In 1953, the joining of record master Rudy Van Geeld made BLUE NOTE leave many excellent records in the 1950s and 1960s, while the joining of the excellent cover designer Reed Myers in 1956 made BLUE NOTE's records sound good and beautiful, and almost every album's jacket was exquisite works of art ... Undoubtedly, the records recorded and published in that era were still in the 60-year history of Blues. Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Cannon Adley, chet baker, Count Bessie, Art blackie, Kenny Barr, Donald Bird, John Coltrane, Bud Powell and Bill Evans. Nat King Cole, Chick Correa, Betty Carter, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, miles davis, Eric dolfi, Jim Hall, Ella Jane Fitzgerald, Johnny Griffin, Benny Goodman, Dexter Gordon, herbie hancock, Mitt Jackson, peggy lee, Fat Waller's "Blues" recordings, such as ". , has always been sought after by jazz fans. Today's BLUE NOTE is still full of vitality, with a wide range of products, but its positioning is slightly different from verve. It pays more attention to the fusion of jazz, sour jazz and even crazy jazz than verve.
In addition, unlike VERVE, BLUE NOTE has its own jazz performance venue, namely BLUE NOTE Jazz Club, which was established in 198 1 and located in Greenwich Village, new york. Fats waller, who performed in the Blues Club for more than 20 years, has become a world-famous jazz scene. If any friend has a chance to go to new york, don't forget to go to the blues jazz club (I haven't been there)!
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Fantasy is also an old jazz record company with a history of more than half a century. 1949 was founded by Weiss brothers in Berkeley, California, USA. In the first decade after its establishment, FANTASY released many jazz records, but because the Weiss brothers didn't focus on jazz, FANTASY didn't immediately become a prominent brand of jazz, but cultivated a band with an important position in the history of rock music-C.C.R., that is, "Qingshui Renaissance". 1964, Sol Lentz bought Fantasia from the Weiss brothers. Since the 1970s, he has successively acquired several record companies that have an important position in the history of jazz music, thus developing into a large-scale jazz record group. DOWN BEAT, the most authoritative jazz magazine in the United States, once defined fantasy as "fantasy-a legendary label of jazz", which shows that fantasy has a good reputation!
The five sub-brands of fantasy are briefly introduced as follows:
Prestige 1949 was founded by Bob Weinstock in new york. From the establishment of the company to the acquisition of FANTASY by 197 1, PRESTIGE has accumulated an amazing number of jazz records in 22 years, which is a classic treasure in the history of jazz music. Its records cover mainstream jazz, cool jazz and hard pop jazz, and completely record the development of jazz such as sturm und drang from 1950s to 1970s. At that time, important figures active in the jazz field, such as miles davis, John Coltrane, thelonious monk and Sonny Rollins, left many valuable classic records on Prestige.
RIVERSIDE 1953 was founded in new york by Bill grauer, Jr. and Ou Lin Keep News. At first, it was copied and published by purchasing the master tapes from other companies, and 1954 started its own recording, which was one of the most important jazz record labels at that time. Thelonious monk, Johnny Griffin, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Cannon Adley and Barry Harris all left excellent recordings in Riverside. Riverside closed down in 1964, and many of its precious historical records were not published by Fantasy until the mid-1970s.
MILESTONE 1966 was founded in new york by Ou Lin Kipnius, one of the former owners of RIVERSIDE. Lee Conitz, McCoy Tyner and Sonny Rollins recorded it.
Contemporary is one of the most active jazz record companies on the west coast of the United States in the early years. Founded by LESTER KOENIG in 195 1, it publishes a variety of jazz, focusing on modern jazz.
Pablo 1973 was founded by Norman Glanz, the boss of verve, and was named after the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. Pablo's operation has always followed the verve model. Oscar peterson, "Count" Bessie, Joe Pass and Ella Jane Fitzgerald accounted for most of Pablo's records. By the end of 1980s, PABLO and its affiliated brands PABLO LIVE and PABLO TODAY had released hundreds of albums, although most of them were * * *. From 65438 to 0987, Norman Glanz, who moved to Switzerland, sold Pablo to Fantasy.
Colombian jazz CBS is a witness to the history of the United States and the world in the 20th century, and its predecessor, Columbia Records Company, produced and distributed a large number of records, which is also a microcosm of American and world music in the 20th century. Even as far as jazz is concerned, the number of classic records owned by Columbia Records can be described as "overwhelming"! From the 1920s to the end of the 1940s, the ups and downs of swing music and "big bands" were faithfully recorded by Columbia, and the recording was unparalleled. From Duke Ellington to Count Bessie, from thelonious monk to miles davis, many fats waller left valuable early voices in Columbia. In the early 1980s, Columbia Records was acquired by Sony Corporation of Japan, and then it published a large number of records including Jazz under the trademark of CBS. In recent years, it has promoted the brand of Colombian jazz, and frequently published its own classic recordings of jazz masters in the form of multi-disc selections, such as the CD of miles davis, which completely included Myers' classic recordings in Colombia and became a good choice for jazz fans. If you want to find an early recording by a jazz master in the first half of the last century, you may only find it on "Columbia Jazz" records!
