Circle Records is a jazz record label founded in 1946 by Rudi Blesh and Harriet Janis. Circle Records also released modern classical music by artists including Henry Cowell and Paul Hindemith.
Circle was bought in the mid-1960s by George H. Buck, Jr. The Circle catalog is now under the control of the George H. Buck Jr. Jazz Foundation. Some of the original Circle recordings have been reissued on compact disc through other labels controlled by the George H. Buck Jr. Jazz Foundation, including American Music, Southland, and Jazzology.
This Circle Records is not to be confused with the German record label of the same name.
|Clarinet– Albert Nicholas<br />Piano – Don Ewell<br />Drums – Baby Dodds
|Later included on Circle album S-17
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|C-1
|Chippie Hill
|"Chippie Hill And The Blues: Now Appearing At The Village Vanguard"
|Trumpet – Lee Collins<br />Piano – Lovie Austin, J.H. Shayne<br />Bass – John Lindsay<br />Drums – Baby Dodds
|Two 78 rpm records.<br />Reissued on Riverside Records RLP 1059
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|S-1
|Original Zenith Brass Band
|"Marching Jazz"
|Trumpet – Kid Howard, Peter Bocage<br />Trombone – Jim Robinson<br />Clarinet – George Lewis<br />Baritone Horn – Harrison Barnes<br />Mellophone – Isidore Barbarin<br />Tuba – Joe Howard<br />Bass Drum – Lawrence Marrero<br />Snare Drum – Baby Dodds
|Cover art by Charles Alston.<br />Three 78 rpm records.<br />Reissued on Riverside Records RLP 1058
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|S-2
|Montana Taylor
|"Barrel House Blues"
|Piano – Montana Taylor<br />
|Three 78 rpm records.<br />
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|S-3
|Dan Burley
|"South Side Shake"
|Guitar – Brownie McGhee, Globe Trotter McGhee<br />Piano – Dan Burley<br />Bass – Pops Foster
|Three 78 rpm records.<br />
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|S-8
|Tony Parenti's Ragtimers
|"The Ragtime Band"
|Cornet – Wild Bill Davison<br />Trombone – Jimmy Archey<br />Clarinet – Tony Parenti<br />Piano – Ralph Sutton<br />Banjo – Danny Barker<br />Tuba – Cy St. Clair<br />Drums – Baby Dodds
|Three 78 rpm records.<br />Reissued on Riverside Records RLP 12-205
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|S-9
|Wild Bill Davison
|"Wild Bill Davison Showcase"
|Cornet – Wild Bill Davison<br />Trombone – Jimmy Archey<br />Clarinet, Bassoon – Garvin Bushell<br />Piano, Celeste – Ralph Sutton<br />Bass – Sid Weiss<br />Drums – Morey Feld
|Three 78 rpm records.<br />Reissued on Circle Records LP L-405
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|S-15
|The All Star Stompers
|"This Is Jazz, Vol. 3"
|Cornet – Wild Bill Davison<br />Trombone – Jimmy Archey<br />Clarinet – Edmond Hall, Albert Nicholas<br />Piano – Ralph Sutton, James P. Johnson<br />Guitar – Danny Barker<br />Bass – Pops Foster<br />Drums – Baby Dodds
|Three 78 rpm records.<br />Material recorded for Rudi Blesh's radio show “This Is Jazz”
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|S-20
|Ralph Sutton
|"St. Louis Piano"
|Piano – Ralph Sutton<br />
|Two 78 rpm records.<br />
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|S-21
|Tony Parenti's Ragpickers
|"Tony Parenti's Ragpickers"
|Clarinet – Tony Parenti<br />Piano – Ralph Sutton<br />Drums – George Wettling
|Three 78 rpm records.<br />Reissued on Riverside Records RLP 12-205
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|L-51-100
|Paul Hindemith
|Four Compositions By Paul Hindemith
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|Released on LP. Part of the Composer's Workshop series.
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|L-51-101
|Henry Cowell
|The Piano Music Of Henry Cowell
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|Released on LP. Part of the Composer's Workshop series.
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|Vol. I to Vol. XII
|Jelly Roll Morton
|"The Saga Of Mr. Jelly Lord"
|Piano, Vocals – Jelly Roll Morton
|The Library of Congress recordings, released as a series of albums with three or four 78 rpm red vinyl records. Reissued by Circle as L 14001 to L 14012; and by Riverside as RLP 9001 to RLP 9012.<br />
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Circle Records today
Circle Records was reactivated and is used by the George H. Buck Jr. Jazz Foundation to release swing music. The reactivated Circle label put out recordings from the Lang-Worth and World transcriptions.
Notes
References
See also
- List of record labels
External links
- Circle Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project
- Numerical Listing of Circle 78rpm issues (1946 - 1952) on The Online Discographical Project