Purchase Records

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Purchase Records is a small record label started in 2000 by Joe Ferry, Jim McElwaine, and Karl Kramer, to showcase the talents of the students and faculty at the Purchase College Conservatory of Music.[1] Despite only having released five CDs, the label has already garnered three Grammy nominations for Best Contemporary Folk Album, 2000 (Public Domain); Best Classical Vocal Performance, 2001; and Best Classical Keyboard Performance, 2002. Student work featured in the first release, Public Domain, includes "Mockingbird" by Regina Spektor and "House of the Rising Sun" by , both of whom have gone on to solo careers.[2][3]

The Purchase facilities includes a 48-track studio.[4] Releases include albums by Jacque Trussel, chairman of the college's voice department, Doug Munro, head of the jazz studies program, and Bradley Brookshire, director of graduate studies at Purchase.[4] All proceeds from sales are donated to the conservatory's scholarship fund.[4]

Releases[]

  • Public Domain (2000) - nominated for a Grammy as Best Contemporary Folk Album
  • Jacque Trussel, Tenor: Sounds & Sweet Airs: Scenes & Arias for Tenor (2001) - nominated for a Grammy as Best Classical Vocal Performance[5]
  • Bradley Brookshire, Harpsichord: J.S. Bach, The French Suites (2001) - nominated for a Grammy as Best Classical Keyboard Performance[5]
  • Doug Munro, Mariano Mangas: Jazz Flamenco Guitars (2001)
  • Jazz Faculty @ Purchase College - 10th Anniversary Celebration (2002)

See also[]

  • List of record labels

References[]

  1. ^ "Purchase Records", Purchase College, retrieved 2010-06-20
  2. ^ "Roxy Perry[permanent dead link]", All About Jazz, retrieved 2010-06-20
  3. ^ Hershenson, Roberta (2000) "Footlights", New York Times, November 5, 2000, retrieved 2010-06-20
  4. ^ a b c Hershenson, Roberta (2001) "Musical Art to Tease the Ear: CD's From the Purchase Label", New York Times, December 9, 2001, retrieved 2010-06-20
  5. ^ a b "Purchase CDs nominated for Grammy", Westchester County Business Journal, January 7, 2002, retrieved 2010-06-20

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