Interplay Records
Interplay Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Toshiya Taenaka in association with Fred Norseworthy in Los Angeles in 1977 which released several notable albums by Warne Marsh, Al Haig, Sal Mosca, Horace Tapscott, and Ted Curson. The label was named after an album released on Taenaka's short-lived label, Seabreeze Records; Al Haig's Interplay.
Interplay Records
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- Interplay Records
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- 1977
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Interplay Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Toshiya Taenaka in association with Fred Norseworthy in Los Angeles in 1977 which released several notable albums by Warne Marsh, Al Haig, Sal Mosca, Horace Tapscott, and Ted Curson. The label was named after an album released on Taenaka's short-lived label, Seabreeze Records; Al Haig's Interplay.
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• Name — Interplay Records • Founded — 1977 • Founder — Toshiya Taenaka • Genre — Jazz • Country — U.S. • Location — Los Angeles
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• |P — Artist — Album — Recorded • 7707 — |Al — A Portrait of Bud Powell — 1977 • 7708 — |Claude — Holography — 1977 • 7709 — |Warne — Warne Out — 1977 • 7710 — |June — Impromptu — 1977 • 7711 — Lou — Tempus Fugue-It — 1977 • 7712 — Sal — Music — 1977 • 7713 — Al — Serendipity — 1977 • 7714 — Horace — Songs of the Unsung — 1978 • 7715 — Freddie — Straight Ahead! — 1977 • 7716 — Dizzy & Ted Curson — Blowin' Away — 1978 • 7717 — Claude — New Departure — 1978 • 7718 — Art — Among Friends — 1978 • 7719 — Nick — New York Bound! — 1978 • 7720 — Sam — The Bassist! — 1979 • 7721 — Bill — Confluence — 1978 • 7722 — Ted — The Trio — 1979 • 7723 — Joe — Bird Lives! — 1979 • 7724 — Horace — Horace Tapscott in New York — 1979 • 7725 — Warne and Sal Mosca — How Deep, How High — 1976 and 1979 • 7726 — Sam — Something New — 1979 • 7727 — Claude — La Fiesta — 1979 • 7728 — Art — Reemergence — 1980 • 7729 — Ted — I Heard Mingus — 1980 • 8601 — Warne and Susan Chen — Warne Marsh & Susan Chen — 1985-86 • 8602 — Warne — Two Days in the Life of... — 1987 • 8603 — Billy — Anthology — 1959-69 • 8604 — Warne — Posthumous — 1985 • 8605 — Walter — Just in Time — 1988 • 8606 — Bill — Remembrance of Dino's — 1986 • 8607 — Bill — New York City Jazz — 1988 • 8608 — Pepper — California Cookin — 1983 • 8609 — Warne and Susan Chen — Ballad for You — 1985 • 8610 — Rolf & Lex Jasper — My Foolish Heart — 1989 • 8611 — Bill & Frank Strazzeri — Two As One — 1990 • 8612 — Bill — Frame of Mind — 1993 • 8613 — Dick — Drive, Passion, Unpredictable — 1994 • 8614 — Leo — Mad City Jazz — 1994 • 8615 — Keith — Journey — 1995 • 9001 — Walter — Ode to Bird — 1989 • 9002 — Gildo — Gildo Mahones Trio — 1990 • 9003 — Gil — Gil's Mood — 1990 • 9004 — Freddie — Extemporaneous — 1978
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- 1.Tapscott, Horace. Songs of the Unsung: The Musical and Social Journey of Horace Tapscott. Duke University Press. 175. 2002. 9780822383185.
- 2.Chamberlain, Safford. An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh. Scarecrow Press. 193. 2000. 9781461656425.
- 3.Ziegler, F. & Fitzgerald, M. Interplay Records Listing, accessed May 12, 2017
- 4.Jazzlists: Interplay Records discography: 7700 series, accessed March 19, 2018
- 5.Interplay Records discography: 8600 series, accessed March 19, 2018
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