Jazz/Labels

• This set of pages is entirely deprecated, and all its info should be migrated to the database.

A

• Atlantic Records

B

• Blue Note
• Brunswick Records
• Bluesville

C

• Columbia
• Concord Jazz/Concord Records
• Concord Music Group
• Contemporary

D

• Decca Records
• Discovery
• DIW
• Debut
• Dial

E

• Elektra/Musician
• EmArcy
• ESP

F

• Fantasy

G

• Gazell
• Gennett Records

J

• JAZZIZ

M

• Metrojazz
• Mighty Quinn
• Mode Records
• Moodsville

N

• New Jazz

O

• Original Jazz Classics

P

• Pacific Jazz (World Pacific Records grouped for now)
• Prestige

R

• Regent Records
• Rhino Records
• Riverside

S

• Sonet
• Stateside
• Storyville
• Swingville
• Savoy Records

T

• Transition

V

• VSOP
• Verve 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.

Major Labels

Label Name/Site	Country	Active Period	Sold to	Discographic ressources	Subsidiaries	Comment
Columbia (wp)	USA	1888-?	Sony (1988)	BothSides
Contemporary (wp)	USA	1951-1984	Fantasy (1984)	JD.com
EmArcy (wp)	USA	1954-1962	Verve Music Group	JD.com JD.org		Replaced by Limelight, then revived 80s
ESP (wp)	USA	1966-?		JD.com Shut		Dormant and/or "distributed" by dubious european thingies (Axaras, GetBack!), the label came back to life in 2005
Dial (wp)	USA	1946-	???	JD.com JD.org		Not to be confused with other Dial companies
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). Alternate site
Enja	DE	1971		Stuff JD.com
Fantasy (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)
Gennet Records (wp)	USA	1917-1934	Decca Records (1935)			Oldies from the 20s
Impulse! (wp)	USA	1960-late 70s	Verve Music Group	JD.com		Now a reissue label. Has been shortly revived for new stuff though.
Liberty Records (wp)	USA	1955-?	EMI (?)		Pacific Jazz (1957), Blue Note (1965)	A complicated history also...
Limelight wp	USA		X	JD.com		Mercury subsidiary
Milestone (wp)	USA	1966-1972	Fantasy	JD.com		Reissued stuff from Gennett Records
Mercury (wp)	USA (UK now)	1945-	Verve Group	JD.org	Blue Rock Records, Cumberland Records, EmArcy Records, Fontana Records, Limelight Records, Philips Records, Smash Records and Wing Records
Original Jazz Classics (wp)	USA	1983-	Is a sub/collection of Fantasy		Reissued on cd most stuff owned by OJC in the 80s-90s
Pablo (wp)	USA	1973	Fantasy (1987)	JD.com JD.org		Fantasy continued to use the name to release stuff after 1987
Prestige (wp)	USA	1949-1971	Fantasy (1971)	Plosin JD.org	Used funny coll. names like Swingsville, Bluesville, Moodsville, and "New Jazz"	The junkies label
Riverside wp	USA	1953-1963	Fantasy (1972)	JD.com JD.org
Verve (wp)	USA	1956	MGM (1961) -> Polygram -> Universal (=Verve Music Group)	JD.com JD.org	Norgran Records, Clef Records, Mercury/EmArcy
[Savoy USA] wp	USA	1942-?1980?	Bop catalog sold to Arista Records (1974)	JD.com JD.org