackburn recorded more with the group Mombasa which he led, don't kknow if that's against the rules (btw i just saw it seems a second Mombasa Lp has been reissued: http://www.grooveattack.com/b2b/u_content....p;name=Sonorama Edited January 31, 2008 by Niko Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 Singers/instrumentalists Mildred Anderson - Bluesville Paul Bollenback - Challenge Joe Castro - Atlantic Nat Dixon - Sax Rack Jean DuShon - Argo/Cadet Caesar Frazier - Eastbound/Westbound George Jenkins - Tampa Billy Larkin - Aura/World Pacific Onzy Matthews - Capitol Grasell Oliphant - Atlantic St Clair Pinckney - Ichiban Art Porter - Verve Billie Poole - Riverside John Wright - Prestige/New Jazz Bands The Blackbyrds - Fantasy Brass Fever - Impulse Freedom Sounds - Atlantic Funk Inc - Prestige Fuse One - CTI Members Only - Muse Organissimo - Big O Players Association - Vanguard The Real Thing - Real Thing Three of a Kind - Minor Music And some I'm not sure of Papa John DeFrancesco - Muse & HighNote/Savant (all owned by Joe Fields) Bobby Pierce - Cobblestone & Muse (both owned by Joe Fields) Earl Neal Creque - Cobblestone & Muse (again) Charles Williams - Mainstream (but an alto player with the same name made an album in 1996 - same man?) MG Quote
Chas Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Posted January 31, 2008 Montego Joe (2 albums for Prestige) + one for ESP. Good catch on the Montego Joe - I didn't know about that one . Lou Blackburn recorded more with the group Mombasa which he led, don't kknow if that's against the rules... Unlike the Montego Joe ESP , Blackburn's name isn't separated from that of his group so.......Blackburn stays on the list . May as well add a few more while I'm here : - Jimmy Woods - Bill Marx - Reggie Moore Quote
Chas Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Posted January 31, 2008 Joe Castro - Atlantic Billie Poole - Riverside John Wright - Prestige/New Jazz I thought of these too , but a check of the discographies disqualifies all three of these . Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 31, 2008 Report Posted January 31, 2008 Joe Castro - Atlantic Billie Poole - Riverside John Wright - Prestige/New Jazz I thought of these too , but a check of the discographies disqualifies all three of these . Really? Come on then Chas, cough. I really want more of all of them. MG Quote
Chas Posted February 2, 2008 Author Report Posted February 2, 2008 Joe Castro - Atlantic Billie Poole - Riverside John Wright - Prestige/New Jazz I thought of these too , but a check of the discographies disqualifies all three of these . Really? Come on then Chas, cough. I really want more of all of them. Well , Billie Poole apparently recorded a single for an L.A. label called Merrie circa 1957 . Joe Castro recorded a big band w/strings album called Lush Life in the 60's for Clover Records : John Wright recorded in 1994 for Interplay - available on this Norma(Japan) CD : Quote
bertrand Posted February 2, 2008 Report Posted February 2, 2008 The JFK quintet did a third date, probably also for Riverside, which has never been issued. The drummer on this date is Joe Chambers, who had joined the band at that point. This would probably be his first record date. According to Andrew White, there was even a Chambers composition on the date, possibly called 'The Maze'. If you missed out on the OJC reissue of their first album, Andrew has a bunch of copies, or did when I last spoke to him about the JFK quintet (a year or so ago). Bertrand. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 2, 2008 Report Posted February 2, 2008 Joe Castro - Atlantic Billie Poole - Riverside John Wright - Prestige/New Jazz I thought of these too , but a check of the discographies disqualifies all three of these . Really? Come on then Chas, cough. I really want more of all of them. Well , Billie Poole apparently recorded a single for an L.A. label called Merrie circa 1957 . Joe Castro recorded a big band w/strings album called Lush Life in the 60's for Clover Records : John Wright recorded in 1994 for Interplay - available on this Norma(Japan) CD : Thanks Chas. That John Wright looks awesome! MG Quote
mikeweil Posted February 2, 2008 Report Posted February 2, 2008 Charles Williams - Mainstream (but an alto player with the same name made an album in 1996 - same man?) Yes! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 2, 2008 Report Posted February 2, 2008 Charles Williams - Mainstream (but an alto player with the same name made an album in 1996 - same man?) Yes! Ah, very interesting. Do you know what it's like, Mike? MG Quote
Chas Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Posted February 7, 2008 There's hundreds of cases that can be mentioned here, I believe. I don't know about this Tom . I initially thought about setting the 'minimum number of dates' criterion at three , but even set at two , the list so far hardly numbers in the hundreds , which I think speaks to the correctness of my original decision . I'm flexible though ; if the list begins to get out of hand , then the criterion can be changed to a three date minimum . For now though , I'd like to add these names ( all of which would be excluded under a three date minimum ) : - Gus Mancuso - Leonard Gaskin - Rudolph Johnson - The Awakening Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 There's hundreds of cases that can be mentioned here, I believe. I don't know about this Tom . I initially thought about setting the 'minimum number of dates' criterion at three , but even set at two , the list so far hardly numbers in the hundreds , which I think speaks to the correctness of my original decision . I'm flexible though ; if the list begins to get out of hand , then the criterion can be changed to a three date minimum . For now though , I'd like to add these names ( all of which would be excluded under a three date minimum ) : - Gus Mancuso - Leonard Gaskin - Rudolph Johnson - The Awakening Ah yes, forgot about Rudy Johnson. MG Quote
Dan Gould Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 Its too bad Blue Note had to fade away and Horace Silver had to look for a new label. Quote
Niko Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 naming people who recorded just one album is cheating! Quote
marcello Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 Oops! My mistake. Maybe it is harder than I thought! Quote
GA Russell Posted February 8, 2008 Report Posted February 8, 2008 Interesting that these people aren't exactly household names. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 8, 2008 Report Posted February 8, 2008 Interesting that these people aren't exactly household names. Well, we are trying to find moderately obscure people, I think. Jazz musicians' careers are usually pretty long, if they don't die early or give up through discouragement, so most significant musicians will record for a number of companies over the years. MG Quote
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