Savoy Records

Savoy Records is an American record company and label established by Herman Lubinsky in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey. Savoy specialized in jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel music.

In September 2017, Savoy was acquired by Concord Bicycle Music.

History In the 1940s, Savoy recorded some of the biggest names in jazz, including Charlie Parker, Erroll Garner, Dexter Gordon, J. J. Johnson, Fats Navarro, and Miles Davis. In 1948, it began buying other labels: Bop, Discovery, National, and Regent. It also reissued music from Jewel Records. In the early 1960s, Savoy briefly recorded several avant-garde jazz artists. These included Paul Bley, Bill Dixon, Charles Moffett, Perry Robinson, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Marzette Watts, and Valdo Williams.

After Lubinsky's death in 1974, Clive Davis, then manager of Arista Records, acquired Savoy's catalogue. After that, Joe Fields of Muse Records purchased the catalogue from Arista. In 1986, Malaco Records acquired Savoy's black gospel titles and contracts.

In 1991, Nippon Columbia acquired Savoy and its library, and distributed Savoy releases through its wholly owned subsidiary, Savoy Jazz. In 2003, Savoy Jazz acquired the rights to the Muse and Landmark catalogues from 32 Jazz. In 2009, the label entered a distribution arrangement with Warner Music Group. Savoy included the rock imprint 429 Records.

Many of the label's African American artists begrudged the label's founder, Herman Lubinsky, feeling underpaid for their work. Tiny Price, a journalist for the African American newspaper The Newark Herald News, said of Savoy and Lubinsky: There's no doubt everybody hated Herman Lubinsky. If he messed with you, you were messed. At the same time, some of those people, many of them Newark's top singers and musicians, would never have been exposed on records if he didn't do what he did. Except for Lubinsky, all the hot little numbers, like Buddy Johnson's "Cherry", would have been lost. The man may have been hated, but he saved a lot of our history for us and for future generations.

Savoy's artistic directors included Buck Ram, Teddy Reig, Ralph Bass (1948–1952), Fred Mendelsohn (1953), and Ozzie Cadena (1954–1962).

Discography The following are 12" LPs and have the prefix MG. CatArtistAlbum 12000 Memorial 1 12001 Immortal Charlie Parker, The 12002 Penthouse Serenade 12003 Serenade to Laura 12004 At Storyville/At the Hickory House 12005 Lullaby of Birdland 12006 Telefunken Blues 12007 and Ernie Wilkins Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins 12008 /Billy Taylor Back to Back 12009 Memorial 1 12010 and Kai Winding Jay and Kai 12011 Fats, Bud, Klook, Sonny, Kinney 12012 and Wardell Gray Jazz Concert – West Coast 12013 The Hawk Returns 12014 Genius of Parker 12015 Musician of the Year 12016 /George Shearing Great Britain's Marian McPartland & George Shearing 12017 Bohemia After Dark 12018 Presenting Cannonball Adderley 12019 Encore 12020 Groovin' High 12021 That's Nat 12022 and Frank Wess Flutes & Reeds 12023 The Trio 12024 Borderline 12025 Man with the Horns 12026 and Milt Jackson Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson 12027 Very Truly Yours 12028 Reflections 12029 /John Mehegan/Donald Byrd Montage 12030 , Ola Hanson and Chuck Lee Jazz Young Blood 12031 New Orleans Nightingale 12032 Byrd's Word 12033 Deep in a Dream 12034 Jazz at Storyville 1 12035 At Storyville 12036 Opus de Jazz 12037 Quartet-Quintet 12038 and Punch Miller New Orleans Jazz 1 12039 Joltin' Joe Roland 12040 Boyd Meets Stravinsky 12041 Various Artists Jazz at Storyville 2 12042 Roll 'Em Bags 12043 Various Artists The Jazz Keyboard 12044 Top Brass 12045 Jazz Composers Workshop 12046 Modern Jazz Quartet The Quartet 12047 The Champ 12048 Al Cohn's Tones 12049 and Eddie Costa A Pair of Pianos 12050 and Punch Miller New Orleans Jazz 2 12051 Mighty Mike 12052 The Amazing Johnny Costa 12053 The Trio with Guests 12054 /Don Elliot Vibrations 12055 Ringside at Condon's 12056 The Philosophy of Urso 12057 Serenade in Blue 12058 I Think of You 12059 Jazz Composers Workshop Jazz Composers Workshop 2 12060 Various Artists Singin' & Swingin′ 12061 Meet Milt Jackson 12062 Swing, Not Spring 12063 Wilder 'n' Wilder 12064 The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley 12065 Klook's Clique 12066 Solo 12067 Bowin' Singin' Slam 12068 Blue Lester 12069 Brock's Tops 12070 The Jazz Skyline 12071 The Master's Touch 12072 North, South, East....Wess 12073 Night People 12074 Loaded 12075 All About Ronnie 12076 How I Play Jazz Piano 12077 The Jazz Guitarist 12078 No 'Count 12079 Story 12080 Jackson's Ville 12081 Trio 12082 Portrait 12083 Jazzmen: Detroit 12084 Jones, Hank Have You Met Hank Jones 12085 and Kenny Burrell Opus in Swing 12086 Trombones 12087 Hank Jones' Quartet 12088 Move! 12089 Surf Ride 12090 Dixieland (Pick-a-rib Boys) 12091 Introducing Lee Morgan 12092 Jazz Message No. 2 12093 /George Shearing Midnight on Cloud 69 12094 By the Fireside 12095 Jazz for Playboys 12096 Trumpets All Out 12097 Lookin' for a Boy 12098 /Bobby Sherwood Jumpin' Bands, The (never issued) 12099 Jazz Recital 12100 Various Artists I Just Love Jazz Piano (Pianos: Down & Out) 12101 Dancing Jazz 12102 Flute Suite 12103 Jazz Mood 12104 Essais 12105 Lestorian Mode 12106 J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets 12107 Mann Alone 12108 Yardbird Suite 12109 Jazz for the Thinker 12110 Dizzy Gillespie Story 12111 and Tubby Hayes Changing the Jazz at Buckingham Palace 12112 /Herbie Mann The Jazz We Heard Last Summer 12113 The Paris Scene 12114 Opus De Bop 12115 /Yusef Lateef Stable Mates 12116 Blues for Night People 12117 Prayer to the East 12118 Pretty for the People 12119 Various Artists In the Beginning ... Bebop! 12120 Jazz and the Sounds of Nature 12121 Jazz for Playgirls 12122 Jazz at Hotchikiss 12123 Jazz Is Busting Out All Over! 12124 Jazz Sahib 12125 Various Artists Many Faces of Blues, The 12126 Various Artists Jazz Hour, The 12127 Mainstream 1958 12128 Dixieland Jazz Party 12129 Various Artists Jazz Carousel, A (never issued) 12130 Dexter Rides Again 12131 Jazz Way Out 12132 Blues Suite 12133 Nostalgia 12134 Plays the King and I 12135 Various Artists Gift of Jazz 12136 Tanganyika Strut 12137 Nica's Tempo 12138 Various Artists Bird's Night 12139 Dreamer 12140 f The Fabric of Jazz 12141 Blues-ette 12142 Opus de Blues 12143 The Curtis Fuller Jazztet 12144 Imagination 12145 /Hall Overton Do-It-Yourself Jazz 12146 Do-It-Yourself Jazz 12147 Patterns of Jazz 12148 Fiery 12150 The Fabulous Jimmy Scott 12151 (never issued) 12152 An Evening at Home 12153 Miles Ahead (never issued) 12154 Cookin' 12155 Jazz Immortal Series 2 12156 Opus De Jazz 2 12157 Jazz Argo 12158 and Vinnie Burke Music Minus Many Men 12160 The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron 12161 Voice of Barbara Long, The 12162 (never issued) 12163 Modern Windows 12164 Images of Curtis Fuller 12167 (never issued) 12169 Sun Ra The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra 12170 Saying Something 12171 Midnight Session 12172 New York Jazz Ensemble Adams Theme 12173 Mathews, Mat Four French Horns Plus Rhythm 12174 The Vibe-rant Quintet 12175 New York Jazz Quartet Gone Native 12176 Various Artists The Giants of Jazz 12177 Funk Dumpling 12178 and Archie Shepp Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet 12179 Bird Returns 12180 And Then I Said 12181 If You Only Knew 12182 Footloose! 12183 Hot Line 12184 /Archie Shepp Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 12185 New Concepts 12186 Newly Discovered Sides 12187 Vinson Hill Trio 12188 New Advanced Jazz 12189 Good Golly, Miss Nancy 12190 The Dragon Suite 12191 Elysa 12192 Electrifying Sounds 12193 The Marzette Watts Ensemble 12194 The Gift 12195 Doug Carn Trio 12196 Various Artists Jazz Concert West Coast 12197 Concerto for Cozy 12198 Jackie and Roy Jazz Classics by Charlie Ventura's Band 12199 Pete's Blues 12200 and Charlie Ventura Crazy Rhythms 12201 and Donald Byrd Jazz Eyes 12202 East of Suez 12203 Free and Easy 12204 Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Joe Carroll 12205 Various Artists South Pacific Jazz 12206 Bright's Spot 12207 and Wingy Manone Dixieland Strut 12208 Various Artists We Dig Dixieland Jazz 12209 Jazz ...It's Magic! 12210 Jazz on the Rocks 12211 The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams 12212 The Jazz Harpist 12213 Various Artists Dixieland Mainstream 12214 /Bill Stafford Dixieland 12215 and Sonny Red Two Altos 12216 Sings 12217 Various Artists Singin' and Swingin' 12218 and Brownie McGhee Down Home Blues 12219 Mildred Bailey 12220 Various Artists The Girls Sing 12300 Very Truly Yours 12301 The Fabulous Songs of Jimmy Scott 12302 The Fabulous Voice of Jimmy Scott 12303 Motivation 12305 Rock 'n Rhythm 13001 Blues Suite 13002 Plays the King and I 13003 Dixieland Jazz Party 13004 Jazz Way Out 13005 Tanganyika Strut 13006 Blues-ette 13007 The Dreamer 13008 The Fabric of Jazz 13009 Opus de Blues 13010 Jazztet Feat. Benny Golson 13011 Imagination 13012 Midnight Moods 14002 Sings 14003 If You Only Knew 14004 Rock 14005 Big Maybelle Sings 14009 Various Artists Angry Tenors 14010 Concerto for Cozy 14011 Big Maybelle Candy 14012 And the Blues'll Make You Happy, Too! 14016 Careless Love 14018 Various Artists House Rent Party 14019 and Brownie McGhee Back Country Blues 14025 The Right Time 14033 Golden Saxophone 14041 (never issued) 14471 The Gospel Soul of Houston Person 16000 Various Artists Livin' With the Blues 16002 The Garden of My Mind 16003 Can't We Begin Again

Subsidiaries Acorn Records (1949‒51) Gospel Records (1958–early 1970s) Regent Records (1947‒64) Sharp Records (1960‒64)

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