Bee Hive Records
Bee Hive Records was a jazz record company and label established in 1977 by Jim and Susan Neumann in Chicago. Bee Hive was named for the club of the same name. Sometimes it recorded musicians who had started in Chicago, such as Junior Mance and Clifford Jordan.
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Bee Hive Records was a jazz record company and label established in 1977 by Jim and Susan Neumann in Chicago. Bee Hive was named for the club of the same name. Sometimes it recorded musicians who had started in Chicago, such as Junior Mance and Clifford Jordan.
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The first album was by Nick Brignola in 1977. Bee Hive was its own distributor, and its albums were not as widely available as those from other companies. In 2015, Mosaic Records released The Complete Bee Hive Sessions (Mosaic MD12-261), a 12-CD box set consisting of sixteen Bee Hive recording sessions from 1977 to 1984.
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• Name — Bee Hive Records • Founded — 1977 • Founder — Jim Neumann Susan Neumann • Defunct — 1984 • Status — Defunct • Distributor — Bee Hive Records • Genre — Jazz • Country — U.S. • Location — Chicago, Illinois
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• # — Artist — Album — Year — Personnel • 7000 — Nick — Baritone Madness — 77 — Pepper Adams, Ted Curson, Dave Holland, Roy Haynes, Derek Smith • 7001 — Dizzy — Manhattan Project — 78 — Roy Haynes, Art Davis, Clifford Jordan, Charles Davis, Albert Dailey • 7002 — Sal — Starfingers — 78 — Eddie Bert, Nick Brignola, Sam Jones, Mel Lewis, Derek Smith • 7006 — Sal — Neo/Nistico — 78 — Ted Curson, Nick Brignola, Ronnie Mathews, Sam Jones, Roy Haynes • 7007 — Curtis — Fire and Filigree — 78 — Sam Jones, Freddie Waits, Walter Bishop, Jr., Sal Nistico • 7008 — Ronnie — Roots, Branches & Dances — 78 — Frank Foster, Ray Drummond, Al Foster, Azzedin Weston • 7009 — Sal — Juicy Lucy — 78 — Billy Taylor, Art Davis, Joe Morello • 7010 — Nick — Burn Brigade — 79 — Ronnie Cuber, Cecil Payne, Walter Davis, Jr., Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb • 7011 — Ronnie — Legacy — 79 — Ricky Ford, Bill Hardman, Walter Booker, Jimmy Cobb • 7012 — Johnny — Once in Every Life — 80 — Victor Gaskin, Keith Copeland, Al Gafa, Billy Taylor, Joe Wilder, Frank Wess • 7013 — Roland — The New York Jazz Quartet in Chicago — 81 — George Mraz, Ben Riley, Frank Wess • 7014 — Clifford — Hyde Park After Dark — 81 — Von Freeman, Cy Touff, Norman Simmons, Victor Sproles, Wilbur Campbell • 7015 — Junior — Truckin' and Trakin — 83 — David "Fathead" Newman, Martin Rivera, Walter Bolden • 7016 — Dick — In High Profile — 84 — Frank Wess, Jimmy Knepper, Marc Johnson, Al Harewood • 7017 — Arnett — Keep On Pushin — 84 — Joe Newman, Al Grey, Junior Mance, George Duvivier, Panama Francis • 7018 — Clifford — Dr. Chicago — 85 — Jaki Byard, Red Rodney, Vernel Fournier, Ed Howard • 01 — Various — The Bee Hive Sessions: Unissued Tunes Vol. 1
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- 1.Gardner, Mark. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1. Grove's Dictionaries Inc. 178. 2002. 1561592846.
- 2.Bee Hive. www.mosaicrecords.com.
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