Swan Records (jazz label)
Label of 78rpm Swan Record by Phil Napoleon's jazz band, recorded on April 1946.
Swan Records (aka Swan Recording Co. Inc.) was an American record company and label founded and folded in 1946. Some of its issues were later re-released by Mercury Records.
History
The Tom Lord discography list 18 recording sessions that took place from January to April 1946. Les Schriber, Sr., who had founded Black & White Records in 1943 and sold it in 1945, went to work for Swan, but left sometime around October 1946.[1] Sometime around November 1946, Swan appointed Jesse J. Trilling as Secretary-Treasurer of Swan.[2]
Artists
- Don Redman
- The Rhythmaires †
- Phil Napoleon
- Sal Franzella Quintet ₳
- Emperors of Jazz ‡
† The Rhythmaires personnel
- Ben Roberson
- Aaron Smith
- George Duvivier
₳ Sal Franzella Quintet
- Sal Franzella (clarinet)
- Tony Mottola (guitar)
- Buddy Weed (piano)
‡ Emperors of Jazz personnel
- Tony Spargo (director)
- Phil Napoleon
- Lou McGarity
- Joe Dixon
- Peanuts Hucko
- Frank Signorelli
- Chuck Wayne
- Felix Giobbe
See also
- Les Schriber, Sr. of Black & White Records
- List of record labels