Okeh
OKeh was founded by Otto K. E. Heinemann when he set up his own recording studio and gramophone record pressing plant in New York City in September 1918. Heinemann formed the name of the record label “OKeh”, from his initials. OKeh began by issuing popular songs, dance numbers, and vaudeville skits similar to the fare of other labels, but Heineman also wished to experiment with music for audiences neglected by the larger record companies. OKeh produced lines of recordings in German, Czech, Polish, Swedish, and Yiddish for the USA’s immigrant communities.
In 1920, Ralph Peer’s recordings by African-American blues singer Mamie Smith were a surprise smash hit for Okeh. The company perceived the significant, little-tapped market for blues and jazz by African American artists. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke are only a few names of jazz greats that have recorded for the label. By 1926 Columbia Records bought the label and kept it running into the 60′s with jazz and R&B recordings.
In 1994, Sony Music reactivated the OKeh label as a new-age Blues label. Okeh’s first new signings included Keb’ Mo, Popa Chubby, and Little Axe. By 2000, the Okeh label was again retired, but in 2013 it saw its re-launch as a jazz label once again.
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The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (Expanded Edition)
Soul - Erschienen bei Okeh am 19.03.1962
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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What A Night! A Christmas Album
Weihnachtsmusik - Erschienen bei Okeh am 31.10.2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Chain of Days
Jazz - Erschienen bei Okeh am 13.03.2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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The Lagos Music Salon
Jazz - Erschienen bei Okeh am 06.08.2014
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jenny Wren
Baptiste Trotignon, Minino Garay
Jazz - Erschienen bei Okeh am 16.09.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Juice
Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood
Jazz - Erschienen bei Okeh am 12.09.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I Know You Love Me (Single version)
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Okeh am 31.08.2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Shadows - Songs of Nat King Cole & Live at Jazz à Vienne
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Okeh am 28.08.2015
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Smooth Operator (Radio Edit)
Pop - Erschienen bei Okeh am 22.06.2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ancestral Memories
Baptiste Trotignon, Yosvany Terry, Baptiste Trotignon & Yosvany Terry
Jazz - Erschienen bei Okeh am 02.06.2017
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -