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Jazz At The Philharmonic founder Norman Granz so missed the recording aspect of the music business, which he'd abandoned in 1962 when he sold his Clef, Norgran, and Verve labels to MGM, that ten years later he decided to take the plunge and start up yet another label. The veteran producer (then based in Beverly Hills) launched Pablo Records in 1973 and quickly built a world-class jazz catalog of albums by Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, and Oscar Peterson--all of whom Granz managed--as well as Count Basie, Benny Carter, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan, and many others.

After releasing over 350 albums, Granz sold Pablo to Fantasy, Inc. in 1987. The label has remained active, mining the tape vault for unissued treasures and producing new sessions by guitarists Ron Affif and John Pisano.

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Discography

Releases:
2CD-2625-705-2 Oscar Peterson / Joe Pass Oscar Peterson Et Joe Pass À La Salle Pleyel (2xCD, Album) 1997
4PACD-4423-2 Joe Pass Guitar Virtuoso (4xCD, Comp) 1997
8806-2 CD1 Joe Pass A Man And His Guitar - Live At Long Beach City College (CD, Album)  
98.833 Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Red Callender, Bill Douglass (2) The Tatum Group Masterpieces (CD, Album) 1986
98.844 John Coltrane The European Tour (CD, Album) 1988
2018 003 Paulinho Da Costa Ritmo Number One / Toledo Bagel (7") 1977
2018 005 Paulinho Da Costa Deja Vu (7") 1979
2308 207 Count Basie Big Band Live Montreux '77 (LP) 1977
2308 217 John Coltrane The Paris Concert (LP) 1979
2308 219 Lester Young In Washington D.C. 1956 (LP) 1980
2308-222 John Coltrane The European Tour (Vinyl) 1980
2308-225 Lester Young Prez Vol. II (LP, Album) 1980
2308 226 Dizzy Gillespie Digital At Montreux, 1980 (LP) 1981
2308 227 John Coltrane Bye Bye Blackbird (LP) 1981
2308-228 Lester Young "Prez" Vol. III (Vinyl, MiniAlbum) 1981
2308 231 Oscar Peterson Trio, The Nigerian Marketplace (LP, Album) 1982
2308 234 Ella Fitzgerald Ella À Nice (LP) 1983
2308 239 Joe Pass Live At Long Beach City College (LP) 1984
2308-241 Oscar Peterson Trio, The The Good Life (LP, Album) 1984
2310 701 Oscar Peterson Trio, The The Trio (LP) 1974
2310 702 Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald Take Love Easy (LP) 1974
2310 703 Duke Ellington Duke's Big 4 (LP, Album) 1974
2310 707 Coleman Hawkins Sirius (LP) 1974
2310 708 Joe Pass Virtuoso (LP, Album) 1975
2310 709 Count Basie / Joe Turner* The Bosses (LP, Album) 1974
2310 711 Ella Fitzgerald Ella In London (LP, Mono) 1974
2310 714 Herb Ellis / Joe Pass Two For The Road (LP) 1974
2310 718 Count Basie Basie Jam (Album) (2 versions) 1975
2310 719 Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (LP, Album) 1992
2310 719 Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (LP, Album) 1975
2310 720 Art Tatum With Lionel HamptonBuddy Rich The Tatum / Hampton / Rich Trio (LP, Mono) 1955
2310 721 Duke Ellington - Ray Brown This One's For Blanton (LP) 1975
2310 722 Oscar Peterson And Count Basie Satch And Josh (LP, Album) 1975
2310 732 Art Tatum / Benny Carter / Louis Bellson The Tatum Group Masterpieces Vol. 1 (LP, Album) 1975
2310-737 Art Tatum / Ben Webster The Tatum Group Masterpieces (Album) (2 versions) 1975
2310-745 Count Basie & Zoot Sims Basie & Zoot (LP, Album) 1976
2310 747 Oscar Peterson Big 6, The At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (LP) 1975
2310 749 Dizzy Gillespie The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (LP) 1975
2310 751 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (LP, Album) 1975
2310-752 Joe Pass At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (LP, Album) 1975
