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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...And His Mother Called Him Bill
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 1 jan. 1967
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
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When Did You Leave Heaven
Lisa Ekdahl, Peter Nordahl Trio
Vocale jazz - Released by Okeh on 1 jan. 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Aretha In Person with The Ray Bryant Combo (Expanded Edition)
Soul - Released by Okeh on 27 feb. 1961
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
In My Solitude (Live At Grace Cathedral)
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 22 sep. 2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
More of the Good
Vocale jazz - Released by Okeh on 9 nov. 2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington (Expanded Edition)
Soul - Released by Okeh on 18 feb. 1964
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Who's Happy?
Vocale jazz - Released by Okeh on 2 mrt. 2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Laughing On the Outside (Expanded Edition)
Soul - Released by Okeh on 12 aug. 1963
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin (Expanded Edition)
Soul - Released by Okeh on 13 aug. 1962
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
What a Wonderful World
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 17 jul. 2015
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Lady In Satin: The Centennial Edition
Vocale jazz - Released by Okeh on 3 apr. 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dee Dee's Feathers
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Vocale jazz - Released by Okeh on 17 apr. 2015
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo