Joop Visser

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Record producer, born December 30, 1943 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Worked at EMI; signed Queen & Cockney Rebel; established Charly Records, See For Miles Records Ltd. and Affinity labels, releasing compilations and reissues of blues and jazz artists. Also contributed to Proper Records (2).

ALBUMS

Last Detail (Anthology 1967 - 2006)

2025, Box, Comp + 7xCD, Album, RE, RM + 11xCD, Mono + DV, Pseudonym,

Prog Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Fusion/Pop Rock/Jazz-Rock

The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya

2012, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

Spiritual Jazz Volume II - Europe (Esoteric, Modal And Deep European Jazz 1960-78)

Free Jazz/Modal

Seamen's Mission

2011, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Proper Records (2)

2011, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Louis Prima Featuring Keely Smith And Sam Butera & The Witnesses*

2011, 4xCD, Comp, Box, Proper Records (2)

Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

2008, 4xCD, Comp, RM, sli, Proper Records (2)

Cab Calloway & His Orchestra*

2008, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Big Band/Swing/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Bop

Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story

2008, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2),

Pacific/Country/Swing

The Carter Family

2007, 4xCD, Album, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2)

The Cosimo Matassa Story

2007, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

Jimmie Lunceford

Strictly Lunceford

2007, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

Give Me More, More, More

2007, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

Klook's The Man

2007, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Box, Proper Records (2),

Bop/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop/Swing

2007, 4xCD, Comp, RE, RM, Box, Proper Records (2),

2007, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

The Original Guitar Wizard

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2)

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2)

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RE + Box, Proper Records (2),

Dixieland/Swing/Big Band

Chick Webb And His Orchestra

Stomping At The Savoy

2006, 4xCD, Comp, Box, Proper Records (2),

Thelonious Monk

2006, Box, Comp, RM + 4xCD, Proper Records (2),

2006, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2)

Charlie Christian

The Original Guitar Genius

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

2005, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Proper Records (2)

2005, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

2005, Box, Comp + 4xCD, RM, Proper Records (2)

The Artie Shaw Story

2005, 4xCD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

The Early Years

2005, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2)

Good News: 100 Gospel Greats

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2),

West Coast Jazz

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2)

Billy Strayhorn

A Proper Introduction To Billy Strayhorn: Passion Flower

2004, CD, Album, Comp, Proper Records (2)

Jazz And Velvet - Heart And Soul

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

Little Jazz Trumpet Giant

2004, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Doo-Wop Delights

2004, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Proper Records (2)

Bull Moose Jackson

A Proper Introduction To Bull Moose Jackson - Bad Man Jackson

2004, CD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

A Proper Introduction To Lee Konitz - Palo Alto

2004, CD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

Jones By George!

2003, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Country/Honky Tonk

Lennie Tristano

2003, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

2003, 4xCD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

The Wardell Gray Story

2003, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Bop/Swing/Big Band

2003, 4xCD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

2003, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies*

Daddy Of Western Swing

2003, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2)

Jay McShann And His Orchestra

Jumpin' The Blues

2003, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Swing/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Swing Tanzen Verboten! * Swing Music And Nazi-Propaganda Swing During World War II

2003, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Swing Tanzen Verboten! * - German Swing, Dance And Jazz Bands 1937-1944

2003, CD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Bix Beiderbecke

The Bix Beiderbecke Story: Louisiana

2003, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2)

The Jeep Is Jumpin'

Swing/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues

2002, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

The Blue Notes*

2002, CD, Album, RM, Proper Records (2),

Bop/Post Bop/African

The Original Source

2002, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2)

Les Paul & Mary Ford

2002, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

2002, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

I'm In A Dancing Mood

2002, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Sli, Proper Records (2)

Illinois Jacquet

The Illinois Jacquet Story

Breaking Up The House

Rhythm & Blues/Big Band/Swing

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Original Soul Sister

The Count Basie Story

2001, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2)

Ellington Plays Strayhorn

2001, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings

Blue Garden Blues

2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Proper Records (2),

Gettin' Funky The Birth Of New Orleans R & B: The Pioneers

2001, CD, Album, Comp, Proper Records Ltd.

