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=Jazz labels compendium=
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==What is the purpose of this page?==

Help moderators (who do work documenting labels and catalogs informations) to quickly find:
* labels names and possibly official web site, wikipedia page and/or discographic work site about it
* labels periods of activity and relevant historical facts
* labels catalogs
* labels relations with other labels

==Ultimate Goal==

Ultimately, I'm dreaming that label / catalog# become database entries (which is apparently scheduled), and that labels become entities (like artists) on which we could have both advanced relationships and annotation.

Meanwhile, this page wants to partly serve this purpose and be a time saver for these moderators who need it.

==Introductory Note==

Jazz golden era is probably 45-70.

The 70s period resort mainly to Free-Jazz (the kind of stuff only a few crazes like [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] listen to), while the pre-40s period, although very interesting, lacks recorded material (most of what's available being reissued in anthologies by specialized labels).

There's of course a modern jazz, both by (quite old now) veterans, and by talented newcomers, but you better ask [[Yllona Richardson]] for that.

During a period (until 1990), labels buying other labels tend to simply reissue the bought catalogs under their own name ([[Jazz/Labels/Fantasy|Fantasy]] reissues used the name [[Jazz/Labels/Original Jazz Classics|Original Jazz Classics]]).

Recently though, now that all is left is 3 or 4 conglomerates which gobbled everything, such holdings tend to reissue stuff under the original label name, or even produce new stuff under that name, which of course are not to be confused with the "historical" labels/periods.

==Editing notes==

* "Country" should be 2 letter iso codes.
* "Production type" should be: original, reissue, bootleg (or combination of these, using slash as separators), or holding
* Maybe "founded by" could point to [[Jazz/Labels/Jazz/People/Name Of The Buddy|/Jazz/People/NameOfTheBuddy]] (as we can't create them in the db...)?
* Any mention of another label should link to the corresponding page, even if it doesn't exist yet

==Editing ressources==

* [http://www.trombone-usa.com/jazz-labels.htm Scott Yanow label page]
* [http://www.rlabels.com/ http://www.rlabels.com/] and [http://www.allrecordlabels.com/ http://www.allrecordlabels.com/] may help
* [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels Michael Fitzgerald label page]
* [http://www.jazzdisco.org/ The usual suspects]
* [http://www.bcpl.net/~j1m5path/isocodes.html Country codes]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_record_labels Wikiped stuff]

==Disclaimer==

This is work in progress. Not only data changes quickly, but I may rehaul the presentation of it in the pages, as I'm actually dissatisfied by the form of it. I will probably also present the label list in a hierarchy showing "own" relationships. Any other ideas/comments welcome.

==Labels List (hierarchical)==

* [[Jazz/Labels/Warner Music Group|Warner Music Group]]
** [[Jazz/Labels/Atlantic|Atlantic Records]]
*** [[Jazz/Labels/Atco|Atco Records]] (non jazz)
*** [[Jazz/Labels/Spark|Spark Records]] (non jazz)
*** [[Jazz/Labels/Lava|Lava Records]] (non jazz)
*** [[Jazz/Labels/143|143 Records]] (non jazz)

** [[Jazz/Labels/Rhino|Rhino Records]]
*** [[Jazz/Labels/Roulette|Roulette Records]] (non jazz catalog, for the US)

** [[Jazz/Labels/Warner Jazz|Warner Jazz]]

==Labels List (flat)==

===0-9===

* [[Jazz/Labels/32 Jazz|32 Jazz]]


===A===
===A===
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===B===
===B===


* [[Jazz/Labels/Bethlehem|Bethlehem]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Black Lion|Black Lion]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Blue Note|Blue Note]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Blue Note|Blue Note]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Brunswick|Brunswick Records]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Brunswick|Brunswick Records]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Bird Notes|Bird Notes]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Bluesville|Bluesville]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Bluesville|Bluesville]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Actuel|BYGActuel]] (FIXME)

===C===

* [[Jazz/Labels/Collectables|Collectables]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Capitol|Capitol]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Charly|Charly]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Columbia|Columbia]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Concord|Concord Jazz/Concord Records]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Concord Music Group|Concord Music Group]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Contemporary|Contemporary]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Cool N Blue|Cool 'N Blue]]

===D===

* [[Jazz/Labels/Decca|Decca Records]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Discovery|Discovery]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/DIW|DIW]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Debut|Debut]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Dial|Dial]]


===E===
===E===


* [[Jazz/Labels/Elektra Musician|Elektra/Musician]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Elektra Musician|Elektra/Musician]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Evidence|Evidence]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Em Arcy|EmArcy]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/ESP|ESP]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Enja|Enja]]


===F===
===J===


* [[Jazz/Labels/Fantasy|Fantasy]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/JAZZIZ|JAZZIZ]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Freedom|Freedom]]

===G===

* [[Jazz/Labels/Gazell|Gazell]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Gennet|Gennett Records]] (FIXME)
* [[Jazz/Labels/Get Back|GetBack!]]

