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Vocalion

Vocalion, fondazione 1920: artisti e album jazz dell'etichetta.

La Vocalion Records è stata una casa discografica statunitense fondata nel 1916 a New York dalla Aeolian Company.

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Artisti di Vocalion

Billie Holiday 1915–1959 · cantante statunitense (1915-1959) Jelly Roll Morton 1890–1941 · pianista e compositore statunitense Johnny Hodges 1907–1970 · sassofonista statunitense King Oliver 1881–1938 · compositore e direttore d'orchestra statunitense Charley Patton 1891–1934 · chitarrista e cantante statunitense Mildred Bailey 1907–1951 · cantante statunitense Stuff Smith 1909–1967 · musicista jazz, violinista Maxine Sullivan 1911–1987 · American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987) Original Dixieland Jass Band 1916– · gruppo musicale statunitense Cootie Williams 1911–1985 · trombettista e cantante statunitense (1911-1985) Clarence Williams 1893–1965 · musicista e compositore statunitense (1893 o 1898-1965) Johnny Dodds 1892–1940 · clarinettista statunitense Jimmie Noone 1895–1944 · musicista jazz, clarinettista Bunny Berigan 1908–1942 · trombettista e cantante statunitense Erskine Tate 1895–1978 · American musician (1895–1978) Joe Sullivan 1906–1971 · pianista e compositore statunitense Hal Kemp 1904–1940 · American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader… Frank Newton 1906–1954 · trombettista jazz statunitense Midge Williams 1915–1952 · African American swing and jazz singer (1915–1952) Chick Bullock 1898–1981 · cantante statunitense Blind John Davis 1913–1985 · American musician (1913–1985)

Profilo dell'etichetta

78 rpm record label, issued in the United States (1921-April 1940), Canada (1921-1930), the United Kingdom (1919-1927, 1936-1954, and 1962-1968), Australia (1927-1931), and New Zealand.

For CDs reissued by the current UK-based label operated by Dutton Laboratories, please see .
For unofficial releases, please see .
Note: The official color of the reddish-brown records is 'Red', as listed in catalogs during that time.

The Vocalion label began in 1917 in the United States as Aeolian Vocalion. It became "Vocalion" when the "Aeolian" was dropped from the label's name in 1921.

In Canada, Scythes Vocalion Co. Ltd. in Toronto was incorporated in April 1921 to both distribute and manufacture Vocalion discs in Canada. The new company's president, E. C. Scythes, had been distributing American-made Vocalion discs in Canada since 1917. The Canadian company was dissolved in February 1930.

In the United Kingdom, Vocalion started in 1920 as a subsidiary of the American label, originally also called Aeolian Vocalion. Here, the original label name was used longer, until 1925.

In November 1924, The Aeolian Company was acquired by The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. The new owner continued

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