Discography of the Prestige Labels Robert S. Weinstock started the New Jazz label in 1949 in New York City. The Prestige label was started shortly afterwards. Originaly the labels were located at 446 West 50th Street, in 1950 the company was moved to 782 Eighth Avenue. Prestige made a couple more moves in New York City but by 1958 it was located at its more familiar address of 203 South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, New Jersey. Prestige recorded jazz, folk and rhythm and blues. The New Jazz label issued jazz and was used for a few 10 inch album releases in 1954 and then again for as series of 12 inch albums starting in 1958 and continuing until 1964. The artists on New Jazz were interchangeable with those on the Prestige label and after 1964 the New Jazz label name was dropped. Early on, Weinstock used various New York City recording studios including Nola and Beltone, but he soon started using the Rudy van Gelder studio in Hackensack New Jersey almost exclusively. Rudy van Gelder moved his studio to Englewood Cliffs New Jersey in 1959, which was close to the Prestige office in Bergenfield. Producers for the label, in addition to Weinstock, were Chris Albertson, Ozzie Cadena, Esmond Edwards, Ira Gitler, Cal Lampley Bob Porter and Don Schlitten. Rudy van Gelder engineered most of the Prestige recordings of the 1950’s and 60’s. The line-up of jazz artists on Prestige was impressive, including Gene Ammons, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin, Art Farmer, Red Garland, Wardell Gray, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Milt Jackson and the Modern Jazz Quartet, “Brother” Jack McDuff, Jackie McLean, Thelonious Monk, Don Patterson, Sonny Rollins, Shirley Scott, Sonny Stitt and Mal Waldron. Prestige also licensed material from European labels including Metronome in Sweden, Gramophone and Ultraphone in France and MPS in Germany. They also licensed material from a few American jazz labels including Argo and Progressive. Prestige was located in Bergenfield New Jersey until 1971 when the label was sold to Fantasy Records and the label was moved to San Francisco California. Prestige established many subsidiary labels, including Bluesville, Folklore, International, Irish, Lively Arts, Moodsville, Near East, Swingville and Tru-Sound. The subsidiarys and their period of operation are given below. The Bluesville label subsidiary was formed in 1960 and released albums into 1964. Bluesville label was used for releases of blues music. The Bluesville label had some of the better American blues artists, including Lonnie Johnson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim and K.C. Douglas. In most cases the material on Bluesville was more jazz influenced then blues recorded on other labels. The Folklore subsidiary was formed in 1963 and released albums in both 1963 and 1964. The Folklore label issued folk and blues albums. Artists on the label included Dave Van Ronk, Eric Von Schmidt, Geoff Muldaur, Jesse Fuller, Bonnie Dobson, Jean Ritchie and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. The International label was formed in 1960 and issued albums until 1964. The International label was used for folk music and music from other countries. The Irish label subsidiary was formed in 1962 and released albums in 1962 and 1963. The Irish label was used to release Irish music. The Lively Arts subsidiary was formed in 1961 and released albums until 1963. The Lively Arts label was used for spoken word records. The Moodsville subsidiary was formed in 1960 and released albums until 1963. The Moodsville label was used for jazz releases. The Near East subsidiary was formed in 1962 and released albums in 1962 and 1963. The Near East Label released music from Greece and Turkey. The Swingville subsidiary was formed in 1959 and issued albums into 1963. The Swingville label was used for jazz releases. The Tru-Sound label subsidiary was formed in 1961 and released albums into 1963. The Tru-Sound label recorded rhythm and blues, jazz, gospel and Latin-American music. Artists on Tru Sound included King Curtis and Buddy Lucas. After 1964 the subsidiary labels were discontinued and all new album releases were on the Prestige label itself. Prestige had an extensive reissue program and many of their albums were reissued multiple times. Albums originally on the subsidiary labels were reissued on Prestige.We have tried to indicate the original source album (label and number) for reissues although this listing is probably not comprehensive. This discography includes the album releases on New Jazz, Prestige and subsidiary labels Bluesville, Folklore, International, Irish, Lively Arts, Moodsville, Near East, Swingville and Tru-Sound. This discography does not cover the Status label although it’s known that some of the Prestige and subsidiary label albums were reissued using this label. The relationship between