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Prestige Records

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Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City. [1]

32 relations: A. B. Spellman, Bergenfield, New Jersey, Blue Note Records, Blue Seven, Bob Porter (record producer), Bob Weinstock, Booker Ervin, Charles Earland, Chris Albertson, Concord Music, Concord Records, Don Schlitten, Esmond Edwards, Fantasy Records, Gene Ammons, Imran Khan (singer), Jackie McLean, Jaki Byard, Jazz, Jazzmeia Horn, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, New York City, Original Jazz Classics, Ozzie Cadena, Rudy Van Gelder, Shirley Scott, Sonny Rollins, Soul jazz, Stan Getz, Thelonious Monk, Wardell Gray.

A. B. Spellman

Alfred B. Spellman (born August 12, 1935), is an African-American poet, music critic, and arts administrator.

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Bergenfield, New Jersey

Bergenfield is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label that is owned by Universal Music Group and operated with Decca Records.

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Blue Seven

Blue Seven is a studio album by organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1961 for Prestige and issued in 1966 as PRLP 7376.

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Bob Porter (record producer)

Bob Porter (born June 20, 1940) is an American record producer, discographer, writer, and radio presenter.

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Bob Weinstock

Bob Weinstock (October 2, 1928 – January 14, 2006) was an American record producer best known for his label Prestige Records, established in 1949, which was responsible for many significant jazz recordings during his more than two decades operating the firm.

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Booker Ervin

Booker Telleferro Ervin II (October 31, 1930 – August 31, 1970) was an American tenor saxophone player.

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Charles Earland

Charles Earland (May 24, 1941 – December 11, 1999) was an American jazz organist.

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Chris Albertson

Christiern Gunnar Albertson (born October 18, 1931) is a New York City-based jazz journalist, writer and record producer.

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Concord Music

Concord Music is an independent music company based in Beverly Hills, California, with worldwide (including the U.S) distribution through Universal Music Group.

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Concord Records

Concord Records is an American record label owned by Concord Music and based in Beverly Hills, California.

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Don Schlitten

Don Schlitten (born March 4, 1932) is an American jazz record producer, now inactive.

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Esmond Edwards

Esmond Edwards (October 29, 1927 – January 20, 2007) was an American photographer, record producer, and recording engineer.

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Fantasy Records

Fantasy Records is an American record company and label founded by brothers Max and Sol Weiss in 1949.

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Gene Ammons

Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Imran Khan (singer)

Imran Khan (عمران خان), born 28 May 1984 is a Dutch-Pakistani, urban Punjabi singer, songwriter and composer.

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Jackie McLean

John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''Down Beat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their death.

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Jaki Byard

John Arthur "Jaki" Byard (June 15, 1922 – February 11, 1999) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger.

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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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Jazzmeia Horn

Jazzmeia Horn (born April 16, 1991) is an American jazz singer and songwriter of African ancestry.

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John Coltrane

John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane" (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967),.

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Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Original Jazz Classics

Original Jazz Classics (or OJC) is a record label that was started in 1983 as an imprint of Fantasy Records.

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Ozzie Cadena

Oscar "Ozzie" Cadena (September 26, 1924 – April 9, 2008) was an American record producer with Savoy Records and Prestige Records who recorded gospel and jazz music in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and helped popularize jazz music in Los Angeles.

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Rudy Van Gelder

Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz.

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Shirley Scott

Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) - accessed May 2010 was an African-American hard bop and soul-jazz organist.

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Sonny Rollins

Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians.

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Soul jazz

Soul jazz is a development of jazz incorporating strong influences from blues, soul, gospel and rhythm and blues in music for small groups, often an organ trio featuring a Hammond organ.

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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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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

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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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References

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

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