Contemporary Records
Contemporary Records, fondazione 1951: artisti e album jazz dell'etichetta.
Contemporary Records è stata un'etichetta discografica fondata da Lester Koenig a Los Angeles nel 1951. Musica contemporanea prodotta da una varietà di stili e musicisti jazz.
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Artisti di Contemporary Records
Peter Erskine
n. 1954 · batterista statunitense
Billy Higgins
1936–2001 · batterista statunitense
George Cables
n. 1944 · pianista e compositore statunitense
Harold Land
1928–2001 · sassofonista, compositore, professore universitario…
Lennie Niehaus
1929–2020 · compositore e sassofonista statunitense (1929-2020)
Helen Humes
1913–1981 · musicista jazz, cantante, compositrice statunitense (1913-)
Teddy Edwards
1924–2003 · American jazz tenor saxophonist
Buddy Collette
1921–2010 · sassofonista, flautista e clarinettista statunitense
Frank Morgan
1933–2007 · sassofonista statunitense
Carol Sloane
1937–2023 · cantante statunitense (1937-2023)
Curtis Counce
1926–1963 · musicista jazz
Bill Perkins
1924–2003 · sassofonista, artista discografico, musicista jazz
Jimmy Rowles
1918–1996 · pianista statunitense
Profilo dell'etichetta
US label, also appears as "Contemporary" only.
Label Code: LC 0164 / LC 00164
In 1951, two years after establishing his label as an outlet for traditional jazz, Lester Koenig founded Contemporary Records originally intending to concentrate on issuing contemporary classical music, but jazz bassist , who operated the Lighthouse Club (with partners), persuaded Koenig to release the first of their All-Stars recordings as an album thus switching Koenig's label towards modern jazz. The Los Angeles-based company quickly set industry standards with its superb audio (in the first decade often by or ), quiet pressings, striking album graphics, and informative liner notes and, in 1956, was early in the switch to recording jazz in stereo.
Contemporary Records not only captured much of the Southern California jazz scene, including such musicians as , , , and , but also cut two albums by East Coast tenorist and launched the recording career of .
In 1984, seven years after Lester Koenig died, Contemporary was acquired by , which signed such artists as , , , , , , and led by and .
In UK, the label's albums were issued on [ in 1950s.
Profilo da Discogs (CC0, in inglese)