Nessa Records
| Nessa Records | |
|---|---|
| Active years | 1967- |
| founder | Chuck Nessa |
| Seat | Whitehall (Michigan) |
| Genre (s) | Modern creative , free jazz |
Nessa Records is an American jazz - label , which in 1967 by Chuck Nessa in Chicago was founded.
History of the label
Chuck Nessa (* 1944) met Bob Koester, the owner of Delmark Records and the Chicago Jazz Record Mart, in 1966 , who offered him the job of manager of the record store. He accepted this on the condition that Koester could also record his own jazz records. In 1966 he produced several sessions for Delmark with the band projects of AACM members, such as Roscoe Mitchell's Sound , Joseph Jarman's Song For , Muhal Richard Abrams ' Levels and Degrees of Light . In 1967 he founded his own label Nessa Records and began releasing long-playing records. In the mid-1970s, Nessa worked with the Chicago Jazz Institute, which organized the Chicago Jazz Fest . In the mid 1980s, he and his family moved to Whitehall, Michigan. After a few years of reduced activity by the label due to economic difficulties, Nessa began to publish his extensive archive material on compact disc format in the 1990s , such as early recordings by Roscoe Mitchell with the Art Ensemble of Chicago in a 5-CD box in 1967 as well as new material from Anthony Braxton and trumpeter John McDonough .
The label released music by Lester Bowie , Roscoe Mitchell , the Art Ensemble of Chicago ( People in Sorrow ), Von Freeman , Warne Marsh , Ben Webster , Air , Lucky Thompson , Charles Tyler , Wadada Leo Smith , the NRG Ensemble , Eddie Johnson , Fred Anderson and by Hal Russell / Mars Williams and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble .
Nessa also worked with Dr Robert E. Sunenblick of Uptown Records; the reissue label released the historical recordings In the Land of Oo-Blah-Dee 1947-1953 by tenor saxophonist Allen Eager and Charles 'Baron' Mingus, West Coast, 1945-49 , compiled by Charles Mingus in the early '78 .
Selection discography
- Art Ensemble of Chicago: Art Ensemble 1967-1968
- Air: Air Time (1977)
- Fred Anderson: The Missing Link (1979)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Chuck Nessa - Nessa Records 2010 ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Label portrait in Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular Music
- ↑ Allaboutjazz ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Label discography at Jazzdiscography.com
- ↑ Selected from Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 ; Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
