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Ajax Records was founded in 1921 as a subsidiary of the Compo Company, Canada’s first independent record-making factory, established in Lachine by Herbert S. Berliner. Recordings were produced in both Montreal and New York, closely coordinated,…

Daisy Peterson Sweeney played a central role in nurturing Montreal’s jazz community, particularly within the St. Antoine district. Raised in a family where her father, a railway porter, insisted his children pursue opportunities beyond portering, she…