Jazz – A History of the New York Scene is a book by Len Kunstadt (founder, with blues great Victoria Spivey, of the Spivey Records label) and Sam Charters documenting the 20th century jazz scene in New York City.
He recorded several albums with Johnson (one produced by Len Kunstadt for Spivey Records, one produced by Horst Lippmann) and a solo album on Spivey entitled The Artistry of Nat Riddles. He also contributed several cuts to a Spivey series of LPs entitled New York Really has The Blues.
Spivey Records was a specialist blues record label, founded by blues singer Victoria Spivey and jazz historian Len Kunstadt in 1961.
In 1962, Spivey and jazz historian Len Kunstadt launched Spivey Records, a low-budget label dedicated to blues and related music.
Len Deighton | Len Pascoe | Len Chandler | Len Brown | Len Ashurst | Len Kunstadt | Len Lye | Len Janson | Len Cariou | Len Braund | Len Bias | Len Silver | Len Maxwell | Len Hutton | Len Dawson | Len Brown (comics) | Len Beadell | Len Andrews | Len Wiseman | Len Wharton | Len Wein | Len Väljas | Len Thornson | Len Stirling | Len Stevens | Len Steckler | Len Smith | Len Skowronski | Len Shackleton | Len Rix |
Always a label that explored an eclectic range of musical styles, Lyrichord happened to be the label to record and release the first album of late folk/blues legend Dave Van Ronk, entitled “Skiffle in Stereo” (1957) with a band called the “Orange Blossom Jug Five” including Dave Van Ronk, guitar and vocals, Sam Charters cornet, guitar, Ann Danberg, washboard, Len Kunstadt, (co-owner of the Spivey Records label) on kazoo, and Russell Glynn, playing jug.