Gettin' Funky The Birth Of New Orleans R & B: Piano Power

2001, CD, Album, Comp, Proper Records Ltd.,

Gettin' Funky The Birth Of New Orleans R & B: The Hit Makers

2001, CD, Album, Comp, Proper Records Ltd.

Settin' The Pace

2001, 4x CD, Box Set,

Bop/Rhythm & Blues/Big Band/Swing

The King Cole Trio*

Cool Cole - The King Cole Trio Story

Louis Armstrong

C'est Ci Bon: Satchmo In The Forties

2001, 4x CD, Box Set,

Big Band/Swing/Dixieland/Vocal

The Lionel Hampton Story

2000, 4x CD, Box Set,

Swing/Big Band/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues

The Stan Kenton Story

The Fats Navarro Story

2000, 4x CD, Box Set,

El Saxofon Part II

The Woody Herman Story

1999, 2xCD, Comp, Great Voices Of The Century

Spike Jones & His City Slickers*

Strictly For Music Lovers

1999, 4x CD, Box Set,

Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson*

Old Maid Boogie

1998, CD, Comp, Blue Boar Records

Big Bill Broonzy

Chicago Calling

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Blue Boar Records,

Hot Lips Page With Big Maybelle, Wynonie Harris, Marion Abernathy

Shoutin' The Blues

1998, CD, Comp, Blue Boar Records

The Gene Krupa Story

Good Rockin' Tonight (The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 3)

Jump Blues/Boogie/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

Meat And Gravy - The Best Of Cadillac

1997, CD, Comp, Blue Boar Records, Culture Press

Bootin' The Boogie -- The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 2

1997, 2x CD, Box Set Slipcase,

Jump Blues/Boogie/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

The Power Of The Blues

Essential Sun Rockabillies Volume 3

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Charly Records

The Chess Story

1996, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Charly Records

The Complete Graz Concert

King Curtis & The Noble Knights*

Soul Twist - The Complete Enjoy Sessions

Rock & Roll/Soul

The Immediate Years

1995, 3xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Lon, Charly Records, Charly Schallplatten GmbH, Immediate,

Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock

The Arkansas Wild Man

Essential Sun Rockabillies, Vol. 1

Charlie Christian

1993, CD, Comp, Charly Records

The Chess Years 1955 - 1974

1993, 12xCD, Comp, Charly R&B,

Blues Rock/Electric Blues/Funk/Soul

1993, CD, Album, Comp, Le Jazz (2),

Thelonious Monk

The Nonet - Live!

Jerry Lee Lewis

The Ultimate - The Sun Years

Three For The Festival

The Complete Muddy Waters 1947-1967

1992, 9xCD, Album, Comp + Box, Charly Records

King Of The Slide Guitar

1992, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Charly R&B

Billy Lee Riley

Rockin' With Riley

1992, 3xBox, Comp, RE + 3xCD, Comp, Charly Records

The Chess Years 1952 - 1963

1992, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Chess,

Chicago Blues/Harmonica Blues/Electric Blues/Boogie Woogie/Rhythm & Blues/Boogie

The Jazzin' Bing Crosby, 1927-1940

1992, 2xCD, Affinity,

Coleman Hawkins

The Complete Recordings: 1929-1941

The Voice Of Jazz - The Complete Recordings 1933-1940

Live In Europe Volume Two

1981, LP, RE, Affinity

Live At The Amsterdam Paradiso Volume Two

Live At The Amsterdam Paradiso Volume One

For The Guv'nor Volume Two

The Don Weller Spring Quartet

Commit No Nuisance

Contemporary Jazz/Modal

Solution & Divergence

At Work In Europe

The Guitar Man & Friends

1972, LP, Album, BASF,

Soul-Jazz/Electric Blues/Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz

1972, LP, Album, BASF

Angel Of Stone / Tarantula Dance

1972, 7", Single, BASF, BASF

Rein De Graaff - Dick Vennik Kwartet*

1972, LP, Album, BASF,

Wally Tax And Bamboulé

Crown Of Creation (For Marjolein)

