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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Akobi: First Born S(u)n - QB's RainbowAtNightTime DUB Maxd
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 24 Apr 2015
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Akobi: First Born S(u)n - QB's Hot Mix Radio Edit
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 24 Apr 2015
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Maria
Baptiste Trotignon, Minino Garay
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 2 Sep 2016
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One Nation (feat. Carlinhos Brown)
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 6 Jun 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Ancestral Memories
Baptiste Trotignon, Yosvany Terry
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 19 May 2017
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Basta La Biguine
Baptiste Trotignon, Yosvany Terry
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 19 May 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La Cambiada
Baptiste Trotignon, Minino Garay
Jazz - Released by Okeh on 19 Aug 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Serie De Colección "16 Autenticos Exitos"
World - Released by Okeh on 16 Aug 1986
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo