Comet Records

The label is most known for having recorded and produced T-Bone Walker, Cow Cow Davenport and Red Norvo. The label was acquired by Black & White Records and operated as a subsidiary. Comet recorded – but never released – a session with Charlie Parker on June 6, 1945. That master was sold to Dial Records in 1949, when Black & White Records went out of business.

Red Norvo and His Selected Sextet recorded June 6, 1945, at WOR Recording Studios, 1440 Broadway, New York. The master was originally owned by Comet, but sold to Dial Records who first released some of the cuts. The musicians were Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Red Norvo, Teddy Wilson, Slam Stewart, Specs Powell, and J.C. Heard. Heard alternated with Powell. • Various reissues (compilations) •;. • Various takes • T6–A — "Halleluliah" — Comet T6; reissued on Dial 1045 • T6–B — "Slam Slam Blues" — Comet T6; reissued on Dial 1045 • T8–1 — "Hallelujah" ("Sing Hallelujah") — Dial LP903 • T8–2 — "Hallelujah" — unissued, presumed lost • T8–3 — "Hallelujah" — unissued, presumed lost • T8–4 — "Hallelujah" — unissued, presumed lost • T8–4 — "Hallelujah" — Dial 1045 • T8–6 — "Hallelujah" — Dial LP903 • T9–1 — "Get Happy" — unissued, presumed lost • T9–2 — "Get Happy" — Dial 1035 and LP 903 • T9–3 — "Get Happy" — unissued, presumed lost • T9–4 — "Get Happy" — Comet T7; reissued on Dial LP903 • T10–1 — "Slam Slam Blues" ("Bird's Blues") — Comet 1045; reissued on Dial LP903 • T10–2 — "Slam Slam Blues" — Comet T6; reissued on Dial LP 903 • T11–AA — "Congo Blues" — Dial LP903 • T11–BB — "Congo Blues" — Dial LP903 • T11–1 — "Congo Blues" — Dial LP903 • T11–2 — "Congo Blues" (incomplete take) — Dial 1035 • T11–3 — "Congo Blues" — Comet T7; reissued on Dial LP903 • T11–4 — "Congo Blues" (incomplete take) • T11–5 — "Congo Blues"