Progressive Records

Progressive Records
Parent company Jazzology
Founded 1950 (1950)
Founder Gus Statiras
Genre Jazz
Country of origin U.S.
Location New Orleans, Louisiana
Official website www.jazzology.com

Progressive Records is an American jazz record company and label owned by the Jazzology group. It produces reissues and compilations of artists like Sonny Stitt, Eddie Barefield, George Masso, and Eddie Miller.[1]

Progressive was founded by Gus Statiras in New York in 1950, more aggressively issuing albums during the first half of the 1950s until the business went into decline. Savoy Records bought and reissued much of the label's catalog,[2] then sold it to Prestige[3] with backing from Bainbridge, a Japanese record company.[4]

Progressive had a revival in the late 1970s when Statiras bought the label back from Fantasy Records, which by then had absorbed Prestige, which continued into the 1980s. Progressive's second era was included recordings by Buddy DeFranco, Scott Hamilton, J. R. Monterose, and Al Haig.[3][4]

In the laset 1980s, Progressive was acquired by George Buck and his Jazzology group and is owned by the George H. Buck Jr. Jazz Foundation.[5]

Progressive received a Grammy Award nomination with the first album by pianist Judy Carmichael, Two-Handed Stride. Carmichael was backed by some of the best veteran sidemen in Los Angeles, including members

Artists

These artists have appeared on the Progressive label:

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

References

  1. ↑ "Progressive Records Catalog". www.jazzology.com.
  2. ↑ Davis, John S. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Jazz. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 296.
  3. 1 2 "Gus Statiras: 1923-2004". www.jazzhouse.org.
  4. 1 2 "Various US labels (2) - jazz album covers". www.birkajazz.com.
  5. ↑ Yanow, Scott (1998). "Labels". In Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Yanow, Scott. All Music Guide to Jazz (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. ISBN 0-87930-530-4.
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