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Business Papers, 1946-1978 (continued)
Debut Records, 1951-1978
Debut Records was a label co-founded by Mingus, Celia Mingus, and Max Roach in 1952. Though the label closed only five years later, they recorded and produced early albums by jazz musicians such as Hazel Scott, Hank Mobley, and Miles Davis. The label’s most ambitious project was Jazz at Massey Hall, a three-volume recording featuring "The Quintet” of Mingus, Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie, and a trio made up of Mingus, Powell, and Roach. The Debut Records subseries is the most extensive of the Business Papers series. It contains artists’ files, which consist of headshots, correspondence, contracts, and publicity; correspondence to and from Debut Records; contracts, licenses, and royalties statements; expense records and receipts; fulfilled and unfulfilled record orders; and travel documents that include receipts, itineraries, and contact lists.
Arranged alphabetically by format, then alphabetically or chronologically therein.
BOX-FOLDER 54/1-2 Album discographies, 1951-1955
Notecards with personnel and track lists
Includes: Personnel lists
Artist files
BOX-FOLDER 54/3 Dennis, John, 1956
Royalties reports
BOX-FOLDER 54/4 Dorham, Kenny, 1953
Contracts, notes, recording report
BOX-FOLDER 54/5 Dorough, Bob, 1954
Royalties reports
BOX-FOLDER 54/6 Gonzales, Babs, 1957
Correspondence, recording expenses
BOX-FOLDER 54/7 The Gordons, 1953
Contracts, memo, recording advertisement
BOX-FOLDER 54/8 Jazz at Massey Hall, 1953-1956
Contracts, correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 54/9 Jazz at Massey Hall, 1953-1957
Expense and profit statements
BOX-FOLDER 54/10 Jazz at Massey Hall, 1953-1957
Invoices
BOX-FOLDER 54/11 Jazz at Massey Hall, 1950s
Record information, royalties statements
BOX-FOLDER 54/12 Jazz Workshop, 1953
Advertisement, contract, recording report
BOX-FOLDER 54/13 Johnson, J. J., 1955-1957
Royalties reports
BOX-FOLDER 54/14 Jones, Thad, undated
Label copy, liner copy
BOX-FOLDER 54/15 LaPorta, John, 1950s
Album information, contracts, publicity, royalties
BOX-FOLDER 54/16 Levister, Alonzo, 1956-1957
Biography, clippings, contracts, correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 54/17 Levister, Alonzo, 1957
Invoices, notes, publicities, royalties statements
BOX-FOLDER 54/18 Macero, Ted, 1953-1957
Contracts, expenses, miscellany, royalties statements
BOX-FOLDER 54/19 Mingus, Charles, 1946-1961
Album and concert information, contracts, copyright registration, correspondence, expenses
BOX-FOLDER 54/20 Mitchell, Bruce, 1954-1957
Royalties statements
BOX-FOLDER 54/21 Mitchell, Hal, 1953
Advertisement, contract, recording information
BOX-FOLDER 54/22 Mobley, Hank, 1954-1957
Royalties statements
BOX-FOLDER 54/23 Moore, Ada, 1954
Advertisement, album information, biography, royalties statements
BOX-FOLDER 54/24 Most, Sam. "Quartet Plus Two," 1953-1956
Biography, contracts, correspondence, expenses, royalties statements
BOX-FOLDER 38/14 Most, Sam, circa 1954
Publicity
BOX-FOLDER 54/25 Parker, Charlie, 1953-1958
Contracts, correspondence, publicity
BOX-FOLDER 54/26 Parker, Charlie, 1955-1958
Estate and memorial fund
BOX-FOLDER 38/15 Parker, Charlie, undated
Publicity for "Bird on 52nd Street"
BOX-FOLDER 54/27 Parker, Charlie Baird, 1957
Royalty statement
BOX-FOLDER 54/28 Pettiford, Oscar, 1953-1957
Album information, contracts, expenses, royalties statement
BOX-FOLDER 38/16 Porter, Curtis, 1957
Recording information
BOX-FOLDER 54/29 Powell, Bud, 1953-1954
Advertisement, album information, expenses, royalties statement
BOX-FOLDER 54/30 Roach, Max, circa 1953
Album information, contracts, payment receipts, publicity proofs
BOX-FOLDER 54/31 Scott, Hazel, circa 1954-1955
Album information, biography, contracts, programs, royalties
BOX-FOLDER 55/1 Strings and Keys, 1953
Album proofs, contracts, correspondence, expenses
BOX-FOLDER 55/2 Business certificates, 1952-1953
BOX-FOLDER 75/3 Check stubs, 1951-1960
BOX-FOLDER 55/3 Company history, undated
Contracts, licenses, and royalties
BOX-FOLDER 55/5 American Federation of Musicians, 1953-1957
BOX-FOLDER 55/6 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), 1957-1962
BOX-FOLDER 55/7 Beechwood Music, 1956-1957
BOX-FOLDER 55/8 Walter Bishop Music Publishing, 1955-1957
BOX-FOLDER 55/9 Bregman, Vocco, and Conn, Inc., 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/10 Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), 1956-1957
BOX-FOLDER 55/11 Burke and Van Heusen, Inc., 1954-1957
BOX-FOLDER 55/12 Chappell & Co., 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/13 Embassy Music Corp., 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/14 Ferrer, Jose, 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/15 Givens, Spaulding, 1954-1957
BOX-FOLDER 55/16 T. B. Harms, Inc., 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/17 Harry Fox, Inc., 1954-1958
BOX-FOLDER 55/18 Leeds Music, 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/19 Edward B. Marks Music Corp., 1955-1956
BOX-FOLDER 55/20 Melotone Music, 1955-1957
BOX-FOLDER 55/21 Miller Music, 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/22 Mills Music, 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/23 Mitchell, Bruce, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 55/24 Music Publishers Holding Corp., 1954-1957
BOX-FOLDER 55/25 New World Music, 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/4 Notecards, 1950s
BOX-FOLDER 55/26 Orpheus Music, 1954-1956
BOX-FOLDER 55/27 Patricia Music Co., 1954-1956
BOX-FOLDER 55/28 Robbins Music Corp., 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/29 Rockaway Music, 1954-1956
BOX-FOLDER 55/30 Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co., 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/31 Stansy Music Corp., 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/32 Tempo Music, Inc., 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/33 Vogue Productinos Internationale Phonograhics, 1959-1961
BOX-FOLDER 55/34 M. Witmark & Sons, 1954
BOX-FOLDER 55/35 B. F. Wood Music Co., 1954
Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 55/36 "A" Miscellaneous, 1950s
BOX-FOLDER 55/37 Al Smith's Record Bar, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 55/38 American Federation of Musicians (AFM), 1952-1955
BOX-FOLDER 55/39 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), 1957-1960
BOX-FOLDER 55/40 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), 1957-1972
BOX-FOLDER 55/41 Argyle Publishing Co., 1961
BOX-FOLDER 55/42 Atlantic Recording, 1956-1957
BOX-FOLDER 55/43 "B" Miscellaneous, 1955-1960
BOX-FOLDER 55/44 Birdland Record Shop, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 55/45 "C" Miscellaneous, 1953-1960
BOX-FOLDER 55/46 California Record Distributors, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 55/47 Chambers & Meredith Real Estate, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 55/48 Columbia Records, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 55/49 "D" Miscellaneous, 1953-1961
BOX-FOLDER 55/50 D & D Distributing, 1954-1956
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