Elektra/Musician Records
Elektra/Musician Records logo
Parent companyWarner Music Group
Founded1982 (1982)
FounderBruce Lundvall
StatusDefunct
Distributor(s)Nonesuch Records
GenreJazz
Country of originUnited States
LocationNew York City

Elektra/Musician was a jazz record label founded as a subsidiary of Elektra Records in 1982.[1][2] The label was headed by Bruce Lundvall and released its first batch of albums on February 12, 1982.[3] The label ceased when Lundvall left Elektra to start EMI's Manhattan Records in 1984.[4] Elektra unsuccessfully attempted to revive the Elektra/Musician label in the late 1980s with acts such as the Gipsy Kings, but the label was eventually absorbed by Nonesuch Records, which also absorbed the label's earlier iteration in 1984.

Elektra/Musician released albums by Joe Albany, Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Charles Lloyd, Bobby McFerrin, Woody Shaw, Sphere, Steps Ahead, and McCoy Tyner.[1]

Selected discography

# Artist Album Year Billboard[lower-alpha 1] Cashbox[lower-alpha 2]
60019Parker, CharlieOne Night in Washington198228 
60020Red Rodney & Ira SullivanSpirit Within1982  
60021Khan, ChakaEchoes of an Era1982117
60022Gale, EricBlue Horizon19822022
60023McFerrin, BobbyBobby McFerrin198241 
60024Ritenour, LeeRio1982118
60025Corea, ChickGriffith Park Collection19823526
60026Brown, Clifford & Roach, MaxPure Genius, Vol. 11982  
60029Hubbard, FreddieRide Like the Wind19822418
60030Powell, BudInner Fires1982  
60031McLaughlin, JohnMy Goal's Beyond198234 
60042MaterialMemory Serves198232 
60043(Various Artists)The Musician's Guide, Vol. 1198241 
60123Cobham, Billy's Glass MenagerieObservations &19822311
60125Allison, MoseMiddle Class White Boy1982  
60126Gordon, DexterAmerican Classic19821917
60130Sancious, DavidBridge, The198236 
60131Shaw, WoodyMaster of the Art198242 
60136(Various Artists)The Musician's Guide, Vol. 21982  
60161Albany, JoePortrait of an Artist1982  
60162Scott, TomDesire1982 7
60163Freeman, ChicoTradition in Transition19823115
60164Evans, BillThe Paris Concert: Edition One19831915
60165(Various Artists)Echoes of an Era 2: The Concert19822929
60166SphereFour in One198241 
60167Corea, ChickAgain and Again198315 
60168Steps AheadSteps Ahead19832412
60175Smith, JimmyOff the Top198256
60195Amram, David & FriendsLatin Jazz Celebration1983  
60196Young Lions, The[lower-alpha 3]Young Lions, The1983 18
60197Klemmer, JohnFinesse1983104
60198Gale, EricIsland Breeze19833514
60213Eubanks, KevinGuitarist198332 
60214Carter, RonEtudes198342 
60220Lloyd, CharlesMontreux 821983  
60221Laswell, BillBaselines1983  
60233Cobham, Billy's Glass MenagerieSmokin′19834115
60237Allison, MoseLessons in Living1983  
60261Red Rodney & Ira SullivanSprint1983  
60262(Various Artists)Griffith Park in Concert1983 29
60264Tristano, LennieNew York Improvisations1983  
60297Watanabe, SadaoFill Up the Night1983197
60298(Various Artists)In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival19843520
60299Shaw, WoodyNight Music1983  
60300Gillespie, DizzyOne Night in Washington1983  
60301Smith, JimmyKeep On Comin′198335 
60310Ritenour, LeeOn the Line1983123
60311Evans, BillThe Paris Concert: Edition Two198437 
60313SphereFlight Path1983  
60349Evans, BillLiving in the Crest of a Wave19844219
60350Tyner, McCoyDimensions19844218
60351Steps AheadModern Times1984119
60361Freeman, ChicoTangents1984  
60366McFerrin, BobbyThe Voice19842419
60369Morse, SteveThe Introduction1984156
60370Getz, Stan & Albert DaileyPoetry1984  
60759Horvitz, WayneThis New Generation1987  
60760Gilberto, JoaoLive in Montreux1987  
60831Hemphill, Julius Big BandJulius Hemphill Big Band1988  
60843Frisell, BillBefore We Were Born1989  
60864World Saxophone QuartetRhythm & Blues1989  

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 Kernfeld, Barry (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 694. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
  2. ↑ The Elektra Story
  3. ↑ Musician, No. 42, April 1982, p. 19.
  4. ↑ "Lundvall Move Raises Questions" Billboard, June 16, 1984, p. 42
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