1972, 7", Single, BASF

It's A Good Day

1972, LP, Album, BASF, BASF,

Theo Loevendie Consort*

1972, LP, Album, BASF,

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Free Jazz

Every Angel Comes From Nowhere

Their Greatest Hits 3

1971, LP, Comp, Imperial (2), Imperial (2),

Blues Rock/Classic Rock/Pop Rock

Stop Playing The Fool b/w Edine

1971, 7", Single, BASF

Our Best To You

1971, LP, Comp, Imperial (2), Imperial (2),

Live At The Amsterdam Paradiso

1970, LP, Comp, Imperial (2), Imperial (2),

1970, LP, Comp, Imperial (2), Imperial (2)

Hans Dulfer And Ritmo Naturel* Featuring Jan Akkerman

The Morning After The Third

Free Jazz/Fusion

Hans Dulfer & Ritmo Natural*

Red, Red Libanon / Candy Clouds (Short Version)

Easy Listening/Big Band

Hans Dulfer And Ritmo-Natural*

For The Guv'nor

Live At The Amsterdam Paradiso Volume I

APPEARANCES +

Cannonball Adderley

2011, 4xCD, Comp, Proper Box

The Joe Harriott Story

2011, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2),

Free Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Hard Bop

2008, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records Ltd., Proper Records Ltd., Proper Records Ltd., Proper Records Ltd., Proper Records Ltd.

2007, 4xXRCD, Comp, RM + Box, Sli, Proper Records (2),

Gypsy Jazz/Swing

2007, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2),

Boppin' With Scott

2007, Box + 4xCD, Comp, Proper Records (2)

Ella Fitzgerald

Squeeze Me • The Jazz And Swing Accordion Story

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2),

Hard Bop/Swing/Bop

Sentimental Journey

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2),

Easy Listening/Vocal

2006, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2)

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters / The Royals

2006, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues/Doo Wop

The Earl Bostic Story

John Lee Hooker

Handful Of Keys

Chattanooga Gal

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2)

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

2005, CD, Album, Specific Jazz

A Proper Introduction To B.B. King - Woke Up This Morning

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2)

A Proper Introduction To Cab Calloway: Zah, Zuh, Zaz

2004, CD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

A Proper Introduction To Babs Gonzales: Real Crazy

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

A Proper Introduction To Stan Getz - The Wizard

2004, CD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

A Proper Introduction To Charley Patton - Pony Blues

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2)

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

Afro-Cuban/Bossanova

Thelonious Monk

A Proper Introduction To Thelonious Monk - Trinkle, Tinkle

2004, CD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

Benny Goodman & His Orchestra*

A Proper Introduction To Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Ridin' High

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

A Proper Introduction To Perez Prado - The Mambo King

2004, CD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

Jazz At The Philharmonic

The First Ten Years

2004, 4xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Proper Records (2),

A Proper Introduction To Arnett Cobb: The Wild Man From Texas

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2)

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2)

2004, CD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

I Get Ideas - A Proper Introduction To Peggy Lee

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

There Goes My Heart

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

Ella Fitzgerald

Romance And Rhythm

Me And My Chauffeur

2003, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Car, Proper Records (2)

Laughing In Rhythm

2003, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

2003, 2xCD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

The Chicken Shack Boogie Man

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Proper Records (2)

Thelonious Monk

2002, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

Doctor Feelgood

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd, Recall 2cd

2002, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Sli, Proper Records (2),

Charlie Ventura

Bop For The People

2002, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Swing/Bop/Big Band

Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks

The EP Collection

2002, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.,

Joe Liggins And His Honeydrippers*

The Shuffle Boogie King

2002, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

The EP Collection Vol. 2

2002, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

2002, CD, Comp, Jew, Proper Records (2)

Dinah Washington

Please Send Me Someone to Love (The Queen Sings)

2002, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

The Dawn Of Doo-Wop

George Shearing

From Battersea To Broadway

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Machito And His Afro-Cubans*

2002, 4x CD CD Box,

Masterpieces 1926-1949

2001, 4xCD + Box, Comp, Proper Records (2)

Gettin' Funky The Birth Of New Orleans R & B

2001, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Dion (3) / Dion & The Belmonts

The EP Collection... Plus

2001, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.

All Or Nothing At All

2001, 4x CD, Box Set,

Vocal/Ballad/Big Band/Swing

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd, Recall 2cd

Riffs I Have Known

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd,

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd

Brother Jack McDuff

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters

The EP Collection Plus

2000, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd, Snapper Music,

Boppin' At Esquire

2000, CD, Comp, RM, Indigo Recordings Ltd., Indigo Recordings Ltd., Indigo Recordings Ltd.,

The EP Collection...Plus

2000, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.

