Meritt Records was an American
jazz
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and
blues
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record company and label that existed from 1925 to 1929. It was founded in
Kansas City
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by Winston Holmes, the owner of a music store. Records were made in his studio and sold only in his store.
Holmes produced about 20 double-sided acoustically recorded
phonograph record
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s in the mid and late 1920s. Most of the sides are of locally based
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...
and
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...
performers, plus some
gospel music
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and
sermon
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s.
Partial discography
1926
*2201: "City of the Dead" / "Cabbage Head Blues"
Lena Kimbrough / Sylvester (her brother) & Lena Kimbrough
*2203: "I've Even Heard of Thee" / "The Downfall of Nebuchadnezzer"
Rev. J.C. Burnett
*2204: "The Well of Salvation"
Rev. H.C. Gatewood
1927
*2206: "Down Home Syncopated Blues" / "Meritt Stomp"
George E. Lee And His Novelty Singing Orchestra (
George E. Lee, ts, v, dir: Sam Utterbach, t / Thurston Maupins, tb / Clarence Taylor, ss, as /
Jesse Stone Jesse Stone may refer to:
People
* Jesse Stone (musician) (1901–1999) was an American musician and songwriter, also known as Charles Calhoun.
* Jesse Stone (Wisconsin politician) (1836–1902), Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1899 to 1902
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, p, a / George Rousseau, bj / Clint Weaver, bb / Abe Price, d /
Julia Lee, v.)
See also
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List of record labels
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References
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Defunct record labels of the United States
American jazz record labels
Blues record labels
Early black-owned record labels