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词条 Contemporary Records
释义

  1. West Coast players

  2. Recording

  3. Discography

     Contemporary 3500/7500 series  Contemporary Popular 5000/9000 series  Contemporary 3600/7600 series  14000 series 

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox record label
| name = Contemporary Records
| image =
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| parent =Concord Bicycle Music
| founded = {{start date|1951}}
| founder = Lester Koenig
| fate = Sold
| defunct = {{end date|1984}}
| status = Inactive
| distributor =
| genre = Jazz
| country = U.S.
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| url = {{URL|www.concordmusicgroup.com/labels/contemporary|concordmusicgroup.com}}
}}Contemporary Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Lester Koenig in Los Angeles in 1951. Contemporary produced music from a variety of jazz styles and players.[1]

West Coast players

Contemporary became identified with a style of jazz called West Coast jazz as exemplified by Art Pepper, Chet Baker, Shelly Manne, and André Previn.[1]

In the mid 1960s the company fell into relative limbo, but limited new recordings were made in the late 1970s, including a series of albums by Art Pepper recorded at the Village Vanguard club in New York. After Les Koenig's death in 1977, the label was run for seven years by his son,[1] John, who produced albums by George Cables, Joe Farrell, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Peter Erskine, and Chico Freeman.

In 1984 Contemporary was purchased by Fantasy Records, which used the name for a short time. Most Contemporary titles were reissued by Fantasy. Also, some titles have found new life among today's audiophiles as high-quality LP remasters from Analogue Productions and other audiophile labels. The Fantasy catalog, including Contemporary and its associated labels, Good Time Jazz Records, Society for Forgotten Music, and Contemporary Composers Series, was sold to Concord Records in 2004.

Over the years, a number of major figures in the music business worked for Contemporary. Among them were Atlantic Records executive Nesuhi Ertegun, writers Nat Hentoff and Leonard Feather, producer Joe Boyd, recording engineer and studio designer Howard Holzer, and mastering engineer Bernie Grundman.

Recording

Koenig maintained high audio standards.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} He hired Roy DuNann from Capitol Records in 1956, who, out of the label's shipping room turned studio, turned out some of the best sounding records of the time.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} DuNann provided some details of his techniques in a Stereophile article nearly 50 years later.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} He said Koenig provided him with German (Neumann/Telefunken U-47) and Austrian (AKG C-12) condenser microphones and he immediately noted the very high output of these microphones, especially close-in on jazz musicians' dynamic playing. DuNann achieved his signature sound—crisp, clear and balanced without distortion or unpleasant "peak presence"—by keeping his microphone setups very simple (generally one per musician) and avoided the use of pre-amplifiers for them.

He built a simple passive mixing system that directly fed the electronics of his Ampex 350 and 351 tape machines. Also, DuNann told Stereophile that Contemporary sessions were recorded "dry" (without electronic echo added or in a reverberant room). Sometimes, such as in the case of Sonny Rollins' Way Out West, a plate reverb unit was inserted between the tape machine and the LP disc cutting lathe. This is why some later LP and CD reissues of Contemporary albums sound "dry" and "dead" compared to the original LPs mastered by DuNann.

Discography

Contemporary 3500/7500 series

The 3500 (mono)/7500 (stereo) series of 12 inch LP records commenced in 1955 and ran until 1961.[2] Contemporary was the first jazz label to record albums in stereo from 1956.[3]