2310 753 Milt Jackson The Milt Jackson Big 4 At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (LP) 1975
2310 755 Louis Bellson The Louis Bellson Explosion (LP) 1975
2310-756 Count Basie Basie Big Band (LP, Album) 1975
2310-759-2 Ella Fitzgerald And Oscar Peterson Ella And Oscar (LP, Album) 1976
2310 762 Duke Ellington The Ellington Suites (LP) 1976
2310-763 Joe Turner Another Epoch-Stride Piano (LP, Album) 1976
2310 765 Jon Faddis Youngblood (LP) 1976
2310 769 Michael Longo Talk With The Spirits (LP) 1976
2310-771 Dizzy Gillespie Y Machito Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Album) (2 versions) 1976
2310 772 Ella Fitzgerald / Joe Pass Fitzgerald & Pass...Again (LP) 1976
2310 774 Milt Jackson Feelings (LP) 1976
2310-777 Dom Um Romao Hotmosphere (Album) (3 versions) 1976
2310 781 Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie Carter, Gillespie, Inc. (LP, Album) 1976
2310 782 Al Gafa Quinteto, The Leblon Beach (LP) 1976
2310 783 Zoot Sims Hawthorne Nights (LP, Album) 1977
2310 785 Paulinho Da Costa Agora (Album) (2 versions) 1977
2310 791 Art Tatum The Tatum Solo Masterpieces Vol.6 (LP) 1975
2310 793 Art Tatum The Tatum Solo Masterpieces Vol.8 (LP) 1977
2310 794 Dizzy Gillespie Free Ride (LP) 1977
2310 794 Dizzy Gillespie Free Ride (LP) 1977
2310 795 Ray Pizzi Conception (LP) 1977
2310-796 Peterson* & Pass* & Brown* The Giants (LP, Album) 1977
2310 799 Jo Jones The Main Man (LP) 1977
2310 800 Joe Turner* Things That I Used To Do (LP, Album) 1977
2310 803 Zoot Sims Meets Jimmy Rowles If I'm Lucky (LP, Album) 1978
2310 804 Milt Jackson And Monty Alexander Trio, The Soul Fusion (LP, Album) 1978
2310 807 Louis Bellson / Walfredo De Los Reyes, Sr. Ecué Ritmos Cubanos (LP, Album) 1978
2310 814 Ella Fitzgerald & Cole Porter Dream Dancing (LP) 1978
2310-815 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra* Up In Duke's Workshop (LP, RM, RE) 1991
2310-821 Sarah Vaughan How Long Has This Been Going On? (CD, Album, XRC) 2005
2310 822 Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band* Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol. 1 (LP) 1978
2310 823 Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band* Milt Jackson + Count Basie + The Big Band Vol. 2 (LP) 1978
2310 824 Joe Pass And Paulinho Da Costa Tudo Bem! (LP) 1978
2310 825 Ella Fitzgerald With Jackie Davis And Louie Bellson* Lady Time (LP) 1978
2310 829 Ella Fitzgerald Fine And Mellow, Ella Fitzgerald Jams (LP) 1979
2310 830 Joe Pass And Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen* "Chops" (LP) 1979
2310 833 Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie The Gifted Ones (LP, Album, Gat) 1979
2310 834 Louie Bellson Drum Explosion Matterhorn (LP) 1979
2310-835 Art Tatum The Tatum Solo Masterpieces Vol.9 (LP) 1979
2310 837 Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker Quadrant (LP) 1979
2310-840 Count Basie Basie Jam #3 (LP) 1979
2310 843 Count Basie & Oscar Peterson Night Rider (LP, Album) 1980
2310-846 Ray Bryant The Best Of (LP) 1980
2310 860 Ray Bryant Trio Potpourri (LP) 1981
2310 863 Joe Turner* Have No Fear Joe Turner Is Here (LP, Album) 1981
2310-871 Count Basie 6 Kansas City (LP, Album) 1982
2310-873 Milt Jackson Ain't But A Few Of Us Left (LP, Album) 1982
2310-876 Oscar Peterson . Freddie Hubbard "Face To Face" (LP, Album) 1982
2310 877 Joe Pass Trio, The Eximious (LP) 1982
2310-878 Count Basie / Kansas City 3 For The Second Time (LP, Album, RE) 1983
2310-884 Freddie Hubbard The Best Of Freddie Hubbard, Live And Studio (LP) 1983
2310-887 Art Tatum The Best Of Art Tatum (LP) 1983
2310 888-2 Ella Fitzgerald / Joe Pass Speak Love (CD, Album) 1987
2310-889 Dizzy Gillespie & Arturo Sandoval To A Finland Station (LP) 1983
2310-893 Joe Pass The Best Of Joe Pass (LP) 1983
2310 895 Oscar Peterson History Of An Artist Vol. 2 (LP) 1983
