Catalyst Records was a record company and

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specializing 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, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1975. Catalyst released both new recordings and reissues. The catalogue was available through the 1980s, though recording ceased in 1977. This label should not be confused with the

Bertelsmann Music Group Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of a German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008. Although it was established in 1987, the music co ...

(BMG) subsidiary which was founded in the early 1990s. Catalyst released new albums by

Gary Bartz Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has won two Grammy Awards. Biography Bartz studied at the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' Jazz Works ...

Hadley Caliman Hadley Caliman (January 12, 1932 – September 8, 2010) was an American jazz saxophone and flute player.Al ...

, Frank Foster,

Terumasa Hino is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. He is considered one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet, and flügelhorn. Early life He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and his father was a trumpeter and tap dancer. Hino star ...

Ahmad Jamal Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. Biography Early life Jamal was born Fr ...

Irene Kral Irene Kral (January 18, 1932 – August 15, 1978) was an American jazz singer who was born to Czechoslovakian parents in Chicago, Illinois and settled in Los Angeles in the early 1960s. She died from breast cancer in Encino, California. Kral's ol ...

Sam Most Samuel Most (December 16, 1930 – June 13, 2013) was an American jazz flutist, clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, based in Los Angeles. He was "probably the first great jazz flutist", according to jazz historian Leonard Feather. Biography He ...

Sonny Stitt Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982), known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/ hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of hi ...

, and

Frank Strazzeri Frank Strazzeri (April 24, 1930 – May 9, 2014) was an American jazz pianist. Career Strazzeri began on tenor saxophone and clarinet at age 12, then switched to piano soon after. He attended the Eastman School of Music, then took a job as a hou ...

. It reissued albums by

Paul Gonsalves Paul Gonsalves ( – ) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington. At the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Gonsalves played a 27-chorus solo in the middle of Ellington's " Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blu ...

Charlie Mariano Carmine Ugo Mariano (November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009) was an American jazz saxophonist who focused on the alto and soprano saxophone. He occasionally performed and recorded on flute and nadaswaram as well. Biography Mariano was born in ...

, and

Michał Urbaniak Michał Urbaniak (born January 22, 1943) is a Polish jazz musician who plays violin, lyricon, and saxophone. His music includes elements of folk music, rhythm and blues, hip hop, and symphonic music. History He was born in Warsaw, Pola ...

Discography

7601–7628

* CAT–7601:

Ron Jefferson Ron Jefferson (February 13, 1926, in New York City Guillon, Roland (2005)''Anthologie du hard bop: L'éclat du jazz noir américain'' Editions L'Harmattan, pp. 49–60. At Google Books. Retrieved 30 July 2013. – May 7, 2007, in Richmond, Vi ...

– ''Vous Ete's Swing'' (1976) * CAT–7602: George Muribus – ''Brazilian Tapestry '' (1976) * CAT–7603: Flip Nuñez – ''My Own Time and Space'' (1976) * CAT–7604:

Hadley Caliman Hadley Caliman (January 12, 1932 – September 8, 2010) was an American jazz saxophone and flute player.Al ...

– ''Projecting'' (1976) * CAT–7605: Jim Gannon – ''Gannon's Back in Town'' (1976) * CAT–7606:

– ''

Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's ''Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's'' is a live album by US jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, featuring four pieces recorded at Oil Can Harry's (a nightclub in Vancouver) on August 13, 1976. Performing with Jamal are Calvin Keys on guitar, John Heard on ...

'' (1976) * CAT–7607:

– ''After the Rain'' (1976) * CAT–7608:

with

Red Holloway James Wesley "Red" Holloway (May 31, 1927 – February 25, 2012) was an American jazz saxophonist. Biography Born in Helena, Arkansas,Daniel E. Slotnik"Red Holloway, Swinger of the Sax, Dies at 84" ''The New York Times'', February 28, 2012 ...

– '' Forecast: Sonny & Red'' (1976) * CAT–7609:

– ''But Beautiful'' (1976) * CAT–7610:

– ''Ju Ju Man'' (1976) * CAT–7611:

Billy Mitchell William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, command ...

– '' Now's the Time'' (1976) * CAT–7612: Pat Britt – ''Starrsong'' (1975) * CAT–7613: Frank Foster – ''Here and Now'' (1976) * CAT–7614:

Mark Levine Mark Andrew LeVine is an American historian, musician, writer, and professor. He is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. Education LeVine received his B.A. in comparative religion and biblical studies from Hunter ...

