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for jazz collectors. Stuart was a purist who felt that traditional New Orleans jazz was the real jazz. He preserved and promoted the traditional jazz music that had fallen out of favor in the late 1920s, and regarded the
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Jazz Man Records was founded in 1941 by David Stuart, owner of the Jazz Man Record Shop in Hollywood, California. The label was an offshoot of the shop, established in 1939 as the only shop on the
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Ertegun purchased Jazz Man Records from David Stuart in late 1946. In January 1947, Jazz Man record labels were redesigned and a dark green color, matching that of
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The Jazz Man Records discography is available online from the Jazz Discography Project and is further detailed in Cary Ginell's 2010 book,
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for $ 5,500. Recordings were produced on the Jazz Man label through 1954. The last was an album by
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December 19–20, 1941. A second recording session with the Watters band was produced in March 1942.
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David Ashford Stuart; 1910–1984) founded the label in 1941 and sold it to Marili Morden and
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In June 1942, Stuart produced a historic recording session in New Orleans with
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On January 15, 1952, Jazz Man Records sold its masters to Lester Koenig's
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All eight Crescent discs are re-released by Jazz Man Records 1946–1947
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In December 1942, Jazz Man Records issued four unreleased sides by
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Fifty hand-numbered copies, most autographed by Johnson
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Fifty hand-numbered copies, most autographed by Johnson
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Hot Jazz for Sale: Hollywood's Jazz Man Record Shop
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Hot Jazz for Sale: Hollywood's Jazz Man Record Shop
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Ertegun retired the Crescent label. 176:Stuart modeled Jazz Man Records after 742:Bunk Johnson's Original Superior Band 659:"Milenberg Joys" (Jelly Roll Morton) 641:"Creepy Feeling" (Jelly Roll Morton) 210:, from a private collection in 1941. 7: 1210:Darnell Howard's Frisco Footwarmers 918:"Oh Didn't He Ramble" (W. C. Handy) 795:"Two Kinds of People" (Traditional) 693:"Terrible Blues" (Clarence Williams) 677:"Sunset Cafe Stomp" (Percy Venable) 313:"Irish Black Bottom" (Percy Venable) 173:that had eclipsed it with contempt. 715:"Pallet on the Floor" (Traditional) 639:"Finger Buster" (Jelly Roll Morton) 104:was an American record company and 1375:American independent record labels 690:Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 675:"London Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton) 672:Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 654:Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 558:Recorded as "Those Draftin' Blues" 460:Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 426:Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 396:Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 366:Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 336:Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 310:Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band 128:of traditional jazz in the 1940s. 110:traditional New Orleans-style jazz 14: 1370:Record labels established in 1941 981:"Ory's Creole Trombone" (Kid Ory) 777:"Ragged but Right" (Traditional) 465:"Fidgety Feet" (Nick LaRocca and 1143:Turk Murphy's Bay City Stompers 1065:"Sobbin' Blues" (Art Kassel and 34: 891:"Get Out of Here" (Kid Ory and 793:"Ace in the Hole" (Traditional) 156:and singer Ivie Anderson (1941) 1051:Reissue of Crescent Records 8 1016:Reissue of Crescent Records 7 989:Reissue of Crescent Records 6 970:Reissue of Crescent Records 5 947:Reissue of Crescent Records 4 924:Reissue of Crescent Records 3 901:Reissue of Crescent Records 2 463:"Temptation Rag" (Harry Lodge) 1: 560:Recorded as "Old Time Blues" 369:"At a Georgia Camp Meeting" ( 964:"Do What Ory Say" (Kid Ory) 526:"Moose March" (Traditional) 1024:Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 997:Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 978:Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 955:Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 932:Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 909:Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 882:Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 1401: 1314:. Jazz Discography Project 1312:"Jazz Man Records Catalog" 1088:Pete Daily's Rhythm Kings 657:"Daddy Do" (Fred Longshaw) 487:'s Original Superior Band 140:David Stuart (right) with 15: 1354:1939 Jazz Man Record Shop 1006:"Under the Bamboo Tree" ( 377:Original Jelly Roll Blues 164:that specialized in used 33: 586:Jazz Man Ltd. Edition 2 565:Jazz Man Ltd. Edition 1 429:"Come Back Sweet Papa" ( 106:independent record label 16:Not to be confused with 811:"Ragtime Nightingale" ( 399:"Cake Walking Babies" ( 1356:at The Kid Ory Archive 1235:Good Time Jazz Records 1172:'s Frisco Footwarmers 1097:"Clarinet Marmalade" ( 222:Good Time Jazz Records 157: 1121:'s Bay City Stompers 500:" (William H. 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Tyers) 986:November 3, 1945 937:"Down Home Rag" ( 749:"Hot House Rag" ( 617:Jelly Roll Morton 492:Down by the River 401:Clarence Williams 381:Jelly Roll Morton 200:Jelly Roll Morton 178:Commodore Records 99: 98: 81:Country of origin 42:Jelly Roll Morton 1392: 1348:Internet Archive 1323: 1322: 1320: 1319: 1308: 1302: 1284: 1249:Crescent Records 1227:" (W. C. Handy) 1148:Yellow Dog Blues 1126:Shake That Thing 1071:Jazz Man Strut ( 1062:'s Rhythm Kings 870:Crescent Records 719:Ballin' the Jack 548:"Bunk's Blues" ( 407:Richard M. Jones 349:"Smokey Mokes" ( 247: 215:Crescent Records 102:Jazz Man Records 60: 58: 38: 29:Jazz Man Records 26: 1400: 1399: 1395: 1394: 1393: 1391: 1390: 1389: 1360: 1359: 1332: 1327: 1326: 1317: 1315: 1310: 1309: 1305: 1285: 1262: 1257: 1245: 1230:April 29, 1950 1225:St. Louis Blues 1222: 1200:April 29, 1950 1195:Louis Armstrong 1184: 1151: 1150:" (W. C. 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Index

Jazzman

Jelly Roll Morton
Hollywood
independent record label
traditional New Orleans-style jazz
Nesuhi Ertegun
Hollywood
revival

Ahmet Ertegun
Duke Ellington
William P. Gottlieb
Nesuhi Ertegun
West Coast
78s
swing music
Commodore Records
Lu Watters
Yerba Buena Jazz Band
Bunk Johnson
Jelly Roll Morton
Nesuhi Ertegun
Alan Lomax
Crescent Records
Good Time Jazz Records
Joe Venuti
Tony Romano
Lu Watters
Yerba Buena Jazz Band

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