Stomp Off
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Stomp Off is an American jazz
record label.
The label was founded in 1979 by Bob Erdos in York, Pennsylvania
. As of ca. 2000 the label had released over 350 albums of jazz music, concentrating on ragtime
, Dixieland jazz
, and other traditional styles of jazz music.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
record label.
The label was founded in 1979 by Bob Erdos in York, Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania
York, known as the White Rose City , is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States which is in the South Central region of the state. The population within the city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, which was a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862...
. As of ca. 2000 the label had released over 350 albums of jazz music, concentrating on ragtime
Ragtime
Ragtime is an original musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged," rhythm. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published...
, Dixieland jazz
Dixieland Jazz
Dixieland Jazz was a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television in 1954.-Premise:The series host was Trump Davidson, a cornet player. He also hosted a radio music series on CBC's Trans-Canada Network.-Scheduling:...
, and other traditional styles of jazz music.
Artists who have released material on Stomp Off
- Clint BakerClint BakerClint Baker is an American traditional jazz musician performing on cornet, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, guitar, banjo, tuba, string bass, and drums.-Career:...
- Aces Of Syncopation
- Acker Bilk
- Black Bottom Stompers
- Black Eagle Jazz Band
- Jean-Francois Bonnel
- Ernie CarsonErnie CarsonErnie Carson is an American Dixieland jazz revival cornetist, pianist, and singer.Carson played trumpet from elementary school, and played with the Castle Jazz Band in the mid-1950s prior to a stint in the U.S. Marines...
- European Classic Jazz Band
- Charquet & Co.
- Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band
- Ken ColyerKen ColyerKenneth Colyer was a British jazz trumpeter and cornetist, devoted totally to New Orleans jazz. His band was also known for skiffle interludes.-Biography:...
- Jim Cullum, Jr.Jim Cullum, Jr.Jim Cullum, Jr. is an American jazz cornetist noted for his contributions to the Dixieland jazz tradition.Cullum's father was Jim Cullum, Sr., a clarinetist who led the Happy Jazz Band up until his death in 1973...
/Jim Cullum Jazz BandJim Cullum Jazz BandThe Jim Cullum Jazz Band is an acoustic seven-piece traditional jazz ensemble led by cornetist Jim Cullum, Jr.. Since 1989, the band has been featured nationally on their own weekly public radio series Riverwalk Jazz... - Dave DallwitzDave DallwitzDave Dallwitz was an Australian jazz pianist, bandleader and composer in both the ragtime and dixieland idioms. He was born in Freeling, South Australia. He is perhaps best known for having worked with some of Australia's more progressive musicians such as John Sangster, Bob Barnard and Len Barnard...
- Mike DanielsMike DanielsMike Daniels is a British dixieland revivalist jazz trumpeter and bandleader born in Stanmore, Middlesex, UK, probably best known for his work with his own group The Delta Jazzmen. Some of his other bands have featured talents such as Keith Nichols and John Chilton.-References:...
- James DapognyJames DapognyJames Dapogny is an American jazz musicologist, pianist and bandleader, active principally in the traditional jazz revival scene....
- Ted des Plantes
- Neville DickieNeville DickieNeville Dickie is an English boogie-woogie and stride piano player. He has performed all over Europe and North America.-Career:...
- Down Home Jazz Band
- Dry Throat Five
- Peter EcklundPeter EcklundPeter Ecklund is an American jazz cornetist.Ecklund graduated from Yale University in 1967, then played with Gregg Allman, Maria Muldaur, Leon Redbone, and Paul Butterfield. He formed the Galvanized Jazz Band in the late 1960s and toured with Paula Lockheart, in addition to working with many pop...
- Wally FawkesWally FawkesWally Fawkes Wally Fawkes Wally Fawkes (born 1924 in Vancouver, Canada (left in 1931 for England) is a British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and, until recently, a satirical cartoonist...
- George Foley (pianist)
- Jacques Gauthe
- Banu Gibson
- John GillJohn GillJohn Gill may refer to:John Gill, reverend at Church of the Savior, a UCC church in Knoxville, TN* John Gill , English Baptist minister and Calvinist theologian...
- Grand Dominion Jazz Band
- Marty GroszMarty GroszMartin Oliver "Marty" Grosz is an American jazz guitarist, banjoist, vocalist and composer born in Berlin, Germany, perhaps most notable for his work with Bob Wilber, performing with and doing arrangements for him. Grosz has also been involved in projects involving Kenny Davern, Dick Sudhalter and...
- Hall Brothers Jazz Band
- Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra
- Art HodesArt HodesArthur W. Hodes , known professionally as Art Hodes, was an American jazz pianist.-Biography:...
- Hot Antic Jazz Band
- Keith InghamKeith InghamKeith Ingham is an English jazz pianist, mainly active in swing and Dixieland revival.Ingham's first professional gigs occurred in 1964. He played with Sandy Brown, Bruce Turner, and Wally Fawkes that decade. He played with Bob Wilber and Bud Freeman in 1974, and moved to New York City in 1978...
