CAM Jazz
CAM Jazz | |
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Parent company | Kepach Music Group |
Founded | 2000 |
Genre | Jazz |
Country of origin | Italy |
Location | Rome |
Official website | camjazz |
CAM Jazz is an Italian jazz record label founded in 2000. It is part of group that also manages the labels CAM Jazz Presents, Black Saint/Soul Note, and DDQ (Dischi Della Quercia). The label's musicians have received several Grammy Award nominations.
CAM (Creazioni Artistiche Musicali) Jazz began as a branch of a company that issued movie soundtracks. Its catalogue is managed by producer Ermanno Basso. Early releases by the label were from Italian musicians such as drummer Roberto Gatto, trumpeter Enrico Rava, bassist , and pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, who recorded Play Morricone in a trio with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joey Baron. CAM Jazz signed Argentinian trumpeter , Venezuelan pianist Edward Simon, and Italian saxophonist Francesco Cafiso when he was 16. The catalogue also includes American trumpeter Dave Douglas, Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, French pianist Martial Solal, Swedish bassist Palle Danielsson, American jazz ensemble Oregon and British drummer Martin France.[1]
Awards and honors[]
Grammy nominations
- 2006: What Now? by Kenny Wheeler, Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- 2007: Viva by , Best Latin Jazz Album
- 2008: 1000 Kilometers by Oregon, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (Paul McCandless); Best Instrumental Composition
- 2010: Martial Solal Live at the Village Vanguard by Martial Solal, Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Associated labels[]
- Black Saint/Soul Note
- CAM Jazz
- CAM Jazz Presents
- Cam-Amico
- Cam-Campieditore
- Cam-Det
- Cam-Gong
- Cam-Phoenix
- Cam-TV Film
- Cam-TV Sorrisi E Canzoni
- Phoenix
References[]
External links[]
- Official Site
- CAM at Italian Soundtracks
- CAM Jazz discography at Discogs
- Record labels established in 1959
- Italian record labels
- Companies based in Rome
- Music in Rome
- Soul music record labels
- Soundtrack record labels
- Jazz record labels