[78-L] First African American Record company

[Thomas Stern]

Below is an email from JAZZ PROMO SERVICES, link to NY Times article about
Black Swan/Pace.

Roland Hayes issued his own records (Columbia Personal Record) in the circa
1916-1918 period - for a while
partnered with GEORGE W BROOME.

I believe Broome also had a label - can't find info about it at the moment -
so it might have been earlier, later or
during the same period.
Would this constitute a "Record Company", which would pre-date Pace???

Information, comments ??

Thanks!
Best wishes, Thomas.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jazz Promo Services [mailto:jazzpromo at earthlink.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 4:22 PM
To: Jazz Promo Services
Subject: Answers to Questions About New York - NYTimes.com (Black Swan
Records)


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/nyregion/answers-to-questions-about-new-yo
rk.html