George Shearing

The Master Touch

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd, Recall 2cd

Blind Boy Fuller

2000, CD, Comp, Blue Boar Records, Culture Press

The Lester Young Story

2000, 4x CD, Box Set,

Swing/Bop/Big Band

Chicago Breakdown

The Complete Recordings 1941-1948

1999, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Culture Press, Blue Boar Records

The EP Collection

1999, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.,

The EP Collection ... Plus

1999, CD, Album, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.

1999, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings,

The EP Collection

1999, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.

The EP Collection

1999, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.,

The EP Collection

1999, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.

Dinah Washington

The EP Collection

1999, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Up Above My Head

1999, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings, Indigo Recordings

1999, 4x CD, Box Set,

Broke, Black & Blue

The EP Collection

Smooth Slidin´

1998, CD, Comp, Blue Boar Records

The EP Collection

Dexter Gordon / Wardell Gray

The Bebop Masters

1997, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings,

Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell

1997, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings Ltd.

Artie Shaw Featuring Mel Torme* & The Mel-Tones

What Is This Thing Called Love

1997, CD, Comp, President Records,

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Boppin' With "B"

1997, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings Ltd.

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli

Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France

1997, 2xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Charly Records,

Swing/Gypsy Jazz

The Nat King Cole Trio

For Sentimental Reasons

1997, CD, Comp, President Records Ltd.

The Unissued Carl Perkins

The Fire & Fury Story

1996, 2xCD, Comp + Box, Charly Records

Every Time I Feel The Spirit

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Charly Records

The Magic Of Burt Bacharach

The Immediate Years

1995, 2x CD, Box Set,

Classic Rock/Hard Rock/Blues Rock/Folk Rock

Boppin' The Blues

Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Country Blues

Bird at Birdland

Either Side Of Midnight - 30 Cool Jazz Classics

Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Coleman Hawkins

Bean And The Boys

1993, CD, Album, RE, Le Jazz (2),

Free Jazz/Modal

John Lee Hooker

The Vee-Jay Years 1955-1964

1992, Box, Comp + 6xCD, RM, Charly R&B,

The Red Bird Story

1991, 4xCD, Comp, Charly Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Pop Rock

The Chess Years

1991, 9xCD, Comp + Box, sli, Charly Records,

More From "The Horn" - The Further Adventures Of The Tenor Sax In Jazz

1990, CD, Comp, Affinity

Jump Jive An' Wail

The Horn - The Tenor Saxophone In Jazz

Django Reinhardt

1987, 8xLP, Comp + Box, Affinity,

Gypsy Jazz/Swing

1987, CD, Comp, Atlantis (2)

The Best Thing For You

1986, LP, Comp, Mono, RE, MPO, Affinity

Louis Jordan And His Timpany Five*

Jivin' With Jordan

1985, 2x Vinyl,

Jump Blues/Big Band/Swing/Rhythm & Blues

Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra

Hollywood Stampede

Crazy Cavan And The Rhythm Rockers

Live At The Rainbow

Jimmy Page & Sonny Boy Williamson (2) & Brian Auger

The Four Freshmen

The Four Freshmen Story

1973, LP, Comp, RE, Capitol Records,

Swing/Vocal/Ballad

Piano Reflections

Tadd Dameron, Babs Gonzales, Dizzy Gillespie

All Star Sessions

1972, Vinyl Red Labels,

Benny Carter & Cootie Williams

Big Band Bounce

Gerry Mulligan Tentette

Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet

Bebop Spoken Here

Lennie Tristano & Buddy DeFranco

Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra

Hollywood Stampede

King Cole Trio*

Woody Herman And His Orchestra

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

Artistry In Jazz

Miles Davis And His Orchestra

The Complete Birth Of The Cool

The Theo Loevendie Consort

1970, LP, Album, Catfish, Catfish,

Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation

25 Years Capitol (A Hit Story)

The June Christy Story

LP, Comp, Capitol Records, Capitol Records

History Of British Pop - Vol. 5

Country Rock/Southern Rock

For The Guv'nor