Cobblestone Records
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Cobblestone Records was an American jazz
record label.
Cobblestone had two successive incarnations. The early one was in 1968-69 as a singles label, subsidiary of Buddah Records
. (The Joe Thomas LP is drawn from that period.) The singles line went dormant in the early 1970s, until in 1972 a new version of the label was established by Joe Fields
in New York City
, also as a subsidiary label to Buddah. Much of what was issued on the label was produced by Don Schlitten
. Among the label's releases was a six-album issue of recordings from the Newport Jazz Festival
New York of 1972. The label also released previously unissued recordings from Grant Green
with Big John Patton.
In a move reflecting an active era of independent record labels, Fields went on to form Muse Records
, essentially an extension of Cobblestone's approach, with Schlitten producing the initial majority of the output. Later producers included Michael Cuscuna
and Fred Seibert
. Some of the label's material was later transferred to Muse Records
and 32 Jazz
.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
record label.
Cobblestone had two successive incarnations. The early one was in 1968-69 as a singles label, subsidiary of Buddah Records
Buddah Records
Buddah Records was founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's founding...
. (The Joe Thomas LP is drawn from that period.) The singles line went dormant in the early 1970s, until in 1972 a new version of the label was established by Joe Fields
Joe Fields (producer)
Joe Fields is an American producer and record executive, active mainly in jazz music.Fields worked for Prestige Records as an executive in the 1960s. He and producer Don Schlitten cofounded Cobblestone Records, a subsidiary of Buddah Records, in 1972, and soon after founded Muse Records and its...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, also as a subsidiary label to Buddah. Much of what was issued on the label was produced by Don Schlitten
Don Schlitten
Don Schlitten was an American jazz record producer.Schlitten founded the label Signal Records in 1955 alongside Harold Goldberg and Jules Colomby. His credits for Signal included work with Duke Jordan, Gigi Gryce, and Red Rodney. Signal was sold to Savoy Records in the late 1950s, and after this...
. Among the label's releases was a six-album issue of recordings from the Newport Jazz Festival
Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard, who, together with husband Louis Lorillard, financed the festival for many years. The couple hired jazz impresario George Wein to organize the...
New York of 1972. The label also released previously unissued recordings from Grant Green
Grant Green
Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....
with Big John Patton.
In a move reflecting an active era of independent record labels, Fields went on to form Muse Records
Muse Records
Muse Records was an American record label which released jazz and blues music.Muse was founded in the early 1970s by Joe Fields, who had previously worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s...
, essentially an extension of Cobblestone's approach, with Schlitten producing the initial majority of the output. Later producers included Michael Cuscuna
Michael Cuscuna
Michael Cuscuna is an American jazz record producer and writer. He is a leading discographer of Blue Note Records....
and Fred Seibert
Fred Seibert
Frederick "Fred" Seibert is a television and film producer and entertainment entrepreneur who owns Frederator Studios, and who has held leading positions with MTV Networks, Hanna-Barbera, and Next New Networks; he owns Frederator Studios...
. Some of the label's material was later transferred to Muse Records
Muse Records
Muse Records was an American record label which released jazz and blues music.Muse was founded in the early 1970s by Joe Fields, who had previously worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s...
and 32 Jazz
32 Jazz
-Discography:...
.
Discography
- 7001: Joe ThomasJoe Thomas (saxophonist)Joe Thomas was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Thomas played alto sax under Horace Henderson, but played tenor from the time he joined Stuff Smith's band onward. He played with Jimmie Lunceford's band from 1933 until Lunceford's death in 1947, where he soloed often and occasionally sang...
- Comin' Home - 9000: Hermeto PascoalHermeto PascoalHermeto Pascoal is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil. Pascoal is a greatly beloved musical figure in the history of Brazilian music, known for his abilities at orchestration and improvisation, as well as being a record producer and...
- Hermeto - 9001: Elmore JamesElmore JamesElmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.-Biography:James was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in...
- Southside Blues - 9002: Grant GreenGrant GreenGrant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....
- Iron CityIron City (album)Iron City is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1967 and released on the Cobblestone label in 1972.-Reception:... - 9003: Richard Davis - The Philosophy Of The Spiritual
- 9004: Freddie McCoyFreddie McCoyFreddie McCoy was an American soul jazz vibraphonist. McCoy started out with Johnny "Hammond" Smith in 1961, then released seven albums for Prestige Records and then one in 1971 for the short-lived Cobblestone Records...
- Gimme Some! - 9005: Neal CrequeNeal CrequeNeal Creque whose real name is Earl Neal Creque was an American jazz composer, born April 13, 1940 and originally from the Virgin Islands; he was based in the Cleveland area up until his death....
- Creque - 9006: Eric KlossEric KlossEric Kloss is an American jazz saxophonist.Blind since birth, Kloss first played professionally in the Pittsburgh area in the 1960s, and played with Pat Martino in 1965; later that year he made his first recordings at age 16 for Prestige Records...
- Doors - 9007: Ruth BrownRuth BrownRuth Brown was an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, composer and actress, noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes" and " He Treats Your Daughter Mean".For these...
- The Real Ruth Brown - 9008: Chuck RaineyChuck RaineyChuck Rainey, is an American bass guitar session musician, known for playing with many well-known American musicians and acts, including Donald Byrd, Steely Dan, Quincy Jones, and Aretha Franklin.-Biography:Rainey's youthful pursuits included violin, piano and trumpet...
- The Chuck Rainey Coalition - 9009: Bob Freedman - Journeys Of Odysseus
- 9010: Earl Grubbs & Carl Grubbs - Neptune
- 9011: Cedar WaltonCedar WaltonCedar Anthony Walton, Junior is an American hard bop jazz pianist.-Biography:Walton grew up in Dallas, Texas. His mother was an aspiring concert pianist, and was Walton's initial teacher. She also took him to jazz performances around Dallas...
- Breakthrough!Breakthrough! (album)Breakthrough! is an album by the Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet recorded on February 22, 1972, and released on the Muse label. It features performances by Hank Mobley and Cedar Walton with Charles Davis, Sam Jones and Billy Higgins. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "As strong as pianist... - 9012: Jimmy HeathJimmy HeathJames Edward Heath , nicknamed Little Bird, is an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. He is the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath.-Biography:...
- The Gap Sealer - 9013: Sonny StittSonny StittEdward "Sonny" Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. He was also one of the best-documented saxophonists of his generation, recording over 100 albums in his lifetime...
- Tune-Up - 9014: Emanuel Rahim - Total Submission
- 9015: Pat MartinoPat MartinoPat Martino is an Italian-American jazz guitarist and composer within the post bop, fusion, mainstream jazz, soul jazz and hard bop idioms.-Biography:...
- The Visit - 9016: Bobby PierceBobby PierceBobby Pierce is the head collegiate baseball coach at Troy University. He started his coaching career at Chipola Junior College, where he coached from 1982 to 1989. He posted a 259–92 record there with five berths in the state tournament. He was later hired as an assistant coach at his alma...
- Introducing Bobby Pierce With Bobby Jones - 9017: Harold OusleyHarold OusleyHarold Lomax Ousley is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist.Ousley began playing in the late 1940s, and in the 1950s recorded behind vocalists such as Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington. He played as a sideman with Gene Ammons in the 1950s and with Jack McDuff and George Benson in the...
- The Kid - 9018: CatalystCatalyst (band)Catalyst was a funk/jazz quartet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose material presaged the work of later jazz fusion artists. The group encountered regional success in the 1970s and have become more widely known since the re-release of their material on CD....
- Catalyst - 9019: Gary McFarlandGary McFarlandGary McFarland was an influential composer, arranger, vibraphonist and vocalist, prominent on Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s, when he made "one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz"...
- Requiem For Gary McFarland - 9020: Steve Kuhn Steve KuhnSteve Kuhn is an American jazz pianist, composer and trio leader.-Biography:He began studying piano at the age of five and studied under Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, who taught him the "Russian style" of piano playing. At an early age he...
- Live In New York - 9021: Sonny StittSonny StittEdward "Sonny" Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. He was also one of the best-documented saxophonists of his generation, recording over 100 albums in his lifetime...
- Constellation - 9022: Bobby JonesBobby Jones (saxophonist)Bobby Jones was an American jazz saxophonist.Jones played drums as a child and started on clarinet at age 8; his father encouraged him to explore jazz. He studied with Simeon Bellison, Joe Allard, Charlie Parker, and George Russell...
- The Arrival Of Bobby Jones - 9023: Neal CrequeNeal CrequeNeal Creque whose real name is Earl Neal Creque was an American jazz composer, born April 13, 1940 and originally from the Virgin Islands; he was based in the Cleveland area up until his death....
- Contrast! - 9024: Norman Connors Norman ConnorsNorman Connors is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, producer, and headliner, who has led some influential jazz and R&B groups. He also achieved several big R&B hits of the day, especially with love ballads.-Biography:...
- Dance Of Magic - 9025: (Various) - Newport In New York '72: The Jam Sessions Vol 1 & 2
- 9026: (Various) - Newport In New York '72: The Jam Sessions Vol 3 & 4
- 9027: (Various) - Newport In New York '72 Vol 5: The Jimmy Smith Jam
- 9028: (Various) - Newport In New York '72 Vol 6: The Soul Sessions
- 9032: (Various) - Newport In New York '72
- 9035: Norman Connors - Dark Of Light