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Pianist Billy Munro
January, 1941
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Credits:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec collection

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The following Quebec independent labels have jazz catalogues:

Disques Victo / Effendi / Justin Time / Ambiances magnétiques / McGill Records / Radio-Canada / Uptown / XXI-21

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Recording studio before the electric age
1914
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Archives nationales du Québec collection

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Poster for an amateur competition with pianist Billy Munro as accompanist
1941
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Herb Morrissey jazz orchestra
1946
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Credits:
Archives nationales du Québec collection

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Montreal was an important stop on the North American circuit for jazz musicians. The fact that the Berliner company was here (later acquired by RCA Victor), played an important role in spreading awareness of jazz. The studios caught the hottest of the Canadian and American swing "big bands". Oscar Peterson also recorded in the RCA Victor studios.

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Host Jacques Normand with pianist Billy Munro in a CKVL studio
1947
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Montreal radio stations hired many jazz musicians to add a swing sound to the theme-songs of different shows and to numbers played on the air. Pianist Billy Munro was very much in demand.

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Pianist Billy Munro on CKVL
7 July 1951
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Credits:
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec collection

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Record sleeve from 'La diva et le vinyle' by Martin Tétreault and Robert M. Lepage.
1997
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Record sleeve from the group 'Awana' with guitarist Michel Cusson.
1999
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Record sleeve from the Justin Time jazz label
2003
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Credits:
Phonothèque québécoise collection

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Justin Time manager Jim West heard Oliver Jones play a fabulous concert and as a result decided to establish a record label devoted exclusively to jazz. Like the organizers of the famous International Jazz Festival, he believed in the potential of jazz to bring people together. 20 years later, Justin Time had become a bulwark in the dissemination of jazz. Famous Canadian and American artists graced the label's catalogue.