Fedora Records

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Fedora Records
FounderJoe Fields
Genre Blues
LocationNew York, New York, U.S.
Official website www.jazzdepot.com/fedora.html

Fedora Records is an American blues-oriented record label, launched by producer Joe Fields as a sister label to HighNote Records in the late 1990s. [1] Artists who have recorded on the label include Tommy Bankhead, Homesick James, and Fillmore Slim.

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List of artists that have recorded for Fedora include:

Sister label

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References

  1. Tamarkin, Jeff (July 16, 2017). "Joe Fields, Exec at Several Key Jazz Labels, Dead at 88". JazzTimes.com.
  2. "Joe Fields, Exec at Several Key Jazz Labels, Dead at 88 – Founder of Muse, HighNote and Savant Records produced hundreds of jazz recordings," by Jeff Tamarkin, JazzTimes , July 16, 2017