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Storyville Records

International record company and label

Field	Value
name	Storyville Records
parent	Wise Music Group
founded
founder	Karl Emil Knudsen
genre	Jazz, blues
country	Denmark
location	Copenhagen
url

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the Danish record label

Storyville Records is an international record company and label based in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializing in jazz and blues music. Besides its original material, Storyville Records has reissued many vintage jazz recordings that previously appeared on labels such as Paramount Records, American Music Records, and Southland Records. Many Storyville records were pressed in Japan.

History

Storyville Records was founded in the 1950s by Karl Emil Knudsen, a Danish jazz record collector who was working for the Copenhagen telephone company. Named after Storyville, New Orleans, the red-light district, its focus has always been on jazz and blues.

The label's first releases were 78 rpm reissues featuring Ma Rainey, Clarence Williams Blue Five, and James P. Johnson. Storyville soon began releasing original recordings, beginning with Ken Colyer's Jazz Men, a British group including Chris Barber, Monty Sunshine, and Lonnie Donegan.

Knudsen was also co-founder of the Storyville Club, a Copenhagen venue that booked the Colyer band in 1953. The band was recorded by Chris Albertson during its stay in Denmark. These performances were the label's first release of original material and remain in the Storyville catalog. Currently the catalog contains an eclectic mix of jazz genres. It has also expanded to include video releases and, under the umbrella company, JazzMedia, books and discographies.

When Karl Emil Knudsen died on September 5, 2003, the company continued to function under Anders Stefansen, who led it until 2005 when it was acquired by Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Denmark's oldest music publishing company, a division of the Music Sales Group (now Wise Music Group).

Artists

Jazz

Louis Armstrong
Sharkey Bonano
Papa Bue
Miles Davis
Kenny Drew
Duke Ellington
Stan Getz
Dexter Gordon
Coleman Hawkins
Woody Herman
Earl Hines
Billie Holiday
Clint Houston
Gene Krupa
George Lewis
Vincent Nilsson
Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker
Stuff Smith
Ralph Sutton
Art Tatum
Jack Teagarden
Charles Tyler
Lee Wiley
Lester Young
Ronnie Cuber

Blues

Big Bill Broonzy
Eddy Clearwater
Jimmy Dawkins
Champion Jack Dupree
Snooks Eaglin
Robert "Big Mojo" Elem
Lonnie Johnson
Magic Slim
Memphis Slim
Otis Spann
Big Joe Williams
Sonny Boy Williamson

References

(11 May 2005). "Edition Wilhelm Hansen Acquires Storyville Records". Edition Wilhelm Hansen.
"Robert "Mojo" Elem - Album Discography".

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