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Effendi Records
by Terrell Kent Holmes
In Turkey the word “effendi" is a title of great respect. Based on the impressive track record Effendi Records has assembled in a relatively short period of time, it has certainly earned the same kind of respect. Since its inception in 1999, this Montreal-based label has released 46 albums, many of which have been critically acclaimed ...
Smalls Records
by Celeste Sunderland
Pianist Frank Hewitt lived in a stripped-out, walk-in refrigerator in the back room of Smalls jazz club the last years of his life. “He was one of the most remarkable pianists to come along, yet almost nobody knew who he was," said Smalls Records founder Luke Kaven. “There was something very disturbing about seeing somebody who ...
Nagel Heyer Records
by Elliott Simon
The 26th of August marked twelve years since the Nagel Heyers: Frank, Sabine and Hans, celebrated George Gershwin's birthday. They did so with a concert that featured improvisational interpretations of some of “Mr. Music's" most famous tunes. The keepsake recording of that event, with trombonist George Masso, clarinetist Ken Peplowski, tenor man Danny Moss and trumpeter ...
Winter & Winter
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Even as critics, and some musicians, continue to debate what is and isn't jazz, visionary artists defy the static definitions that categorize music, blurring the boundaries between composed and improvised, classical and jazz, and traditional and contemporary. The Winter & Winter (W&W) label reflects this aesthetic, and since its inception in 1997, has given voice to ...
Mack Avenue Records
by Elliott Simon
When artistic freedom is coupled with the synergy that can develop between “old heads and new", the best jazz can result. In that regard, no young independent label boasts a more impressive mix of big names and young Turks than Detroit-based Mack Avenue Records. Begun by drummer Stix Hooper to release newly recorded music from legendary ...
Clean Feed Records
by Clifford Allen
Anthony Braxton once said (and I paraphrase him here liberally) that one of his grandest ideas in music was to arrange improvising orchestras at various points in the solar system and connect them via satellite to play as one universal creative music orchestra. It is a grandiose scheme indeed, but one that cuts to the heart ...
Arbors Records
by Mitchell Seidel
The Arbors catalog is populated by artists who may resemble their audience: a little gray around the temples and slightly heavy around the middle, playing swing-based music that benefits from their years of experience. Others on the label are those younger swing and bop-influenced musicians who have found no permanent home at other domestic labels that ...
Fresh Sound Records
by Phil DiPietro
A simple, yet incredibly intriguing question stimulated me to pursue a label profile for the remarkable Fresh Sound New Talent jazz label. That is, why is the vibrant New York City small-group jazz scene being documented by a label out of Barcelona? Until recently, I was under the assumption that it was US-based. ...
MAXJAZZ Records
by Celeste Sunderland
Sometimes people are meant to take different roles within their passions. Richard McDonnell started as a saxophonist and ended up with his own record label. What began as a side project five years ago, turned into a full-time endeavor. Last March McDonnell was able to retire from a successful career in investment banking, and focus completely ...
SteepleChase Records
by Riel Lazarus
It seems that at the core of all independent jazz record labels, one finds an avid enthusiast aspiring, reaching, clinging at the opportunity to give back a small slice of the music they hold so dear. More often than not, the challenges prove too great for the individual to transcend, and the label folds. But sometimes--with ...