Status and Prestige is unknown to us. This Prestige Label discography was compiled using Schwann catalogs from 1950 to 1982, Phonolog from 1963, The Complete Library of American Phonograph Recordings (1958-1968) by Jerry Osborne, The Jazz Discography Project Website (http://www.jazzdisco.org), The American Record Label Directory and Dating Guide, 1940-1959 by Galen Gart, The Prestige Label: A Discography by Michael Ruppli and my record collection. Tracks are listed in order they appear on the albums, when known and the double slash (//) is indication of the separation between sides. Titles listed without a double slash (//) are listed as printed in the Phono-Log or Schwann catalog New Entries listing, and the separation between side one and side two is unknown. Prestige Label Discography 10 Inch 100 Series: PRLP 101 - Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz - Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz [195?] Originally issued as New Jazz 101. Side One Lee Konitz Marshmallow/Sound-Lee/Fishin’ Around/Tautology//Side Two Lennie Tristano Subconscious-Lee/Judy/Retrospection/Progression PRLP 102 - Stan Getz Volume One - Stan Getz [195?] Five Brothers/Four and One More/Battleground/Battle of the Saxes//Lady In Red/My Old Flame/Marcia/Long Island Sound PRLP 103 - Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell - Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell [195?] All God's Chillun Got Rhythm/Bud's Blues/Strike Up the Band/I Want to Be Happy/Taking a Chance on Love/Fine and Dandy PRLP 104 - Stan Getz Volume Two - Stan Getz [195?] Too Marvelous For Words/What’s New/There’s a Small Hotel/I’ve Got You Under My Skin/Speedway/Michelle (Take 1 and 2)/Terry’s Tune PRLP 105 - All Star Big Band - Chubby Jackson [195?] Flying the Coop/I May Be Wrong/New York/Sax Appeal/Hot Dog/Why Not?/Leavin' Town/So What PRLP 106 - Reinhold Svensson Piano Volume One - Reinhold Svensson [195?] Dinah/Once in a While/Sweet and Lovely/My Blue Heaven/Blue Skies/9.20 Special/Dearly Beloved/That Old Feeling PRLP 107 - Battle of the Saxes - Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt [195?] Blues Up and Down/You Can Depend on Me/Chabootie/I Wanna Be Loved/Count Every Star/Seven Eleven/Stringin' the Jug, Part 1/Stringin' the Jug, Part 2 PRLP 108 - The New Sounds - Stan Getz & Lee Konitz [195?] Indian Summer – Stan Getz/Crazy Chords – Stan Getz/Rebecca – Lee Konitz/You Go to My Head – Lee Konitz/Ice Cream Konitz – Lee Konitz/Palo Alto – Lee Konitz/You Stepped Out of a Dream – Lee Konitz/Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams – Lee Konitz PRLP 109 - Modern Jazz Trombones - Kai Winding & Jay Jay Johnson [195?] Elysees/Opus V/Hi-Lo/Fox Hunt/Sid's Bounce/Broadway (alternate take)/Waterworks (alternate take)/A Night on Bop Mountain PRLP 110 - Favorites - James Moody [195?] Lester Leaps In/I'm In The Mood For Love/Out of Nowhere/I'm In The Mood For Groovin'/Body and Soul/Indiana/The Flight/These Foolish Things PRLP 111 - Mr. Saxophone - Sonny Stitt [195?] Liza/Can’t We Be Friends/Cherokee/Imagination//This Can’t Be Love/P.S. I Love You/Nevertheless/Mean To Me PRLP 112 - Gene Ammons Tenor Sax Volume One - Gene Ammons [195?] Bye Bye/Gravy (Walkin')/Easy Glide/I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Prestige and Bluesville Label Discography July 14, 2011 2 PRLP 113 - Modern Jazz Trumpets - Navarro, Gillespie, Davis, Dorham [195?] Baby Sis (Maxology), Part 1&2/Wailing Wall/Go/Stop/Nice Work If You Can Get It/Morpheus/Down/Blue Room PRLP 114 - Roy Eldridge Plays - Roy Eldridge [195?] Scottie/The Heats On/No Rolling Blues/Saturday Night Fish Fry//Boppin’ John/They Raided the Joint/Boys Got Rhythm/Echoes of Harlem PRLP 115 - Tenor Sax - Wardell Gray [195?] Twisted/Easy Living/South Side/Sweet Lorraine/A Sinner Kissed an Angel/Blue Moon/Grayhound/Treadin’ PRLP 116 - The New Sounds - Lee Konitz [195?] Odjenar/Ezz-thetic/Hi-Beck/Yesterdays/Indian Summer/Duet for Saxophone and Guitar PRLP 117 - Swingin' with Zoot Sims - Zoot Sims [195?] East of the Sun//Zoot Swings the Blues PRLP 118 - Tenor Sax Favorites - Zoot Sims [195?] My Silent Love/Jane-O/Dancing In the Dark/Memories of You/Trotting/It Had to Be You/Swingin’ the Blues PRLP 119 - New Sounds From Sweden - Leonard Feather’s Swinging Swedes [1954] The Daring Young Swedes/Moonlight Savings Time/Swedish Butterfly/Meet Me Tonight In Birdland//Rain on the Roof/A Handful of Stars/The Swedish Music This Side of Heaven/September Serenade PRLP 120 - Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan [1954] Round House/Ide’s Side/Fun House/Millenium/Kaper/ Sweebioa Bobbida PRLP 121 - New Sounds from Sweden Volume 2 - Various Artists [1954] That’s It! - Lars Gullin/Gull In a Gulch - Lars Gullin/All Yours - Lars Gullin/Deep Purple - Lars Gullin/Lover Man - Bengt Hallberg/Indiana - Bengt Hallberg/These Foolish Things - Bengt Hallberg/Cool Kid - Bengt Hallberg PRLP 122