Bob Weinstock

Bob Weinstock ( October 2, 1928 in New York, NY, USA, † January 4, 2006 in Boca Raton, Florida) was an American record producer and founder of the jazz label Prestige Records.

Growing up in Manhattan showed vine early business acumen and sold shellac records through newspaper ads. At first he was a fan of Dixieland jazz and swing music; early on he was enthusiastic about modern jazz. At the age of 20 years he rented space in the Jazz Record Center and became the impellers of bebop.

In 1949, Weinstock the record label New Jazz; First he took on the set of Lennie Tristano. In 1950, the label was renamed in Prestige Records. The catalog of the labels included classic jazz musicians such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk and others. Vine even campaigned for an authentic sound of the artist.

He worked there with the sound engineer Rudy Van together funds and jazz critic Ira Gitler said. In the 60s, Weinstock left the production work Chris Albertson, Ozzie Cadena, Esmond Edwards, Don carriage and other producers.

In 1971 he sold his prestige and sister label to Fantasy and retired to Florida. He died of diabetes.