Progressive Records is an American jazz record company and label owned by the Jazzology group. It produces reissues and compilations of musicians such as Sonny Stitt, Eddie Barefield, George Masso, and Eddie Miller.

History

Progressive Records was founded by Gus Statiras in New York in 1950. When the business declined, Savoy 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 Fantasy, which by then had absorbed Prestige, which continued into the 1980s. Progressive's second era included recordings by Buddy DeFranco, Scott Hamilton, J. R. Monterose, and Al Haig. 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

• Harold Ashby • Harry Allen • Eddie Barefield • Joe Beck • Walter Bishop Jr. • Pete Brown • Milt Buckner • John Bunch • Conte Candoli • Pete Candoli • Judy Carmichael • Bill Charlap • Arnett Cobb • Al Cohn • Chris Connor • Buddy DeFranco • Dorothy Donegan • Harry Edison • Tal Farlow • Tommy Flanagan • Bud Freeman • Don Friedman • Joel Futterman • Harry Gibson • Urbie Green • Al Grey • Sadik Hakim • Al Haig • Scott Hamilton • Roland Hanna • Billy Hart • Eddie Higgins • Milt Hinton • Keith Ingham • Illinois Jacquet • Hank Jones • Jon-Erik Kellso • Roberta Kelly • Lee Konitz • Don Lamond • Carmen Leggio • Mundell Lowe • Junior Mance • Stan Mark • George Masso • Jimmy Maxwell • Dave McKenna • Jimmy McPartland • Butch Miles • J. R. Monterose • George Mraz • Vaughn Nark • Walter Norris • Red Norvo • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen • Knocky Parker • Flip Phillips • Sammy Price • Jack Reilly • Sammy Rimington • Jimmy Rowles • Zoot Sims • Carol Sloane • Derek Smith • Stuff Smith • Martial Solal • Hal Stein • Sonny Stitt • Buddy Tate • Ross Tompkins • Charlie Ventura • Mal Waldron • George Wallington • Bill Watrous • Chuck Wayne • Ben Webster • Dick Wellstood • Frank Wess • Bob Wilber • Mary Lou Williams • Roy Williams

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