Clarence Avant

Real Name: Clarence Alexander Avant

American producer, labels and radio owner, also called "The Black Godfather"
Worked for [url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Venture+Records+%283%29]Venture Records[/url] before he founded his own label, Sussex.
After the closure of Sussex in 1975 he founded Tabu Records.
See also Avant Garde Music Publishing and Clarence Avant Catalog.

Born: February 25, 1931 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Died: August 13, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.