Progressive Records is an American

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record company and label owned by the Jazzology group. It produces reissues and compilations of musicians such as

Sonny Stitt Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982), known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/ hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of hi ...

, Eddie Barefield, George Masso, and Eddie Miller.

History

Progressive Records was founded by Gus Statiras in New York in 1950. When the business declined,

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bought and reissued much of the label's catalog, then sold it to Prestige with backing from Bainbridge, a Japanese record company. Progressive had a revival in the late 1970s when Statiras bought the label back from

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, which by then had absorbed Prestige, which continued into the 1980s. Progressive's second era included recordings by

Buddy DeFranco Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an Italian-American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and ...

, Scott Hamilton,

J. R. Monterose J. R. Monterose (January 19, 1927 – September 16, 1993), born Frank Anthony Peter Vincent Monterose, Jr., was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor and occasionally soprano. Early life Born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, ...

, and

Al Haig Alan Warren Haig (July 19, 1922 – November 16, 1982) was an American jazz pianist, best known as one of the pioneers of bebop. Biography Haig was born in Newark, New Jersey and raised in nearby Nutley. In 1940, he majored in piano at ...

. In the 1980s, Progressive was acquired by George Buck and his Jazzology group and is owned by the George H. Buck Jr. Jazz Foundation.

Roster

Catalogue

* PCD-7001 ''The Horn'',

Ben Webster Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Career Early life and career A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...

* PCD-7002 ''Love for Sale'', Derek Smith Trio * PCD-7003 '' Figure & Spirit'',

Lee Konitz Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jaz ...

Quintet * PCD-7004 '' Arigato'',

Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...

* PCD-7009 ''Complete World Broadcasting Jam Sessions 1944'' (contains alternate takes, incomplete Takes, false Starts),

Pete Brown Peter Ronald Brown (born 25 December 1940) is an English performance poet, lyricist, and singer best known for his collaborations with Cream and Jack Bruce. Colin Larkin, ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music'', (Muze UK Ltd, 1997), , p. 80 ...

& His Orchestra * PCD-7014 ''Buddy DeFranco'',

* PCD-7015 ''The Two Progressive Trumpet Spectaculars'', Various Artists * PCD-7016 ''Let's Fall in Love'', Jimmie Maxwell and His Jazz Gentlemen * PCD-7017 ''Milt Buckner With Illinois Jacquet'',

Buddy Tate George Holmes "Buddy" Tate (February 22, 1913 – February 10, 2001) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. Biography Tate was born in Sherman, Texas, United States, and first played the alto saxophone. According to the website All ...

Sonny Payne Sonny Payne (May 4, 1926 – January 29, 1979) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with Count Basie and Harry James. Biography Payne's father was Wild Bill Davis's drummer Chris Columbus. After early study with Vic Berton, ...

, Joop Scholten,

Milt Buckner Milton Brent Buckner (July 10, 1915 – July 27, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and organist, who in the early 1950s popularized the Hammond organ.Arwulf ArwulfMilt Buckner biography All Music. He pioneered the parallel chords style Feath ...

* PCD-7018 ''The Good Life'', Danny Moss, Jack Jacobs, The Fourteen Foot Band * PCD-7019 ''The Progressive Records All Star Tenor Sax and Trombone Spectaculars'', Various Artists * PCD-7022 ''Introducing Ben Aronov'', Ben Aronov * PCD-7024 ''Ornithology'',

* PCD-7026 ''The Grand Appearance'', Scott Hamilton * PCD-7028 ''Buddy Tate-Harry "Sweets" Edison'',

, Harry "Sweets" Edison * PCD-7031 ''Bird Tracks'',

Roland Hanna Roland Pembroke Hanna (February 10, 1932 – November 13, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher. Biography Hanna studied classical piano from the age of 11, but was strongly interested in jazz, having been introduced to i ...

* PCD-7034 ''Sonny Stitt Meets Sadik Hakim'',

Sadik Hakim Sadik Hakim (born Forrest Argonne Thornton; July 15, 1919 – June 20, 1983) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Early life Forrest Argonne Thornton was born on July 15, 1919 in Duluth, Minnesota. The name Argonne came from the World W ...

* PCD-7035 ''The Man I Love,'' The Derek Smith Quartet * PCD-7036 ''Hot Knepper and Pepper'',

Don Friedman Donald Ernest Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American jazz pianist. He began playing in Los Angeles and moved to New York in 1958. In the 1960s, he played with both modern stylists and more traditional musicians. Early life Fr ...

