Pablo
(Est. 1973) Jazz At The Philharmonic founder Norman Granz so missed the recording aspect of the music business, which he'd abandoned in 1962 when he sold his Clef, Norgran, and Verve labels to MGM, that 10 years later he decided to take the plunge and start up yet another label. The veteran producer (then based in Beverly Hills) launched Pablo Records in 1973 and quickly built a world-class jazz catalog of albums by Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, and Oscar Peterson - all of whom Granz managed - as well as Count Basie, Benny Carter, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan, and many others. After releasing over 350 albums, Granz sold Pablo to Fantasy, Inc. in 1987. The label has remained active, mining the tape vault for unissued treasures and producing new sessions by guitarists Ron Affif and John Pisano, among others.
PABLO FEATURED ARTISTS
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins was the first important tenor saxophonist and he remains one of the greatest of all time. A consistently modern improviser whose knowledge of chords and harmonies was encyclopedic, Hawkins had a 40-year prime (1925-1965) during which he could hold his own with any competitor.
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy was one of the leaders of jazz movements, integrating into the mainstream of jazz tradition a penchant for Afro-Cuban rhythms which lent a broad streak of exoticism to his work, especially his extended works for large orchestra.
Art Tatum
Art Tatum is the greatest technical virtuoso jazz has ever known on the piano, and arguably on any instrument. His playing presents such daunting problems to the analyst that it has never really been done credit. Born virtually blind, Tatum began his musical life as a violinist.
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan is a legend. She garnered worldwide accolades for her incomparable versatility, which musically bridged all the generation gaps. Not only was she a consistent winner in polls conducted among the public; in addition, she emerged on top in surveys conducted among her musical peers.
