Fresh Sound
Fresh Sound | |
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Founded | 1983 |
Founder | Jordi Pujol |
Distributor(s) | Bluemoon |
Genre | Jazz |
Country of origin | Spain |
Location | Barcelona |
Official website | www |
Fresh Sound, or Fresh Sound New Talent, is a jazz record label established in Barcelona, Spain, by Jordi Pujol. The label was initially founded as a reissue label.[1]
The catalog includes work by musicians both major and minor that was recorded before 1962, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker. Sources include Argo, Dawn, Prestige/New Jazz, RCA, Royal Roost, Riverside, and Verve. Fresh Sound has released music by obscure singers , Beverly Kenney, Marilyn Moore, Lucy Ann Polk, and [2]
In the early 1990s, the label began to produce new recordings. This included music by Georges Arvanitas and David Murray; Mundell Lowe and Tete Montoliu; Gabe Baltazar, Eddie Bert, Bob Cooper, Dick Hafer, Charlie Mariano, J. R. Monterose, Bill Perkins, Frank Strazzeri, and Claude Williamson. The Fresh Sound New Talent label was inaugurated in the 1990s with the work of Vinny Golia.[3]
Roster[]
- Pablo Ablanedo
- Reid Anderson
- Omer Avital
- Max Bennett
- The Bad Plus
- Seamus Blake
- Steve Cardenas
- Chris Cheek
- Avishai Cohen
- George Colligan
- Sonny Criss
- Ronnie Cuber
- Eli Degibri
- Johnny Glasel
- Robert Glasper
- Joe Gordon
- Lars Gullin
- Dick Hafer
- Ron Horton
- Ethan Iverson
- Chris Lightcap
- Rebecca Martin
- Bill McHenry
- Brad Mehldau
- Paul Moer
- Pat Moran McCoy
- Lanny Morgan
- Jack Nimitz
- Hod O'Brien
- Michael Oien
- Roberta Piket
- Noah Preminger
- Pete Robbins
- Kurt Rosenwinkel
- Jorge Rossy
- Perico Sambeat
- Walter Smith III
- Grant Stewart
- Frank Strazzeri
- Marcus Strickland
- David Weiss
- Scott Wendholt
- Claude Williamson
- Miguel Zenon
- Oscar Peñas
References[]
- ^ Yanow, Scott (1998). "Labels". In Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Yanow, Scott (eds.). All Music Guide to Jazz: the experts' guide to the best jazz recordings (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. p. 1332. ISBN 0-87930-530-4.
- ^ Klauber, Bruce (22 November 2012). "Fresh Sound Records and the Legacy of Recorded Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ Gardner, Mark; Kernfeld, Barry (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 172. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
External links[]
- Fresh Sound at AllMusic Fresh Sound discography at Discogs Fresh Sound publishing catalog at MusicBrainz
- Official site
- JazzWax Interview with Jordi Pujol
- Jazz record labels
- Reissue record labels