Elektra/Musician was a jazz record label founded as a subsidiary of

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in 1982. The label was headed by

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and released its first batch of albums on February 12, 1982. The label ceased when Lundvall left Elektra to start EMI's Manhattan Records in 1984."Lundvall Move Raises Questions" ''Billboard'', June 16, 1984, p. 42 Elektra unsuccessfully attempted to revive the Elektra/Musician label in the late 1980s with acts such as the

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, but the label was eventually absorbed by Nonesuch Records, which also absorbed the label's earlier iteration in 1984. Elektra/Musician released albums by Joe Albany,

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, Charles Lloyd,

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, Steps Ahead, and McCoy Tyner.

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