Gemini Records

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Gemini Records was a Norwegian jazz record label that existed from 1984 to 2006.

Gemini Records was founded by Bjørn Petersen in Asker , Norway ; first release was an album by Bjarne Nerem . The label specialized in recordings of jazz; in 1989 the sister label Taurus Records was added . Most of the albums were produced by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studios in Oslo. In 2006 the production of the label was stopped.

Besides Bjarne Nerem, published on Gemini et al. a. Albums by Kenny Davern , Kevin Dean , Harold Ashby , Egil Kapstad , Al Gray , Knut Riisnæs , Kristian Bergheim , Atle Hammer , Frode Thingnæs / Bjørn Johansen / Bjørn Alterhaug , Eivin Sannes , Benny Bailey , Slava Preobrazhenski / Nisse Sandström , Frank Wess , Per Husby , Dick Hyman / Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Harry Allen , Lars Erstrand , Zoot Sims , Al Cohn , Egil Johansen , Karin Krog , Per Nyhaug , Totti Bergh and by Jan Lundgren / Georg Riedel . Albums and others appeared on Taurus . a. by Odd Riisnæs , Dag Arnesen, Marit Sandvik, Sigurd Ulveseth, Ole Jacob Hystad, Espen Rud , Ivar Antonsen, Andy Laverne , John Pål Inderberg , Roger Johansen and Wenche Gausdal.

Selected albums

  • Benny Bailey Quintet, While my lady sleeps (GMCD 69, 1991)
  • Dick Hyman / Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Elegies, mostly (GMCD 90, 1996)
  • Egil Kapstad Trio, Remembrance (GMCD 82, 1994)
  • Knut Riisnæs / Red Holloway , Confessin 'the blues (GMCD 63, 1991)

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