| Transition Records | |
| Country: | U.S. |
| Location: | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Transition Records was a jazz record company and label based in Cambridge, Massachusetts established by Tom Wilson in 1955.[1] [2] A short lived label, Transition announced several albums which were left unreleased, including recordings by Jo Mapes, Yusef Lateef, Pepper Adams and Curtis Fuller, Charles Mingus, Jay Migliori, and Sheila Jordan.[3]
The master for Here Comes Louis Smith (1958) by trumpeter Louis Smith was sold to Blue Note Records,[4] while an unissued Sun Ra recording made by Transition was later released in 1968 by Delmark Records as Sound of Joy.[5] A 1955 session featuring Pepper Adams and John Coltrane was recorded by Transition, but only one song was released on their compilation Jazz in Transition (1956). The recordings were later issued by Blue Note on High Step (1975).
| Catalog number | Artist | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRLP 1 | Herb Pomeroy | Jazz in a Stable | |
| TRLP 2 | Jazz at Columbus Ave. | ||
| TRLP 4 | Donald Byrd | Byrd's Eye View | |
| TRLP 5 | Donald Byrd | Byrd Jazz | |
| TRLP 10 | Sun Ra | Jazz by Sun Ra | |
| TRLP 15 | Quartet for Flute and Strings | ||
| TRLP 17 | Donald Byrd | Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill | |
| TRLP 19 | Cecil Taylor | Jazz Advance | |
| TRLP 20 | Doug Watkins | Watkins at Large | |
| TRLP 21 | Lucky Thompson | Lucky Strikes! | |
| TRLP 23 | Dartmouth Indian Chiefs | Chiefly Jazz | |
| TRLP 27 | Fran Thorne | Piano Reflections | |
| TRLP 30 | Various Artists | Jazz in Transition | |
| TRLP F-1 | Sam Gary | Sam Gary Sings | |
| TRLP M-1 | Lovey Powell and Brooks Morton | Lovelady |