TELARC JAZZ is a sub-brand of TELARC Records in the United States. TELARC was founded by JACK REINER and ROBERT WOODS on 1973 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. In his early years, Telarc mainly recorded and published classical music, modern American works and fever records. Later, the special jazz sub-brand "TELARC JAZZ" and blues sub-brand "TELARC BLUES" were introduced, which were welcomed by the majority of jazz and blues fans. Its most acclaimed superb recording level and forward-looking digital audio technology made its jazz records have distinctive features different from those of old jazz records with much longer history, such as VERVE and BLUE NOTE. Ray Brown, oscar peterson, john clayton, Monty Alexander, Benny Green and other three generations of jazz masters have recorded in Tayrac. At present, in addition to ordinary 20-bit CDs, TELARC JAZZ also has high-format records such as SACD and DVD-AUDIO, and even many varieties have launched three versions of ordinary CD, SACD and DVD-AUDIO for consumers to choose from. As far as the overall recording quality is concerned, TELARC JAZZ should be regarded as the best of all jazz record labels introduced in this article. At present, the jazz brand belonging to TELARC also has HEADS UP, which was just acquired by TELARC last year.
Although HEADS UP is a small independent record company, American HEADS UP has always adhered to the modern jazz line and has a good reputation among jazz fans. JOE MCBRIDE, a famous black jazz keyboard player and singer, produced the famous album A GIFT FOR TOMORROW. No. HUCD 3025) and the key to your heart (No.HUCD 3035) were recorded by head-up. At present, Joe McBride, Gerald Weasley, Latin jazz quintet SPYRO GYRA, Cuban jazz band Caribbean Jazz Project, South African jazz band SMOOTH AFRICA, etc. Most of the records produced and published are in enhanced CD format, that is, the contents of these CDs are divided into two parts. The main part is naturally the common PCM audio information of CD (i.e. music recording), and the secondary part is equivalent to a CD, which contains the introduction, music video, interview video, photos and even music scores of relevant musicians or bands, so that the owner of CD can have a general understanding of musicians and music and obtain information of interest to him.
ENJA 197 1 was founded in Munich by German jazz fans Matthias winkelmann and Horst Weber, and it is the most representative European jazz record label. In the past 3 1 year, ENJA not only continued the exquisite American jazz tradition, but also adhered to the international music concept, and did a lot of work in the excavation of contemporary jazz newcomers, the exchange of Asian and European jazz musicians, and the integration of various national music colors. The products cover many jazz genres from traditional to modern, with unique taste and unique vision. 193 1 year, ENJA has published nearly 600 kinds of jazz records including Jill Evans, chet baker, Zeke Currie, McCaughey Taylor, Clark Terry, Cecil Taylor, Arthur Taylor, Charles Mingus, abbey lincoln and Lee Koenigs, including Dave Holland. ENJA recorded most of her early records in Germany, and she looked for American bands that toured in Germany. In recent years, ENJA moved its recording base to new york, USA. However, ENJA is still a European brand in the fundamental sense, and it is a very prosperous jazz brand.
The full name of ECM is "Contemporary Music Edition" (meaning "Contemporary Music Edition"), and 1969 was founded by MANFRED EICHER in Germany. ECM is not a pure jazz label, it mainly records and distributes experimental jazz, and even distributes modern music records. ECM's records are mixed with music elements from all over the world, and the recorded musicians are all found by Manfred Ethel's personal visits around the world. In the process of recording, ECM has a unique practice, that is, most of its records are recorded in Oslo, Norway, because Manfred believes that "cold can promote the purity and clarity of music". ECM not only provides a stage for Nordic musicians, but also provides a garden for American musicians to express themselves freely in Europe.
Musicians who have signed contracts with ECM include Keith jarrett, Jan Gabbari, Paul Mo Tian, Pat Metney and Steve Swallow. Among them, Keith Garrett has recorded the most records in ECM and has many famous records. ECM's artistic taste and recording quality have always been appreciated. At present, LP vinyl discs are being produced and launched at the same time as CDs are being released.
TBM is called "three blind mice", which means "three blind mice". Founded by Takehiko Fujii and Yoshihiko Shinsei (recorded) in Japan on 1970. Japanese jazz musicians are famous for recording jazz records with excellent quality. He has recorded many albums for Yamamoto Gangben, Xun and Hosokawa Ayako, and his products enjoy a high reputation among jazz fans and enthusiasts. In recent years, TBM has adopted a large number of XRCD series technologies developed by JVC, and all the products are XRCD products, which are deeply loved by fans.
GML, known as "GOLD MASTAFON LABO", is a famous jazz brand in Japan. It was founded by a famous Japanese jazz musician, lyre player and saxophonist Yitian Ichiro. It not only publishes the albums of Japanese jazz musicians, but also records or reprints the records of famous jazz musicians in North America. Mitt Jackson, Ray Brown, john clayton, Anita O'Day, Bob Clanshaw, Benny Green and others have all worked with GML. GML is an independent small company with a small annual output. In the early years, it was completely covered with 24K pure gold and pressed into the disc. In recent years, it has also joined the XRCD camp, and almost all its products are XRCD products. GML products are worthy of attention in terms of music value, deductive level and production quality!