Storyville RecordsParentcompany

Music Sales Group

Founded 1952

Founder Karl Emil Knudsen

Genre Jazz, blues

Countryof origin

Denmark

Location Copenhagen

Officialwebsite

www.storyvillerecords.com(http://www.storyvillerecords.com/)

Storyville RecordsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the Danish Record label. For George Wein's jazz record label of the 1950s,see Storyville Records (George Wein's).

Storyville Records is a large international recordlabel based in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializingin jazz and blues music. Besides its originalmaterial, Storyville Records has licensed andreissued many vintage jazz recordings thatpreviously appeared on such labels as ParamountRecords, American Music Records and SouthlandRecords. Many Storyville gramophone recordswere pressed in Japan.

Storyville Records was founded in 1952 by KarlEmil Knudsen, a Danish jazz record collector. It istoday owned by Edition Wilhelm Hansen, asubsidy under Music Sales Group.[1]

Contents1 History2 Artists

2.1 Jazz2.2 Blues

3 References4 External links

HistoryStoryville Records was founded in 1950 by Karl Emil Knudsen, a jazz record collector, then workingfor the Copenhagen telephone company. Named after Storyville the famous historic red-light districtof New Orleans, Louisiana, its main focus has always been on jazz and blues.

The label's first releases were 78 rpm reissues featuring Ma Rainey, Clarence Williams Blue Five,and James P. Johnson, but Storyville soon began releasing original recordings, starting with KenColyer's Jazz Men, a British group whose members included trombonist Chris Barber, clarinetistMonty Sunshine, and singer-guitarist Lonnie Donegan. Knudsen was also co-founder of theStoryville Club, a popular Copenhagen trad band hangout that brought the Colyer band to Denmarkin 1953. The band was recorded by Chris Albertson during its stay in Denmark and theseperformances—which constituted the label's first release of original material—remain in theStoryville catalogue. Today, the company's catalogue contains an eclectic representation of jazzgenres and has expanded to also include a substantial number of video releases and—under theumbrella company, JazzMedia—jazz and blues-oriented books and discographies. When Karl Emil

Knudsen died on September 5, 2003, the company continued to function under the leadership ofAnders Stefansen, who remained at the helm in 2005, when it was acquired by Edition WilhelmHansen, Denmark's oldest music publishing company. The label continues to expand its catalog.

ArtistsJazz

Louis ArmstrongSharkey BonanoPapa BueMiles DavisKenny DrewDuke EllingtonStan GetzArt TatumDexter GordonColeman HawkinsWoody HermanEarl HinesBillie HolidayClint HoustonGene KrupaGeorge LewisThelonious MonkCharlie ParkerRalph SuttonJack TeagardenLester YoungStuff SmithCharles Tyler

Blues

Big Bill BroonzyEddie ClearwaterJimmy DawkinsChampion Jack DupreeSnooks EaglinLonnie JohnsonMagic SlimMemphis SlimOtis SpannBig Joe WilliamsSonny Boy Williamson

References

"Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS køber Storyville Records" (http://www.ewh.dk/Default.aspx?tabId=2446&Archive=true&State_2948=2&newsId_2948=588). Edition Wilhelm Hansen. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

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External linksOfficial site (http://www.storyville-records.com/)Illustrated Storyville Records discography (http://www.wirz.de/music/storyvil.htm) (emphasison blues)Karl Emil Knudsen memorial site (http://www.karl-emil-knudsen.dk/) which includes adetailed history of the label, "The Storyville Story" (http://www.karl-emil-knudsen.dk/S-Story/storyville_story.htm)

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