Editing Debut Records

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Debut Records
| image       = <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" -->
| image_size  = <!-- size -->
| image_alt   = <!-- WP:ALT text describing the image -->
| caption     = <!-- a caption for the image -->
| parent      = <!-- parent company, such as "[[Warner Music Group]]" -->
| founded     = {{start date|1952}}
| founder     = [[Charles Mingus]]<br /> Celia Mingus<br />[[Max Roach]]
| fate        = <!-- explain the reason of the closing-->
| defunct     = {{end date|1957}}
| status      = Inactive
| distributor = <!-- distributors, separate with commas or <br /> -->
| genre       = [[Jazz]]
| country     = U.S.
| location    = New York City
| url         = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" -->
}}

'''Debut Records''' was an American jazz record company and label founded in 1952 by bassist [[Charles Mingus]], his wife Celia, and drummer [[Max Roach]].<ref>{{cite book|last = Priestley|first = Brian|author-link = Brian Priestley|title = Mingus: A Critical Biography|year = 1982|publisher = Quartet Books|location = London|isbn = 0-7043-2275-7|page = 46}}</ref>

This short-lived label was an attempt to avoid the compromises of working for major companies. Intended to showcase performances by new musicians, only about two dozen albums were issued before the company closed in 1957.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/debut-records/catalog-lp-ep-series/album-index/ Debut Records discography] at Jazzdisco.org; accessed January 2, 2012</ref> Nonetheless, several prominent jazz musicians made their first recordings as leaders for Debut, including pianist [[Paul Bley]], and trumpeters [[Kenny Dorham]] and [[Thad Jones]]. Saxophonist [[Hank Mobley]] made his recording debut on the label, as a sideman with Roach.<ref>Pekar, H. [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.30.97/jazz-9744.html A View of Debut], ''[[Metro Newspapers|Metro]]'', Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 1997</ref> [[Teo Macero]], later a producer with [[Miles Davis]], recorded his first album as a leader as a saxophonist for Debut, an album described by critic [[Dan Morgenstern]]<ref name="Morgenstern">See Morgenstern's notes for the 4-CD set ''The Debut Records Story''</ref> as an oddball fusion of [[Lennie Tristano]] and [[Anton Webern]].

Debut was the label on which the ''[[Jazz at Massey Hall]]'' concert album was first issued. Recorded in [[Toronto]], it features [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Charlie Parker]], [[Bud Powell]], Charles Mingus, and Max Roach, and was the last recorded meeting of long-term musical partners Parker and Gillespie.

In 1957, Danish bookseller Ole Vestegaard leased the company's catalogue from Mingus and produced recordings on the Danish Debut label by American jazz musicians who settled in Copenhagen or played at [[Jazzhus Montmartre]].<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/jazzistmark/jazz-archives/denmark Jazzistmark: The Legengary Debut Label] accessed May 2, 2016</ref>

After Celia and Charles Mingus divorced, Celia married [[Saul Zaentz]] in 1960. Charles gave the Zaentzes control of the rights to Debut catalog as a wedding gift. Mingus thought the gift fitting as Celia had handled the bulk of Debut's business affairs, and most of the [[seed money]] came from Celia's mother. Zaentz was later head of [[Fantasy Records]],<ref name="Morgenstern"/> where the Debut recordings were subsequently reissued from 1962–1964.<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/de/label/291808-Debut-Series Fantasy's Debut Series] at [[Discogs]]</ref>

A 12-CD set of the Debut recordings featuring Mingus, the majority of the label's output, was issued by Fantasy Records in 1990.<ref>{{Discogs release|id=3712249|name= Charles Mingus - ''The Complete Debut Recordings''|type=album}}</ref> A four-CD sequence entitled ''Mingus Rarities'' ([[Original Jazz Classics]]) collected some of the more obscure material featuring Mingus.

==Discography==
'''''Debut Ten Inch series (10&nbsp;inch LP)'''''

