Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, or the day before Black Friday. Just enjoy the time with family and friends, and to help, listen to this new podcast, celebrating the 65th anniversary of Prestige Records.

Prestige Records was founded back in 1949 by Bob Weinstock, who had opened a record store next to a jazz club. He decided to start recording the jazz artists for records, and it blossomed into Prestige Records. Unlike Blue Note Records, which paid for rehearsal time, at Prestige musicians were paid to come in and strictly record – more spontaneity and less formal structure, like they played in the clubs. Stars from Sonny Rollins to Miles Davis to the Modern Jazz Quartet recorded some very famous works for Prestige.

Prestige sold to Fantasy Records in 1971, where the label was folded into the Original Jazz Classics nomenclature, alongside other record labels like Riverside, which can be confusing as to which label recorded exactly which album.

So, listen in as we play songs on Prestige by Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Booker Ervin, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Coleman Hawkins, Mose Allison and more here at the PB Podcast. All podcasts are still available at brennick.net – after eating turkey and getting Tryptophan, listening to the PB Podcast gets you out of your stupor. Enjoy the holiday!