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{{short description|American record label}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox record label
| name        = Milestone Records
| image       = Milestone Records logo.svg
| parent      = [[Concord (entertainment company)|Concord]]
| founded     = {{start date|1966}}
| founder     = [[Orrin Keepnews]]<br />[[Dick Katz]]
| genre       = [[Jazz]], [[blues]]
| country     = U.S.
| location    = New York City
}}
'''Milestone Records''' is an American [[jazz]] record company and label founded in 1966 by [[Orrin Keepnews]] and [[Dick Katz]] in New York City. The company was bought by [[Fantasy Records]] in 1972.<ref name="Chinen">{{cite web |last1=Chinen |first1=Nate|title=Orrin Keepnews, Record Executive and Producer of Jazz Classics, Dies at 91|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/02/arts/music/orrin-keepnews-jazz-producer-and-record-executive-is-dead-at-91.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times |access-date=27 June 2016|date=1 March 2015}}</ref> Since then, it has produced LP reissues (including items from Keepnew's earlier [[Riverside Records|Riverside]] label)<ref>{{cite Grove|date=2003|title=Milestone (jazz)|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J300800|url-access=subscription}}</ref> as well as new recordings. [[Sonny Rollins]] and [[McCoy Tyner]] are among the musicians who recorded for the label.

Milestone has reissued many historic jazz recording sessions, including the [[Jelly Roll Morton]], [[King Oliver]], and the [[New Orleans Rhythm Kings]] sides made for [[Gennett Records]] in the 1920s. The label also issued [[blues]] albums, most of them produced by [[Pete Welding]]. They include [[Driftin' Slim]] & His Blues Band's ''Somebody Hoo-Doo'd The Hoo-Doo Man,'' in addition to LPs by [[Mississippi Fred McDowell]] and [[Big Joe Williams]].

Another company called Milestone Records was active in the late 1950s, releasing music by acts such as [[The Jodimars]] and [[The Blue Jays]]. This label was owned by [[rockabilly]] musician [[Werly Fairburn]].<ref name="Anglares">{{cite web|last1=Anglares|first1=Dominique|title=Werly Fairburn|url=http://www.rockabillyhall.com/werlyfairburn1.html|website=www.rockabillyhall.com|access-date=27 June 2016|date=Dec 13, 2011|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314020051/http://www.rockabillyhall.com/WerlyFairburn1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{main|Milestone Records discography}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/milestone.htm Milestone Records listing]
*[http://www.wirz.de/music/mileston.htm Illustrated Milestone Records discography] (emphasis on blues recordings)

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[[Category:American jazz record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 1966]]