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Clef Records

Index Clef Records

Clef Records was an American jazz record label founded by Norman Granz in 1946. [1]

72 relations: Alvin Stoller, An Evening with Billie Holiday, An Evening with Oscar Peterson, Barney Kessel, Basie (album), Basie Jazz, Basie Rides Again!, Ben Webster, Benny Carter, Billie Holiday (album), Bob Brookmeyer Plays Bob Brookmeyer and Some Others, Bud Powell's Moods, Buddy DeFranco, Buddy Rich, Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker with Strings, Charlie Shavers, Count Basie, Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings, Dale's Wail, Dance Session, Dance Session Album No. 2, Dizzy Gillespie, Django Reinhardt, Ella Fitzgerald, Flip Phillips, Freddie Green, Groovin' with Jacquet, Harry Edison, Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra, J. C. Heard, Jazz, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Joe Williams (jazz singer), John Simmons (musician), Johnny Hodges, Krupa and Rich, Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday album), List of record labels, Little Jazz, Louie Bellson, Machito, Metronome All-Stars, Metronome All-Stars 1956, Music for Torching (album), Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie, Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin, ..., Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen, Ray Brown (musician), Record label, Rockin' Chair (Roy Eldridge album), Roy and Diz, Stan Getz, Sweets (album), Swing's the Thing, Teddy Wilson, The Astaire Story, The Count!, The Flip Phillips Buddy Rich Trio, The Genius of Bud Powell, The Kid and the Brute, The Lionel Hampton Art Tatum Buddy Rich Trio, The Lionel Hampton Quintet, The Swinging Count!, Urbanity (album), Velvet Mood, Verve Records, Wardell Gray, Willie Smith (alto saxophonist). Expand index (22 more) »

Alvin Stoller

Alvin Stoller (October 7, 1925 – October 19, 1992) was an American jazz drummer.

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An Evening with Billie Holiday

An Evening with Billie Holiday (MG C-144) is the second 10 inch LP studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released by Clef Records in 1953.

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An Evening with Oscar Peterson

An Evening with Oscar Peterson is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, released in 1952 on Clef Records.

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Barney Kessel

Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

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Basie (album)

Basie (reissued as The Band of Distinction) is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Clef label.

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Basie Jazz

Basie Jazz is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1952 and released on the Clef label in 1954.

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Basie Rides Again!

Basie Rides Again! is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1952 and originally released on the Clef label in 1956.

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Ben Webster

Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Benny Carter

Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

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Billie Holiday (album)

Billie Holiday (MG C-161) is the third 10 inch LP album of original material by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released on Clef Records in 1954 (her final album would also be given the same title, prior to being changed to Last Recording instead).

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Bob Brookmeyer Plays Bob Brookmeyer and Some Others

Bob Brookmeyer Plays Bob Brookmeyer and Some Others (also released as The Modernity of Bob Brookmeyer) is an album by jazz trombonist and pianist Bob Brookmeyer recorded in early 1955 for the Clef label.

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Bud Powell's Moods

Bud Powell's Moods is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released in 1956 by Norgran, featuring sessions that Powell recorded in 1954 and 1955.

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Buddy DeFranco

Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an Italian American jazz clarinet player.

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Buddy Rich

Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.

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Charlie Parker

Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), also known as Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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Charlie Parker with Strings

Charlie Parker with Strings is a compilation album by jazz musician Charlie Parker, released by Verve Records in January 1995.

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Charlie Shavers

Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1917 – July 8, 1971) was an American swing era jazz trumpeter who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, and Billie Holiday.

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Count Basie

William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.

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Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings

Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie and vocalist Joe Williams recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Clef label.

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Dale's Wail

Dale's Wail is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1953 and originally released on the Clef label.

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Dance Session

Dance Session is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1953 and became Basie's first 12-inch LP when it was originally released on the Clef label.

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Dance Session Album No. 2

Dance Session Album #2 is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1954 (with one track from 1952) and originally released on the Clef label.

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Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.

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Django Reinhardt

Jean Reinhardt (or; 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) stage name Django Reinhardt, was a Belgian-born Romani French jazz guitarist, musician and composer, regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.

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Flip Phillips

Flip Phillips (March 26, 1915 – August 17, 2001) – accessed May 2010 was an American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player.

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Freddie Green

Frederick William Green (March 31, 1911 – March 1, 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years.

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Groovin' with Jacquet

Groovin' with Jacquet (aka Groovin) is an album by American jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet recorded in 1951 and late 1953 and released on the Clef label.

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Harry Edison

Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra.

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Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra

Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (also released as Groovin' with Jacquet) is an album by American jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Clef label.

