Intended to showcase performances by new musicians, only about two dozen albums were issued before the company closed in 1957.
[2] Nonetheless, several prominent jazz musicians made their first recordings as leaders for Debut, including pianist Paul Bley, and trumpeters Kenny Dorham and Thad Jones.
Saxophonist Hank Mobley made his recording debut on the label, as a sideman with Roach.
Recorded in Toronto, it features Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach, and was the last recorded meeting of long-term musical partners Parker and Gillespie.
Charles gave the Zaentzes control of the rights to Debut catalog as a wedding gift.