Gennett (pronounced with a soft G) was a United States based record label which flourished in the 1920s.
History
Gennett Records was founded in Richmond, Indiana by the Starr Piano Company. It released its first records in October 1917. The company took its name from its top managers: Harry, Fred and Clarence Gennett. Earlier, the company had produced recordings under the Starr Records label. The early issues were vertically cut in the gramophone record grooves, using the hill-and-dale method of a U-shaped groove and sapphire ball stylus, but they switched to the more popular lateral cut method in April 1919.
Gennett set up recording studios in New York City and later, in 1921, set up a second studio on the grounds of the piano factory in Richmond, Indiana under the supervision of Ezra C.A. Wickemeyer. The sides recorded in New York are generally of about typical audio fidelity for a minor label of the time, and some masters were leased from other New York area firms. The sides recorded in Richmond are decidedly below average in audio fidelity, and sometimes have a crude sound and show problems of inconsistent speed of the turntable while the master was being recorded, problems which the major labels had solved some 20 years earlier.
Charley Patton Mississippi Delta Blues at Gennett Records
In a single day's visit to the Gennett Records studio in Richmond, Indiana, Charley Patton -- a Mississippi Delta singer and guitar player, posthumously dubbed "The Voice of the Delta" -- changed blues music forever. Blues historian and author Rick Kennedy visited the site of Charley's transformative recordings to present a visually engrossing story adapted from Rick's book on Gennett Records and the rise of America's musical grassroots. For a more general overview of the book, watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXl5a-U7fo
published: 09 Aug 2016
Gennett Records & the Murder of Scrapper Blackwell
The gruesome 1962 murder of blues legend Scrapper Blackwell is revealed by author Rick Kennedy, who visits the Indianapolis neighborhood where the crime unfolded. Along with Charley Patton, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Hoagy Carmichael and other blues and jazz icons, Blackwell is highlighted in Rick’s book on Indiana’s fabled Gennett Records label. For a more general overview of the book, watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXl5a-U7fo
published: 26 Sep 2017
King Oliver & Louis Amstrong Record the "Sound that Defined the 1920s" | Gennett Records | WTIU
In the early 20s, King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band would take a trip to Richmond, IN, to record their music. The band, with a young Louis Armstrong, would record what some call the creation of jazz.
Stream The Music Makers of Gennett Records free on PBS Video: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-music-makers-of-gennett-records-gnqhpd/
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published: 23 Jun 2020
Gennett 5132 "Dipper Mouth Blues" - King Oliver
published: 28 Nov 2018
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band plays "'Chimes Blues" on Gennett 5135 (1923)
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band plays "'Chimes Blues" on Gennett 5135 (1923).
published: 16 Jan 2016
The Music Makers of Gennett Records 60 second
WTIU celebrates America’s rich musical legacy with a new 90-minute documentary on a small, Richmond, Indiana-based studio that was the earliest to record jazz, blues, gospel and country music in the 1920s. The Music Makers of Gennett Records tells the colorful story of artists like Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, Bix Beiderbecke, Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton and many other legendary performers who all made their first recordings at the Gennett Studios in Indiana.
In a single day's visit to the Gennett Records studio in Richmond, Indiana, Charley Patton -- a Mississippi Delta singer and guitar player, posthumously dubbed ...
In a single day's visit to the Gennett Records studio in Richmond, Indiana, Charley Patton -- a Mississippi Delta singer and guitar player, posthumously dubbed "The Voice of the Delta" -- changed blues music forever. Blues historian and author Rick Kennedy visited the site of Charley's transformative recordings to present a visually engrossing story adapted from Rick's book on Gennett Records and the rise of America's musical grassroots. For a more general overview of the book, watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXl5a-U7fo
In a single day's visit to the Gennett Records studio in Richmond, Indiana, Charley Patton -- a Mississippi Delta singer and guitar player, posthumously dubbed "The Voice of the Delta" -- changed blues music forever. Blues historian and author Rick Kennedy visited the site of Charley's transformative recordings to present a visually engrossing story adapted from Rick's book on Gennett Records and the rise of America's musical grassroots. For a more general overview of the book, watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXl5a-U7fo
The gruesome 1962 murder of blues legend Scrapper Blackwell is revealed by author Rick Kennedy, who visits the Indianapolis neighborhood where the crime unfolde...
The gruesome 1962 murder of blues legend Scrapper Blackwell is revealed by author Rick Kennedy, who visits the Indianapolis neighborhood where the crime unfolded. Along with Charley Patton, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Hoagy Carmichael and other blues and jazz icons, Blackwell is highlighted in Rick’s book on Indiana’s fabled Gennett Records label. For a more general overview of the book, watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXl5a-U7fo
The gruesome 1962 murder of blues legend Scrapper Blackwell is revealed by author Rick Kennedy, who visits the Indianapolis neighborhood where the crime unfolded. Along with Charley Patton, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Hoagy Carmichael and other blues and jazz icons, Blackwell is highlighted in Rick’s book on Indiana’s fabled Gennett Records label. For a more general overview of the book, watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXl5a-U7fo
In the early 20s, King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band would take a trip to Richmond, IN, to record their music. The band, with a young Louis Armstrong, would r...
In the early 20s, King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band would take a trip to Richmond, IN, to record their music. The band, with a young Louis Armstrong, would record what some call the creation of jazz.
