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Opafire
Opafire was a jazz fusion group from San Francisco, California. Their debut album ''Opafire'' (RCA, 1991) sold close to half a million units worldwide. Opafire was created in 1990 by composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer Zachary Norman E. In 1990, Opafire signed a contract with RCA Records after Steve Feinstein, a program director in San Francisco began playing the group's music. When RCA/BMG released the debut album ''Opafire'', it gained international success and heavy rotation radio airplay. The Opafire songs, "Wajumbe", "Kalimbahari", and "Walk Like Rain" reached the No. 2, No. 11, and No. 26 spots on the Gavin Report "New Adult Contemporary Most Radio Plays" chart and Top Ten spots in ''R&R'' magazine, as well as reaching charts in Germany, Italy, Japan, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and Taiwan. In 1991 Opafire toured with Miles Davis, Spyro Gyra, and the Yellow Jackets as part of the JVC Jazz Festival Tour, perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novus Records
Novus Records (later Arista Novus and RCA Novus) was an American jazz record label run by Steve Backer. Backer worked at Impulse! Records until 1974, when Clive Davis, founder of Arista Records, asked him to oversee the jazz division at Arista. Backer left Arista in the early 1980s, worked for Windham Hill Records, and then went to RCA to run Novus. Novus's roster included Muhal Richard Abrams, Warren Bernhardt, Steve Coleman, Larry Coryell, Oliver Lake, Steve Lacy, James Moody, Hilton Ruiz, and Henry Threadgill. Beginning in 1989, Backer signed Marcus Roberts, Roy Hargrove, Danilo Pérez, Antonio Hart, and Christopher Hollyday. The label closed in the mid-1990s. The catalogue is now managed by Sony Masterworks through its Masterworks Jazz imprint. Discography 3000-N (RCA) series *3000: Muhal Richard Abrams – ''Lifea Blinec'' *3001: Warren Bernhardt – ''Solo Piano'' *3002: Air – ''Open Air Suit'' *3003: Oliver Lake – ''Life Dance of Is'' *3004: Baird Hersey – ''Looki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |