Solid State Records (jazz label)

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Solid State Records
Parent company United Artists Records
Founded1966 (1966)
Founder Phil Ramone
Sonny Lester
Manny Albam
Genre Jazz
Country of originU.S.

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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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

Albums

#LeaderAlbumYear
SS-93Various artistsDemonstration Record: Highlights From Solid State
SS-94Various artistsYou'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-18002Jimmy McGriff A Bag Full of Soul 1966
SS-18003Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra 1966
SS-18004Kokee BandExotica 19701966
SS-18005Will BronsonWill Bronson Presents The In Crowd Singers1966
SS-18006Jimmy McGriff Cherry 1966
SS-18007Manny Albam and the Passion GuitarsIntroducing the Passion Guitars1966
SS-18008Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Presenting Joe Williams 1966
SS-18009Manny Albam The Soul of the City 1966
SS-18010Kokee BandHawaii And Other Exotic Movie Themes1966
SS-18011Will BronsonThe Best of Broadway
SS-18012Ted SommerPercussive Mariachi1967
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 Blue1967
SS-18016Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Live At The Village Vanguard 1967
SS-18017Jimmy McGriff A Bag Full of Blues 1967
SS-18018Bill 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. Jazz1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14012 in 1962
SS-18022Duke Ellington Money Jungle 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14017 in 1963
SS-18023Herbie Mann St. Thomas 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14022 in 1962
SS-18024Charles Mingus Town Hall Concert 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14024 in 1962
SS-18025John Coltrane Coltrane Time 1968 - Originally released as UAL 4014 in 1959
SS-18026Johnny Lytle The Sound of Velvet Soul 1968
SS-18027Dizzy Gillespie Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 1 1967
SS-18028Dizzy Gillespie Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 2 1967
SS-18029 Mike Mainieri Insight1968
SS-18030Jimmy 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-18034Dizzy Gillespie Live at the Village Vanguard 1967
SS-18035 Modern Jazz Quartet On Tour 1969 - Originally released as UAL 4063 in 1959
SS-18036Jimmy McGriff Honey 1968
SS-18037Various ArtistsJazz for a Sunday Afternoon Vol. 31967
SS-18038 Vi Redd Birdcall1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14016 in 1962
SS-18039Chick Corea Now He Sings, Now He Sobs 1968
SS-18040 Billie Holiday Ladylove1969 - Originally released as UAJ 14014 in 1962 recorded in 1954
SS-18041Thad Jones/Mel Lewis The Big Band Sound featuring Miss Ruth Brown 1968
SS-18042Soul StringsSoul Strings and a Funky Horn1968
SS-18043 Chico Hamilton The Gamut 1967
SS-18044Johnny Lytle Be Proud 1969
SS-18045Jimmy McGriff The Worm 1968
SS-18046 Monk Higgins Extra Soul Perception 1969
SS-18047 Sonny Stitt Little Green Apples 1968
SS-18048Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Monday Night 1968
SS-18049Mike Mainieri Journey Thru an Electric Tube 1969
SS-18050Chico Hamilton The Head Hunters 1969
SS-18051 Randy Brecker Score 1969
SS-18052Various ArtistsJazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 41969
SS-18053Jimmy McGriff Step 1 1968
SS-18054Dizzy Gillespie It's My Way 1969
SS-18055Chick Corea Is 1969
SS-18056Johnny Lytle Close Enough for Jazz 1969
SS-18057Sonny Stitt Come Hither 1968
SS-18058Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Central Park North 1969
SS-18059 Jeremy Steig This Is Jeremy Steig 1969
SS-18060Jimmy McGriff A Thing to Come By 1969
SS-18061Dizzy Gillespie Cornucopia 1969
SS-18062 Ray Nance Body and Soul 1969
SS-18063Jimmy McGriff The Way You Look Tonight 1969
SS-18064Earth DisciplesGetaway Train1969
SS-18065Wali & The Afro CaravanHome Lost and Found the Natural Sound1969
SS-18066 Candido Camero Thousand Finger Man1969
SS-18067
SS-18068Jeremy Steig Legwork 1967
SS-19000Duke Ellington 70th Birthday Concert 1969

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<i>Ive Got a New Woman</i> 1967 studio album by Jimmy McGriff

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