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Savoy Records is an American record company and label established by Herman Lubinsky in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey.[1] Savoy specialized in jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel music.
In September 2017, Savoy was acquired by Concord Bicycle Music.[2]
History
In the 1940s, Savoy recorded some of the biggest names in jazz, including Charlie Parker, Erroll Garner, Dexter Gordon, J. J. Johnson, Fats Navarro, and Miles Davis. In 1948, it began buying other labels: Bop, Discovery, National, and Regent. It also reissued music from Jewel Records.[1] In the early 1960s, Savoy briefly recorded several avant-garde jazz artists. These included Paul Bley, Bill Dixon, Charles Moffett, Perry Robinson, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Marzette Watts, and Valdo Williams.
After Lubinsky's death in 1974, Clive Davis, then manager of Arista Records, acquired Savoy's catalogue. After that, Joe Fields of Muse Records purchased the catalogue from Arista. In 1986, Malaco Records acquired Savoy's black gospel titles and contracts.[3]
In 1991, Nippon Columbia acquired Savoy and its library, and distributed Savoy releases through its wholly owned subsidiary, Savoy Jazz. In 2003, Savoy Jazz acquired the rights to the Muse and Landmark catalogues from 32 Jazz.[4] In 2009, the label entered a distribution arrangement with Warner Music Group.[5] Savoy included the rock imprint 429 Records.
Many of the label's African American artists begrudged the label's founder, Herman Lubinsky, feeling underpaid for their work. Tiny Price, a journalist for the African American newspaper The Newark Herald News, said of Savoy and Lubinsky:
There's no doubt everybody hated Herman Lubinsky. If he messed with you, you were messed. At the same time, some of those people, many of them Newark's top singers and musicians, would never have been exposed on records if he didn't do what he did. Except for Lubinsky, all the hot little numbers, like Buddy Johnson's "Cherry", would have been lost. The man may have been hated, but he saved a lot of our history for us and for future generations.[6]
Savoy's artistic directors included Buck Ram, Teddy Reig, Ralph Bass (1948–1952), Fred Mendelsohn (1953), and Ozzie Cadena (1954–1962).
Discography
The following are 12" LPs and have the prefix MG.
| Cat | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 12000 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Memorial 1 |
| 12001 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Immortal Charlie Parker, The |
| 12002 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Penthouse Serenade |
| 12003 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Serenade to Laura |
| 12004 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | At Storyville/At the Hickory House |
| 12005 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Lullaby of Birdland |
| 12006 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Telefunken Blues |
| 12007 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Ernie Wilkins | Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins |
| 12008 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./Billy Taylor | Back to Back |
| 12009 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Memorial 1 |
| 12010 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Kai Winding | Jay and Kai |
| 12011 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Fats, Bud, Klook, Sonny, Kinney |
| 12012 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Wardell Gray | Jazz Concert – West Coast |
| 12013 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Hawk Returns |
| 12014 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Genius of Parker |
| 12015 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Musician of the Year |
| 12016 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./George Shearing | Great Britain's Marian McPartland & George Shearing |
| 12017 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Bohemia After Dark |
| 12018 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Presenting Cannonball Adderley |
| 12019 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Encore |
| 12020 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Groovin' High |
| 12021 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | That's Nat |
| 12022 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Frank Wess | Flutes & Reeds |
| 12023 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Trio |
| 12024 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Borderline |
| 12025 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Man with the Horns |
| 12026 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Milt Jackson | Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson |
| 12027 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Very Truly Yours |
| 12028 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Reflections |
| 12029 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./John Mehegan/Donald Byrd | Montage |
| 12030 | Script error: No such module "Sort"., Ola Hanson and Chuck Lee | Jazz Young Blood |
| 12031 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | New Orleans Nightingale |
| 12032 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Byrd's Word |
| 12033 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Deep in a Dream |
| 12034 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz at Storyville 1 |
| 12035 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | At Storyville |
| 12036 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Opus de Jazz |
| 12037 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Quartet-Quintet |
| 12038 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Punch Miller | New Orleans Jazz 1 |
| 12039 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Joltin' Joe Roland |
| 12040 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Boyd Meets Stravinsky |
| 12041 | Various Artists | Jazz at Storyville 2 |
| 12042 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Roll 'Em Bags |
| 12043 | Various Artists | The Jazz Keyboard |
| 12044 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Top Brass |
| 12045 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz Composers Workshop |
| 12046 | Modern Jazz Quartet | The Quartet |
| 12047 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Champ |
| 12048 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Al Cohn's Tones |
| 12049 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Eddie Costa | A Pair of Pianos |
| 12050 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Punch Miller | New Orleans Jazz 2 |
| 12051 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Mighty Mike |
| 12052 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Amazing Johnny Costa |
| 12053 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Trio with Guests |
| 12054 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./Don Elliot | Vibrations |
| 12055 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Ringside at Condon's |
| 12056 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Philosophy of Urso |
| 12057 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Serenade in Blue |
| 12058 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | I Think of You |
| 12059 | Jazz Composers Workshop | Jazz Composers Workshop 2 |
| 12060 | Various Artists | Singin' & Swingin′ |
