Prestige

US jazz label. [b]Label Code: LC 0313[/b] . For the company, see [l=Prestige Records Inc.] For unofficial releases, see [l=Prestige (4)]. Like several other prominent jazz record producers of the era, [a=Bob Weinstock] started out as a traditional jazz fan but soon found himself standing at the cutting edge of modern jazz. He launched his own label in 1949 – originally founded as [l76075], soon renamed Prestige – and, during the next decade, recorded such musicians as [a=Sonny Stitt], [a=