Nessa Records
Nessa Records is an American jazz record label founded in Chicago in 1967 by producer Chuck Nessa. After working at Delmark Records for a year, Nessa started the label at the urging of Roscoe Mitchell and Lester Bowie. The first album was released under Bowie's name because Mitchell was under contract to Delmark.
Nessa Records
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- Nessa Records
- Founded
- 1967
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- United States
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Nessa Records is an American jazz record label founded in Chicago in 1967 by producer Chuck Nessa. After working at Delmark Records for a year, Nessa started the label at the urging of Roscoe Mitchell and Lester Bowie. The first album was released under Bowie's name because Mitchell was under contract to Delmark.
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Since the mid 80's the label has been based in Whitehall, Michigan.
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• Name — Nessa Records • Founded — 1967 • Founder — Chuck Nessa • Genre — Jazz • Country — U.S. • Location — Buffalo, NY • Url — www.nessarecords.com
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• n-1 Lester Bowie - Numbers 1 & 2 (available in Art Ensemble Box – ncd-2500 and reissued complete as ncd-31/32) • n-2 Roscoe Mitchell - Congliptious (available in Art Ensemble Box – ncd-2500 and reissued complete as ncd-2) • n-3 Art Ensemble of Chicago - People in Sorrow • n-4 Art Ensemble of Chicago - Les Stances a Sophie • n-5 Roscoe Mitchell - Old/Quartet (available in Art Ensemble Box – ncd-2500) • n-6 Von Freeman - Have No Fear (available as ncd-6 with 1 extra track) • n-7 Warne Marsh - All Music (available as ncd-7 w/7 bonus tracks) • n-8 Ben Webster - Did You Call? (rights have reverted to Ensayo-Spain) • n-9/10 Roscoe Mitchell - Nonaah (available as ncd-9/10 w/5 bonus tracks) • n-11 Von Freeman - Serenade & Blues (available as ncd-11 w/extra track) • n-12 Air - Air Time (available as ncd-12) • n-13 Lucky Thompson - Body & Soul (rights have reverted to Ensayo – Spain) • n-14/15 Roscoe Mitchell - L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples (available as ncd-14) • n-16 Charles Tyler- Saga of the Outlaws (available as ncd-16) • n-17/18 Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Bobby Bradford, John Stevens - Live Vols. 1 & 2 (available as ncd-17/18) • n-19 Wadada Leo Smith - Spirit Catcher (available as ncd-19 w/extra track) • n-20 Roscoe Mitchell - Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes (available as ncd-20 HDCD encoded) • n-21 Hal Russell - NRG Ensemble • n-22 Eddie Johnson - Indian Summer (available on lp only) • n-23 Fred Anderson - The Missing Link (available as ncd-23 w/extra track) • n-24 Hal Russell/Mars Williams- Eftsoons (available on lp only) • n-25 Hal Russell NRG Ensemble with Charles Tyler - Generation (CD) • ncd-26 Wadada Leo Smith - Procession of the Great Ancestry (CD) • ncd-27/28 Roscoe Mitchell - Old/Quartet Sessions • ncd-29 Art Ensemble - Early Combinations (CD) • ncd-30 Von Freeman - Vonski Speaks (CD) • ncd-31/32 Lester Bowie - All the Numbers (expanded reissue of n-1) • ncd-33 Anthony Braxton & John McDonough - 6 Duos (Wesleyan) 2006 • ncd-34 Roscoe Mitchell - Before There Was Sound (CD) • ncd-35 Ira Sullivan - Circumstantial (CD) • ncd-36 Bobby Bradford / Frode Gjerstad Quartet - Silver Cornet (CD) • ncd-37 Roscoe Mitchell Quartet - Celebrating Fred Anderson (CD) • ncd-38 Roscoe Mitchell With Yuganaut - Four Ways • ncd-39 Nick Mazzarella & Tomeka Reid - Signaling • ncd-40 Roscoe Mitchell - Ride the Wind
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