When musicians went on a national recording strike in 1942, the door suddenly opened for small-time labels. In Los Angeles, nearly a dozen indies sprang up looking to document an explosion of creativity in black music, mostly fueled by the wartime economic boom. One of those labels, Dial Records, has been chronicled in a new box set. Jazz critic Andrew Gilbert has a review.
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