page_title: Music of Los Angeles
section_title: 1930s and 1940s
hierarchical_section_title: Music of Los Angeles / History / 20th century / 1930s and 1940s
caption_attribution_description: English: Buddy Collette 1985. Photo: Brian McMillen / brianmcmillen@hotmail.com
context_page_description: As well as being one of the most important cities in the world in the film industry, Los Angeles, California, is also one of the most important places in the world for the recorded music industry. Many landmarks in Los Angeles – such as Capitol Records, which resembles a stack of albums – are representative of this. A&M Records long occupied a studio off Sunset Boulevard built by Charlie Chaplin. The Warner Bros. built a major recording business in addition to their film business.
context_section_description: During the 1930s and 1940s Los Angeles had a vibrant African-American musical community even when it was relatively small: a numund Central Avenue, and the community produced a number of great talents, including Charles Mingus, Buddy Collette, Gerald Wilson, but in the 1950s it disappeared.
caption: Buddy Collette
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