ITI Records is a record label from Van Nuys, California that specializes in mainly jazz records.
Background
ITI's original owner was producer Mike Dion.
[All About Jazz 2012-09-0]
ITI Records Resurfaces After Many Years Dormant
/ref> An article in the October 1983 ''Billboard'' magazine said that he had taken on a partner, Mike Ervin, of Ervin Advertising & Design, who was to play an active role. It also indicated that musician John Heard, who had a release of his own as part of the trio Heard Ranier Ferguson, was going to be used as a graphic artist for the label. He was to be marketed as both an artist and a musician.
In September 2012, it was announced on the All About Jazz
''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near ...
website that after being dormant for some time, and 30 years after its beginning, ITI Records was returning to re-release its catalog. It also said that new titles would be released.
Dion, who had retired from military service, had returned to the music industry. He had been previously recalled to active naval duty in 1998. This was due to the Bosnian and Middle East wars.
Artists
Some of the artists who have had LP releases on the label are Seventh Avenue with their debut album ''Heads Up'', Bill Mays
William Allen Mays (born February 5, 1944), known professionally as Bill Mays, is an American jazz pianist from Sacramento, California.
Biography
Mays came from a musical family and at the age of 15 became interested in jazz at an Earl Hines co ...
and Red Mitchell
Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet.
Biography
Mitchell was born in New York City. His younger brother, Whitey Mitchell, also became a jazz ...
with their album ''Two of a Mind'', Slider Glenn (aka Dan Slider) and Dan Glenn with ''Whispered Warning'', and John Heard, Tom Ranier
Thomas John Ranier (born July 13, 1949) is an American instrumentalist who primarily plays piano but also saxophone and clarinet. As a jazz artist he has recorded widely under his own name and as a sideman for Warner Bros., Concord Records and ...
and Sherman Ferguson with their self-titled album. In 2013, Lenny Carlson had his album ''In the Mud'' re-released digitally. A section from that album earned a 1985 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Composition.
Specs
An example of manufacture and marketing is the Heard, Ranier, Ferguson LP which was manufactured and marketed by Allegiance Records Ltd.
As of 2012, its records were to be re-released through Warrant Music.
Selected releases
LP
* Tom Garvin - ''In 3 Dimensions'' - ITI Records JL 001 (1982)
* Ruth Price – ''Lucky to Be Me'' - ITI Records JL 002 (1983)
* Heard Ranier Ferguson – '' Heard Ranier Ferguson'' - ITI Records JL 003 (1983)
* Bill Mays
William Allen Mays (born February 5, 1944), known professionally as Bill Mays, is an American jazz pianist from Sacramento, California.
Biography
Mays came from a musical family and at the age of 15 became interested in jazz at an Earl Hines co ...
, Red Mitchell
Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet.
Biography
Mitchell was born in New York City. His younger brother, Whitey Mitchell, also became a jazz ...
– ''Two of a Mind'' - ITI Records JL 004
* Wayne Johnson Trio – ''Grasshopper'' - ITI Records JL 005 (1983)
* Illusion - ''Illusion'' – ITI Records JL 006 (1984)
* Lou Rovner – ''Small Big Band'' - ITI Records JL 007 (1984)[Discog]
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* Estelle Reiner – ''Just in Time'' - ITI Records JL 008 (1984)
* Mike Campbell and Tom Garvin – ''Blackberry Winter'' JL 009 (1984)
* Kenny Pore – ''Inner City Dreams'' - ITI Records JL 010 (1984)
* Lenny Carlson – ''In the Mud'' - ITI Records JL 11 (?)
* Jerry Tachoir Quartet – ''Canvas'' - ITI Records JL 012
* Jimmy Mosher Quintet Featuring Mick Goodrick
Mick Goodrick (June 9, 1945 – November 16, 2022) was an American jazz guitarist who spent most of his career as a teacher. In the early 1970s, he worked with Gary Burton and Pat Metheny.
Biography
An Elvis fan, Goodrick began studying guitar ...
- ''Satyric Horn'' - ITI Records JL 015Richard Elliot
Richard Elliot (born January 16, 1960) is a Scottish-born American saxophonist. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for '' Summer Horns''.
Career
Elliot started out as a memb ...
– ''Initial Approach'' - ITI Records JL 030 (1984)
* Slider Glenn – ''Whispered Warning'' - ITI Records JL 031 (1984)
7" 45
* Daryle Chinn – "Be My Love" / "Baja Pacifica" - IT Records B-1-75722 (1989)
12" 45
* Daryle Chinn – A1 "Be My Love" (Dance Mix), A2 "Be My Love" (Edit Version) / B "Be My Love" (Extended Version) - ITI Records – V-75302 (1989)
CD
* Highland Project - ''Highland Project'' - ITI Records 705CD - 1991[MusicBrainz ]
The Highland Project
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Links
Official site
Billboard Article: Fledgling ITA Label Maps Ambitious Plans
References
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Record labels based in California
Jazz record labels