===H===

* [[Jazz/Labels/Hat|Hat]]

===I===

* [[Jazz/Labels/Impulse|Impulse!]]

===L===

* [[Jazz/Labels/Landscape|Landscape]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Liberty|Liberty Records]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Limelight|Limelight]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Lonehill Jazz|Lonehill Jazz]]


===M===
===M===


* [[Jazz/Labels/Metrojazz|Metrojazz]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Mighty Quinn|Mighty Quinn]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Mode|Mode Records]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Moodsville|Moodsville]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Moodsville|Moodsville]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Mandarim|Mandarim]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Mercury|Mercury]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Milestone|Milestone]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Mobile Fidelity|Mobile Fidelity]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Mosaic|Mosaic Records]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Muse|Muse]]


===N===
===N===


* [[Jazz/Labels/New Jazz|New Jazz]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/New Jazz|New Jazz]]

===O===

* [[Jazz/Labels/Original Jazz Classics|Original Jazz Classics]]


===P===
===P===
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* [[Jazz/Labels/Pacific Jazz|Pacific Jazz (World Pacific Records grouped for now)]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Pacific Jazz|Pacific Jazz (World Pacific Records grouped for now)]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Prestige|Prestige]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Prestige|Prestige]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Pablo|Pablo]]


===R===
===R===


* [[Jazz/Labels/Regent|Regent Records]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Rhino|Rhino Records]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Rhino|Rhino Records]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Riverside|Riverside]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Revenant|Revenant]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Roulette|Roulette Records]]


===S===
===S===


* [[Jazz/Labels/Sonet|Sonet]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Stateside|Stateside]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Stateside|Stateside]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Storyville|Storyville]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Storyville|Storyville]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Swingville|Swingville]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Swingville|Swingville]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Savoy|Savoy Records]]

===T===

* [[Jazz/Labels/Transition|Transition]]

===V===

* [[Jazz/Labels/VSOP|VSOP]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Verve|Verve]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Verve Music Group|Verve Music Group]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Vocalion|Vocalion Records]]

===W===

* [[Jazz/Labels/Warner Jazz|Warner Jazz]]
* [[Jazz/Labels/Warner Music Group|Warner Music Group]]

=DEPRECATED=

For a time, I used to push all label data on one page, which has quickly proved unmanageable. Below are the remains of this attempt, waiting to be properly migrated in the new one-label/one-page architecture.

==Quick Find Me==

This section mention labels names, country of origin, historical period of activity, off-sites links, and mentions bootleg.

