Discovery Records
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Hollywood, California |
Discovery Records was a United States-based record company and label known for its recordings of jazz music.[1]
Discovery was founded in
Marx had first become artistic for later Musicraft Records in 1944 before starting his own label. In the 1970s, Musicraft Records was revived through Discovery/Trend by Albert Marx in Los Angeles.[1][3] He also started the Trend AM-PM label in the 1980s to document and promote talented educational, college level jazz ensembles to include the Los Angeles Jazz Workshop, Nashville Jazz Machine and the Fullerton College Jazz Ensemble.[4] His estate sold the Discovery, Trend and Musicraft jazz labels in 1991 to Jac Holzman, which he refashioned into a contemporary label. In 1993, Discovery Records was acquired by Warner Music Group and was absorbed by Sire Records in 1996.
See also
- List of record labels
References
- ^ a b c Folkart, Burt. "Albert Marx; Founded Jazz Record Company." Los Angeles Times. May 03, 1991
- ^ "Marx New Diskery Boss." Billboard Magazine. September 4 1948
- ^ Gorder, Erika. Guide to the Musicraft Records, Inc., Records 1937-1960. Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University Libraries. 1998
- ^ Discography for Discovery/Trend/AM-PM records, Discogs
External links
- Discovery Records at AllMusic
- Discovery Records discography at Discogs
- Discovery Records publishing catalog at MusicBrainz
- Discovery Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project