Continental Records

Continental Records was an American record label that was founded in the early 1940s.

Label history

Continental Records was among the crowd of little, more independent, but short-lived record companies that have emerged in the United States in the mid 1940s. The label was founded in 1942 by Donald H. Gabor; The company had its headquarters in New York's 263rd West 54th Street. At that time served Don Gabor still resulted in the U.S. Navy and his uncle, meanwhile, the company's businesses, acted as a consultant Anton Mervar. The small catalog of 78ern the label contained recordings of important musicians of the era, jazz and ethnic music from different countries, which was estimated by the immigrants, but also some classic recordings.

Gabor took many sessions on in the nearby jazz clubs of the 52nd Street and at the Cafe Society. In memory Continental Records will probably also by the early recordings Charlie Parker with Clyde Hart All-Stars ( "I Want Every Bit of It " / " Sorta Kinda " ) with Dizzy Gillespie, Trummy Young, Don Byas and others in January 1945.

The catalog of Continental Records included from 1944 recordings of Louis Armstrong ( When the Saints Go Marching in ), Harry James, Enoch Light, Slam Stewart, Ethel Waters, Cozy Cole, Hot Lips Page, Dorothy Donegan, Clarence Williams, Johnny Guarnieri, Hank Jones, Leonard Feather, Edmond Hall and his Cafe Society Orchestra, Timme Rosenkrantz, Mary Osborne / Mary Lou Williams Girl Stars, JC Heard & His Cafe Society Orchestra and the young Sarah Vaughan with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.

Numerous recordings from the shellac era were later released on seven 10 -inch LPs on the label Remington in various combinations. These were:

• (R- 1024) Hot Jazz With Sarah Vaughan ( with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Bill de Arango, Max Roach, published autumn 1950)
• (R- 1025) Ethel Waters in Shades of Blue ( 1950)
• (R -1031 ) The Birth of Bebop and Blues ( with Roy Eldridge, Slam Stewart, Cozy Cole, Red Norvo, Clyde Hart, JC Heard, and the Timme Rosenkrantz Orchestra, Charlie Parker, Don Byas, Trummy Young, Mike Bryan, Al Hall, Specs Powell, Rubberlegs Williams Orchestra )
• (R -1033 ) Modern American Musicians ( with Red Norvo, Johnny Guarnieri, Morey Field, Chuck Wayne, Eddie South Trio)
• (R -1035 ) Moods in Blues ( with Edmond Hall, Timme Rosenkrantz Orchestra, Hot Lips Page Orchestra )
• (R -1037 ) Sax Appeal ( with Morris Lane and Eddie Lockjaw Davis)

There was also a record label of the same name in Sao Paulo, Brazil.