Elektra/Musician Records
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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[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    

Notes

  1. ^ Peak position on the Jazz Album Charts, Billboard Magazine.
  2. ^ Peak position on the Jazz Album Charts, Cashbox Magazine.
  3. ^ 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

  1. ^ 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.
  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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