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Anzic Records
by Elliott Simon
A relative newcomer to the ranks of artist-driven jazz labels, Anzic Records is already a confluence for a new breed of musician: one who wants to be involved in all stages of a recording, from conception through distribution. While most so-called 'artist collectives' may serve their members through creative freedom, Anzic takes it to the next ...
Barking Hoop
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
French filmmaker and writer Guy Debord's art probed how modernization and economic forces caused alienation in everyday life. Music composed in his honor was the impetus for an artist-run, independent record label: drummer-percussionist and composer Kevin Norton's Barking Hoop. It's dedicated to developing original and unique work outside established parameters, which Debord would applaud. ...
Cryptogramophone
by Jim Santella
Formed in 1998 by jazz violinist Jeff Gauthier, Cryptogramophone Records looks ahead at new ways to express modern jazz. World music influences give the catalogue a universal appeal, while tradition is never far from reach. There's nothing cryptic about the music. Gauthier and his creative musical partners share a secret love for what makes jazz work: ...
ILK Music
by Elliott Simon
Jazz in Denmark dates back to the early '20s and the country's freedom, social egalitarianism and support of the arts has attracted generations of musicians to resettle in its artistic center, Copenhagen. Denmark itself, with a population that is a little more than half that of NYC, has also produced jazz musicians of international stature in ...
Jazzed Media
by Ken Dryden
Running a jazz record label has never been for the faint-hearted. Recently a number of major jazz labels have cut back on the volume of new jazz releases, dropping jazz artists while substituting singer/songwriters, cabaret singers and other pop-influenced performers trying to increase sales volume. Several established independents have also suffered, cutting back new releases and ...
Formed Records: la rivoluzione silenziosa
by AAJ Italy Staff
INTERVISTA CON WILLIAM BENTON Tra le tante etichette che coraggiosamente documentano gli artisti e le proposte sonore meno facili da “classificare", la Formed Records si sta distinguendo, a nemmeno due anni dalla sua nascita, per uno spirito di grandissima libertà e curiosità. Proponendo nel suo catalogo musicisti come Mattin, Jason Kahn, Kyle Bruckmann, Werner Dafeldecker, Radu ...
Black Saint / Soul Note
by Jeff Stockton
Very few among us emerged from the '80s with our dignity intact. But for the Black Saint (and its associated Soul Note) record label, the last half of the decade formed its golden period, when from 1984 to 1989 it won the Down Beat critics poll for “Best Label" and “Best Producer" and established itself as ...
Passin' Thru Records
by Marc Medwin
"Ellington used to say 'Beyond category' and some of my cohorts call it 'Great Black Music' but I realize that the categories have been in existence for so long; at the same time, I'm not going to get bent out of shape when somebody calls this music 'jazz', because there's a long history at work.
Half Note Records
by Russ Musto
A record label named after a jazz club, owned by a different jazz club, which is named after another record label. Confusing? Perhaps so, but that's the story behind Half Note Records, the record company founded by the venerable New York venue, The Blue Note. It's not like label president Steven Bensusan had the option of ...
TUM Records
by Marc Medwin
"I just want to give something back, says Petri Haussila, Finland's TUM Records founder and coordinator of TUMfest, a live label showcase presented for the third time this year. “What I really enjoy is releasing recordings by those people whom I have admired since I started appreciating jazz, who have offered me immense pleasure and satisfaction ...
