Fresh Sound, or Fresh Sound New Talent, is a

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 ...

record label established in Barcelona, Spain, by Jordi Pujol. The label was initially founded as a reissue label. The catalog includes work by musicians both major and minor that was recorded before 1962, including Louis Armstrong,

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was ba ...

, and

Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...

. Sources include Argo,

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, Prestige/New Jazz, RCA, Royal Roost, Riverside, and Verve. Fresh Sound has released music by obscure singers

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, Beverly Kenney, Marilyn Moore,

Lucy Ann Polk Lucy Ann Polk (May 16, 1927 – October 10, 2011) was an American jazz singer who performed with Les Brown's orchestra in the 1950s. She also sang and recorded with Bob Crosby, Kay Kyser, Tommy Dorsey, and Dave Pell. Career Polk began her mus ...

, and Helyne Stewart In the early 1990s, the label began to produce new recordings. This included music by Georges Arvanitas and David Murray; Mundell Lowe and Tete Montoliu; Gabe Baltazar, Eddie Bert, Bob Cooper,

Dick Hafer Dick Hafer (May 29, 1927 – December 15, 2012) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Hafer began playing clarinet at age seven and switched to tenor sax in high school. His first professional gig was wi ...

, Charlie Mariano,

J. R. Monterose J. R. Monterose (January 19, 1927 – September 16, 1993), born Frank Anthony Peter Vincent Monterose, Jr., was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor and occasionally soprano. Early life Born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, ...

, Bill Perkins, Frank Strazzeri, and

Claude Williamson Claude Berkeley Williamson (November 18, 1926 – July 16, 2016) was an American jazz pianist. Williamson was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music before moving to jazz, influenced m ...

. The Fresh Sound New Talent label was inaugurated in the 1990s with the work of Vinny Golia.

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Pablo Ablanedo Pablo Ablanedo is an Argentine-born jazz composer, pianist, and teacher based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is known for incorporating elements of traditional Argentine music and contemporary classical into a jazz-influenced style. Ablanedo is t ...

David Ambrosio David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

* Reid Anderson *

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* Omer Avital * Gorka Benitez * Max Bennett * The Bad Plus * Seamus Blake *

Albert Bover Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...

Marlon Browden Marlon is a masculine given name. According to the '' Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', the popularity of Marlon Brando led to general awareness of the name (his father was also named Marlon), though the origin of the name is not known. Speculati ...

Carme Canela Carme may refer to: * Carme (given name) * Carme (moon), a moon of Jupiter * Carme (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology * Carme group, a group of satellites orbiting Jupiter * Carme, Barcelona, a village in Barcelona province, Catalonia, Sp ...

* Steve Cardenas * Chris Cheek * Avishai Cohen * George Colligan * Sonny Criss *

Alexis Cuadrado Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–197 ...

* Ronnie Cuber * Eli Degibri * Daniel Freedman *

Johnny Glasel Joseph Samuel Glasel (born 1930, Manhattan, New York) known professionally as Johnny Glasel, was an American jazz trumpeter. Glasel played with Bob Wilber in the 1940s. He attended the Yale School of Music in the 1950s, then played in the New H ...

* Robert Glasper * Joe Gordon *

Phil Grenadier Phil may refer to: * Phil (given name), a shortened version of masculine and feminine names * Phill, a given name also spelled "Phil" * Phil, Kentucky, United States * ''Phil'' (film), a 2019 film * -phil-, a lexical fragment, used as a root te ...

* Lars Gullin *

Amos Hoffman Amos or AMOS may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Amos Records, an independent record label established in Los Angeles, California, in 1968 * Amos (band), an American Christian rock band * ''Amos'' (album), an album by Michael Ray * ''Amos ...

* Ron Horton * Ethan Iverson *

Michael Kanan Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

* Chris Lightcap *

Agnar Magnusson Agnar may refer to: *Agnar Helgason (born 1968), Icelandic scientist *Agnar Johannes Barth Agnar Johannes Barth (26 August 1871 – 4 May 1948) was a Norwegian forester. He was born in Lillehammer as the son of Jacob Bøckmann Barth. Carl G ...

* Rebecca Martin * Bill McHenry *

Ryan Meagher Ryan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Ryan (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Ryan (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Australia * Division of Ryan, an elect ...

* Brad Mehldau *

Stephane Mercier Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (Ancient Greece), a vestment in ancient Greece * Stephane (Paphlagonia) Stephane ( grc, Στεφάνη) was a small port town on the coast of ancient Paphlagonia, according to Arri ...

Paul Moer Paul Moerschbacher (July 22, 1916 – June 9, 2010), better known as Paul Moer, was an American jazz pianist. Moer attended the University of Miami, graduating in 1951, and following this played frequently on the West Coast jazz scene with Be ...

* Pat Moran McCoy *

Lanny Morgan Lanny Morgan (born March 30, 1934 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American jazz alto saxophonist chiefly active on the West Coast jazz scene. Morgan was raised in Los Angeles. In the 1950s he played with Charlie Barnet, Si Zentner, Terry Gibbs, ...

Simon Moullier Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genu ...

* Jack Nimitz * Hod O'Brien *

Michael Oien Michael Oien (born 13 August 1981 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American musician and composer living in New York City. Oien plays the acoustic bass and released his debut album ''And Now'' in 2015 on Fresh Sound Fresh Sound, or Fresh So ...

* Vardan Ovsepian * Charles Owens * Marty Paich * Roberta Piket * Noah Preminger * Andrew Rathbun * Matt Renzi *

Pete Robbins Pete Robbins (born November 28, 1978) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer living in Brooklyn. He graduated from the New England Conservatory in 2002. He has performed or recorded with Vijay Iyer, John Hollenbeck, John Zorn, Craig T ...

* Kurt Rosenwinkel *

Jorge Rossy Jorge "Jordi" Rossy (born August 21, 1964) is a jazz drummer, pianist and vibraphonist. Early life Rossy was born in Barcelona. He started playing drums at age 11. Later life and career Between 1980 and 1989, Rossy toured and recorded extensi ...

Perico Sambeat Perico Sambeat (born July 13, 1962) is a Spanish jazz saxophonist. He is an instructor at Berklee's campus in Valencia, Spain. Discography * ''Uptown Dance'' (EGT, 1992) * ''Dual Force'' ( Ronnie Scott's Jazz House, 1996) * ''Jindungo'' (Fresh ...

* Walter Smith III * Grant Stewart * Frank Strazzeri * Marcus Strickland * Nat Su *

Ben Waltzer Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, � ...

* David Weiss *

Sebastian Weiss Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film ...

Scott Wendholt Scott Wendholt (born July 21, 1965) is an American jazz trumpeter born in Patuxent River, Maryland. Wendholt was raised in Denver, where he began playing trumpet when he was eight years old. He took a bachelor's degree at Indiana University in 198 ...

David Xirgu David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

* Miguel Zenon *

Oscar Peñas Oscar Peñas Cambray (born August 13, 1972) is a jazz composer-guitarist from Spain based in New York. Biography Oscar Peñas is a Catalan-American composer-guitarist born in Barcelona, Spain. In 2007, after completing his musical education at ...

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