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.
Savoy Records

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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.
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Key facts
• Name — Savoy Records • Parent — Concord • Founder — Herman Lubinsky • Distributor — Universal Music Group • Genre — Jazz, R&B, gospel • Country — U.S. • Location — Newark, New Jersey
History
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).
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries
• Acorn Records (1949‒51) • Gospel Records (1958–early 1970s) • Regent Records (1947‒64) • Sharp Records (1960‒64)
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Savoy Records established.
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Savoy Records is recorded from 1942.
1942
Savoy Records was established or created on 1 January 1942.
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The following are 12" LPs and have the prefix MG. • Cat — Artist — Album • 12000 — Charlie — Memorial 1 • 12001 — Charlie — Immortal Charlie Parker, The • 12002 — Erroll — Penthouse Serenade • 12003 — Erroll — Serenade to Laura • 12004 — Marian — At Storyville/At the Hickory House • 12005 — Marian — Lullaby of Birdland • 12006 — Kenny — Telefunken Blues • 12007 — Kenny and Ernie Wilkins — Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins • 12008 — Erroll/Billy Taylor — Back to Back • 12009 — Charlie — Memorial 1 • 12010 — J. J. and Kai Winding — Jay and Kai • 12011 — Fats — Fats, Bud, Klook, Sonny, Kinney • 12012 — Dexter and Wardell Gray — Jazz Concert – West Coast • 12013 — Coleman — The Hawk Returns • 12014 — Charlie — Genius of Parker • 12015 — Eddie — Musician of the Year • 12016 — Marian/George Shearing — Great Britain's Marian McPartland & George Shearing • 12017 — Kenny — Bohemia After Dark • 12018 — Cannonball — Presenting Cannonball Adderley • 12019 — Eddie — Encore • 12020 — Dizzy — Groovin' High • 12021 — Nat — That's Nat • 12022 — Ernie and Frank Wess — Flutes & Reeds • 12023 — Hank — The Trio • 12024 — Ray — Borderline • 12025 — Boyd — Man with the Horns • 12026 — Howard and Milt Jackson — Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson • 12027 — Jimmy — Very Truly Yours • 12028 — John — Reflections • 12029 — Eddie/John Mehegan/Donald Byrd — Montage • 12030 — Chuz, Ola Hanson and Chuck Lee — Jazz Young Blood • 12031 — LaVergne — New Orleans Nightingale • 12032 — Donald — Byrd's Word • 12033 — Al — Deep in a Dream • 12034 — Pee Wee — Jazz at Storyville 1 • 12035 — Wild Bill — At Storyville • 12036 — Milt — Opus de Jazz • 12037 — Hank — Quartet-Quintet • 12038 — Mutt and Punch Miller — New Orleans Jazz 1 • 12039 — Joe — Joltin' Joe Roland • 12040 — Boyd — Boyd Meets Stravinsky • 12041 — Various Artists — Jazz at Storyville 2 • 12042 — Milt — Roll 'Em Bags • 12043 — Various Artists — The Jazz Keyboard • 12044 — Ernie — Top Brass • 12045 — Charles — Jazz Composers Workshop • 12046 — Modern Jazz Quartet — The Quartet • 12047 — Dizzy — The Champ • 12048 — Al — Al Cohn's Tones • 12049 — John and Eddie Costa — A Pair of Pianos • 12050 — Mutt and Punch Miller — New Orleans Jazz 2 • 12051 — Mike — Mighty Mike • 12052 — Johnny — The Amazing Johnny Costa • 12053 — Hank — The Trio with Guests • 12054 — Cal/Don Elliot — Vibrations • 12055 — Wild Bill — Ringside at Condon's • 12056 — Phil — The Philosophy of Urso • 12057 — Al — Serenade in Blue • 12058 — Marlene — I Think of You • 12059 — Jazz Composers Workshop — Jazz Composers Workshop 2 • 12060 — Various Artists — Singin' & Swingin′ • 12061 — Milt — Meet Milt Jackson • 12062 — Terry — Swing, Not Spring • 12063 — Joe — Wilder 'n' Wilder • 12064 — Hank — The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley • 12065 — Kenny — Klook's Clique • 12066 — Herbie — Solo • 12067 — Slam — Bowin' Singin' Slam • 12068 — Lester — Blue Lester • 12069 — Herbie — Brock's Tops • 12070 — Milt — The