Nine Winds
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Nine Winds is an American jazz
record label, founded in 1977 by Vinny Golia
.
Golia initially founded the label to record West Coast jazz
musicians, including himself. The label has released well over 100 albums from artists on its roster.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
record label, founded in 1977 by Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwind instruments. He performs in the genres of contemporary music, jazz, free jazz, and free improvisation....
.
Golia initially founded the label to record West Coast jazz
West coast jazz
West Coast jazz refers to various styles of jazz music that developed around Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s. West Coast jazz is often seen as a sub-genre of cool jazz, which featured a less frenetic, calmer style than bebop or hard bop. The music tended to be more heavily arranged,...
musicians, including himself. The label has released well over 100 albums from artists on its roster.
Artists who have released material on Nine Winds
- Aardvark Jazz OrchestraAardvark Jazz OrchestraAardvark Jazz Orchestra is an eclectic big band founded in 1973 by bandleader and trumpeter Mark Harvey. The orchestra plays music from across the jazz tradition with specialties in Ellingtonia and the original postmodern compositions of music director Mark Harvey...
- Steve AdamsCat StevensYusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....
- Susan Allen
- Eric BarberEric BarberEric Barber is a former Irish professional footballer. He spent most of his career playing for Shelbourne in the League of Ireland with whom he had three spells from 1958 to 1966, 1971–75 and 1978–80, managing them during the 1979–80 season.-Professional:During his time with Shels, Barber scored...
- Bonnie Barnett
- Bill BarrettBill BarrettWilliam E. "Bill" Barrett is a Republican politician from Nebraska who served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2001 as the congressman for Nebraska's third congressional district....
- John BergamoJohn BergamoJohn Bergamo is an American percussionist and composer. Since 1970 he has been the coordinator of the percussion department at the California Institute of the Arts....
- Dick BerkDick BerkRichard Alan "Dick" Berk is an American jazz drummer and bandleader.Berk studied at the Berklee College of Music and played in the Boston area early in the 1960s. In 1962 he moved to New York City and played there with Ted Curson and Bill Barron in a quintet from 1962 to 1964...
- Ron Blakeslee
- Bobby BradfordBobby BradfordBobby Lee Bradford is an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, bandleader, and composer. He is noted for his work with Ornette Coleman...
- Ellen Burr
- Paul Carman
- John CarterJohn Carter (jazz musician)John Wallace Carter was an American jazz clarinet, saxophone, and flute player.-Biography:Born in Fort Worth, Texas, he played with Ornette Coleman and Charles Moffett in the 1940s. From 1961, Carter was based mainly on the West Coast. There he met Bobby Bradford in 1965, with whom he...
- Luciano ChessaLuciano ChessaLuciano Chessa is a composer, performer, and musicologist.As a composer, conductor, pianist, and musical saw / Vietnamese dan bau soloists, Luciano Chessa has been active in Europe, the U.S., and Australia...
- Alex ClineAlex ClineAlex Cline is an American jazz drummer.Cline began playing drums with his twin brother, guitarist Nels Cline, at age 11. Their first band was called Homogenized Goo and included David Hirschman on guitar. He began a musical association with woodwind artist Jamil Shabaka in 1976 as "Duo Infinity"...
- Nels ClineNels ClineNels Cline is an American guitarist and composer, currently the lead guitarist of alternative rock band Wilco. David Carr of the New York Times describes Cline as "one of the best guitarists in any genre."-Career:...
- Mark DresserMark DresserMark Dresser is an American double bass player and composer.-Biography:He has performed and recorded with many of the luminaries of "new" jazz composition and improvisation. For ten years he performed with the Anthony Braxton Quartet, as well as diverse groups led by Ray Anderson, Tim Berne,...
- Brad Dutz
- Harris Eisenstadt
- Eric von EssenEric Von EssenEric Von Essen was an American jazz bassist, pianist, and composer active on the West Coast jazz scene of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s....
- Ken FilianoKen FilianoKenneth S. Filiano is an American jazz double bassist. He is associated with the modern free improvisational scene....
- Bruce FowlerBruce FowlerBruce Lambourne Fowler is a prominent American trombone player and composer. He notably played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart, and in the Fowler Brothers Band...
- Lori Freedman
- Wolfgang Fuchs
- John FumoJohn FumoJohn Fumo is an American trumpet, flugelhorn, and electric trumpet player. He maintains an active performing, recording, and touring schedule in addition to his CalArts teaching....
- Jeff Gauthier
- Matthew Goodheart
- Vinny GoliaVinny GoliaVinny Golia is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwind instruments. He performs in the genres of contemporary music, jazz, free jazz, and free improvisation....
- Jonathan Golove
- Philip Greenlief
- John GrossJohn GrossJohn Gross FRSL was an eminent English author, anthologist, literary and theatrical critic. The Spectator magazine called Gross “the best-read man in Britain”, as did The Guardian...