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J. C. Heard

James Charles Heard (August 10, 1917 – September 27, 1988), known as J. C. Heard, was an American swing, bop, and blues drummer.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jazz at the Philharmonic

Jazz at the Philharmonic, or JATP (1944–1983), was the title of a series of jazz concerts, tours and recordings produced by Norman Granz.

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Joe Williams (jazz singer)

Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer.

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John Simmons (musician)

John Simmons (June 14, 1918 in Haskell, Oklahoma – September 19, 1979 in Orange, New York) was an American jazz bassist.

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Johnny Hodges

John Cornelius Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band.

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Krupa and Rich

Krupa and Rich is a 1956 studio album by jazz drummers Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich on Norman Granz' Clef Records label.

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Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday album)

Lady Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday.

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List of record labels

For lists of record labels, see.

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Little Jazz

Little Jazz is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Clef label.

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Louie Bellson

Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), known by the stage name Louie Bellson (his own preferred spelling, although he is often seen in sources as Louis Bellson), was an American jazz drummer.

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Machito

Machito (born Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo, December 3, 1908?–April 19, 1984) was a Latin jazz musician who helped refine Afro-Cuban jazz and create both Cubop and salsa music.

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Metronome All-Stars

The Metronome All-Stars were a collection of jazz musicians assembled for studio recordings by Metronome Magazine, based on its readers' polls.

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Metronome All-Stars 1956

Metronome All-Stars 1956 was the final album by the Metronome All-Stars, a loose amalgamation of musicians representing winners of Metronome magazine's annual poll.

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Music for Torching (album)

Music for Torching (MGC 669) is a studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1955 by Clef Records.

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Norman Granz

Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz music impresario.

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Oscar Peterson

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.

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Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie

Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie is a 1955 album by Oscar Peterson, of music associated with Count Basie.

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Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington

Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, of songs associated with Duke Ellington released in 1952 on Clef Records.

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Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin is a 1952 album by pianist Oscar Peterson of popular songs written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.

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Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen

Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, released in 1955.

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Ray Brown (musician)

Raymond Matthews Brown (October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an African American jazz double bassist known for extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.

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Record label

A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos.

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Rockin' Chair (Roy Eldridge album)

Rockin' Chair is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1951 and 1952 and originally released on the Clef label.

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Roy and Diz

Roy and Diz is an album by trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Clef label as two separate volumes.

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Stan Getz

Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist.

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Sweets (album)

Sweets is an album by American jazz trumpeter Harry Edison and His Orchestra recorded in 1956 and originally released on the Clef label.

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Swing's the Thing

Swing's the Thing is an album by American jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet recorded in late 1956 and originally released on the Clef label.

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Teddy Wilson

Theodore Shaw Wilson (November 24, 1912 – July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist.

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The Astaire Story

The Astaire Story is a 1952 album by Fred Astaire.

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The Count!

The Count! is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1952 and released on the Clef label in 1955.

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The Flip Phillips Buddy Rich Trio

The Flip Phillips Buddy Rich Trio is a 1953 Clef Records release of several small jazz combo tracks recorded in 1951 and 1952.

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The Genius of Bud Powell

The Genius of Bud Powell, originally titled Bud Powell's Moods, is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released in 1956 by Mercury / Clef, featuring two sessions that Powell recorded in 1950 and 1951.

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The Kid and the Brute

The Kid and the Brute is an album by American jazz saxophonists Illinois Jacquet and Ben Webster recorded in late 1954 and released on the Clef label.

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The Lionel Hampton Art Tatum Buddy Rich Trio

The Lionel Hampton Art Tatum Buddy Rich Trio is a 1955 studio album by Lionel Hampton, Art Tatum and Buddy Rich for Norman Granz' Clef Records.

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The Lionel Hampton Quintet

The Lionel Hampton Quintet is a 1954 album by Lionel Hampton accompanied by a quintet including clarinetist Buddy DeFranco.

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The Swinging Count!

The Swinging Count! is an album by jazz pianist Count Basie in small group sessions recorded in 1952 and released in 1956 on the Clef label.

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Urbanity (album)

Urbanity is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones featuring solo piano recordings from 1947 and 1953 which was released on the Clef label.

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Velvet Mood

Velvet Mood (subtitled Songs by Billie Holiday) (MGC 713) is an album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1956 on Clef Records.

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Verve Records

Verve Records, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world’s largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others.

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Wardell Gray

Wardell Gray (February 13, 1921 – May 25, 1955) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who straddled the swing and bebop periods.

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Willie Smith (alto saxophonist)

William McLeish Smith (November 25, 1910 – March 7, 1967) was one of the major alto saxophone players of the swing era.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clef_Records

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