Jazz Skyline • 12071 — Lester — The Master's Touch • 12072 — Frank — North, South, East....Wess • 12073 — Mort — Night People • 12074 — Kai — Loaded • 12075 — Ronnie — All About Ronnie • 12076 — John — How I Play Jazz Piano • 12077 — Chuck — The Jazz Guitarist • 12078 — Frank — No 'Count • 12079 — Charlie — Story • 12080 — Milt — Jackson's Ville • 12081 — George — Trio • 12082 — Johnny — Portrait • 12083 — Kenny — Jazzmen: Detroit • 12084 — Jones, Hank — Have You Met Hank Jones • 12085 — Frank and Kenny Burrell — Opus in Swing • 12086 — Frank — Trombones • 12087 — Hank — Hank Jones' Quartet • 12088 — Red — Move! • 12089 — Art — Surf Ride • 12090 — Ben — Dixieland (Pick-a-rib Boys) • 12091 — Lee — Introducing Lee Morgan • 12092 — Hank — Jazz Message No. 2 • 12093 — Red/George Shearing — Midnight on Cloud 69 • 12094 — Paul — By the Fireside • 12095 — Frank — Jazz for Playboys • 12096 — Ernie — Trumpets All Out • 12097 — Marian — Lookin' for a Boy • 12098 — Georgie/Bobby Sherwood — Jumpin' Bands, The (never issued) • 12099 — Charlie — Jazz Recital • 12100 — Various Artists — I Just Love Jazz Piano (Pianos: Down & Out) • 12101 — Billy — Dancing Jazz • 12102 — A. K. — Flute Suite • 12103 — Yusef — Jazz Mood • 12104 — Andre — Essais • 12105 — Stan — Lestorian Mode • 12106 — J.J. — J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets • 12107 — Herbie — Mann Alone • 12108 — Herbie — Yardbird Suite • 12109 — Yusef — Jazz for the Thinker • 12110 — Dizzy — Dizzy Gillespie Story • 12111 — Dizzy and Tubby Hayes — Changing the Jazz at Buckingham Palace • 12112 — Sahib/Herbie Mann — The Jazz We Heard Last Summer • 12113 — Andre — The Paris Scene • 12114 — Stan — Opus De Bop • 12115 — A. K./Yusef Lateef — Stable Mates • 12116 — Charlie — Blues for Night People • 12117 — Yusef — Prayer to the East • 12118 — A. K. — Pretty for the People • 12119 — Various Artists — In the Beginning... Bebop! • 12120 — Yusef — Jazz and the Sounds of Nature • 12121 — Billy — Jazz for Playgirls • 12122 — George — Jazz at Hotchikiss • 12123 — Frank — Jazz Is Busting Out All Over! • 12124 — Sahib — Jazz Sahib • 12125 — Various Artists — Many Faces of Blues, The • 12126 — Various Artists — Jazz Hour, The • 12127 — Wilbur — Mainstream 1958 • 12128 — Bobby — Dixieland Jazz Party • 12129 — Various Artists — Jazz Carousel, A (never issued) • 12130 — Dexter — Dexter Rides Again • 12131 — Wilbur — Jazz Way Out • 12132 — A. K. — Blues Suite • 12133 — Fats — Nostalgia • 12134 — Wilbur — Plays the King and I • 12135 — Various Artists — Gift of Jazz • 12136 — Wilbur — Tanganyika Strut • 12137 — Gigi — Nica's Tempo • 12138 — Various Artists — Bird's Night • 12139 — Yusef — Dreamer • 12140 — Yusef f — The Fabric of Jazz • 12141 — Curtis — Blues-ette • 12142 — Frank — Opus de Blues • 12143 — Curtis — The Curtis Fuller Jazztet • 12144 — Curtis — Imagination • 12145 — Duke/Hall Overton — Do-It-Yourself Jazz • 12146 — Gigi — Do-It-Yourself Jazz • 12147 — Cecil — Patterns of Jazz • 12148 — Red — Fiery • 12150 — Jimmy — The Fabulous Jimmy Scott • 12151 — Curtis — (never issued) • 12152 — Charlie — An Evening at Home • 12153 — Miles — Miles Ahead (never issued) • 12154 — Booker — Cookin • 12155 — Lester — Jazz Immortal Series 2 • 12156 — Johnny — Opus De Jazz 2 • 12157 — Tony — Jazz Argo • 12158 — Bucky and Vinnie Burke — Music Minus Many Men • 12160 — Bill — The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron • 12161 — Barbara — Voice of Barbara Long, The • 12162 — Art — (never issued) • 12163 — Bill — Modern Windows • 12164 — Curtis — Images of Curtis Fuller • 12167 — Gabe — (never issued) • 12169 — Sun Ra — The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra • 12170 — Bill — Saying Something • 12171 — Art — Midnight Session • 12172 — New York Jazz Ensemble — Adams Theme • 12173 — Mathews, Mat — Four French Horns Plus Rhythm • 12174 — Teddy — The Vibe-rant Quintet • 12175 — New York Jazz Quartet — Gone Native • 12176 — Various