The record label of the Pizza Express Jazz Club, of Soho. According to 'Music Week' of the 10th of November 1979 Pizza was formed by Peter Boizot as an outlet for Jazz sessions recorded in London. It seems to have managed just a handful of releases, all of them during the period 1979-81. The vast majority of them were albums, which were mostly numbered in the PE-5500s, but there was at least one single, a seasonal 'taster' from the Ruby Braff LP 'Braff Plays Bing' (PIZZA-5501). The album was recorded in November 1978 but most sources give 1979 as the year of release for it and for the single. Tracks on the single were 'White Christmas' and 'Swinging On A Star', and it had a catalogue number of PIZZA-1. The albums' labels featured a picture of a pizza, logically enough; it's a pity that the ones on the single weren't of the same design - they look dull by comparison. 'MW' gives Pizza's distributor as Lugton. Thanks to Klepsie of the 45cat site for bringing the label to my attention.
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