# Solid State Records (jazz label)

Solid State Records was a jazz record label formed in 1966 by producers Sonny Lester and Phil Ramone, with arranger Manny Albam.
The label released original recordings in the mid to late 1960s by Joe Williams, Chick Corea, Jimmy McGriff, Dizzy Gillespie, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and many others before its jazz artists were consolidated under United Artists' Blue Note label.

## Discography
### Albums

| # | Leader | Album | Year |
| SS-93 | Various artists | Demonstration Record: Highlights From Solid State | |
| SS-94 | Various artists | You've Got To Hear It To Believe It | |
| SS-18000 | Manny Albam | Brass on Fire | 1966 |
| SS-18001 | Jimmy McGriff | The Big Band | 1966 |
| SS-18002 | Jimmy McGriff | A Bag Full of Soul | 1966 |
| SS-18003 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra | 1966 |
| SS-18004 | Kokee Band | Exotica 1970 | 1966 |
| SS-18005 | Will Bronson | Will Bronson Presents The In Crowd Singers | 1966 |
| SS-18006 | Jimmy McGriff | Cherry | 1966 |
| SS-18007 | Manny Albam and the Passion Guitars | Introducing the Passion Guitars | 1966 |
| SS-18008 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | Presenting Joe Williams | 1966 |
| SS-18009 | Manny Albam | The Soul of the City | 1966 |
| SS-18010 | Kokee Band | Hawaii And Other Exotic Movie Themes | 1966 |
| SS-18011 | Will Bronson | The Best of Broadway | |
| SS-18012 | Ted Sommer | Percussive Mariachi | 1967 |
| SS-18013 | Nelson Riddle | Music for Wives and Lovers | 1967 |
| SS-18014 | Johnny Lytle | A Man and a Woman | 1967 |
| SS-18015 | Joe Williams | Something Old, New and Blue | 1967 |
| SS-18016 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | Live At The Village Vanguard | 1967 |
| SS-18017 | Jimmy McGriff | A Bag Full of Blues | 1967 |
| SS-18018 | Bill Evans/Jim Hall | Undercurrent | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14003 in 1962 |
| SS-18019 | Charles Mingus | Wonderland | 1968 - Originally released as UAL 4036 in 1959 |
| SS-18020 | Herbie Mann | Jazz Impressions of Brazil | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14009 in 1962 |
| SS-18021 | King Pleasure | Mr. Jazz | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14012 in 1962 |
| SS-18022 | Duke Ellington | Money Jungle | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14017 in 1963 |
| SS-18023 | Herbie Mann | St. Thomas | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14022 in 1962 |
| SS-18024 | Charles Mingus | Town Hall Concert | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14024 in 1962 |
| SS-18025 | John Coltrane | Coltrane Time | 1968 - Originally released as UAL 4014 in 1959 |
| SS-18026 | Johnny Lytle | The Sound of Velvet Soul | 1968 |
| SS-18027 | Dizzy Gillespie | Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 1 | 1967 |
| SS-18028 | Dizzy Gillespie | Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 2 | 1967 |
| SS-18029 | Mike Mainieri | Insight | 1968 |
| SS-18030 | Jimmy McGriff | I've Got a New Woman | 1967 |
| SS-18031 | Billy Strayhorn | The Peaceful Side of Billy Strayhorn | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14010 in 1963 recorded 1959 |
| SS-18032 | Count Basie | Basie Meets Bond | 1968 - Originally released a UAL 3480 in 1966 |
| SS-18033 | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | Three Blind Mice | 1967 - Originally released as UAJ 14002 in 1962 |
| SS-18034 | Dizzy Gillespie | Live at the Village Vanguard | 1967 |
| SS-18035 | Modern Jazz Quartet | On Tour | 1969 - Originally released as UAL 4063 in 1959 |
| SS-18036 | Jimmy McGriff | Honey | 1968 |
| SS-18037 | Various Artists | Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Vol. 3 | 1967 |
| SS-18038 | Vi Redd | Birdcall | 1968 - Originally released as UAJ 14016 in 1962 |
| SS-18039 | Chick Corea | Now He Sings, Now He Sobs | 1968 |
| SS-18040 | Billie Holiday | Ladylove | 1969 - Originally released as UAJ 14014 in 1962 recorded in 1954 |
| SS-18041 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | The Big Band Sound featuring Miss Ruth Brown | 1968 |
| SS-18042 | Soul Strings | Soul Strings and a Funky Horn | 1968 |
| SS-18043 | Chico Hamilton | The Gamut | 1967 |
| SS-18044 | Johnny Lytle | Be Proud | 1969 |
| SS-18045 | Jimmy McGriff | The Worm | 1968 |
| SS-18046 | Monk Higgins | Extra Soul Perception | 1969 |
| SS-18047 | Sonny Stitt | Little Green Apples | 1968 |
| SS-18048 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | Monday Night | 1968 |
| SS-18049 | Mike Mainieri | Journey Thru an Electric Tube | 1969 |
| SS-18050 | Chico Hamilton | The Head Hunters | 1969 |
| SS-18051 | Randy Brecker | Score | 1969 |
| SS-18052 | Various Artists | Jazz for a Sunday Afternoon Volume 4 | 1969 |
| SS-18053 | Jimmy McGriff | Step 1 | 1968 |
| SS-18054 | Dizzy Gillespie | It's My Way | 1969 |
| SS-18055 | Chick Corea | Is | 1969 |
| SS-18056 | Johnny Lytle | Close Enough for Jazz | 1969 |
| SS-18057 | Sonny Stitt | Come Hither | 1968 |
| SS-18058 | Thad Jones/Mel Lewis | Central Park North | 1969 |
| SS-18059 | Jeremy Steig | This Is Jeremy Steig | 1969 |
| SS-18060 | Jimmy McGriff | A Thing to Come By | 1969 |
| SS-18061 | Dizzy Gillespie | Cornucopia | 1969 |
| SS-18062 | Ray Nance | Body and Soul | 1969 |
| SS-18063 | Jimmy McGriff | The Way You Look Tonight | 1969 |
| SS-18064 | Earth Disciples | Getaway Train | 1969 |
| SS-18065 | Wali & The Afro Caravan | Home Lost and Found the Natural Sound | 1969 |
| SS-18066 | Candido Camero | Thousand Finger Man | 1969 |
| SS-18067 | | | |
| SS-18068 | Jeremy Steig | Legwork | 1967 |
| SS-19000 | Duke Ellington | 70th Birthday Concert | 1969 |