2310-910 Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen The Eternal Traveller (LP) 1985
2310 912 Joe Pass Whitestone (LP) 1985
2310-917 Modern Jazz Quartet, The "Topsy" This One's For Basie (LP) 1985
2310-929 Sonny Criss Intermission Riff (LP, Album) 1988
2310-932 Milt Jackson A London Bridge (LP) 1988
2310-937 Joe Turner* With Count Basie And His Orchestra* Flip, Flop And Fly (LP, MP) 1989
2310 939 Joe Pass Summer Nights (LP) 1990
2312 101 Sarah Vaughan I Love Brazil! (LP) 1979
2312 102 Paulinho Da Costa Happy People (LP, Album) 1979
2312 103 Oscar Peterson Silent Partner (LP) 1979
2312-114 Oscar Peterson with Dizzy Gillespie The Trumpet Summit Meets The Oscar Peterson Big Four (LP, Album) 1980
2312-119 Zoot Sims, Sarah Vaughan, Clark Terry, Quadrant (6) A Celebration Of Duke (LP) 1980
2312-130 Sarah Vaughan & Count Basie Orchestra, The* Send In The Clowns (LP, Album) 1981
2312 132 Ella Fitzgerald Sings Count Basie Plays With Count Basie Orchestra, The* A Classy Pair (LP)  
2312 133 Joe Pass Ira, George And Joe - Joe Pass Loves Gershwin (LP) 1982
2312 134 Freddie Hubbard And His Orchestra Born To Be Blue (LP) 1982
2312 136 Dizzy Gillespie + Freddie Hubbard + Clark Terry + Oscar Peterson + Joe Pass + Bobby Durham + Ray Brown The Alternative Blues (LP, Album) 1982
2312 137 Sarah Vaughan Crazy And Mixed Up (LP) 1982
2312-141 J.J. Johnson + Al Grey Things Are Getting Better All The Time (2 versions) 1984
2312 142 Modern Jazz Quartet, The Echoes (LP, Album) 1984
2312-143 Paulinho Da Costa Sunrise (Album) (2 versions) 1984
2331 101 John Coltrane Afro Blue Impressions (2xLP, Mono) 1977
2405-411 Dizzy Gillespie The Best Of Dizzy Gillespie (LP) 1980
2405 415 Freddie Hubbard The Best Of Freddie Hubbard Live And In Studio (LP) 1983
2620 101 John Coltrane Afro Blue Impressions (2xLP, Album) 1977
2620 108 Mary Lou Williams & Cecil Taylor Embraced (2xLP, Album) 1978
2620-111 Oscar Peterson The London Concert (2xLP) 1979
2620-115 Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson Live At The Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland, 1980 (2xLP) 1981
2625 713 Various The Pablo Collection (2xLP) 1978
2626 708 Dizzy Gillespie Bahiana (2xLP) 1976
2630-201 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Abraça Jobim - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Antonio Carlos Jobim Song Book (2xLP, Album) 1981
00025218042628 Art Tatum With Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 3 (CD, Album) 1990
BD-10926 Paulinho Da Costa Ritmo Number One (12", Promo) 1977
BD-11004 Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin Unicorn (12", Promo) 1977
CD 2308 224 Oscar Peterson Digital At Montreux (CD)  
CD 2308 231 Oscar Peterson Trio, The Nigerian Marketplace (CD)  
CD 2308 241 Oscar Peterson Trio, The The Good Life (CD) 1984
CD 2310-702 Ella Fitzgerald · Joe Pass Take Love Easy (CD, Album)  
CD 2310.708 Joe Pass Virtuoso (CD, Album, RE)  
CD 2310 895 Oscar Peterson History Of An Artist Vol. 2 (CD) 1983
CD 2310 918 Oscar Peterson If You Could See Me Now (CD) 1986
CD 2310 921 Ella Fitzgerald And Joe Pass Easy Living (CD) 1986
CD 2310 926 Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (CD) 1987
CD 2310 927 Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Untitled (CD) 1987
CD 2312 132 Ella Fitzgerald Sings Count Basie Plays With Count Basie Orchestra, The* A Classy Pair (CD, Album)  
CD 2620 115 Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson Live At The Northsea Jazz Festival (CD) 1981
CD 2640 101 Oscar Peterson Freedom Song (The Oscar Peterson Big 4 In Japan '82) (CD) 1983
D312-102 Paulinho Da Costa Deja Vu / Love Till The End Of Time (12") 1979
D 2308 226 Dizzy Gillespie Digital At Montreux, 1980 (LP, Red) 1981
D2308231 Oscar Peterson Trio, The Nigerian Marketplace (LP, Red) 1982
