Labels Index

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• Hammondbeat Records — Organ-sound record label (2002), grown from the JTQgroove acid-jazz fan site.
• Blue Note Records — Jazz label founded 1939; codified the soul-jazz organ with Jimmy Smith and Dr. Lonnie Smith.
• Stax Records — Memphis soul label (1957); Booker T. Jones's B-3 turned church organ into hit R&B.
• Verve Records — Norman Granz's jazz label (1956); carried Jimmy Smith to mass popularity after Blue Note.
• Colemine Records — Ohio soul/funk indie (2007, incl. Karma Chief); flagship label of the modern organ-trio revival.
• Groove Merchant — Sonny Lester's 1970s soul-jazz label; second act for McGriff and Lonnie Smith.
• Zip Records — San Francisco/Amsterdam indie (1997); home of The Pulitzers' Hammond funk.