Red Records
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Red Records is an Italian jazz record label established in 1976.
Artists who have recorded for the label include Joe Henderson
, Bobby Watson
, Billy Higgins
, Roberto Gatto
, Franco d'Andrea
, Dave Liebman
, Cedar Walton
, Edward Simon, Stafford James
, Ray Mantilla
, Jim Snidero
, Black Note
, Julius Hemphill
, Steve Lacy
, Jerry Bergonzi
, Kenny Barron
, Paul Bley
, Phil Woods
, Steve Grossman, Steve Nelson
, Woody Shaw
, and a number of lesser known Italian musicians.
Albums released on the label include David Murray's Last of the Hipmen
and Steve Lacy
's Axieme
.
Artists who have recorded for the label include Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than forty years Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note.-Early life:From a very large family with five sisters and nine...
, Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson is an American post-bop jazz alto saxophonist, composer, producer, and educator. Watson now has 26 recordings as a leader. He appears on nearly 100 other recordings as either co-leader or in a supporting role...
, Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop.Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, beginning in 1958...
, Roberto Gatto
Roberto Gatto
Roberto Gatto is an Italian jazz drummer, born in Rome.He has performed with Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Bob Berg, Tommy Flanegan, Joe Zawinul, and Joe Lovano...
, Franco d'Andrea
Franco D'Andrea
Franco D'Andrea is an Italian pianist who plays mostly jazz and rock. He developed his style in the 1960s and won several awards in his home country...
, Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman is an American saxophonist and flautist. In June 2010, he received a NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Biography:...
, Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
Cedar Anthony Walton, Junior is an American hard bop jazz pianist.-Biography:Walton grew up in Dallas, Texas. His mother was an aspiring concert pianist, and was Walton's initial teacher. She also took him to jazz performances around Dallas...
, Edward Simon, Stafford James
Stafford James
-Biography:As a young man, Stafford James enlisted in the Air Force; after his discharge he studied at the University of Chicago with Rudolf Fahsbender. In 1969 he moved to New York City and studied under Julius Levine at the Mannes College for Music. Here he met Pharaoh Sanders, with whom he...
, Ray Mantilla
Ray Mantilla
Raymond Mantilla is an American jazz drummer. He has played as a session musician and toured with some of the most significant jazz musicians of his time...
, Jim Snidero
Jim Snidero
Jim Snidero is an American jazz saxophonist.Snidero studied at the University of North Texas before moving to New York City in 1981. After touring with Jack McDuff, he joined Toshiko Akiyoshi's Jazz Orchestra in the early 1980s in New York, working in the group for twenty years...
, Black Note
Black Note
Black Note were an American jazz ensemble formed in 1991. The band released four albums, for the labels Columbia Records, Impulse! Records, Red Records and World Stage.They won first prize at the John Coltrane Young Artist Competition in 1991.-Members:...
, Julius Hemphill
Julius Hemphill
Julius Arthur Hemphill was a jazz composer and saxophone player. He performed mainly on alto saxophone; less often soprano and tenor saxophones and flute.-Biography:...
, Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
, Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry Bergonzi is a jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator. Bergonzi received a B.A. Degree in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and is the founder of Not Fat Records....
, Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron , is an American jazz pianist. He is the younger brother of tenor saxophonist Bill Barron, and known for his lyrical, adaptive style.-Biography:...
, Paul Bley
Paul Bley
Paul Bley, CM is a pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing.-Biography:...
, Phil Woods
Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.-Biography:...
, Steve Grossman, Steve Nelson
Steve Nelson (vibraphonist)
Steve Nelson is an American vibraphonist, and has been a member of Dave Holland's Quintet and Big Band for over a decade. He graduated from Rutgers University with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees in music, and his teaching activities have included a position at Princeton University...
, Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and band leader, often referred to as the "last innovator" in the jazz trumpet lineage...
, and a number of lesser known Italian musicians.
Albums released on the label include David Murray's Last of the Hipmen
Last of the Hipmen
Last of the Hipmen is a live album by David Murray released on the Italian Red label. It was recorded in 1978 and features performances by Murray, Butch Morris, Johnny Dyani and George Brown...
and Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
's Axieme
Axieme (album)
Axieme is a solo album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy. It was released in 1975 on the Red label. Although not labelled on the LP or CD releases it contains solo versions of Steve Lacy's compositions "Deadline", "The New Duck", "Tao ", "Coastline" and "The Crust".-Track listing:# "Axieme, Pt. 1 &...
.