Solid State Records (jazz label)
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This article is about the jazz label. For the Christian label, see Solid State Records.
Solid State Records was a jazz record label formed in 1966 by producers Sonny Lester and Phil Ramone, with arranger Manny Albam.
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Solid State Records | |
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Parent company | United Artists Records |
Founded | 1966 (1966) |
Founder | Phil Ramone Sonny Lester Manny Albam |
Genre | Jazz |
Country of origin | U.S. |
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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]