Stream The Music Makers of Gennett Records free on PBS Video: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-music-makers-of-gennett-records-gnqhpd/
Copyright 2020 - Trustees of Indiana University
In the early 20s, King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band would take a trip to Richmond, IN, to record their music. The band, with a young Louis Armstrong, would record what some call the creation of jazz.
Stream The Music Makers of Gennett Records free on PBS Video: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-music-makers-of-gennett-records-gnqhpd/
Copyright 2020 - Trustees of Indiana University
WTIU celebrates America’s rich musical legacy with a new 90-minute documentary on a small, Richmond, Indiana-based studio that was the earliest to record jazz, ...
WTIU celebrates America’s rich musical legacy with a new 90-minute documentary on a small, Richmond, Indiana-based studio that was the earliest to record jazz, blues, gospel and country music in the 1920s. The Music Makers of Gennett Records tells the colorful story of artists like Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, Bix Beiderbecke, Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton and many other legendary performers who all made their first recordings at the Gennett Studios in Indiana.
WTIU celebrates America’s rich musical legacy with a new 90-minute documentary on a small, Richmond, Indiana-based studio that was the earliest to record jazz, blues, gospel and country music in the 1920s. The Music Makers of Gennett Records tells the colorful story of artists like Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, Bix Beiderbecke, Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton and many other legendary performers who all made their first recordings at the Gennett Studios in Indiana.
In a single day's visit to the Gennett Records studio in Richmond, Indiana, Charley Patton -- a Mississippi Delta singer and guitar player, posthumously dubbed "The Voice of the Delta" -- changed blues music forever. Blues historian and author Rick Kennedy visited the site of Charley's transformative recordings to present a visually engrossing story adapted from Rick's book on Gennett Records and the rise of America's musical grassroots. For a more general overview of the book, watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXl5a-U7fo
The gruesome 1962 murder of blues legend Scrapper Blackwell is revealed by author Rick Kennedy, who visits the Indianapolis neighborhood where the crime unfolded. Along with Charley Patton, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Hoagy Carmichael and other blues and jazz icons, Blackwell is highlighted in Rick’s book on Indiana’s fabled Gennett Records label. For a more general overview of the book, watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXl5a-U7fo
In the early 20s, King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band would take a trip to Richmond, IN, to record their music. The band, with a young Louis Armstrong, would record what some call the creation of jazz.
Stream The Music Makers of Gennett Records free on PBS Video: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-music-makers-of-gennett-records-gnqhpd/
Copyright 2020 - Trustees of Indiana University
WTIU celebrates America’s rich musical legacy with a new 90-minute documentary on a small, Richmond, Indiana-based studio that was the earliest to record jazz, blues, gospel and country music in the 1920s. The Music Makers of Gennett Records tells the colorful story of artists like Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, Bix Beiderbecke, Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton and many other legendary performers who all made their first recordings at the Gennett Studios in Indiana.
Gennett (pronounced with a soft G) was a United States based record label which flourished in the 1920s.
History
Gennett Records was founded in Richmond, Indiana by the Starr Piano Company. It released its first records in October 1917. The company took its name from its top managers: Harry, Fred and Clarence Gennett. Earlier, the company had produced recordings under the Starr Records label. The early issues were vertically cut in the gramophone record grooves, using the hill-and-dale method of a U-shaped groove and sapphire ball stylus, but they switched to the more popular lateral cut method in April 1919.
Gennett set up recording studios in New York City and later, in 1921, set up a second studio on the grounds of the piano factory in Richmond, Indiana under the supervision of Ezra C.A. Wickemeyer. The sides recorded in New York are generally of about typical audio fidelity for a minor label of the time, and some masters were leased from other New York area firms. The sides recorded in Richmond are decidedly below average in audio fidelity, and sometimes have a crude sound and show problems of inconsistent speed of the turntable while the master was being recorded, problems which the major labels had solved some 20 years earlier.
Hey, like a fallen angel I was on your side You lighted the fire deep in my soul Do you remember the stars shining bright? I should retire under your control In seven nights and days Oh, you didn't think your thing would come crashing down In seven lonely dreams Oh, I know that you're not the one I'm waiting for Seven nights, seven days Seven nights, I carried the can 'Cause I let you go, all our bridges were burned Oh boy, it's on the cards, I don't wanna return Seven nights, seven days Seven nights, you blew your chance Love was not forever in your heart Due to that we have to live apart Nothing's forever, no use to try There's no solution, don't make me blue We tried together, I kiss you goodbye This endless confusion should not come true In seven nights and days Oh, you didn't think your thing would come crashing down In seven lonely dreams Oh, I know that you're not the one that I'm waiting for Seven nights, seven days Seven nights, I carried the can 'Cause I let you go, all our bridges were burned Oh boy, it's on the cards, I don't wanna return Seven nights, seven days Seven nights, you blew your chance Love was not forever in your heart Due to that we have to live apart Seven nights, seven days Seven nights, I carried the can 'Cause I let you go, all our bridges were burned Oh boy, it's on the cards, I don't wanna return Seven nights, seven days Seven nights, you blew your chance Love was not forever in your heart Due to that we have to live apart
Thereafter it was GennettRecords. Gennett Records fought with Victor Talking Machine Company over the rights to the recording processbig guy versus little guy, an old story. Gennett won ... The Gennett Suite ... The Gennett Suite .
TonySpring, the chairman and CEO of Bloomingdale’s, has been named to succeed Mr. Gennette after the retailer engaged in "a rigorous succession planning process that included an internal and external search." ... .
The Indiana Times
30 Mar 2023
The Indiana Times
30 Mar 2023