* PCD-7037 ''

Arnett Cobb Is Back ''Arnett Cobb Is Back'' is an album by saxophonist Arnett Cobb which was recorded in 1978 and released on the Progressive label.Arnett Cobb * PCD-7042 ''Harry (the Hipster) Gibson and His Band'', Harry Gibson * PCD-7043 ''Invitation'', The

Trio * PRO-7047 ''Richard Carr String Variations'', Richard Carr * PCD-7050 ''Hal Stein-Warren Fitzgerald Quintet'',

Hal Stein Harold Jerome Stein (September 5, 1928 in Weehawken, New Jersey – April 27, 2008 in Oakland, California) was an American jazz musician and bebop saxophone player. Stein began performing on the tenor saxophone in the early 1940s in New Yo ...

, Warren Fitzgerald * PRO-7051 ''John Donaldson Parousia'', John Donaldson * PCD-7052 ''Dick Meldonian Quartet'', Dick Meldonian * PCD-7053 ''The 1943 Trio World Jam Session Recordings'',

Stuff Smith Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist. He is well known for the song " If You're a Viper" (the original title was "You'se a Viper"). Smith was, al ...

* PCD-7054 '' Funky Butt'', Arnett Cobb * PCD-7055 ''The Derek Smith Trio Plays Jerome Kern'', Derek Smith * PCD-7059 '' The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan'',

Tommy Flanagan Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. ...

* PCD-7060 ''

Mal 81 ''Mal 81'' is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1981 and released by the Progressive label.

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Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...

* PCD-7065 ''Two-Handed Stride'', Judy Carmichael * PCD-7074 ''Sammy Price and His Blusicians,''

Sammy Price Samuel Blythe Price (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. Price's playing is dark, mellow, and relaxed rather than percussive, and he was a specialist at creating the ...

* PCD-7075 ''Something Wonderful'', Ronny White Trio * PCD-7077 ''The Exciting Sax of Sammy Rimington'', Sammy Rimington * PCD-7079 ''Peter Burman Presents Tubby Hayes, Tony Coe'' * PCD-7080 ''Bob Wilber-Dick Wellstood Duet'',

Bob Wilber Robert Sage Wilber (March 15, 1928 – August 4, 2019) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and band leader. Although his scope covers a wide range of jazz, Wilber was a dedicated advocate of classic styles, working throughout his car ...

, Dick Wellstood * PCD-7082 ''How Long Has This Been Going On?'', Harry Allen * PCD-7084 ''Back to Basics'', Milt Hinton Trio * PCD-7085 ''Blowing Up a Storm'', Jack Millman * PCD-7086 ''Cullen Offer'', Cullen Offer * PCD-7088 ''More Exciting Sax'', Sammy Rimington * PCD-7090 ''A.K.A The Phantom'',

Ross Tompkins Ross Tompkins (May 13, 1938 – June 30, 2006) was an American jazz pianist who was a member of ''The Tonight Show'' Band. Biography Tompkins attended the New England Conservatory of Music, then moved to New York City, where he worked with Kai ...

* PCD-7091 ''Feather Merchant'', Cullen Offer * PCD-7092 ''Bill Charlap/Sean Smith'', Bill Charlap, Sean Smith * PCD-7093 ''Claude Williams'', Claude Williams * PCD-7094 ''The Dick Hafer Quartet'', The Dick Hafer Quartet * PCD-7095 ''On the Edge'', The Gene Estes Quartet * PCD-7096 ''Silhouettes'', Joel Futterman * PCD-7097 ''Bob Wilber: A Man and His Music'',

* PCD-7098 ''Shades of Things to Come'', Jack Millman * PCD-7100 ''King of Kansas City'', Claude Williams * PCD-7101 ''The Harry Allen-Keith Ingham Quintet Vol. 1'', The Harry Allen-

Keith Ingham Keith Christopher Ingham (born 5 February 1942) is an English jazz pianist, mainly active in swing and Dixieland revival. Early life and education Ingham was born in London on 5 February 1942. His father played the organ in churches. Ingham was l ...

Quintet * PCD-7102 ''The Harry Allen-Keith Ingham Quintet Vol. 2'', The Harry Allen-Keith Ingham Quintet * PCD-7103 ''Ross Tompkins'',

* PCD-7104 ''Cullen Offer, Tenor Saxophone; George Oldziey, Piano''; Dan Hall, Bass, Cullen Offer, George Oldziey, Dan Hall * PCD-7105 ''Jane Jarvis, Piano Jay Leonhart, Bass'',

Jane Jarvis Jane Jarvis (née Nossette, October 31, 1915 – January 25, 2010) was an American jazz pianist. She was also known for her work as a composer, baseball stadium organist and music industry executive. Life and career Jarvis was born in Vince ...

, Jay Leonhart * PCD-7106 ''A Tribute to Benny Goodman By Ken Peplowski, Shoeless John Jackson Quartet'' * PCD-7107 ''Celebrates the Music of Harold Arlen - Solo Piano'',

* PCD-7108 ''Echoes of New Orleans'',

Al Grey Al Grey (June 6, 1925 – March 24, 2000) was an American jazz trombonist who was a member of the Count Basie orchestra. He was known for his plunger mute technique and wrote an instructional book in 1987 called ''Plunger Techniques''. Car ...

* PCD-7109 ''The Brooklyn Four Plus One'', The Brooklyn Four Plus One * PCD-7110 ''Zoot Sims'',

Zoot Sims John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big ...

* PCD-7111 ''Ronnie Bedford'',

Ronnie Bedford Ronnie Bedford (June 2, 1931 – December 20, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and professor. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bedford was one of the founders of the Yellowstone Jazz Festival held annually in Cody, Wyoming, and was the recipi ...

* PCD-7112 ''Vibes a la Red'', Red Norvo Combo * PCD-7113 ''John's Bunch'',

John Bunch John Bunch (December 1, 1921 – March 30, 2010) was an American jazz pianist. Early life Born and raised in Tipton, Indiana, a small farming community, Bunch studied piano with George Johnson, a Hoosier jazz pianist. By the age of 14, h ...

* PCD-7114 ''The Best Thing for You Would Be The Cullen Offer Quartet'', Cullen Offer Quartet * PCD-7116 ''Mundell Lowe All Stars With Roger Kellaway & Jimmy Rowles'', California Guitar * PCD-7118 ''Featuring Deane and The Jazz Masters'', Deane's Basics * PCD-7120 ''Milt Hinton'',

Milt Hinton Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer. Regarded as the Dean of American jazz bass players, his nicknames included "Sporty" from his years in Chicago, "Fump" from his time on the ...

* PCD-7121 ''The Second Time Around'',

Red Norvo Red Norvo (born Kenneth Norville; March 31, 1908 – April 6, 1999) was an American musician, one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as "Mr. Swing". He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. His reco ...

Combo * PCD-7122 ''From the Top'', The Condoli Brothers * PCD-7123 ''quadrumvirate'',

& Friends * PCD-7124 ''The Three Horns of Herb Steward'', Marky's Vibes,

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* PCD-7132 ''Red Norvo in New York'',

Quintet * PCD-7134 ''The John Bunch Quintet'', The

Quintet * PCD-7135 ''No Holds Barred'',

Dave McKenna Dave McKenna (May 30, 1930 – October 18, 2008) was an American jazz pianist known primarily as a solo pianist and for his " three-handed" swing style. He was a significant figure in the evolution of jazz piano. Career He was born in Woonsock ...

* PCD-7136 ''Ronnie Bedford Quartet'',

* PCD-7137 ''Butch Miles Salutes Chick Webb'',

Butch Miles Butch Miles (born Charles J. Thorton, Jr. on July 4, 1944) is an American jazz drummer. He has played with the Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne and Tony Bennett Career Miles, w ...

* PCD-7138 ''November'', Jack Reilly Trio * PCD-7139 ''Passport to Brooklyn'', Passport to Brooklyn * PCD-7140 ''George Chisholm's All Stars'', George Chisholm * PCD-7141 ''Kenny Baker's All Stars/The Dick Morrissey Quartet'', Kenny Baker,

Dick Morrissey Richard Edwin Morrissey (9 May 1940 – 8 November 2000) was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute. Biography Background He was born in Horley, Surrey, England. Dick Morrissey eme ...

* PCD-7142 ''Mary Lou Williams: The Circle Recordings'',

Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, an ...

* PCD-7144 ''Peter Comton Big Band/Pat Hawes & His Band'', Peter Comton, Pat Hawes * PCD-7145 ''Warren Chiasson'', Warren Chiasson * PCD-7146 ''Quiet Storm in New Orleans'', Warren Battiste * PCD-7147 ''I'll Play for You'', Bill Watrous Quartet and The Bill Watrous Combo in Hollywood * PCD-7148 ''High On an Open Mike'',

Charlie Ventura Charlie Ventura (born Charles Venturo; December 2, 1916 – January 17, 1992) was an American tenor saxophonist and bandleader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Career During the 1940s, Ventura played saxophone for the bands o ...

* PCD-7149 ''Constellation'', The Struggles All-Stars * PCD-7150 ''The George Masso Sextet With Eddie Miller'', George Masso * PCD-7151 ''The Eddie Barefield Sextet'', Eddie Barefield

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