Black & White Records

Black & White Records was an American jazz, country and blues label of the 1940s and 1950s.

History

Black & White Records was founded in 1943 by Les Schriber in Brooklyn. In 1945 the label to Paul Reiner and his wife Lillian was sold and had its headquarters in Los Angeles. There Ralph Bass produced recordings for the label.

Black & White Records released because of its history on the one hand in the late 1940s recordings by soloists and bands that appeared in the New York jazz clubs of the 52nd Street and view of Jürgen Wölfer offer " an insightful documentation of this scene." These include Rod Cless, George Wettling, Hank Duncan, Dick Cary, Art Hodes, Erroll Garner, Joe Marsala or Etta James / Barney Bigard. On the other hand, the label has recorded bands from the West Coast, such as Red Callender, Jack McVea, Earle Spencer, Wilbert Barranco and Gerald Wilson. The first production of the label in Los Angeles in 1946 was a shot of Jack McVea "Open the Door, Richard", which occurred up to # 2 on the R & B charts. Lena Horne recorded two albums for the label in 1946 and 1947. Black & White had in the late 1940s also share in the success of rhythm and blues with recordings of Helen Humes, Roosevelt Sykes and T -Bone Walker. The label also released tracks by Willie Smith, the Spirits of Rhythm, Will Osborne, Ivie Anderson Jan Garber, Howard McGhee, Phil Moore, Nat Jaffe and Ernestine Anderson.

Later, the catalog was acquired by Capitol Records. The Pickwick label has re-released five CDs with jazz recordings of the label.