*DLP 1   Charles Mingus/Spaulding Givens - ''[[Strings and Keys]]''
*DLP 2   The Quintet - ''[[Jazz at Massey Hall|Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol. 1]]''
*DLP 3   [[Bud Powell]] Trio - ''Jazz At Massey Hall, Vol. 2''
*DLP 4   The Quintet - ''[[Jazz at Massey Hall|Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol. 3]]''
*DLP 5   Trombone Rapport - ''Jazz Workshop, Vol. 1''
*DLP 6   [[Teo Macero]] - ''Explorations''
*DLP 7   [[Paul Bley]] - ''[[Introducing Paul Bley]]''
*DLP 8   [[Oscar Pettiford]] - ''[[The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet]]''
*DLP 9   [[Kenny Dorham]] - ''[[Kenny Dorham Quintet (album)|Kenny Dorham Quintet]]''
*DLP 10  [[John LaPorta]] - ''The John LaPorta Quintet''
*DLP 11  [[Sam Most]] - ''Sam Most Quartet Plus Two''
*DLP 12  [[Thad Jones]] - ''[[The Fabulous Thad Jones]]''
*DLP 13  Max Roach - ''[[The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley]]''
*DLP 14   Trombone Rapport - ''Jazz Workshop, Vol. 2''
*DLP 15   Ada Moore - ''Jazz Workshop, Vol. 3''
*DLP 16   [[Hazel Scott]] - ''Relaxed Piano Moods''
*DLP 17   Thad Jones/Charles Mingus - ''Jazz Collaborations, Vol. 1''

'''''Debut Twelve Inch series (12&nbsp;inch LP):'''''

*DEB 120   [[Miles Davis]] - ''[[Blue Moods]]''
*DEB 121   John Dennis - ''New Piano Expressions''
*DEB 122   John LaPorta - ''Three Moods''
*DEB 123   Charles Mingus - ''[[Mingus at the Bohemia]]''
*DEB 124   The Quintet - ''[[Jazz at Massey Hall]]''
*DEB 125   [[Alonzo Levister]] - ''Manhattan Monodrama''
*DEB 126   Jazz Workshop - ''Trombone Rapport / Trombone Workshop'' (reissue of DLP 5 & DLP 14)
*DEB 127   Thad Jones - ''[[Thad Jones (album)|Thad Jones]]''
*DEB 128   Charles Mingus - ''Chazz!'' (not released)
*DEB 129   [[Jimmy Knepper]] - ''New Faces'' (some of the material appeared on Debut DL 101 - Danish EP)
*DEB 198   Jazz Workshop - ''Autobiography in Jazz''

'''''Danish Debut Twelve Inch series (12 inch LP):'''''
*DEB 130   The Four Trombones – ''Trombone Rapport''
*DEB 131   Coleman Hawkins/Bud Powell/Oscar Pettiford/Kenny Clarke - ''The Essen Jazz Festival All Stars'' 
*DEB 132   Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz Groups - ''[[My Little Cello]]'' 
*DEB 133   The Axen/Jaedig Jazz Groups (Bent Axen/Bent Jædig) - ''Let's Keep the Message'' 
*DEB 134   Jorn Elniff - ''Music for Mice and Men'' 
*DEB 135   Louis Hjulmand & Allan Botschinsky Featuring Oscar Pettiford - ''Blue Brothers''/''Blue Bros.''
*DEB 136   Eric Dolphy - ''[[Eric Dolphy in Europe]]'' 
*DEB 137   Brew Moore - ''Brew Moore in Europe'' 
*DEB 138   Cecil Taylor - ''[[Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come|Live at the Cafe Montmartre]]'' 
*DEB 139   Charles Mingus - ''[[Mingus at the Bohemia|Chazz!]]'' 
*DEB 140   Albert Ayler - ''[[My Name Is Albert Ayler]]'' 
*DEB 141   Sahib Shihab - ''[[Sahib's Jazz Party]]'' 
*DEB 142   Don Byas - ''Don Byas' 30th Anniversary Album'' 
*DEB 143   The Contemporary Jazz Quartet Featuring Sonny Murray - ''Action'' 
*DEB 144   Albert Ayler - ''[[Ghosts (Albert Ayler album)|Ghosts]]'' 
*DEB 145   [no issue/no information] 
*DEB 146   Albert Ayler - ''[[Spirits (Albert Ayler album)|Spirits]]'' 
*DEB 147   Paul Bley Trio - ''[[Touching (Paul Bley album)|Touching]]'' 
*DEB 148   Cecil Taylor Jazz Unit - ''[[Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come]]'' 
*DEB 149   Bent Jaedig - ''Bent Jaedig Quintet'' 
*DEB 150   Palle Mikkelborg Og Radio Jazz Gruppen - ''The Mysterious Corona'' 
*DEB 151   The Contemporary Jazz Quintet - ''T.C.J.Q.'' 
*DEB 198   Jazz Workshop - ''Autobiography in Jazz'' 
*DEB 1148   Hugh Steinmetz - ''Nu!''

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jazzdisco.org/debut/ Debut Records Discography Project Page]

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[[Category:American jazz record labels]]
[[Category:Defunct record labels of the United States]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 1952]]
[[Category:Record labels disestablished in 1957]]