what is TAMPA records

[Guest]

found the page on jazzdisco.org but it didnt tell any history-- was this the same people who ran pacific jazz? i have a lp on it by Bob Endvolsenen called Reflections- i noticed all the label is west coast jazz....but does anyone have more info?

[sidewinder]

I'm not sure of the history but fellow board member Michael Fitzgerald has co-compiled this listing:

Tampa LPs

Edited January 15, 2006 by sidewinder

[Guest]

tonite i separated all my west coast jazz from all my other jazz. it is great: now when i pull a lp out of that pile it there is 100% probability that it is west coast jazz

[J.A.W.]

found the page on jazzdisco.org but it didnt tell any history-- was this the same people who ran pacific jazz? i have a lp on it by Bob Endvolsenen called Reflections- i noticed all the label is west coast jazz....but does anyone have more info?

I think you mean Bob Enevoldsen...

Tampa and Pacific Jazz were two different labels, i.e. they were not run by the same people.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Tampa was one of a large number of labels owned by Robert Scherman. It started in 1955. At the end of 1958 Scherman acquired the Mode label and attached it to Tampa. The last Tampa album issued in 1958. After that Scherman started the Interlude label.

Sherman was one of the earliest independent record company owners on the West Coast. He had also owned the Atlas label, which started in 1944 under the name of Premier (which was also the name of a St Louis label, so had to be changed). He sold the label to someone called Sam Lutz in 1949.

Following that, Scherman started the Webster label, which only lasted about a year, from late 1949 to late 1950. He started Skylark records in 1951. That label seems to have closed shortly before Tampa opened for business.

So, from 1944 to the end of the fifties, Scherman consistently operated a string of record companies, almost all of which recorded Jazz and R&B, which seem to have been his main interests. However, he also recorded C&W and Pop music in amongst the Jazz & R&B.

MG

Edited January 16, 2006 by The Magnificent Goldberg

[Guest]

Tampa was one of a large number of labels owned by Robert Scherman. It started in 1955. At the end of 1958 Scherman acquired the Mode label and attached it to Tampa. The last Tampa album issued in 1958. After that Scherman started the Interlude label.

Sherman was one of the earliest independent record company owners on the West Coast. He had also owned the Atlas label, which started in 1944 under the name of Premier (which was also the name of a St Louis label, so had to be changed). He sold the label to someone called Sam Lutz in 1949.

Following that, Scherman started the Webster label, which only lasted about a year, from late 1949 to late 1950. He started Skylark records in 1951. That label seems to have closed shortly before Tampa opened for business.

So, from 1944 to the end of the fifties, Scherman consistently operated a string of record companies, almost all of which recorded Jazz and R&B, which seem to have been his main interests. However, he also recorded C&W and Pop music in amongst the Jazz & R&B.

MG

[Guest]

One of Robert Scherman most important labels was Atlas (1944-1948). He is credited for recording Nat "King" Cole, Frankie Laine, Johnny Moore's 3 Blazers and Merle Travis before they became famous.

[JSngry]

tonite i separated all my west coast jazz from all my other jazz.

Did you put them on the left side of the room?

[spinlps]

Interesting... I saw a number of VSOP CD's of Tampa material last week. Any recommendations on where to start with this label?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Interesting... I saw a number of VSOP CD's of Tampa material last week. Any recommendations on where to start with this label?

Personally, I like the albums Plas Johnson made:

Drum stuff - Tampa 18 (with George Jenkins)

Bop me daddy - Tampa 24

Drum magic - Tampa 29 (with George Jenkins)

T'ain't very hard bop stuff, however. Nor is it much like standard West Coast material. But it's enthusiastic all right. And Plas has made few jazz albums.

MG

[Brad]

The Herbie Harper material (Five Brothers) is not bad.

[Stereojack]

There are two very good Art Pepper albums - one of them issued as Marty Paich Quartet.

Oscar Moore's 2 Tampa albums are available on one CD.

[Chuck Nessa]

Bessie May Mucho my man!

[king ubu]

The Moore disc is great!

About the Pepper and Paich feat. Pepper: why did one end up on Fantasy/OJC and the other in the V.S.O.P. catalogue? (I assume V.S.O.P. would be the "regular" place?)

[brownie]

Some of those Tampa albums had quite kitchy covers.

I loved the cover of the Jimmy Rowles LP 'Let's Get Acquainted With Jazz... For People Who Hate Jazz'.

A fine date with Pete Candoli, Harold Land, Barney Kessel and others. The cover boasted the recording was in Supersonic Sound. My mono copy probably does not do this justice!

[spinlps]

Thanks guys. They're on THE LIST.

[Bluerein]

Mr.Goldberg: the Plas Johnson LP's are not on cd I assume?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Mr.Goldberg: the Plas Johnson LP's are not on cd I assume?

All or almost all the tracks of these 3 LPs are available on

"The best of Plas Johnson" - Wolf WBJ021CD

Wolf is an Austrian company. I don't know whereabouts outside europe the CD might be available.

MG

[Teasing the Korean]

Do the master tapes for any Tampa Records sessions exist, to anyone's knowledge?  

[Big Beat Steve]

Do the master tapes for any Tampa Records sessions exist, to anyone's knowledge?  

I have no concrete or up-to-date info but it seems like the tapes must have gone somewhere after the demise of Tampa.

A few Tampa LPs were reissued in the 70s/80s on a U.S. budget label (with pretty garish covers, BTW) called "AJ Records" (subtitle: Archives of Jazz) which still said "Supervised by Robert Scherman" on the record labels. So if ex-Tampa boss Robert Scherman had a hand in these later reissues he certainly did not work with needledrops.

[Teasing the Korean]

Do the master tapes for any Tampa Records sessions exist, to anyone's knowledge?  

I have no concrete or up-to-date info but it seems like the tapes must have gone somewhere after the demise of Tampa.

A few Tampa LPs were reissued in the 70s/80s on a U.S. budget label (with pretty garish covers, BTW) called "AJ Records" (subtitle: Archives of Jazz) which still said "Supervised by Robert Scherman" on the record labels. So if ex-Tampa boss Robert Scherman had a hand in these later reissues he certainly did not work with needledrops.

Thanks.  You'd think some label might have hopped on these by now.  But then again...

[JamesAHarrod]

When Tampa expanded, reissued the catalog in the pink label format, acquired the Mode masters, etc., Scherman was unable to pay his pressing bills. Under California law that property transferred ownership to the pressing plant, Alco Engineering. V.S.O.P. purchased the lot from Alco with the exception of RS 1000 (Tampa TP-20) The Art Pepper Quartet, that was acquired by Laurie Pepper. V.S.O.P. has issued most of what was acquired on vinyl (initially) and now, compact disc.

[Bluesnik]

On 22/11/2015, 01:00:25, JamesAHarrod said:

V.S.O.P. has issued most of what was acquired on vinyl (initially) and now, compact disc.

That's what I assumed when I saw the question of who was reissuing this. I have many of them, among them the Marty Paich Quartet with Art Pepper.

Edited November 23, 2015 by Bluesnik
addition of info

[tomatamot]

On 16-1-2006 at 7:14 PM, spinlps said:

Interesting... I saw a number of VSOP CD's of Tampa material last week. Any recommendations on where to start with this label?

 

J.D. King - Hot Sax  TP-27  ( red vinyl )

[Big Beat Steve]

Has this ever been reissued?

Jepsen does not list it.

Seems like Nick Fatool is the only really known name (jazzwise) in the lineup.