Swingville

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Swingville was a jazz record label imprint of Prestige Records, known for releasing swing-oriented albums by established jazz musicians in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Swingville canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz record label ⓘ
record label imprint ⓘ
associatedWithLabel Prestige Records ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
distribution distributed by Prestige Records ⓘ
era post-bop era ⓘ
focus established jazz musicians ⓘ
swing-oriented albums ⓘ
format LP ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
industry music industry ⓘ
labelType imprint label ⓘ
market jazz collectors ⓘ
traditional jazz audience ⓘ
medium analog recording ⓘ
musicStyle mainstream jazz ⓘ
swing revival ⓘ
notableFor releasing swing-oriented sessions during the hard bop era ⓘ
operatedInPeriod early 1960s ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ
parentCompany Prestige Records ⓘ
product albums ⓘ
vinyl records ⓘ
relationshipToPrestige subsidiary imprint ⓘ
specialization swing ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prestige Records → hasImprint → Swingville ⓘ
Joe Newman → recordLabel → Swingville ⓘ