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Appendix B
Trustworthy Jazz Labels
This list is by no means complete, but it includes a few labels you can
count on for high-quality liner notes, packaging, recording, and reproduction.
As you build a jazz collection and gain knowledge of the music’s history,
you may want to peruse the catalogs of these labels. You may find one or two
that are especially well stocked with the kind of music you crave.
All labels have Web sites that list titles and let you order a catalog; I’ve
included the addresses in this appendix. Many of these sites are multimedia
events, with plenty of photos, samples of music, and artist bios.
Black Saint
Leave it to those tasteful Europeans to make the most of some great American
music. The Italian label Black Saint, based in Milan, Italy, has released first-rate
jazz (and improvisational and experimental music) for more than 30 years.
Today it’s run by Flavio Bonandrini, son of its longtime chief Giovanni.
A leader in free and avant garde jazz (see Chapter 8 for details about these
genres), Black Saint has released fringy jazz by several key players:
� The World Saxophone Quartet
� Lester Bowie, trumpeter
� Anthony Braxton, saxophonist
� David Murray, saxophonist and bass clarinetist
� Hamiett Bluiett, saxophonist
� George Russell, composer
� Archie Shepp, saxophonist
� Sun Ra, bandleader
For more information on the Black Saint label, visit www.blacksaint.com.