American jazz record label, a division of Universal Music Group
EmArcy Records
Parent company
Universal Music Group
Founded
1954 (1954)
Founder
Mercury Records
Distributor(s)
Universal Music Group (International) Island Records (U.S.)
Genre
Jazz, world music
Country of origin
U.S.
EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.[1]
During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan recorded for EmArcy.[1]
Today, it is a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. The catalogue is managed by the Island Records subsidiary.
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Fitzgerald Jazz Discography; Emarcy 36000 series Modern Jazz Discography: EmarcyRecords discographies (via Mercury page) EmArcyRecords on the Internet Archive's...
Recordings of Clifford Brown (Mosaic Records, 1984)[5LP] Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings of Clifford Brown (EmArcy / Nippon Phonographic, 1989)[10CD]...
Xanadu label in 1985. Merrill was signed by Mercury Records to their EmArcy label. In 1954, Merrill recorded an eponymous LP, which featured trumpeter Clifford...
and recorded music that could be classified as West Coast jazz. In 1964, he released The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65 on Colpix Records, and...
Study in Brown (EmArcyRecords, 1955) is a Clifford Brown and Max Roach album. The album consists predominantly of originals by members of the band. The...
Europa Recordings (2006–2007) EmArcyRecords (2014–present) 4th & Broadway (1983–1998, 2014–present) Gee Street Records (1990–1997) Island Masters (1980s–1990s;...
Ferguson (EmArcy) 1956 – Maynard Ferguson's Hollywood Party (EmArcy) 1956 – Around the Horn with Maynard Ferguson (EmArcy) 1956 – Dimensions (EmArcy) 1955...
graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 2008. On March 24, 2009 EmArcy released his debut album Sounding Point to favorable reviews. It was nominated...
an asterisk were million-selling records. Kansas City Jazz (Decca DL 8044, 1951) Joe Turner and Pete Johnson (EmArcy, 1955) The Boss of the Blues: Joe...
(Concord Jazz, 1984) with Jim Hall – recorded in 1982 Telephone (Concord Jazz, 1984) with Jim Hall All Alone (EmArcy, 1988) Something in Common (Muse, 1990)...
Cugny (EmArcy, 1989) – recorded in 1987 Lunar Eclypse (New Tone Records, 1992) – recorded in 1981 The Honey Man (New Tone Records, 1995) – recorded in 1986...
Busman's Holiday (EmArcy, 1954) Roy Haynes Modern Group (Swing, 1955) – recorded in 1954 Jazz Abroad (Mercury, 1956) – recorded in 1953. split album...
American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown featuring tracks recorded in 1954 but released on the EmArcy label posthumously in 1956. AllMusic awarded the album...
album Jazz in 3/4 Time. During this period, Roach recorded a series of other albums for EmArcyRecords featuring the brothers Stanley and Tommy Turrentine...
Jazz (EmArcy) 1956 Kitty White (EmArcy) (with Corky Hale, harp) 1956 A Moment of Love (Pacific) (with Corky Hale, harp) 1956 Cold Fire! (EmArcy) 1957...
Blakey and Hank Jones), which was recorded shortly after the two met. Adderley then played on the seminal Davis records Milestones and Kind of Blue. This...
followed by her second self-titled studio recording was released on EmArcyRecords in 1954. The later was a collaborative effort with Clifford Brown. Vaughan's...
Sextet (EmArcy, 1955) 1955-56: Profil (Mercury, 1958) – a.k.a. A Profile of Gerry Mulligan 1956: Mainstream of Jazz (EmArcy, 1956) 1956: Recorded in Boston...
1945–1947 (Classics) Roy Eldridge in Paris (Vogue, 1950/51) Roy's Got Rhythm (EmArcy, 1951) Nuts (Disques Vogue, 1950) with Zoot Sims, Dick Hyman, Pierre Michelot...
after the death of drummer Collin Walcott. He played on three of their records: Ecotopia (1987), 45th Parallel (1989), and Always, Never and Forever (1991)...
2007: Glow (Material), with Wolfgang Muthspiel 2010: Abu Nawas Rhapsody (EmArcy) 2013: Birds Requiem (Okeh) (FR: #191) 2016: Diwan of Beauty and Odd (Okeh)...
Morning Hours (EmArcy/Universal) 2011: September (EmArcy/Universal) 2014: Little Drop of Poison (EmArcy/Universal) 2016: Most Personal (EmArcy/Universal)...
Universal Music Record Label Decca Records Argo Records (UK) Decca Vision EmArcyRecords Island Records Capitol Records UK All Around the World Productions...
American jazz trumpeter Joe Gordon featuring tracks recorded in late 1954 and released on the EmArcy label. Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Most...
Band (Pacific Jazz, 1966) Big Swing Face (Pacific Jazz, 1967) The Driver (EmArcy, 1967) The New One! (Pacific Jazz, 1968) Mercy, Mercy (Pacific Jazz, 1968)...
flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla for two decades. With Paco and Camarón he recorded four albums, and had a 1979 hit called "La Leyenda del Tiempo". Their album...
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