SRI Jazz Acquires Rights to “Lost” Recordings
October 9, 2015
SRI Jazz has acquired the rights to the defunct Monad Records label and will release rare, lost recordings by Ray Charles, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Albert King, Count Basie, Bill Henderson, Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Dexter Gordon and others.
The label’s website is offering a free song download of Charles performing the Beatles’ classic “Eleanor Rigby” live.
The SRI Label Group consists of Flamingo Jazz, Golden Shellsongs Music Publishing, SRI Entertainment, SRI Jazz and SRI Records.