Crescent Records was a United States based record label of the mid 20th century which issued jazz recordings.
Crescent Records was founded by Nesuhi Ertegun in the 1940s and later named "Jazzman", like Ertegun's record store in Los Angeles. Among the musicians published by Crescent feature Kid Ory and Jelly Roll Morton.
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