D2310865 Joe Pass / Jimmy Rowles Checkmate (LP, Red) 1981
D2310866 Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson I Want A Little Girl (LP, Red) 1981
D2312110 Ella Fitzgerald And Count Basie A Perfect Match (2 versions) 1980
D2312131 Count Basie & His Orchestra Warm Breeze (LP, Album) 1981
D2312134 Freddie Hubbard And His Orchestra Born To Be Blue (LP, Red) 1982
J33J 20006 Ella Fitzgerald + Duke Ellington Orchestra* The Stockholm Concert 1966 (CD) 1984
JB 11003 Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin Unicorn (7", Promo, Single) 1977
MTF 1918 Lester Young In Washington D.C. 1956 (LP) 1980
OJC-376 Ella Fitzgerald with Tommy Flanagan Montreux '77 (LP, Album) 1989
OJC-382 Joe Pass Montreux '77 (LP) 1989
OJC-632 Louis Bellson / Walfredo De Los Reyes, Sr. Ecué Ritmos Cubanos (LP, Album) 1991
OJC 635 Zoot Sims Plus Joe Pass Blues For 2 (LP) 1983
OJC-446 (2310 762) Duke Ellington The Ellington Suites (LP, Album, RP) 1999
OJC 20 681-2 (2308 227) John Coltrane Bye Bye Blackbird (CD) 1992
OJCCD-371-2 Ray Bryant Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-372-2 Tommy Flanagan Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-373-2 Roy Eldridge Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-374-2 Benny Carter Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-375-2 Milt Jackson & Ray Brown Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-376-2 Ella Fitzgerald with Tommy Flanagan Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-377-2 Count Basie Big Band Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-378-2 Oscar Peterson Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-379-2 Count Basie Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-379-2 Count Basie Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-380-2 Pablo All-Stars Jam, The Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-381-2 Dizzy Gillespie Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-382-2 Joe Pass Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-383-2 Oscar Peterson Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-384-2 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Montreux '77 (CD) 1989
OJCCD-385-2 Various Montreux '77: The Montreux Jam Sessions (CD) 1989
OJCCD-689-2 Oscar Peterson / Milt Jackson Two Of The Few (CD) 1992
OJCCD-784-2 Dizzy Gillespie Free Ride (CD) 1993
OJCCD-804-2 Harry "Sweets" Edison* Edison's Lights (CD, Album) 1994
OJCCD-810-2 Duke Ellington - Ray Brown This One's For Blanton (CD, RM) 1994
OJCCD-974-2 Ella Fitzgerald Ella In London (CD, Album) 1998
OJCCD-683-2 (2310-803) Zoot Sims Meets Jimmy Rowles If I'm Lucky (CD, Album, RE, RM) 1992
OJCCD-822-2 (2310-745) Count Basie / Zoot Sims Basie & Zoot (CD, Album, RE, RM) 1994
PABLO 5155 Paulinho Da Costa Taj Mahal / Groove / I'm Going To Rio (12") 1984
Pablo Live D262011 16 Dizzy Gillespie Musician-Composer-Raconteur (2xLP, Album) 1982
PACD-5301-2 Ray Charles Berlin, 1962 (CD, Album) 1996
PACD-5303-2 Cannonball Adderley Quintet, The Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic: Paris, 1960 (CD, Album) 1997
PACD-5311-2 Various Norman Granz' J.A.T.P. Carnegie Hall, 1949 (CD) 2002
PACD-2310-931-2 Joe Pass Blues For Fred (CD, Album) 1988
PACD-2310-940-2 Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson Live! (CD) 1990
PACD-2310-974-2 Joe Pass Meditation (CD, Album) 2002
PACD-2630-201-2 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Abraça Jobim (CD, Album, RM) 2003
PACD-23308-222-2 John Coltrane The European Tour (CD, Album) 1988
PN 4025 Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie The Gifted Ones (LP) 1979
P.rec 23 Coldplay A Rush To The Olympia (CD, Liv) 2003
P.REC 24 David Bowie On Air (CD)  
STEP 3 Paulinho Da Costa Deja Vu (7") 1979
STEPX 3 Paulinho Da Costa Deja Vu (12") 1979