– ''Up 'Til Now '' (1977) * CAT–7615: Michael Howell – ''Alone'' (1977) * CAT–7616: Sonny Stitt – '' I Remember Bird'' (1977) * CAT–7617:

Don Menza Don Menza (born April 22, 1936) is an American jazz saxophonist. Career Menza was born in Buffalo, New York. After serving in the U.S. Army, he was part of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra from 1960 to 1962 and then briefly worked for Stan Kenton ...

– ''First Flight '' (1977) * CAT–7618:

Henry Franklin Henry "Skipper" Franklin (born Henry Carl Franklin on October 1, 1940) is an American jazz double bassist. Career Franklin played on Hugh Masekela's 1968 number one single, "Grazing in the Grass," as well as with Masekela's band at the Mo ...

– ''Tribal Dance'' (1977) * CAT–7619: George Muribus – ''Trio '77 '' (1977) * CAT–7620: Sonny Stitt – '' Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington'' (1977) * CAT–7621:

Jimmy Stewart James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality h ...

– ''Fire Flower'' * CAT–7622: Earl Hines – ''Jazz is His Old Lady and My Old Man'' * CAT–7623: Frank Strazzeri – ''Straz'' (1977) * CAT–7624: Hadley Caliman – ''Celebration'' * CAT–7625:

– ''

Kral Space Kral, Král or KRAL may refer to: * Kral (surname) * Král (surname) * Kráľ (surname) * Kráľ, a village in Slovakia * KRAL, an AM radio station licensed to Rawlins, Wyoming, U.S. * Riverside Municipal Airport, Riverside, California, United ...

'' (1977) * CAT 7626: Baroque Jazz Ensemble – ''The Baroque Jazz Ensemble featuring Ira Schulman'' (1977) * CAT–7627:

Albert Dailey Albert Preston Dailey (June 16, 1939 – June 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist. Early life Dailey was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Albert Preston Dailey Sr, and Gertrude Johnson Dailey.Jon Pareles"Albert Dailey, 46, Jazz P ...

– ''Renaissance'' (1977) * CAT–7628:

Junior Cook Herman "Junior" Cook (July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992) was an American hard bop tenor saxophone player. Biography Cook was born in Pensacola, Florida. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook was a member of the Horace Silver Qui ...

– ''

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'' (1977)

7901

*CAT–7901:

– ''Fuji'' *CAT–7902:

Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the ...

– '' Jazz Messengers '70'' *CAT–7903:

Helen Merrill Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic; July 21, 1930) is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording '' Helen Merrill'' (with Clifford Brown), was an immediate success and associated her with the first generatio ...

Teddy Wilson Theodore Shaw Wilson (November 24, 1912 – July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist. Described by critic Scott Yanow as "the definitive swing pianist", Wilson had a sophisticated, elegant style. His work was featured on the records of many ...

– ''Helen Sings, Teddy Swings'' *CAT–7904:

Carmen McRae Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpre ...

– ''As Time Goes By Alone Live at the Dug'' *CAT–7905:

George Lewis George Lewis may refer to: Entertainment and art * George B. W. Lewis (1818–1906), circus rider and theatre manager in Australia * George E. Lewis (born 1952), American composer and free jazz trombonist * George J. Lewis (1903–1995), Mexican ...

– ''And His New Orleans Jazz All–Stars'' *CAT–7906:

Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...

Gary Peacock Gary George Peacock (May 12, 1935September 4, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist. He recorded a dozen albums under his own name, and also performed and recorded with major jazz figures such as avant garde saxophonist Albert Ayler, pianist ...

– ''

First Encounter ''First Encounter'' is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron and bassist Gary Peacock recorded in 1971 and released on the Japanese RCA Victor label.

'' *CAT–7907: Martha Miyake – ''My Heart Belongs to Teddy'' *CAT–7908: Jorge Lopez Ruiz – ''Amor Buenos Aires'' (1977) *CAT–7909:

– ''The Beginning'' (1976) *CAT–7910:

– ''At Berlin Jazz Festival'' (1971) *CAT–7911: Sadao Watanabe & Charlie Mariano – ''Nabesada and Charlie'' *CAT–7912:

– ''Autumn Love'' (1977) *CAT–7913:

– ''With Willie Cook & Enrique Villegas: The Buenos Aires Session'' (1977) *CAT–7914: Alberto Favero – ''Suite Trane (In Memoriam John Coltrane)'' *CAT–7915:

– ''Reflections'' (1977) *CAT–7916:

Masabumi Kikuchi was a Japanese jazz pianist and composer known for his unique playing style. He worked with many diverse musicians, including Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, and collaborated with Gil Evans ...

– ''Matrix'' (1977) *CAT–7917: Chivo Borraro – ''Buenos Aires Blues'' (1977)

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