- Richard GrossmanRichard GrossmanRichard Lee Grossman was the former co-director of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy . He was co-author of Taking Care of Business: Citizenship and the Charter of Incorporation. He lectured widely on issues of corporate power, law and democracy...
- Rich Halley
- Joel HamiltonJoel HamiltonJoel Hamilton is a producer, engineer, and musician originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Since the late 1990s he has been based out of Brooklyn, NY. He shares a studio with partner Tony Maimone named Studio G. He has worked with a number of well known artists, as well as writing for various...
- Ed Harkins
- Rick Helzer
- Anna Homler
- Trey Henry
- David Earle JohnsonDavid Earle JohnsonDavid Earle Johnson was a percussionist, a composer and a music producer.-Career:Percussionist David Earle Johnson performed on albums by a number of jazz artists in the seventies before releasing a few of his own albums in the late seventies and early eighties...
- Jeff KaiserJeff KaiserJeffrey Patrick Kaiser is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of seven seasons in the majors for five different teams between and . During those seasons, he never pitched more than 15 games, nor more than 16.2 innings at the major league level. He finished his career with an...
- KaoruKaoruKaoru is a Japanese given name for males or females. The name'smeaning varies depending on its written form:*薫/郁/芳 — "fragrance", common for both males and females*馨/香 — "fragrance", more common for females...
- Carla KihlstedtCarla KihlstedtCarla Kihlstedt is an American violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist from Lancaster, Pennsylvania currently living in Oakland, California....
- Ronit Kirchman
- Larry Koonse
- Marilyn Lerner
- George LewisGeorge Lewis (trombonist)George E. Lewis is a trombone player, composer, and scholar in the fields of jazz and experimental music. He has been a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians since 1971, and is a pioneer of computer music.- Biography :Lewis graduated from Yale University with a...
- Steuart Liebig
- Tony MalabyTony MalabyTony Malaby is a post-bop jazz tenor saxophonist. Malaby moved to New York City in 1995 and has played with several notable jazz groups, including Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, Paul Motian’s Electric Bebop Band, Mark Helias’s Open Loose, Fred Hersch’s Trio + 2 and Walt Whitman...
- Billy Mintz
- Giorgio Occhipinti
- Andrew Pask
- Wayne PeetWayne PeetWayne Edward Peet is an American jazz pianist & organist active chiefly on the West Coast jazz scene.Peet began on piano at age six; he played in churches in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California while young. He also played trombone but quit the instrument in his early 20s...
- Barre PhillipsBarre PhillipsBarre Phillips is a jazz and free improvisation bassist. A professional musician since 1960, he migrated to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. Since 1972 he has been based in southern France....
- John RapsonJohn RapsonIra John Rapson, III is an American jazz trombonist and educator.Rapson began on piano at age five before switching to trombone. He studied at Westmont College, graduating in 1976, then took his MA in composition at California State University. Rapson taught at Westmont from 1980 to 1990,...
- Kim RichmondKim RichmondKim Richmond is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.Richmond played piano, clarinet, and saxophone when young, and made his professional debut in 1956. He studied at the University of Illinois in the early 1960s. He played in the Air Force big band, Airmen of Note, while serving from...
- Bob Rodriguez
- William RoperWilliam RoperWilliam Roper was an English biographer. The son of a Kentish gentleman, he married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas More. He wrote a highly regarded biography of his father-in-law.-Life:...
- Ken Rosser
- Wadada Leo SmithWadada Leo SmithIshmael Wadada Leo Smith is a trumpeter and composer working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation.-Biography:...
- Paul SmokerPaul SmokerPaul Alva Smoker is an American jazz trumpeter.Smoker grew up in Davenport, Iowa, and moved to Chicago to play professionally. He worked there in the 1960s, playing with Bobby Christian among others...
- G.E. Stinson
- Mark TrayleMark TrayleMark Trayle is a California based musician and sound artist working in a variety of media including live electronic music, improvisation, installations, and compositions for chamber ensembles...
- Bertram TuretzkyBertram TuretzkyBertram Turetzky is a contemporary American double bass soloist, teacher, and author of The Contemporary Contrabass , a book that looked at a number of new and interesting ways of playing the double bass including featuring it as a solo performance vehicle with no other instrumental...
- Johnnie ValentinoJohnnie ValentinoJohnnie Valentino is an American composer /guitarist and sound designer originally from Philadelphia who now lives in Los Angeles. He is known for his forward leaning approach to jazz guitar that is as unique as it is colorful...
- Michael Vlatkovich
- Scott Walton
- Mark WeberMark WeberMark Edward Weber is the director of the Institute for Historical Review, an American Holocaust denial organization based in southern California....
- Tad WeedTad WeedThurlow "Tad" Weed was the placekicker for the Ohio State Buckeyes, a college level American football team that won the national championship in 1954...
- Jeanette Wrate