Smoke Sessions Records
Smoke Sessions Records is an independent jazz record label based in New York City.
Smoke Sessions Records
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- Smoke Sessions Records
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- United States
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Smoke Sessions Records is an independent jazz record label based in New York City.
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• Name — Smoke Sessions Records • Founded — 2014 • Founder — Frank Christopher, Paul Stache • Genre — Jazz • Country — United States • Location — New York City • Url — https: smokesessionsrecords.com/
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Smoke jazz club started the label in 2014. The co-founders were Frank Christopher and Paul Stache; Damon Smith was added to the organization soon afterwards. In its first year, a vinyl sampler and nine CDs were released. The music is mostly post-bop jazz. Early releases included recordings led by Harold Mabern, Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, and David Hazeltine. They were recorded in concert at the club and were engineered by Stache.
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Releases are usually taken from recordings of concerts in the club. A late 2014 list of recording equipment included: "a matched pair of Schoeps Mk. 4 and a Neuman U87 microphones on the piano; U47 and Royer 122Vs on tenor sax; RCA 77 ribbons on alto sax; a vintage RCA Type 44 and a Coles 4038 on trumpets; an RCA 44 and Sennheister 409 on bass; and, for drums, a pair of Neuman KM84s and a Coles 4038 overhead, a D12 or FET47 on the bass drum, and an SM57 on the snare".
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