- Jazz O'Maniacs
- KustbandetKustbandetKustbandet is a Swedish jazz orchestra founded as a school band in Stockholm in 1962 by Christer Ekhé and Kenneth Arnström. Originally playing in traditional New Orleans jazz style and, as the band grew, moving towards big band style as played by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Luis Russell,...
- Morten Gunnar LarsenMorten Gunnar LarsenMorten Gunnar Larsen is a Norwegian pianist, well known for several stride piano recordings and collaborations.]] Larsen studied classical piano at Norges Musikkhøgskole . In 1975 he had his debut records, Classic Rags...
- Carol Leigh
- Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble
- Louisiana Washboard Five
- Humphrey LytteltonHumphrey LytteltonHumphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton , also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster, and chairman of the BBC radio comedy programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue...
- Louis MazetierLouis MazetierLouis Mazetier is a French stride pianist.Mazetier began playing jazz at age 14 and by age 18 was taking gigs at jazz clubs in Paris. In addition to his career as a musician, Dr. Mazetier works full time as a radiologist...
- Jimmy MazzyJimmy MazzyJimmy Mazzy is a traditional jazz banjo player and vocalist.Mazzy is one of America’s best known traditional jazz banjoist. According to jazz writer Scott Yanow he, “has been a popular attraction in the trad jazz circuit since the late '70s.” He has performed extensively in the United States and...
- Rosy McHargueRosy McHargueJames "Rosy" McHargue was an American jazz clarinetist, associated principally with the Dixieland jazz scene....
- Turk MurphyTurk MurphyMelvin Edward Alton “Turk” Murphy was renowned as a trombonist who played traditional and dixieland jazz in San Francisco....
- Don NeelyDon NeelyDonald Owen "Don" Neely MBE, MNZM is a New Zealand cricket historian, administrator and former player. He is a former President of New Zealand Cricket and has written or co-written over 30 books on New Zealand cricket....
- New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
- New Orleans Rascals
- Keith NicholsKeith NicholsKeith Nichols is a jazz multi-instrumentalist and arranger, a player of the piano, trombone, reeds, and accordion.Born in Ilford, Essex, UK, Nichols was a child actor and an award winning accordionist in his youth. Keith tends to play mostly ragtime tunes, gaining notoriety in the 1970s in London...
- Jimmy Noone Jr.
- Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra
- The Original Salty Dogs Jazz BandThe Original Salty Dogs Jazz BandThe Original Salty Dogs Jazz Band is a traditional jazz ensemble founded in 1947 in West Lafayette, Indiana, and later based in Chicago, Illinois...
- Paris WashboardParis WashboardParis Washboard is a French jazz group devoted to Dixieland jazz revival.Paris Washboard was founded in 1988 by two former members of Gilbert Leroux's Washboard Group, Alain Marquet and Daniel Barda...
- Bent PerssonBent PerssonBent Persson is Swedish jazz trumpeter and cornetist, internationally renowned for his renditions on 3 CD:s of Louis Armstrong's 50 Hot Choruses published for Melrose Brother's in Chicago 1927.-References:...
- Red Roseland Cornpickers
- Michael Lande's Rhythm Club Orchestra
- Wally RoseWally RoseWally Rose was an American jazz and ragtime pianist.Rose was a mainstay of the jazz scene in San Francisco during the 1940s and 1950s. He was the pianist for Lu Watters's group, the Yerba Buena Jazz Band, for its entire existence, from 1939 to 1950...
- Scaniazz
- Ray Skjelbred
- Hal Smith (musician)
- Ray Smith (pianist)
- South Frisco Jazz Band
- Andy SteinAndy SteinAndy Stein is a saxophone and violin player in the United States best known for his appearances with the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. He is also known for the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" and the movie. He has played on a...
- Tom Stuip
- Richard Sudhalter
- Monty SunshineMonty SunshineMonty Sunshine was an English jazz clarinetist, whose main claim to fame was his clarinet solo on the track "Petite Fleur", a million seller for the Chris Barber Jazz Band in 1959...
- Swedish Jazz Kings
- Butch ThompsonButch ThompsonButch Thompson is an American jazz pianist and clarinetist best known for his ragtime and stride performances....
- Uptown Lowdown Jazz BandUptown Lowdown Jazz BandThe Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band is a Dixieland jazz band from the Bellevue, Washington area.Started in 1971 by Bert Barr, it has performed continuously since that time now appearing at over 25 festivals and concerts annually throughout the United States and abroad...
- Terry WaldoTerry WaldoTerry Waldo is an American pianist, composer, and historian of early jazz, blues, and stride music, and is best known for his contribution to the genre of ragtime and his role in reviving interest in this form, starting in the 1970s...
- West End Jazz Band
- Golden Eagle Jazz Band-USA