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 Records | |
|---|---|
 Elektra/Musician Records logo | |
| Parent company | Warner Music Group |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founder | Bruce Lundvall |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributor(s) | Nonesuch Records |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | New York City |
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
edit| # | Artist | Album | Year | Billboard[a] | Cashbox[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60019 | Parker, Charlie | One Night in Washington | 1982 | 28 | |
| 60020 | Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan | Spirit Within | 1982 | ||
| 60021 | Khan, Chaka | Echoes of an Era | 1982 | 11 | 7 |
| 60022 | Gale, Eric | Blue Horizon | 1982 | 20 | 22 |
| 60023 | McFerrin, Bobby | Bobby McFerrin | 1982 | 41 | |
| 60024 | Ritenour, Lee | Rio | 1982 | 11 | 8 |
| 60025 | Corea, Chick | Griffith Park Collection | 1982 | 35 | 26 |
| 60026 | Brown, Clifford & Roach, Max | Pure Genius, Vol. 1 | 1982 | ||
| 60029 | Hubbard, Freddie | Ride Like the Wind | 1982 | 24 | 18 |
| 60030 | Powell, Bud | Inner Fires | 1982 | ||
| 60031 | McLaughlin, John | My Goal's Beyond | 1982 | 34 | |
| 60042 | Material | Memory Serves | 1982 | 32 | |
| 60043 | (Various Artists) | The Musician's Guide, Vol. 1 | 1982 | 41 | |
| 60123 | Cobham, Billy's Glass Menagerie | Observations & | 1982 | 23 | 11 |
| 60125 | Allison, Mose | Middle Class White Boy | 1982 | ||
| 60126 | Gordon, Dexter | American Classic | 1982 | 19 | 17 |
| 60130 | Sancious, David | Bridge, The | 1982 | 36 | |
| 60131 | Shaw, Woody | Master of the Art | 1982 | 42 | |
| 60136 | (Various Artists) | The Musician's Guide, Vol. 2 | 1982 | ||
| 60161 | Albany, Joe | Portrait of an Artist | 1982 | ||
| 60162 | Scott, Tom | Desire | 1982 | 7 | |
| 60163 | Freeman, Chico | Tradition in Transition | 1982 | 31 | 15 |
| 60164 | Evans, Bill | The Paris Concert: Edition One | 1983 | 19 | 15 |
| 60165 | (Various Artists) | Echoes of an Era 2: The Concert | 1982 | 29 | 29 |
| 60166 | Sphere | Four in One | 1982 | 41 | |
| 60167 | Corea, Chick | Again and Again | 1983 | 15 | |
| 60168 | Steps Ahead | Steps Ahead | 1983 | 24 | 12 |
| 60175 | Smith, Jimmy | Off the Top | 1982 | 5 | 6 |
| 60195 | Amram, David & Friends | Latin Jazz Celebration | 1983 | ||
| 60196 | Young Lions, The[c] | Young Lions, The | 1983 | 18 | |
| 60197 | Klemmer, John | Finesse | 1983 | 10 | 4 |
| 60198 | Gale, Eric | Island Breeze | 1983 | 35 | 14 |
| 60213 | Eubanks, Kevin | Guitarist | 1983 | 32 | |
| 60214 | Carter, Ron | Etudes | 1983 | 42 | |
| 60220 | Lloyd, Charles | Montreux 82 | 1983 | ||
| 60221 | Laswell, Bill | Baselines | 1983 | ||
| 60233 | Cobham, Billy's Glass Menagerie | Smokin′ | 1983 | 41 | 15 |
| 60237 | Allison, Mose | Lessons in Living | 1983 | ||
| 60261 | Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan | Sprint | 1983 | ||
| 60262 | (Various Artists) | Griffith Park in Concert | 1983 | 29 | |
| 60264 | Tristano, Lennie | New York Improvisations | 1983 | ||
| 60297 | Watanabe, Sadao | Fill Up the Night | 1983 | 19 | 7 |
| 60298 | (Various Artists) | In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival | 1984 | 35 | 20 |
| 60299 | Shaw, Woody | Night Music | 1983 | ||
| 60300 | Gillespie, Dizzy | One Night in Washington | 1983 | ||
| 60301 | Smith, Jimmy | Keep On Comin′ | 1983 | 35 | |
| 60310 | Ritenour, Lee | On the Line | 1983 | 12 | 3 |
| 60311 | Evans, Bill | The Paris Concert: Edition Two | 1984 | 37 | |
| 60313 | Sphere | Flight Path | 1983 | ||
| 60349 | Evans, Bill | Living in the Crest of a Wave | 1984 | 42 | 19 |
| 60350 | Tyner, McCoy | Dimensions | 1984 | 42 | 18 |
| 60351 | Steps Ahead | Modern Times | 1984 | 11 | 9 |
| 60361 | Freeman, Chico | Tangents | 1984 | ||
| 60366 | McFerrin, Bobby | The Voice | 1984 | 24 | 19 |
| 60369 | Morse, Steve | The Introduction | 1984 | 15 | 6 |
| 60370 | Getz, Stan & Albert Dailey | Poetry | 1984 | ||
| 60759 | Horvitz, Wayne | This New Generation | 1987 | ||
| 60760 | Gilberto, Joao | Live in Montreux | 1987 | ||
| 60831 | Hemphill, Julius Big Band | Julius Hemphill Big Band | 1988 | ||
| 60843 | Frisell, Bill | Before We Were Born | 1989 | ||
| 60864 | World Saxophone Quartet | Rhythm & Blues | 1989 | ||
| 61088 | Sanborn, David | Another Hand | 1991 | 1 |
Notes
edit- ^ Peak position on the Jazz Album Charts, Billboard Magazine.
- ^ Peak position on the Jazz Album Charts, Cashbox Magazine.
- ^ Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Paquito D'Rivera, John Purcell, Chico Freeman, Craig Harris, Hamiet Bluiett, James Newton, Kevin Eubanks, John Blake, Jay Hoggard, Abdul Wadud, Anthony Davis, Avery Sharpe, Fred Hopkins, Ronnie Burrage, Daniel Ponce.
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ The Elektra Story
- ^ Musician, No. 42, April 1982, p. 19.
- ^ "Lundvall Move Raises Questions" Billboard, June 16, 1984, p. 42