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Jewel Records (New York record label)

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Jewel Records
Parent companyPlaza Music Company
Founded1927 (1927)
Defunct1932 (1932)
StatusDefunct
GenreJazz
Country of originU.S.
LocationNew York

Jewel Records was a record label started in 1927 by the Plaza Music Company.With other Plaza properties, it became part of the American Record Corporation in 1929. It released records until 1932.[1][2] Musicians on the label included Roy Collins, Hugh Donovan, Ernie Hare, Larry Holton, Billie Jones, the Dixie Jazz Band, and the Yankee Ten Orchestra.

References

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  1. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W.; Ferstler, Howard. Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound (2nd ed.). CRC Press. pp. 542–543, 844. ISBN 978-0-415-93835-8.
  2. ^ Rye, Howard (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. pp. 412–413. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.

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