===Major Labels===

{| border="1"
|-
| '''Label Name/Site''' || '''Country''' || '''Active Period''' || '''Sold to''' || '''Discographic ressources''' || '''Subsidiaries''' || '''Comment'''
|-
| [http://www.capitolmusic.ca/home.asp Capitol] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records wp]) || USA || 1942-? || EMI (1955) || || || Made a career out of messing records
|-
| [http://columbiarecords.com/ Columbia] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records wp]) || USA || 1888-? || Sony (1988) || [http://www.bsnpubs.com/columbia.html BothSides] || ||
|-
| [http://concordmusicgroup.com/labels/?label=Contemporary Contemporary] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_Records wp]) || USA || 1951-1984 || Fantasy (1984) || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/contemp.htm JD.com] || ||
|-
| [http://www.emarcy.com/ EmArcy] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmArcy_Records wp]) || USA || 1954-1962 || Verve Music Group || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/emarcy36.htm JD.com] [http://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury/ JD.org] || || Replaced by Limelight, then revived 80s
|-
| [http://www.espdisk.com/ ESP] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP-Disk wp]) || USA || 1966-? || || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/esp.htm JD.com] [http://www.totalshutdown.com/espdisk/esplinks.html Shut] || || Dormant and/or "distributed" by dubious european thingies (Axaras, [[Get Back|GetBack]]!), the label came back to life in 2005
|-
| Dial ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_Records wp]) || USA || 1946- || ??? || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/dial.htm JD.com] [http://www.jazzdisco.org/dial/ JD.org] || || Not to be confused with other Dial companies
|-
| [http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/ Vocalion Records] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocalion_Records wp]) || USA/UK || 1916-1940 || Brunswick Records (1925) || || || Revived in the 50s as a budget label, and in 1997 as a reissue label (material from Decca and EMI). [http://www.duttonlabs.demon.co.uk/ Alternate site]
|-
| [http://www.enjarecords.com/ Enja] || DE || 1971 || || [http://www.uni-duisburg.de/AVMZ/frohne/discos/enja.htm Stuff] [http://jazzrecords.com/enja/catal.htm JD.com] || ||
|-
| [http://concordmusicgroup.com/labels/?label=Fantasy Fantasy] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Records wp]) || USA || 1949- || Concord || || Debut Records, Good Time, Prestige (1971), Riverside, Milestone (1972), Stax Records (1977), Contemporary (1984), Specialty Records (1991), Pablo (1987), Takoma Records, Kicking Mule Records (1995) || Gobbled a good number of jazz label, which were cd reissued in the 80s90s under the collection/label name Original Jazz Classics (apparently on mondays during 85-95)
|-
| [http://www.starrgennett.org/ Gennet Records] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennett_Records wp]) || USA || 1917-1934 || Decca Records (1935) || || || Oldies from the 20s
|-
| [http://vervejazz.com/history.aspx?lid=2 Impulse!] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_Records wp]) || USA || 1960-late 70s || Verve Music Group || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/impulse.htm JD.com] || || Now a reissue label. Has been shortly revived for new stuff though.
|-
| Liberty Records ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Records wp]) || USA || 1955-? || EMI (?) || || Pacific Jazz (1957), Blue Note (1965) || A complicated history also...
|-
| Limelight [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limelight_Records wp] || USA || || X || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/limelite.htm JD.com] || || Mercury subsidiary
|-
| [http://concordmusicgroup.com/ Milestone] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milestone_Records wp]) || USA || 1966-1972 || Fantasy || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/milestone.htm JD.com] || || Reissued stuff from Gennett Records
|-
| [http://www.mercuryrecords.co.uk/ Mercury] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Records wp]) || USA (UK now) || 1945- || Verve Group || [http://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury/ JD.org] || Blue Rock Records, Cumberland Records, [[Em Arcy|EmArcy]] Records, Fontana Records, Limelight Records, Philips Records, Smash Records and Wing Records ||
|-
| [http://concordmusicgroup.com/labels/?label=Original+Jazz+Classics Original Jazz Classics] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Jazz_Classics wp]) || USA || 1983- || Is a sub/collection of Fantasy || || Reissued on cd most stuff owned by OJC in the 80s-90s
|-
| [http://concordmusicgroup.com/labels/?label=Pablo Pablo] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Records wp]) || USA || 1973 || Fantasy (1987) || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/pablo.htm JD.com] [http://www.jazzdisco.org/pablo/ JD.org] || || Fantasy continued to use the name to release stuff after 1987
|-
| [http://concordmusicgroup.com/labels/?label=Prestige Prestige] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestige_Records wp]) || USA || 1949-1971 || Fantasy (1971) || [http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/prestigeLabel.html Plosin] [http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige/ JD.org] || Used funny coll. names like Swingsville, Bluesville, Moodsville, and "New Jazz" || The junkies label
|-
| [http://concordmusicgroup.com/labels/?label=Riverside Riverside] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Records wp] || USA || 1953-1963 || Fantasy (1972) || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/rivrside.htm JD.com] [http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside/ JD.org] || ||
|-
| [http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/ Verve] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verve_Records wp]) || USA || 1956 || MGM (1961) -> Polygram -> Universal (=Verve Music Group) || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/verve2k.htm JD.com] [http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve/ JD.org] || Norgran Records, Clef Records, Mercury/[[Em Arcy|EmArcy]] ||
|-
| [Savoy USA] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy_Records wp] || USA || 1942-?1980? || Bop catalog sold to Arista Records (1974) || [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/savoy.htm JD.com] [http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy/ JD.org] || ||
|}

===Modern Holdings===

{| border="1"
|-
| '''Label Name''' || '''Contain'''
|-
| Verve Music Group || Norgran Records, Clef Records, Mercury/[[Em Arcy|EmArcy]], Impulse!, GRP, Commodore, Coral, Blue Thumb, Brunswick, Decca, Verve
|}


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