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Musicraft Records was a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 based record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 active in the 1930s and 1940s.

Musicraft's catalog encompassed many different musical styles, including classical, folk, jazz, Latin, popular vocal, and calypso.

Artists who recorded for Musicraft include singer Mel Torme
Mel Tormé

Melvin Howard Torm? , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known as one of the great jazz singers. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books....
, vocalist Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan was an United States jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century"....
, Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader.Duke Ellington was recognized during his life as one of the most influential Jazz royalty, if not in all American music and he is of only four jazz musicians ever to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine ....
, bebop comic Harry "the Hipster" Gibson
Harry Gibson

Harry "The Hipster" Gibson was a jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter.Gibson played New York style Stride piano and boogie woogie while singing in an unrestrained, wild style....
, pianist Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson

Theodore Shaw "Teddy" Wilson was a Jazz piano from the United States of America born in Austin, Texas. His sophisticated and elegant style graced the records of many of the biggest names in jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald....
, blues pioneer Leadbelly
Leadbelly

Huddie William Ledbetter was an United States folk blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced....
, poet Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg was an United States writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln....
, Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie [/g?'l?spi/] was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children....
, Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld

Georgie Auld , was a jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader.Auld was born in Toronto, but lived in the United States from the late 1920s onward, and was most noteworthy for his work with Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Porcino, Billy Eckstine, Tiny Kahn, Frank Rosolino, and many othe...
, Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky , better known as Artie Shaw, was an United States jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest jazz clarinetists of his time....
, Buddy Greco
Buddy Greco

Buddy Greco is an United States singer and pianist.Greco began playing piano at the age of four. His first professional work was playing with Benny Goodman's band....
, and others.

the New York Public Library
New York Public Library

The New York Public Library is one of the leading Public library of the world and is one of the United States's most significant research libraries....
, the first original cast album, a set of songs recorded by the cast of The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock

The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 Musical theater by Marc Blitzstein. Originally a part of the Federal Theatre Project, it was directed by Orson Welles, and produced by John Houseman....
, by Marc Blitzstein
Marc Blitzstein

Marc Blitzstein was an United States composer.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania to Jewish parents, among his works were The Cradle Will Rock, whose premiere was directed by Orson Welles, the opera Regina , an adaptation of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, the Broadway theatre Musical theater Juno based on...
, was released in 1938 on Musicraft.

Composer/musician Walter Gross
Walter Gross (musician)

Walter Lloyd Gross is best known for having composed the music for the popular song "Tenderly." In addition to composing dozens of other titles, he was also a pianist, arranger, orchestra leader, and record industry executive....
 was an A&R
A&R

Artists and Repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and the artistic development of recording artists....
 executive and arranger for the label in the late 1940s.






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Musicraft Records was a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 based record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 active in the 1930s and 1940s.

Musicraft's catalog encompassed many different musical styles, including classical, folk, jazz, Latin, popular vocal, and calypso.

Artists who recorded for Musicraft include singer Mel Torme
Mel Tormé

Melvin Howard Torm? , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known as one of the great jazz singers. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books....
, vocalist Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan was an United States jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century"....
, Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader.Duke Ellington was recognized during his life as one of the most influential Jazz royalty, if not in all American music and he is of only four jazz musicians ever to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine ....
, bebop comic Harry "the Hipster" Gibson
Harry Gibson

Harry "The Hipster" Gibson was a jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter.Gibson played New York style Stride piano and boogie woogie while singing in an unrestrained, wild style....
, pianist Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson

Theodore Shaw "Teddy" Wilson was a Jazz piano from the United States of America born in Austin, Texas. His sophisticated and elegant style graced the records of many of the biggest names in jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald....
, blues pioneer Leadbelly
Leadbelly

Huddie William Ledbetter was an United States folk blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced....
, poet Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg was an United States writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln....
, Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie [/g?'l?spi/] was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children....
, Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld

Georgie Auld , was a jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader.Auld was born in Toronto, but lived in the United States from the late 1920s onward, and was most noteworthy for his work with Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Erroll Garner, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Porcino, Billy Eckstine, Tiny Kahn, Frank Rosolino, and many othe...
, Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky , better known as Artie Shaw, was an United States jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest jazz clarinetists of his time....
, Buddy Greco
Buddy Greco

Buddy Greco is an United States singer and pianist.Greco began playing piano at the age of four. His first professional work was playing with Benny Goodman's band....
, and others.

the New York Public Library
New York Public Library

The New York Public Library is one of the leading Public library of the world and is one of the United States's most significant research libraries....
, the first original cast album, a set of songs recorded by the cast of The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock

The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 Musical theater by Marc Blitzstein. Originally a part of the Federal Theatre Project, it was directed by Orson Welles, and produced by John Houseman....
, by Marc Blitzstein
Marc Blitzstein

Marc Blitzstein was an United States composer.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania to Jewish parents, among his works were The Cradle Will Rock, whose premiere was directed by Orson Welles, the opera Regina , an adaptation of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, the Broadway theatre Musical theater Juno based on...
, was released in 1938 on Musicraft.

Composer/musician Walter Gross
Walter Gross (musician)

Walter Lloyd Gross is best known for having composed the music for the popular song "Tenderly." In addition to composing dozens of other titles, he was also a pianist, arranger, orchestra leader, and record industry executive....
 was an A&R
A&R

Artists and Repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and the artistic development of recording artists....
 executive and arranger for the label in the late 1940s. International music entrepreneur Peter Fritsch was an executive for Musicraft in the late 1940s before leaving to found Lyrichord Discs.

After Musicraft's demise, Jazz authority and promoter Albert Marx acquired the label's catalog and reissued many titles on his Discovery Records
Discovery Records

Discovery Records was a United States based record label known for its recordings of jazz music.Discovery was founded in 1948 in music by jazz fan and promoter Albert Marx....
 label.

Reference



External links

  • story about Musicraft Records, December 9, 1940


See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...