Landmark Records
Landmark Records was an American jazz record company and label founded in 1985 by Orrin Keepnews. Landmark's releases included music by Donald Byrd, Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Heath, Vincent Herring, Bobby Hutcherson, Mulgrew Miller, Buddy Montgomery, and reissues of Cannonball Adderley. Its catalogue also included two jazz albums by the Kronos Quartet in which they covered the work of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk.
Landmark Records
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- Landmark Records
- Founded
- Landmark Records was established or created in 1985.
- Founder
- Orrin Keepnews
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- United States
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Landmark Records was an American jazz record company and label founded in 1985 by Orrin Keepnews. Landmark's releases included music by Donald Byrd, Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Heath, Vincent Herring, Bobby Hutcherson, Mulgrew Miller, Buddy Montgomery, and reissues of Cannonball Adderley. Its catalogue also included two jazz albums by the Kronos Quartet in which they covered the work of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk.
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Landmark was bought by Muse Records in 1993. Muse and Landmark were acquired by 32 Jazz in 1996. In 2003, Savoy Jazz (which had become a subsidiary of Nippon Columbia) acquired the rights to the Muse and Landmark catalogs from 32 Jazz.
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• Name — Landmark Records • Founded — 1985 • Founder — Orrin Keepnews • Defunct — 1992 • Status — Inactive • Genre — Jazz • Country — U.S.
1300 Series
1300 Series
• LCD ARTIST TITLE • 1301 Cannonball Adderley – Them Dirty Blues • 1302 Cannonball Adderley – Cannonball's Bossa Nova • 1303 Cannonball Adderley – Jazz Workshop Revisited • 1304 Cannonball Adderley – Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners • 1305 Cannonball Adderley – The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse • 1306 Cannonball Adderley – Cannonball Takes Charge • 1307 Cannonball Adderley – Cannonball in Europe! (1301–1307 were released under The Cannonball Addderley Collection Volumes 1–7 and consisted of the Riverside Records masters (originally produced by Orrin Keepnews) that Adderley took with him when he moved to Capitol Records after Riverside Records went bankrupt. This explains why these were never released as part of the "Original Jazz Classics" series from Fantasy Records, the subsequent owner of the Riverside Records catalog–in addition, V.7 was previously unreleased in the US). • 1308 Helen Merrill & Dick Katz – A Shade of Difference (reissue) • 1309 Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Cannonball Adderley – Cleanhead & Cannonball • 1310 Bobby Hutcherson – Landmarks (compilation)
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500/1500 Series
• Catalog No. (LLP/LCD) — Artist — Title — Notes • 1501 — Bobby — Good Bait • 1502 — Yusef — In Nigeria • 1503 — Keith — This Is Keith MacDonald • 1504 — Jack — The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album • 1505 — Kronos Quartet — Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk • 1506 — Jimmy — New Picture • 1507 — Mulgrew — Keys to the City • 1508 — Bobby — Color Schemes • 1509 — Keith — Waiting • 1510 — Kronos Quartet — Music of Bill Evans • 1511 — Mulgrew — Work! • 1512 — Buddy — Ties of Love • 1513 — Bobby — In the Vanguard • 1514 — Jimmy — Peer Pleasure • 1515 — Mulgrew — Wingspan • 1516 — Donald — Harlem Blues • 1517 — Bobby — Cruisin' the 'Bird • 1518 — Buddy — So Why Not? • 1519 — Mulgrew — The Countdown • 1520 — Ralph — Images • 1521 — Charlie — Epistrophy • 1522 — Bobby — Ambos Mundos • 1523 — Donald Sextet featuring Joe Henderson — Getting Down to Business • 1524 — Weslia — Lucky to Be Me • 1525 — Mulgrew — From Day to Day • 1526 — Ralph — Furthermore • 1527 — Vincent — Evidence • 1528 — Nat Quintet — Talkin' About You • 1529 — Bobby — Mirage • 1530 — Donald — A City Called Heaven • 1531 — Weslia — Live in San Francisco • 1532 — Mulgrew — Time and Again • 1533 — Vincent — Dawnbird • 1534 — Elvin — Live at the Village Vanguard Volume One • 1535 — Joe Orchestra — The Shape I'm In • 1536 — Indigo Quartette — Quartette Indigo • 1537 — Dannie Quintet — The Last Mingus Band A.D. — reissue of Gatemouth LP • 1538 — Jimmy — The Time and the Place • 1539 — Don — Landing Zone • 1540 — Leon Lee — The Watcher • 1541 — Joe Orchestra — Leave Your Mind Behind • 1542 — John — In the Mix • 1543 — Mel — Mellifluous — reissue of Gatemouth LP • 1544 — Weslia — Nice Work • 1545 — John — Piece for My Peace • 1548 — Michael — Impressions • 1551 — Weslia with Mike Greenhill Quartet — Nobody Else But Me — reissue of Myoho LP
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- 1.Kernfeld, Barry. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Grove's Dictionaries Inc. 2. 545. 2002. 1-56159-284-6.
- 2.Bessman, Jim. 32 Proves To Be A Prodigious Number For Producer/Label Head Joel Dorn. Billboard. 40–41. 18 January 1997.
- 3.Gitler, Ira. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. Page 21 in Google Books preview. 2007. 9780199729074.
- 4.Qa'id. Jacobs. album. Groove Jammy: Rare Groove Classics from the Muse Catalog.
- 5.Hunter Jr., Al. Jazz For The Masses 32 Records Is Carving Out A Niche With Reissued Tracks. Philadelphia Daily News. 4 March 1999.
- 6.Porter, Christopher. Savoy Acquires Muse & Landmark Catalogs. JazzTimes. 16 January 2003.
- 7.Complete discography listing.
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