PACIFIC JAZZ / WORLD PACIFIC LABELOGRAPHY

Friday, September 7, 2012

THE 300 45 SINGLE SERIES

X-341 / X-360 - PART 3

There are considerable gaps in this series where information regarding the content is needed. Once again we request that collectors having copies of these missing items please contact us with the information and, hopefully, label scans to complete this series. These contributions will be acknowledged and credit will be given to the contributor.

Artists represented in this group of releases include: Les McCann Ltd. with Stanley Turrentine and Blue Mitchell, The Jazz Crusaders, Olguita with the George Hernandez Orchestra, Carmell Jones with the Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Tricky Lofton, Richard “Groove” Holmes and Les McCann, Carmell Jones with the Gerald Wilson Sax Choir, Tricky Lofton and Carmell Jones with the Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Les McCann with the Jimmy Haskell Orchestra, Rita Graham with the Jimmy Haskell Orchestra, The Night Hawks (seminal Jazz Crusaders) and Richard “Groove” Holmes.

Dick Bock had released Latin material in the 300 series with X-325 featuring the Bobby Montez Orchestra. That release featured the Pacific Jazz logo. A second release of Bobby Montez tracks on X-328 carried the Pacific Records logo. The Pacific Jazz logo was used once more for a release featuring Olguita with Modesto’s Charanga Kings on X-336.

The Pacific Records logo was used again for the release of Olguita with the George Hernandez Orchestra on X-344 and X-345. The next releases following X-345 that carried the Pacific Jazz logo modified the number prefix to “PJX” for the next few releases before it was dropped and the prefix returned to an “X” with the release of X-350. The Jazz Crusaders release on X-352 as The Night Hawks used the Pacific Records logo. This release was not included in the Pacific Jazz Studio Sessions Mosaic set.

A special thanks to reader Pierre-Marie Le Conte for locating images of X353.

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