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Emarcy Records – An Illustrious History.

In 1954 Irving Green and producer Bob Shad started the Emarcy label as the jazz strand of the US division of Mercury Records. Creating the name from a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company, their mission was to create a diverse roster of artists. These included the innovative Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet and Erroll Garner through to the pop-inflected Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan. So Shad and Green swiftly created a direct rival to Verve, the leading jazz label at the time. Early successes included Sarah Vaughan's ‘Swinging Easy', her first and still perhaps best album recorded with her then regular trio. This album includes her famous version of ‘Lover Man', which set a benchmark for jazz singers globally. Another classic was the 10 CD ‘Brownie' box set, which covers Clifford Brown's most productive period and includes Brown with strings and all of the Brown/Max Roach Quintet recordings.
After Shad's departure from Mercury early in 1958, Jack Tracey took over producing the likes of Roach and Cannonball Adderley, he also began to produce singers like Vaughan and Washington in a style that was increasingly distant from the normal jazz string orchestra genre popular at the time. With burgeoning crossover potential, some artists felt the influence of the mainstream success of heavily arranged pop, thus producers David Carol, Clyde Ottis and Quincy Jones were brought in to create that sound for Emarcy. Subsequently some of the artists Shad had signed were given Mercury catalogue numbers and consequently a bigger audience, while subheading Emarcy in order to preserve the continuity of the label.
The label name became dormant in 1962, when Philips Electronics bought the parent company, but it was re-activated in the late 80's and early 90's when French signed artists such as Stan Getz, Randy Weston and Helen Merill appeared on the label for a short period of time. It was not until 1996 that Emarcy was revived as a means to develop local signings from European countries and bring them to a truly international level.
Today Emarcy is a global force in all styles of improvised music, from electronica, swing, progressive as well as adult oriented pop music through to world music and modern jazz it is home to many new and exciting artists as well as some of the most influential musicians in the genre. From Sonny Rollins to Dee Dee Bridgewater, John Scofield to Madeleine Peyroux, Emarcy stands for the highest quality and diversity in jazz and jazz influenced music, from all over the world, creating true diversity in expression.


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Member Since: 25/04/2008
Band Website: www.emarcy.com
Band Members:

Clifton Anderson , Tony Arco , Louis Armstrong , Eleftheria Arvanitaki , Kristin Asbjørnsen , Mariana Aydar , Bajofondo , Rebekka Bakken , Gato Barbieri , Paolo Benedettini , Christina Bjordal , Ketil Bjørnstad , Mari Boine , Stefano Bollani , Richard Bona , Cristina Branco , Michael Brecker , Dee Dee Bridgewater , Till Bronner , Michel Camilo , James Carter , Chat Noir , Christian Muthspiel Trio , Chiara Civello , Elvis Costello , Adama Coulibaly , Count Basic , Randy Crawford , Dadafon , George Dalaras , Ibrahim Diadié , Dillinger Girl & Baby Face Nelson , Chano Dominguez , Kurt Elling , e.s.t. , Llibert Fortuny , Laura Fygi , Roberta Gambarini , Jerry Gonzalez , Roy Hargrove , Helena , Dave Holland , Maria João , Molly Johnson , Hank Jones , Anna Maria Jopek , Jorane , Salif Keita , Kaki King , Sonya Kitchell , Diely Moussa Kouyate , Stribor Kusturica , Mário Laginha , Julian Lage , Lenine , David Liebman , Manndorff Trio , Pedro Mariano , Marlango , Wynton Marsalis , Ney Matogrosso , John McLaughlin , Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood , Mingus Big Band Orchestra , Nils Petter Molvaer , MoZuluart , Meshell Ndegéocello , Silje Nergaard , Jef Neve , Noa , Makoto Ozone , Gaetano Partipilo , Jaco Pastorius , Madeleine Peyroux , Pitingo , Michel Portal , Omara Portuondo , Zizi Possi , Chris Potter , André Previn , Wolfgang Puschnig , Enrico Rava , RED , Wolfgang Reisinger , Sonny Rollins , Joe Sample , Jacques Schwarz-Bart , John Scofield , Cheick Amadou Tidiane Seck , Sina Sinayoko , Denzal Sinclaire , Marco Tamburini , Roberto Tarenzi , Vienna Teng , Clare Teal , Anna Ternheim , The Bad Plus , The National Bank , Tok Tok Tok , Tomatito , Allen Toussaint , Tuck & Patti , Chucho Valdés , Marcos Valle , Caetano Veloso , Vienna Art Orchestra , Muddy Waters , Ben Webster , Chihiro Yamanaka

Sounds Like:
Mariana Aydar - Peixes, Passaros & Pessoas

Roberta Gambarini - So In Love

Nils Petter Molvaer - Hamada

Caetano Veloso - Zii e Zie

Julian Lage - Sounding Point

John Scofield - Piety Street

Cristina Branco -Kronos

Maria João - Chocolate

Chihiro Yamanaka -Abyss

Record Label: Unknown Major
Type of Label: Major

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Roy Hargrove and James Carter Top US Airplay Jazz Chart

August 5th, 2008Top US trumpeter Roy Hargrove has capped his recent return to form with his latest album Earfood scoring a hit on the American Airplay Jazz Chart.The album's fresh and funky acoustic j...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:53:00 GMT