Fresh Sound
| Fresh Sound | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Jordi Pujol |
| Distributor(s) | Bluemoon |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Location | Barcelona |
| Official website |
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Fresh Sound, or Fresh Sound New Talent, is a jazz record label established in Barcelona, Spain.
Fresh Sound was founded in the early 1980s as a reissue label. Reissues included Herb Geller, Gigi Gryce, Lou Levy, Lennie Niehaus, Ruth Price, and Gerald Wiggins.[1]
In the early 1990s, it began to produce new recordings. This included music by Georges Arvanitas and David Murray; Mundell Lowe and Tete Montoliu; Gabe Baltazar, Eddie Bert, Bob Cooper, Dick Hafer, Charlie Mariano, J. R. Monterose, Bill Perkins, Frank Strazzeri, and Claude Williamson. The Fresh Sound New Talent label was inaugurated in the 1990s with the work of Vinny Golia.[2]
The label was founded and is currently run by Jordi Pujol, who oversees several labels distributed by Bluemoon.[3]
Roster
- Pablo Ablanedo
- David Ambrosio
- Reid Anderson
- Bruce Arkin
- Omer Avital
- Gorka Benitez
- Max Bennett
- The Bad Plus
- Seamus Blake
- Albert Bover
- Marlon Browden
- Carme Canela
- Steve Cardenas
- Chris Cheek
- Avishai Cohen
- George Colligan
- Sonny Criss
- Alexis Cuadrado
- Ronnie Cuber
- Eli Degibri
- Daniel Freedman
- Johnny Glasel
- Robert Glasper
- Phil Grenadier
- Dick Hafer
- Amos Hoffman
- Ethan Iverson
- Michael Kanan
- Chris Lightcap
- Agnar Magnusson
- Rebecca Martin
- Bill McHenry
- Ryan Meagher
- Brad Mehldau
- Stephane Mercier
- Paul Moer
- Pat Moran McCoy
- Lanny Morgan
- Jack Nimitz
- Hod O'Brien
- Michael Oien
- Vardan Ovsepian
- Roberta Piket
- Noah Preminger
- Andrew Rathbun
- Matt Renzi
- Pete Robbins
- Kurt Rosenwinkel
- Jorge Rossy
- Perico Sambeat
- Walter Smith III
- Grant Stewart
- Frank Strazzeri
- Marcus Strickland
- Nat Su
- Ben Waltzer
- David Weiss
- Sebastian Weiss
- Claude Williamson
- David Xirgu
- Miguel Zenon
- Oscar Peñas
References
- ↑ Yanow, Scott (1998). "Labels". In Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Yanow, Scott. All Music Guide to Jazz: the experts' guide to the best jazz recordings (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. p. 1332. ISBN 0-87930-530-4.
- ↑ Gardner, Mark; Kernfeld, Barry (2002). Kernfeld, Barry, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 172. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
- ↑ Fresh Sound Records. Allaboutjazz.com, May 25, 2004