Jubilee Records
Jubilee Records, founded 1946: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Artists on Jubilee Records
Della Reese
1931–2017 · American actress and singer (1931-2017)
Cy Coleman
1929–2004 · American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist (1929-2004)
Ethel Waters
1896–1977 · American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress…
Conrad Janis
1928–2022 · American actor and musician (1928–2022)
Don Cornell
1919–2004 · American singer (1919-2004)
Bobby Sherwood
1914–1981 · American actor and trumpeter (1914-1980)
Label profile
US label; for unofficial releases please use Jubilee (3).
Jubilee was founded by Atlantic co-founder Herb Abramson with bandleader and record wholesaler Jerry Blaine (2) as "Jay-Gee Recording Corporation" (the name would appear on album covers and later 45 RPM singles) in 1946. Blaine bought Abramson's half of Jubilee one year later. The label released a number of classic doo-wop singles, including those by The Orioles, The Gallahads and The Cadillacs. The label also recorded R&B, pop and jazz by Della Reese, The Fifth Estate, Oliver (6), Mary Wells, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and Moe Koffman.
Jubilee's most successful albums were novelty and comedy recordings which included Kermit Schafer "Blooper" compilations, frat-house R&B by (which had to be issued on a custom label created solely for the band's releases called Gross Records (2) due to their raunchy [for the mid-1960s] lyrics) and "party records" by Rusty Warren. One of the most valued Jubilee LPs by collectors is the 1970 debut album of country star Emmylou Harris. In 1954 Jubilee created a subsidiary called Josie Records, whose biggest stars were New Orleans funk band The Meters. And, from 1964 through 1971, alth
Profile from Discogs (CC0)