Jazzland Records is the name of at least two record labels:
The first Jazzland Records is an Americanjazz label founded in 1960 by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews. It is currently owned by Fantasy Records. Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Fantasy Records is a United States based record label, which was was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. ...
The second Jazzland Records is a Norvegian jazz and nu-jazz label based in Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 1997 by pianist Bugge Wesseltoft to release his "New Conception Of Jazz". It is currently a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Nu-jazz (sometimes electro-jazz) was coined in the late 1990s to refer to styles which combine jazz textures and sometimes jazz instrumentation with electronic music. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born February 1, 1964) is a Norwegian jazz musician. ... Note: This page should be merged with Music Corporation of America. ...
It's roster includes: Bugge Wesseltoft, Sidsel Endresen, Wibutee, Beady Belle, Audun Kleive, Eivind Aarset, Atomic... Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born February 1, 1964) is a Norwegian jazz musician. ... Wibutee is a jazz trio from Norway, mixing influences from electronic music and improvisation. ...
Initially the company was dedicated to reissuing early jazz material that had fallen into the public domain or was licensed from the Chicago-based Paramount Records label.
In 1955 the Prestige Records contract of Thelonious Monk was bought out for $108.24, and—at the suggestion of Randy Weston—Monk was signed by Riverside, where he remained for the next five years.
Almost all their new jazzrecordings were produced by Keepnews, who served as creative head of the label (and several subsidiaries, most notably JazzlandRecords), with Grauer directing the company's sales and business operations.
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