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Enja Records Artists
Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971. The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and Japanese avant-garde artists such as Alexander von Schlippenbach, Terumasa Hino, Albert Mangelsdorff and Yosuke Yamashita, along with newer American jazz musicians like Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, Leroy Jenkins and Eric Dolphy and straight-ahead musicians such as Tommy Flanagan, McCoy Tyner, Chet Baker, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, and Kenny Barron. The label also branched out to release early world music productions from Abdullah Ibrahim, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Mahmoud Turkmani, Gypsy bands, Indonesia's Monica Akihary, and Turkish saz virtuoso Taner Akyol. Discography Main series , , '' African Dawn'' , - , 4032 , , , , ''Cloudburst'' , - , 4034 , , , , ''Perdido'' , - , 4036 , , , , ''Non Troppo'' , - , 4038 , , , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. (trade name, d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment and record label Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "Major labels, big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of WarnerMedia, Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery), WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Flanagan
Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. Within months of moving to New York in 1956, he had recorded with Miles Davis and on Sonny Rollins' album '' Saxophone Colossus''. Recordings under various leaders, including '' Giant Steps'' of John Coltrane, continued well into 1962, when he became vocalist Ella Fitzgerald's full-time accompanist. He worked with Fitzgerald for three years until 1965, and then in 1968 returned to be her pianist and musical director, this time for a decade. After leaving Fitzgerald in 1978, Flanagan attracted praise for the elegance of his playing, which was principally in trio settings when under his own leadership. In his 45-year recording career, he recorded more than three dozen albums under his own name and more than 200 as a sideman. By the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up Popped The Devil
''Up Popped the Devil'' is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1973 and released by the Enja label.Mal Waldron discography accessed February 28, 2011 Reception The review by awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Pianist Mal Waldron's music is characterized by a heavily-brooding rhythmic quality, with the left hand usually carrying the theme at one repetitious tempo while the right hammers away in juxtaposition with a counter tempo (usually faster)". Track listing |
African Sketchbook
''African Sketchbook'' is an album by Abdullah Ibrahim, recorded in 1969. Recording and music The album was recorded on 16 May 1969 at Radio Bern.Ibrahim, Abdullah "African Sketchbook" (CD liner notes). Enja Records. CD 2026–2. It was produced by Horst Weber. Abdullah Ibrahim plays flute on the first track, "Air", and piano on the remaining pieces. He wrote all of the compositions. Release and reception ''African Sketchbook'' was released on LP by Enja Records. The AllMusic reviewer concluded that, "The recording quality leaves a little to be desired, but the wonderful music more than makes up for it. Highly recommended, especially for those who came to Ibrahim's music later in his career and who are unfamiliar with his early, arguably more substantial work." ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' commented that the album "is as bitty as it sounds rom its title. Track listing #"Air" #"Salaam-Peace-Hamba Kahle" #"Slave Bell" #"The Stride" #"Mamma" #"Krotoa" #"Machopi" #"Tokai" #"The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impact (1972 Charles Tolliver Album)
''Impact'' is a live album by Music Inc. led by American jazz trumpeter Charles Tolliver recorded in 1972 and first released on the Enja label.Charles Tolliver leader discography accessed January 6, 2015 accessed January 6, 2015 Track listing ''All compositions by Charles Tolliver except as indicated'' # "Impact" – 8:05 # "Brilliant Circles" (Stanley Cowell) – 15:29 # "Truth" – 9:04 # "Prayer for Peace" (Cowell) – 15:58 # "Absecretions" (Cowell) – 11:22 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Our Second Father" – 13:43 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Glory ''Black Glory'' is a live album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in Munich 1971 and released on the Enja label.Mal Waldron discography accessed February 24, 2011 Reception The review by awarded the album 4 stars stating "Waldron is in excellent form... playing with a knowledge of the avant-garde but still connected to the hard bop tradition".Yanow, S |
