Acoustic Post Modern Jazz Record Label from the San Francisco Bay Area. CDs by CKW Trio, Cooke Quartet & Quintet (CQ) & Michael Cooke. Black Hat Records is a label specializing in acoustic Jazz. Started in 1999 by Michael Cooke to help keep Jazz moving forward in the new millennium. Black Hat Records is dedicated to the uncompromising expressions of Jazz music and the Jazz artists we record. We are a Jazz label for the real Jazz fan.