Keynote Records
Keynote Records was a record label founded by record store owner Eric Bernay in 1940. The label's initial releases were folk and protest songs from the Soviet Union and the Spanish Civil War, and several anti-war releases from American musicians followed. From 1943 the label released a large body of jazz music produced by Harry Lim, and went bankrupt in 1948, coming under the control of Mercury Records.Roster
- The Almanac Singers
- George Barnes
- Count Basie
- Barney Bigard
- Marc Blitzstein
- Pete Brown
- Cozy Cole
- Corky Corcoran
- Irving Fazola
- Roy Eldridge
- Bud Freeman
- Paul Gonsalves
- Johnny Guarnieri
- Bill Harris
- George Hartman
- Ann Hathaway
- Coleman Hawkins
- Herbie Haymer
- J.C. Heard
- Neal Hefti
- Earl Hines
- Milt Hinton
- Danny Hurd
- Clyde Hurley
- Chubby Jackson
- Jonah Jones
- Kansas City Seven
- The Keynoters
- Mannie Klein
- Bernie Leighton
- Al Menconi
- Benny Morton
- Ted Nash
- Red Norvo
- Paul Robeson
- Earl Robinson
- Red Rodney
- Harold Rome
- Arnold Ross
- Babe Russin
- Gene Sedric
- Charlie Shavers
- Willie Smith
- Rex Stewart
- Billy Taylor
- Joe Thomas
- Juan Tizol
- Lennie Tristano
- Dinah Washington
- George Wettling
- Josh White
- Lester Young
