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OKeh short history: 

OKeh was founded by Otto K. E. Heinemann when he set up his own recording studio and gramophone record pressing plant in New York City in September 1918. Heinemann formed the name of the record label "OKeh", from his initials.  OKeh began by issuing popular songs, dance numbers, and vaudeville skits similar to the fare of other labels, but Heineman also wished to experiment with music for audiences neglected by the larger record companies. OKeh produced lines of recordings in German, Czech, Polish, Swedish, and Yiddish for the USA's immigrant communities. In 1920, Ralph Peer's recordings by African-American blues singer Mamie Smith were a surprise smash hit for Okeh. The company perceived the significant, little-tapped market for blues and jazz by African American artists. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke are only a few names of jazz greats that have recorded for the label. By 1926 Columbia Records bought the label and kept it running into the 60's with jazz and R&B recordings. 

In 1994, Sony Music reactivated the OKeh label as a new-age Blues label. Okeh's first new signings included Keb' Mo, Popa Chubby, and Little Axe. By 2000, the Okeh label was again retired, but in 2013 it will see its re-launch as a jazz label once again.

Evan Sox is a Film Composer and Sound Designer based in New York City. He earned degrees in Audio Production and Engineering as well as Sound Design for Visual Media from the Institute of Production & Recording in 2020. Since then, Evan has been composing music for film and working in sound design for advertisements. His first feature film score was for the documentary, 'To Decadence with Love, Thanks for Everything!' which won “Best Louisiana Feature” at the 2020 New Orleans Film Festival and screened at many major U.S. festivals, including San Francisco's historic LGBTQ festival, Frameline. His most recent feature film score was ‘Fransgiving’ (2022). You can find and stream both films on Amazon and Tubi.

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