Herald/Ember

Herald/Ember Founded in New York City around 1951 by veteran music entrepreneur Fred Mendelsohn , the Herald label remained inactive until 1953 when Al Silver and Jack Braverman were taken on as partners, shortly before Mendelsohn sold his interest in the company to Jack Angel . Angel had formed the Ember label in early 1953 with Mercer Ellington , who similarly sold his interest in the label to Al Silver in the same deal. Herald issued older Chicago tracks by Little Walter and St. Louis Jimmy…