Justin Time Records is a

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

record company and

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

founded in

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

by Jim West. It was established in 1983 and specialises in

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

and

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

. Although Justin Time initially recorded Canadian musicians such as Oliver Jones, Ranee Lee, and

Diana Krall Diana Jean Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, ''Billboard (magazi ...

, it grew to include Americans like David Murray and the World Saxophone Quartet.

Paul Bley Paul Bley, Order of Canada, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a Canadian jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live per ...

, Jeri Brown, and D. D. Jackson are also artists in its catalogue.

Roster

* Susie Arioli * Hugh Ball/ Yank Barry * Jon Ballantyne * Billy Bang * Ed Bickert *

* Hamiet Bluiett * Bowser and Blue/ Yank Barry * Trudy Desmond * Brandi Disterheft * Hilario Durán * D.O.A. * Wray Downes * Emma Frank * Sonny Greenwich * Russell Gunn * Murray Head * Thomas Hellman * Brian Hughes * D.D. Jackson * Ingrid Jensen * Oliver Jones * Sheila Jordan * Hilary Kole * Moe Koffman *

* Michael Laucke * Bryan Lee * Lorne Lofsky * Halie Loren * Carmen Lundy * Curtis Lundy * Miranie Morissette * Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir * David Murray * Jordan Officer * Johnny O'Neal * Alex Pangman * P.J. Perry * Hugh Ragin * Adam Rudolph * John Stetch * Nelson Symonds * Don Thompson * Ed Thigpen * David Virelles * Oliver Whitehead * World Saxophone Quartet * Chet Doxas

References

External links

Official site
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