Pablo Records was a record label founded by Norman Granz in 1973, some ten years after he had sold his jazz labels (including the world-famous Verve Records) to MGM Records. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Norman Granz ( Los Angeles, USA, August 6, 1918 - Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2001) was an American Events January-February January 9 - Mick Jagger 's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust putting an abrupt end Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Verve Records is an American Jazz Record label now owned by the Universal Music Group. MGM Records was a Record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film studio in 1946
Pablo initially featured recordings by acts that he managed: Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, OOnt ( 15 August 1925 – 23 December 2007) was a Canadian Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929, New Brunswick, New Jersey, U Later recordings by Count Basie, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan were added. William "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, Organist John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed " Sassy " and " The Divine One ") ( March 27 1924, &ndash April Milt Jackson and Paulinho Da Costa recorded for Pablo from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. Milton (Milt Jackson (January 1 1923 in Detroit Michigan &ndash October 9 1999 was an American Jazz Vibraphonist and one of the most important figures Paulinho Da Costa ( May 31, 1948) is a Percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, and is considered one of the most recorded musicians
In 1987 the label was acquired by Fantasy Records, who continued to release previously-unissued recordings using the Pablo name. See also Musical groups established in 1987 Record labels established in 1987 Events Recording artists David Axelrod The Blackbyrds Dave Brubeck Lenny Bruce