Artists — The Giants of Jazz • 12177 — Pery — Funk Dumpling • 12178 — Bill and Archie Shepp — Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet • 12179 — Charlie — Bird Returns • 12180 — Jack — And Then I Said • 12181 — Jimmy — If You Only Knew • 12182 — Paul — Footloose! • 12183 — Bill — Hot Line • 12184 — Bill/Archie Shepp — Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 • 12185 — Joseph — New Concepts • 12186 — Charlie — Newly Discovered Sides • 12187 — Vinson — Vinson Hill Trio • 12188 — Valdo — New Advanced Jazz • 12189 — Robert F. — Good Golly, Miss Nancy • 12190 — Marc — The Dragon Suite • 12191 — Ed — Elysa • 12192 — Paul — Electrifying Sounds • 12193 — Marzette — The Marzette Watts Ensemble • 12194 — Charles — The Gift • 12195 — Doug — Doug Carn Trio • 12196 — Various Artists — Jazz Concert West Coast • 12197 — Cozy — Concerto for Cozy • 12198 — Jackie and Roy — Jazz Classics by Charlie Ventura's Band • 12199 — Pete — Pete's Blues • 12200 — Charlie and Charlie Ventura — Crazy Rhythms • 12201 — John and Donald Byrd — Jazz Eyes • 12202 — Charlie — East of Suez • 12203 — Don — Free and Easy • 12204 — Dizzy — Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Joe Carroll • 12205 — Various Artists — South Pacific Jazz • 12206 — Ronnell — Bright's Spot • 12207 — Ben and Wingy Manone — Dixieland Strut • 12208 — Various Artists — We Dig Dixieland Jazz • 12209 — Curtis — Jazz...It's Magic! • 12210 — Don — Jazz on the Rocks • 12211 — Pepper — The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams • 12212 — Dorothy — The Jazz Harpist • 12213 — Various Artists — Dixieland Mainstream • 12214 — Wild Bill/Bill Stafford — Dixieland • 12215 — Art and Sonny Red — Two Altos • 12216 — Joe — Sings • 12217 — Various Artists — Singin' and Swingin' • 12218 — Sonny and Brownie McGhee — Down Home Blues • 12219 — Mildred — Mildred Bailey • 12220 — Various Artists — The Girls Sing • 12300 — Jimmy — Very Truly Yours • 12301 — Jimmy — The Fabulous Songs of Jimmy Scott • 12302 — Jimmy — The Fabulous Voice of Jimmy Scott • 12303 — Bill — Motivation • 12305 — Rock — Rock 'n Rhythm • 13001 — A. K. — Blues Suite • 13002 — Wilbur — Plays the King and I • 13003 — Bobby — Dixieland Jazz Party • 13004 — Wilbur — Jazz Way Out • 13005 — Wilbur — Tanganyika Strut • 13006 — Curtis — Blues-ette • 13007 — Yusef — The Dreamer • 13008 — Yusef — The Fabric of Jazz • 13009 — Frank — Opus de Blues • 13010 — Curtis — Jazztet Feat. Benny Golson • 13011 — Curtis — Imagination • 13012 — Bucky — Midnight Moods • 14002 — Nappy — Sings • 14003 — Jimmy — If You Only Knew • 14004 — Sammy — Rock • 14005 — Big Maybelle — Sings • 14009 — Various Artists — Angry Tenors • 14010 — Cozy — Concerto for Cozy • 14011 — Big Maybelle — Candy • 14012 — Joe — And the Blues'll Make You Happy, Too! • 14016 — Joe — Careless Love • 14018 — Various Artists — House Rent Party • 14019 — Sonny and Brownie McGhee — Back Country Blues • 14025 — Nappy — The Right Time • 14033 — Gene — Golden Saxophone • 14041 — Dud — (never issued) • 14471 — Houston — The Gospel Soul of Houston Person • 16000 — Various Artists — Livin' With the Blues • 16002 — Esther — The Garden of My Mind • 16003 — Jimmy — Can't We Begin Again
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Context
The circumstances in which Savoy Records stands. Established or created on 1 January 1942. Founded by Herman Lubinsky. Situated in United States. Recorded as record label. Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the forms Savoy Label Group and Savoy (Firma).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1341612: Savoy Records
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- “Savoy Records”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1269521217, Savoy Records.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1269521217, Savoy Records.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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