Strata-East Records

Gil Scott-Heron recorded his 1974 album Winter in America with Brian Jackson for Strata-East. "The Bottle" featured on the album, was a popular single. This album stands as one of the label's best-known recordings. Clifford Jordan and Bill Lee, father of Spike Lee, were involved in many releases.

• Name — Strata-East Records • Founded — 1971 • Founder — Charles Tolliver Stanley Cowell • Genre — Jazz • Country — U.S. • Location — New York City • Url — www.serecs.com

• Catalog — Artist — Album — Notes • SES 1971 — Charles Tolliver — Music Inc. • SES 1972 — Charles Tolliver — Live at Slugs' Volume I • SES 1972-0 — Charles Tolliver — Live at Slugs' Volume II • SES 1972-1 — Clifford Jordan — In the World • SES 1972-2 — Jazz Contemporaries — Reasons in Tonality • SES 1972-3 — Composer's Workshop Ensemble — Composer's Workshop Ensemble • SES 1972-4 — Mtume Umoja Ensemble — Alkebu-Lan: Land of the Blacks • SES 19730 — The Piano Choir — Handscapes — Stanley Cowell, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, Danny Mixon, Sonelius Smith • SES 19731 — Brother Ah — Sound Awareness • SES 19732 — M'Boom — Re: Percussion — Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Max Roach, Warren Smith, Freddie Waits, Richard "Pablo" Landrum • SES 19733 — Pharoah Sanders — Izipho Zam (My Gifts) • SES 19734 — Cecil Payne — Zodiac — Kenny Dorham, Wilbur Ware, Wynton Kelly, Albert Heath • SES 19735 — Juju — A Message from Mozambique • SES 19736 — Charles Brackeen — Rhythm X • SES 19737/8 — Clifford Jordan — Glass Bead Games • SES 19739 — Billy Harper — Capra Black — Reggie Workman, Billy Cobham, Elvin Jones, Warren Smith, George Cables, Dick Griffin, Julian Priester, Jimmy Owens • SES-19740/1 — Charles Tolliver — Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival • SES 19742 — Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson — Winter in America • SES 19743 — Stanley Cowell — Musa: Ancestral Streams • SES 19744 — The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe — A Spirit Speaks • SES 19745 — Charles Tolliver — Live in Tokyo • SES-19746 — Charlie Rouse — Two Is One • SES 19747 — Dick Griffin — The Eighth Wonder • SES 19748 — The John Betsch Society — Earth Blossom — John Betsch, Billy Pluett, Bob Holmes, Ed "Lump" Williams, Jim Bridges, Phil Royster • SES 19749 — Weldon Irvine — In Harmony • SES 7410 — The Cosmic Twins — The Waterbearers — John Lewis, Ron Burton • SES 7411 — Muriel Winston — A Fresh Viewpoint • SES 7412 — Shamek Farrah — First Impressions • SES 7413 — Charles Sullivan — Genesis — Alex Blake, Anthony Jackson, Lawrence Killian, Alphonse Mouzon, Billy Hart, Sharon Freeman, Onaje Allen Gumbs, Stanley Cowell, Sonny Fortune, Dee Dee Bridgewater • SES 7416 — Keno Duke/Contemporaries — Sense of Values • SES 7417 — Cecil McBee — Mutima • SES 7418 — The Ensemble Al-Salaam — The Sojourner • SES 7420 — Juju — Chapter Two: Nia • SES 7421 — Jayne Cortez — Celebrations and Solitudes • SES 7422 — Composer's Workshop Ensemble — We've Been Around • SES 7423 — Sonny Fortune — Long Before Our Mothers Cried • SES 7425 — Charles Davis — Ingia! • SES 7430 — Shirley Scott — One for Me • SES 7431 — Harold Vick — Don't Look Back • SES 19750 — The Piano Choir — Handscapes 2 — Ron Burton, Stanley Cowell, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, Sonelius Smith • SES 19752 — The Brass Company — Colors — Bill Hardman, Eddie Preston, Harry Hall, Lonnie Hillyer, Billy Higgins, Sonny Brown, with "special guests"; Charles Tolliver, Clifford Jordan, and Stanley Cowell. • SES 19754 — Billy Parker's Fourth World — Freedom of Speech — Cecil McBee, Cecil Bridgewater, Ronald Bridgewater, Dee Dee Bridgewater • SES 19757 — Charles Tolliver — Impact • SES 19758 — Milton Marsh — Monism • SES 19759 — Larry Ridley — Sum of the Parts — Cornell Dupree, Sonny Fortune, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Grady Tate • SES 19760 — John Gordon — Step By Step — Andrew Cyrille, Charles Tolliver, Roland Alexander, Lisle Atkinson • SES 19761 — George Russell — Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature • SES 19765 — Stanley Cowell — Regeneration • SES 19766 — The Heath Brothers — Marchin' On • SES 7610 — The Warm Voice of Billy C — Where Have You Been, Billy Boy? — Charles Davis, Bill Lee, Sonny Brown, Kiane Zawadi, Cliff Lee, Stanley Cowell, George Coleman, Eddie Preston • SES 19771 — Shamek Farrah and Sonelius Smith — The World of the Children • SES 19772 — Bruce Johnson and Rodney Jones — The Liberation of the Contemporary Jazz Guitar — Duo • SES 19780 — John Gordon — Erotica Suite — Lyle Atkinson, Frank Derrick III, John Miller, James Spaulding, John Gordon, Waymon Reed • SES 8001 — Charles Tolliver — Compassion • SES 8002 — John Hicks — Hells Bells — Clint Houston, Cliff Barbaro • SES 8003 — The New York Bass Violin Choir — The New York Bass Violin Choir — Lisle Atkinson, Micheal Fleming, Milt Hinton, Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Sam Jones, Bill Lee, Harold Mabern, Sonny Brown, George Coleman

