Solid State Records was a jazz record label formed in 1966 by producers Sonny Lester and Phil Ramone, with arranger Manny Albam.
| Solid State Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | United Artists Records |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Founder | Phil Ramone Sonny Lester Manny Albam |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
The label released original recordings in the mid to late 1960s by Joe Williams, Chick Corea, Jimmy McGriff, Dizzy Gillespie, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and many others before its jazz artists were consolidated under United Artists' Blue Note label.[1]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| # | Leader | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS-93 | Various artists | Demonstration Record: Highlights From Solid State | |
| SS-94 | Various artists | You've Got To Hear It To Believe It | |
| SS-18000 | Manny Albam | Brass on Fire | 1966 |
| SS-18001 | Jimmy McGriff | The Big Band | 1966 |
| SS-18002 | Jimmy McGriff | A Bag Full of Soul | 1966 |
| SS-18003 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra | 1966 |
| SS-18004 | Kokee Band | Exotica 1970 | 1966 |
| SS-18005 | Will Bronson | Will Bronson Presents The In Crowd Singers | 1966 |
| SS-18006 | Jimmy McGriff | Cherry | 1966 |
| SS-18007 | Manny Albam and the Passion Guitars | Introducing the Passion Guitars | 1966 |
| SS-18008 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | Presenting Joe Williams | 1966 |
| SS-18009 | Manny Albam | The Soul of the City | 1966 |
| SS-18010 | Kokee Band | Hawaii And Other Exotic Movie Themes | 1966 |
| SS-18011 | Will Bronson | The Best of Broadway | |
| SS-18012 | Ted Sommer | Percussive Mariachi | 1967 |
| SS-18013 | Nelson Riddle | Music for Wives and Lovers | 1967 |
| SS-18014 | Johnny Lytle | A Man and a Woman | 1967 |
| SS-18015 | Joe Williams | Something Old, New and Blue | 1967 |
| SS-18016 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | Live At The Village Vanguard | 1967 |
| SS-18017 | Jimmy McGriff | A Bag Full of Blues | 1967 |
| SS-18018 | Bill Evans/Jim Hall | Undercurrent | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14003 in 1962 |
| SS-18019 | Charles Mingus | Wonderland | 1968 - Originally released as UAL 4036 in 1959 |
| SS-18020 | Herbie Mann | Jazz Impressions of Brazil | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14009 in 1962 |
| SS-18021 | King Pleasure | Mr. Jazz | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14012 in 1962 |
| SS-18022 | Duke Ellington | Money Jungle | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14017 in 1963 |
| SS-18023 | Herbie Mann | St. Thomas | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14022 in 1962 |
| SS-18024 | Charles Mingus | Town Hall Concert | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14024 in 1962 |
| SS-18025 | John Coltrane | Coltrane Time | 1968 - Originally released as UAL 4014 in 1959 |
| SS-18026 | Johnny Lytle | The Sound of Velvet Soul | 1968 |
| SS-18027 | Dizzy Gillespie | Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 1 | 1967 |
| SS-18028 | Dizzy Gillespie | Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 2 | 1967 |
| SS-18029 | Mike Mainieri | Insight | 1968 |
| SS-18030 | Jimmy McGriff | I've Got a New Woman | 1967 |
| SS-18031 | Billy Strayhorn | The Peaceful Side of Billy Strayhorn | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14010 in 1963 recorded 1959 |
| SS-18032 | Count Basie | Basie Meets Bond | 1968 - Originally released a UAL 3480 in 1966 |
| SS-18033 | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | Three Blind Mice | 1967 - Originally released as UAJ 14002 in 1962 |
| SS-18034 | Dizzy Gillespie | Live at the Village Vanguard | 1967 |
| SS-18035 | Modern Jazz Quartet | On Tour | 1969 - Originally released as UAL 4063 in 1959 |
| SS-18036 | Jimmy McGriff | Honey | 1968 |
| SS-18037 | Various Artists | Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Vol. 3 | 1967 |
| SS-18038 | Vi Redd | Birdcall | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14016 in 1962 |
| SS-18039 | Chick Corea | Now He Sings, Now He Sobs | 1968 |
| SS-18040 | Billie Holiday | Ladylove | 1969 - Originally released as UAJ 14014 in 1962 recorded in 1954 |
| SS-18041 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | The Big Band Sound featuring Miss Ruth Brown | 1968 |
| SS-18042 | Soul Strings | Soul Strings and a Funky Horn | 1968 |
| SS-18043 | Chico Hamilton | The Gamut | 1967 |
| SS-18044 | Johnny Lytle | Be Proud | 1969 |
| SS-18045 | Jimmy McGriff | The Worm | 1968 |
| SS-18046 | Monk Higgins | Extra Soul Perception | 1969 |
| SS-18047 | Sonny Stitt | Little Green Apples | 1968 |
| SS-18048 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | Monday Night | 1968 |
| SS-18049 | Mike Mainieri | Journey Thru an Electric Tube | 1969 |
| SS-18050 | Chico Hamilton | The Head Hunters | 1969 |
| SS-18051 | Randy Brecker | Score | 1969 |
| SS-18052 | Various Artists | Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 4 | 1969 |
| SS-18053 | Jimmy McGriff | Step 1 | 1968 |
| SS-18054 | Dizzy Gillespie | It's My Way | 1969 |
| SS-18055 | Chick Corea | Is | 1969 |
| SS-18056 | Johnny Lytle | Close Enough for Jazz | 1969 |
| SS-18057 | Sonny Stitt | Come Hither | 1968 |
| SS-18058 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | Central Park North | 1969 |
| SS-18059 | Jeremy Steig | This Is Jeremy Steig | 1969 |
| SS-18060 | Jimmy McGriff | A Thing to Come By | 1969 |
| SS-18061 | Dizzy Gillespie | Cornucopia | 1969 |
| SS-18062 | Ray Nance | Body and Soul | 1969 |
| SS-18063 | Jimmy McGriff | The Way You Look Tonight | 1969 |
| SS-18064 | Earth Disciples | Getaway Train | 1969 |
| SS-18065 | Wali & The Afro Caravan | Home Lost and Found the Natural Sound | 1969 |
| SS-18066 | Candido Camero | Thousand Finger Man | 1969 |
| SS-18067 | |||
| SS-18068 | Jeremy Steig | Legwork | 1967 |
| SS-19000 | Duke Ellington | 70th Birthday Concert | 1969 |
References
editExternal links
edit- Solid State Records discography at Discogs