| 12061 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Meet Milt Jackson |
| 12062 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Swing, Not Spring |
| 12063 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Wilder 'n' Wilder |
| 12064 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley |
| 12065 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Klook's Clique |
| 12066 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Solo |
| 12067 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Bowin' Singin' Slam |
| 12068 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Blue Lester |
| 12069 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Brock's Tops |
| 12070 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Jazz Skyline |
| 12071 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Master's Touch |
| 12072 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | North, South, East....Wess |
| 12073 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Night People |
| 12074 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Loaded |
| 12075 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | All About Ronnie |
| 12076 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | How I Play Jazz Piano |
| 12077 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Jazz Guitarist |
| 12078 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | No 'Count |
| 12079 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Story |
| 12080 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jackson's Ville |
| 12081 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Trio |
| 12082 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Portrait |
| 12083 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazzmen: Detroit |
| 12084 | Jones, Hank | Have You Met Hank Jones |
| 12085 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Kenny Burrell | Opus in Swing |
| 12086 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Trombones |
| 12087 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Hank Jones' Quartet |
| 12088 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Move! |
| 12089 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Surf Ride |
| 12090 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Dixieland (Pick-a-rib Boys) |
| 12091 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Introducing Lee Morgan |
| 12092 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz Message No. 2 |
| 12093 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./George Shearing | Midnight on Cloud 69 |
| 12094 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | By the Fireside |
| 12095 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz for Playboys |
| 12096 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Trumpets All Out |
| 12097 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Lookin' for a Boy |
| 12098 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./Bobby Sherwood | Jumpin' Bands, The (never issued) |
| 12099 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz Recital |
| 12100 | Various Artists | I Just Love Jazz Piano (Pianos: Down & Out) |
| 12101 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Dancing Jazz |
| 12102 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Flute Suite |
| 12103 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz Mood |
| 12104 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Essais |
| 12105 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Lestorian Mode |
| 12106 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets |
| 12107 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Mann Alone |
| 12108 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Yardbird Suite |
| 12109 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz for the Thinker |
| 12110 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Dizzy Gillespie Story |
| 12111 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Tubby Hayes | Changing the Jazz at Buckingham Palace |
| 12112 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./Herbie Mann | The Jazz We Heard Last Summer |
| 12113 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Paris Scene |
| 12114 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Opus De Bop |
| 12115 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./Yusef Lateef | Stable Mates |
| 12116 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Blues for Night People |
| 12117 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Prayer to the East |
| 12118 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Pretty for the People |
| 12119 | Various Artists | In the Beginning ... Bebop! |
| 12120 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz and the Sounds of Nature |
| 12121 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz for Playgirls |
| 12122 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz at Hotchikiss |
| 12123 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz Is Busting Out All Over! |
| 12124 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz Sahib |
| 12125 | Various Artists | Many Faces of Blues, The |
| 12126 | Various Artists | Jazz Hour, The |
| 12127 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Mainstream 1958 |
| 12128 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Dixieland Jazz Party |
| 12129 | Various Artists | Jazz Carousel, A (never issued) |
| 12130 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Dexter Rides Again |
| 12131 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz Way Out |
| 12132 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Blues Suite |
| 12133 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Nostalgia |
| 12134 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Plays the King and I |
| 12135 | Various Artists | Gift of Jazz |
| 12136 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Tanganyika Strut |
| 12137 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Nica's Tempo |
| 12138 | Various Artists | Bird's Night |
| 12139 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Dreamer |
| 12140 | Script error: No such module "Sort". f | The Fabric of Jazz |
| 12141 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Blues-ette |
| 12142 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Opus de Blues |
| 12143 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Curtis Fuller Jazztet |
| 12144 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Imagination |
| 12145 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./Hall Overton | Do-It-Yourself Jazz |
| 12146 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Do-It-Yourself Jazz |
| 12147 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Patterns of Jazz |
| 12148 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Fiery |
| 12150 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Fabulous Jimmy Scott |
| 12151 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | (never issued) |
| 12152 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | An Evening at Home |
| 12153 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Miles Ahead (never issued) |
| 12154 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Cookin' |
| 12155 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz Immortal Series 2 |
| 12156 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Opus De Jazz 2 |
| 12157 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz Argo |
| 12158 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Vinnie Burke | Music Minus Many Men |
| 12160 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron |
| 12161 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Voice of Barbara Long, The |
| 12162 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | (never issued) |
| 12163 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Modern Windows |
| 12164 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Images of Curtis Fuller |
| 12167 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | (never issued) |
| 12169 | Sun Ra | The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra |
| 12170 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Saying Something |
| 12171 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midnight Session |
| 12172 | New York Jazz Ensemble | Adams Theme |
| 12173 | Mathews, Mat | Four French Horns Plus Rhythm |
| 12174 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Vibe-rant Quintet |
| 12175 | New York Jazz Quartet | Gone Native |
| 12176 | Various Artists | The Giants of Jazz |
| 12177 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Funk Dumpling |
| 12178 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Archie Shepp | Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet |
| 12179 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Bird Returns |
| 12180 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | And Then I Said |
| 12181 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | If You Only Knew |
| 12182 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Footloose! |
| 12183 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Hot Line |
| 12184 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./Archie Shepp | Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 |
| 12185 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | New Concepts |
| 12186 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Newly Discovered Sides |
| 12187 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Vinson Hill Trio |
| 12188 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | New Advanced Jazz |
| 12189 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Good Golly, Miss Nancy |
| 12190 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Dragon Suite |
| 12191 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Elysa |
| 12192 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Electrifying Sounds |
| 12193 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Marzette Watts Ensemble |
| 12194 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Gift |
| 12195 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Doug Carn Trio |
| 12196 | Various Artists | Jazz Concert West Coast |
| 12197 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Concerto for Cozy |
| 12198 | Jackie and Roy | Jazz Classics by Charlie Ventura's Band |
| 12199 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Pete's Blues |
| 12200 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Charlie Ventura | Crazy Rhythms |
| 12201 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Donald Byrd | Jazz Eyes |
| 12202 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | East of Suez |
| 12203 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Free and Easy |
| 12204 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Joe Carroll |
| 12205 | Various Artists | South Pacific Jazz |
| 12206 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Bright's Spot |
| 12207 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Wingy Manone | Dixieland Strut |
| 12208 | Various Artists | We Dig Dixieland Jazz |
| 12209 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz ...It's Magic! |
| 12210 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz on the Rocks |
| 12211 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams |
| 12212 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Jazz Harpist |
| 12213 | Various Artists | Dixieland Mainstream |
| 12214 | Script error: No such module "Sort"./Bill Stafford | Dixieland |
| 12215 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Sonny Red | Two Altos |
| 12216 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Sings |
| 12217 | Various Artists | Singin' and Swingin' |
| 12218 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Brownie McGhee | Down Home Blues |
| 12219 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Mildred Bailey |
| 12220 | Various Artists | The Girls Sing |
| 12300 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Very Truly Yours |
| 12301 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Fabulous Songs of Jimmy Scott |
| 12302 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Fabulous Voice of Jimmy Scott |
| 12303 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Motivation |
| 12305 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Rock 'n Rhythm |
| 13001 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Blues Suite |
| 13002 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Plays the King and I |
| 13003 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Dixieland Jazz Party |
| 13004 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazz Way Out |
| 13005 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Tanganyika Strut |
| 13006 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Blues-ette |
| 13007 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Dreamer |
| 13008 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Fabric of Jazz |
| 13009 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Opus de Blues |
| 13010 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jazztet Feat. Benny Golson |
| 13011 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Imagination |
| 13012 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midnight Moods |
| 14002 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Sings |
| 14003 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | If You Only Knew |
| 14004 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Rock |
| 14005 | Big Maybelle | Sings |
| 14009 | Various Artists | Angry Tenors |
| 14010 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Concerto for Cozy |
| 14011 | Big Maybelle | Candy |
| 14012 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | And the Blues'll Make You Happy, Too! |
| 14016 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Careless Love |
| 14018 | Various Artists | House Rent Party |
| 14019 | Script error: No such module "Sort". and Brownie McGhee | Back Country Blues |
| 14025 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Right Time |
| 14033 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Golden Saxophone |
| 14041 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | (never issued) |
| 14471 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Gospel Soul of Houston Person |
| 16000 | Various Artists | Livin' With the Blues |
| 16002 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | The Garden of My Mind |
| 16003 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Can't We Begin Again |
Subsidiaries
- Acorn Records (1949‒51)
- Gospel Records (1958–early 1970s)
- Regent Records (1947‒64)
- Sharp Records (1960‒64)
See also
References
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Further reading
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External links
- Official website
- SavoyJazz.com
- Savoy Records Discography Project
- Savoy Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project