• SECD 9001 (Bellaphon 660-51-004) - Charles Tolliver Music Inc & Orchestra - Impact, recorded January 17, 1975, released on CD 1990. • SECD 9002 (Bellaphon 660-51-002) - John Hicks - Hells Bells, Recorded May 21, 1975, released on CD 1990. • SECD 9003 (Bellaphon 660-51-001) - Charles Tolliver - Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo/Vol.1, recorded July 21/22, 1988, released on CD 1990. • SECD 9004 (Bellaphon 660-51-008) - Stanley Cowell, Billy Harper, Reggie Workman, Billy Hart - Such Great Friends, recorded July 7, 1983, released on CD 1991. • SECD 9005 (Bellaphon 660-51-003) - The Heath Brothers Featuring Stanley Cowell - Marchin' On!, recorded 1975, released on CD 1990. • SECD 9006 (Bellaphon 660-51-005) - John Gordon - Step By Step, recorded September 22, 1975, released on CD 1990. • SECD 9008 (Bellaphon 660-51-010) - John Hicks - Steadfast, recorded May 21, 1975, released on CD 1991. • SECD 9009 (Bellaphon 660-51-006) - Cecil McBee - Mutima, recorded May 8, 1974, released on CD 1991. • SECD 9010 (Bellaphon 660-51-009) - Charles Tolliver Music Inc & Big Band - Music Inc. & Big Band, recorded November 11, 1970, released on CD 1991. • SECD 9011 (Bellaphon 660-51-007) - Charles Tolliver Music Inc - Compassion, recorded November, 1977, released on CD 1991. • SECD 9012 (Bellaphon 660-51-012) - Charlie Rouse - Two Is One, recorded 1974, released on CD 1992. • SECD 9013 (Bellaphon 660-51-011) - Charles Tolliver - Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo/Vol.2, recorded July 21/22, 1988, released on CD 1992. • SECD 9014 (Bellaphon 660-51-013) - Larry Ridley - Sum Of The Parts, recorded June 1975, released on CD 1992. • SECD 9015 (Bellaphon 660-51-016) - Charles Tolliver Music Inc - Live In Tokyo, recorded December 7, 1973, released on CD 1992. • SECD 9016 (Bellaphon 660-51-014) - Music Inc - Live At Historic Slugs, recorded May 1, 1970, released on CD 1992. • SECD 9017 (Bellaphon 660-51-015) - Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson - Winter In America, recorded September/October 1973, released on CD 1992. • SECD 9018 (Bellaphon 660-51-020) - Larry Ridley & the Jazz Legacy Ensemble - Live at Rutgers University, recorded 1989, released on CD 1993. • SECD 9019 (Bellaphon 660-51-022) - Billy Harper - Capra Black, recorded 1973, released on CD 1993. • SECD 9020 (Bellaphon 660-51-017) - Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games Volume 1, recorded October 29, 1973, released on CD 1992. • SECD 9021 (Bellaphon 660-51-023) - Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games Volume 2, recorded October 29, 1973, released on CD 1993. • SECD 9022 (Bellaphon 660-51-018) - Pharoah Sanders - Izipho Zam, recorded January 14, 1969, released on CD 1993. • SECD 9024 (Bellaphon 660-51-021) - Cecil Payne - Zodiac, recorded December 16, 1968, released on CD 1993. • SECD 9026 (Bellaphon 660-51-019) - Charles Brackeen - Rhythm X, recorded January 26, 1968, released on CD 1993. • SECD 9028 (Bomba BOM542) - Stanley Cowell - Musa • Ancestral Streams, recorded December 10/11, 1973, released on CD 1996. • SECD 9031 (Bomba BOM545) - Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith - The World Of The Children, recorded April, 1976, released on CD 1996.