Muse Records was a
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record company and label founded in New York City by
Joe Fields in 1972.
Fields worked as an executive for
Prestige Records in the 1960s. Several of the albums were previously released on
Cobblestone Records. Muse also had another label,
Onyx Records, which operated until 1978, when Fields and collaborator
Don Schlitten ended their professional relationship.
In the late 1970s, Muse partnered with the Dutch
Timeless Records to distribute
Timeless Muse.
Muse was sold in 1996 to
32 Jazz, which repackaged and reissued a large amount of Muse recordings.
In 2003,
Savoy Jazz (which had become a subsidiary of
Nippon Columbia) acquired the rights to the Muse catalog (along with that of
Landmark) from 32 Jazz.
Fields later founded
HighNote Records and
Savant Records; many Muse artists later recorded for these labels as well.
Discography
From 1972 until 1995 Muse released around 500 albums.
Jazzlists: Muse LP series discography: 5500 to 5568
accessed September 10, 2019
See also
* List of record labels
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References
External links
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Muse Records discography
at jazzlists.com
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American jazz record labels
Pop record labels
Record labels established in 1972
Record labels disestablished in 1997