Storyville Records

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This article is about the Danish Record label. For George Wein's jazz record label of the 1950s,
see Storyville Records (George Wein's).
Storyville Records is a large international record
label based in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializing
in jazz and blues music. Besides its original
material, Storyville Records has licensed and
reissued many vintage jazz recordings that
previously appeared on such labels as Paramount
Records, American Music Records and Southland
Records. Many Storyville gramophone records
were pressed in Japan.
Storyville Records was founded in 1952 by Karl
Emil Knudsen, a Danish jazz record collector. It is
today owned by Edition Wilhelm Hansen, a
subsidy under Music Sales Group.[1]

Storyville Records
Parent

Music Sales Group

company
Founded

1952

Founder

Karl Emil Knudsen

Genre

Jazz, blues

Country

Denmark

of origin
Location

Copenhagen

Official

www.storyvillerecords.com

website

(http://www.storyvillerecords.com/)

Contents
1 History
2 Artists
2.1 Jazz
2.2 Blues
3 References
4 External links

History
Storyville Records was founded in 1950 by Karl Emil Knudsen, a jazz record collector, then working
for the Copenhagen telephone company. Named after Storyville the famous historic red-light district
of New Orleans, Louisiana, its main focus has always been on jazz and blues.
The label's first releases were 78 rpm reissues featuring Ma Rainey, Clarence Williams Blue Five,
and James P. Johnson, but Storyville soon began releasing original recordings, starting with Ken
Colyer's Jazz Men, a British group whose members included trombonist Chris Barber, clarinetist
Monty Sunshine, and singer-guitarist Lonnie Donegan. Knudsen was also co-founder of the
Storyville Club, a popular Copenhagen trad band hangout that brought the Colyer band to Denmark
in 1953. The band was recorded by Chris Albertson during its stay in Denmark and these
performanceswhich constituted the label's first release of original materialremain in the
Storyville catalogue. Today, the company's catalogue contains an eclectic representation of jazz
genres and has expanded to also include a substantial number of video releases andunder the
umbrella company, JazzMediajazz and blues-oriented books and discographies. When Karl Emil

Knudsen died on September 5, 2003, the company continued to function under the leadership of
Anders Stefansen, who remained at the helm in 2005, when it was acquired by Edition Wilhelm
Hansen, Denmark's oldest music publishing company. The label continues to expand its catalog.

Artists
Jazz
Louis Armstrong
Sharkey Bonano
Papa Bue
Miles Davis
Kenny Drew
Duke Ellington
Stan Getz
Art Tatum
Dexter Gordon
Coleman Hawkins
Woody Herman
Earl Hines
Billie Holiday
Clint Houston
Gene Krupa
George Lewis
Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker
Ralph Sutton
Jack Teagarden
Lester Young
Stuff Smith
Charles Tyler

Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
Eddie Clearwater
Jimmy Dawkins
Champion Jack Dupree
Snooks Eaglin
Lonnie Johnson
Magic Slim
Memphis Slim
Otis Spann
Big Joe Williams
Sonny Boy Williamson

References

1. "Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS kber Storyville Records" (http://www.ewh.dk/Default.aspx?tabId=2446&

Archive=true&State_2948=2&newsId_2948=588). Edition Wilhelm Hansen. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

External links
Official site (http://www.storyville-records.com/)
Illustrated Storyville Records discography (http://www.wirz.de/music/storyvil.htm) (emphasis
on blues)
Karl Emil Knudsen memorial site (http://www.karl-emil-knudsen.dk/) which includes a
detailed history of the label, "The Storyville Story" (http://www.karl-emil-knudsen.dk/S-Story
/storyville_story.htm)
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