Parkwood Records Sold to Jazzology
arkwood
Records, one of the few local labels specializing in jazz, has
been sold. The buyer is New Orleans based George H. Buck, who oversees
a number of labels — Jazzology,
Audiophile,
Progressive,
GHB and Solo
Art — making up one of the largest traditional jazz catalogues
in the world.
Windsor, Ontario, guitarist/producer Hugh Leal established Parkwood
in 1983 with a recording of Doc Cheatham and his New York Quartet.
Cheatham also appears on a recent Jazzology release of Parkwood material:
Doc Cheatham: Live at the Windsor Jazz Series 1981 (see review).
This recording features pianist Jim Dapogny, bassist Dan Jordan, and
drummer Pistol Allen.
The Parkwood catalogue includes twenty-one recordings by many other
national and local jazz greats: Sammy Price, Art Hodes, Franz Jackson,
J.C.Heard, Marcus Belgrave, Johnny OšNeal, Dave Young, George Benson,
and others. For more information contact Hugh Leal at 519-944-9798.