Catalog Artist Album
3501Howard|Rumsey}}'s Lighthouse All-Stars Sunday Jazz a la Lighthouse, Vol. 1
3502Lionel|Hampton}}He Swings the Most
3503Lennie|Niehaus}}The Octet #2
3504Howard|Rumsey|nolink=1}}'s Lighthouse All-StarsHoward Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Vol. 6
3505Hampton|Hawes}} TrioHampton Hawes Trio
3506Lyle|Murphy|Spud Murphy}}12-Tone Compositions and Arrangements by Lyle Murphy
3507Shelly|Manne}} & His MenThe West Coast Sound
3508Howard|Rumsey|nolink=1}}'s Lighthouse All-StarsHoward Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Vol. 3
3509Howard|Rumsey|nolink=1}}'s Lighthouse All-Stars/Barney Kessel/Hampton Hawes Trio with Shelly ManneLighthouse at Laguna
3510Lennie|Niehaus|nolink=1}}The Quintets & Strings
3511Barney|Kessel}}Easy Like
3512Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}Kessel Plays Standards
3513Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}To Swing or Not to Swing
3514Duane|Tatro|nolink=1}}Duane Tatro's Jazz for Moderns
3515Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}} TrioThis Is Hampton Hawes
3516Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenSwinging Sounds
3517Howard|Rumsey|nolink=1}}'s Lighthouse All-StarsIn the Solo Spotlight
3518Lennie|Niehaus|nolink=1}}The Quintets
3519Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenMore Swinging Sounds
3520Howard|Rumsey|nolink=1}}'s Lighthouse All-StarsOboe/Flute
3521Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By
3522Buddy|Collette}}Man of Many Parts
3523Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}} TrioEverybody Likes Hampton Hawes
3524Lennie|Niehaus|nolink=1}}The Sextet
3525Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}}Shelly Manne & His Friends
3526Curtis|Counce}}The Curtis Counce Group
3527Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His FriendsMy Fair Lady
3528Howard|Rumsey|nolink=1}}'s Lighthouse All-StarsMusic for Lighthousekeeping
3529Jimmy|Deuchar}}Pub Crawling with Jimmy Deuchar
3530Sonny|Rollins}}Way Out West
3531Buddy|Collette|nolink=1}}Nice Day with Buddy Collette
3532Art|Pepper}}Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section
3533Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His FriendsLi'l Abner
3534Red|Norvo}}Music to Listen to Red Norvo By
3535Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}, Shelly Manne and Ray BrownThe Poll Winners
3536Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenConcerto for Clarinet & Combo
3537André|Previn}} & Russ FreemanDouble Play!
3538Red|Mitchell}}Presenting Red Mitchell
3539Curtis|Counce|nolink=1}}You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce!
3540Lennie|Niehaus|nolink=1}}Zounds!
3541Victor|Feldman}}Suite Sixteen
3542Leroy|Vinnegar}}Leroy Walks!
3543André|Previn|nolink=1}} & His PalsPal Joey
3544Bob|Cooper|Bob Cooper (musician)}}Coop! The Music of Bob Cooper
3545Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}}All Night Session! Vol. 1
3546Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}}All Night Session! Vol. 2
3547Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}}All Night Session! Vol. 3
3548André|Previn|nolink=1}} & His PalsGigi
3549Victor|Feldman|nolink=1}}The Arrival of Victor Feldman
3550Harold|Land}}Harold in the Land of Jazz
3551Ornette|Coleman}}Something Else!!!!
3552Benny|Golson}}Benny Golson's New York Scene
3553Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}}Four!
3554Art|Farmer}}Portrait of Art Farmer
3555Benny|Carter}}Jazz Giant
3556Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}, Shelley Manne & Ray BrownThe Poll Winners Ride Again!
3557Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenThe Gambit
3558André|Previn|nolink=1}}André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke
3559Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His FriendsBells Are Ringing
3560Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenShelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn
3561Benny|Carter|nolink=1}} QuartetSwingin' the '20s
3562Cecil|Taylor}}Looking Ahead!
3563Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}Carmen
3564Sonny|Rollins|nolink=1}}Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
3565Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}Some Like It Hot
3566Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenSon of Gunn!!
3567André|Previn|nolink=1}}André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern
3568Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics
3569Ornette|Coleman|nolink=1}}Tomorrow Is the Question!
3570André|Previn|nolink=1}} Jazz TrioKing Size!
3571Helen|Humes}}'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do
3572André|Previn|nolink=1}} & His PalsWest Side Story
3573Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}Gettin' Together
3574Curtis|Counce|nolink=1}} GroupCarl's Blues
3575André|Previn|nolink=1}}Like Previn!
3576Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}, Shelly Manne & Ray BrownPoll Winners Three!
3577Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenAt the Black Hawk 1
3578Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenAt the Black Hawk 2
3579Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenAt the Black Hawk 3
3580Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenAt the Black Hawk 4
3581The|Poll Winners|nolink=1}}Exploring the Scene!
3582Helen|Humes|nolink=1}}Songs I Like to Sing!
3583Teddy|Edwards}}Teddy's Ready!
3584Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}}The Three & The Two
3585Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet
3586André|Previn|nolink=1}}André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen
3587Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenThe Proper Time
3588Teddy|Edwards|nolink=1}} and Howard McGheeTogether Again!!!!
3589Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}}For Real!
3590Ruth|Price}}Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole
3591Bill|Smith|Bill Smith (jazz musician)}}Folk Jazz
3592Teddy|Edwards|nolink=1}}Good Gravy!
3593/4Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenLive! Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole
3595Gerry|Wiggins}}Relax and Enjoy It!
3596Howard|McGhee}}Maggie's Back in Town!!
3597Joe|Gordon|Joe Gordon (musician)}}Lookin' Good!
3598Helen|Humes|nolink=1}}Swingin' with Humes
3599Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}} & His MenShelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate

Contemporary Popular 5000/9000 series

The 5000 (mono)/9000 (stereo) series of 12 inch LP records commenced in 1956 and ran until 1962.[4][5]

Catalog Artist Album
5001Mel|Henke}} Dig Mel Henke
5002Claire|Austin}} Claire Austin Sings "When Your Lover Has Gone"
5003Mel|Henke|nolink=1}} Now Spin This!
5004Pepe|Romero}} !Flamenco Fenomeno!
5005Victor|Feldman}}Latinsville!
5006Shelly|Manne}} aned Jack MarshallSounds Unheard Of!

Contemporary 3600/7600 series

The 3600 (mono)/7600 (stereo) series of 12 inch LP records commenced in 1962 and ran until around the early 1980s.[6] After 3624 all releases were stereo only.[7]

Catalog Artist Album
3600Phineas|Newborn Jr.}}A World of Piano!
3601Helyne|Stewart|nolink=1}}Love Moods
3602Art|Pepper}}Smack Up
3603Barney|Kessel}}Let's Cook!
3604Joy|Bryan|nolink=1}}Make the Man Love Me
3605Jimmy|Woods}}Awakening!!
3606Teddy|Edwards}}Heart & Soul
3607Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}Intensity
3608Leroy|Vinnegar}}Leroy Walks Again!!
3609Shelly|Manne}}My Son the Jazz Drummer!
3610Prince|Lasha}} Quintet featuring Sonny SimmonsThe Cry!
3611Phineas|Newborn, Jr.|nolink=1}}The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr.
3612Jimmy|Woods|nolink=1}}Conflict
3613Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}Barney Kessel's Swingin' Party
3614Hampton|Hawes}}The Green Leaves of Summer
3615Phineas|Newborn, Jr.|nolink=1}}The Newborn Touch
3616Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}}Here and Now
3617Prince|Lasha|nolink=1}} and Sonny SimmonsFirebirds
3618Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}}Feeling Free
3619Harold|Land}}The Fox
3620Elmo|Hope}}Elmo Hope Trio
3621Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}}The Seance
7622Phineas|Newborn, Jr.|nolink=1}}Please Send Me Someone to Love
3623Sonny|Simmons}}Rumasuma
3624Shelly|Manne}}Outside
7625/6Sonny|Simmons|nolink=1}}Burning Spirits
7627/8Woody|Shaw}}Blackstone Legacy
7629Shelly|Manne|nolink=1}}Alive in London
7630Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}The Way It Was!
7631Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}}I'm All Smiles
7632Woody|Shaw|nolink=1}}Song of Songs
7633Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}Living Legend
7634Phineas|Newborn, Jr.|nolink=1}}Harlem Blues
7635The|Poll Winners|Barney Kessell}}Straight Ahead
7636Art|Farmer}}On the Road
7637Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}}Hampton Hawes at the Piano
7638Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}The Trip
7639Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}No Limit
7640Chico|Freeman}}Beyond the Rain
7641Ray|Brown|Ray Brown (musician)}}Something for Lester
7642Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard
7643Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}Friday Night at the Village Vanguard
7644Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard
7645Miles|Davis}} and The Lighthouse All-StarsAt Last!
7646Ben|Webster}}Ben Webster at the Renaissance
7647Terry|Gibbs}}Dream Band
7648Phineas|Newborn, Jr.|nolink=1}}Back Home
7649Chet|Baker}} and The Lighthouse All-StarsWitch Doctor
7650Art|Pepper|nolink=1}}More for Les at the Village Vanguard
7651Sonny|Rollins}}Contemporary Alternate Takes
7652Terry|Gibbs|nolink=1}} Dream BandThe Sundown Sessions
7653Hampton|Hawes|nolink=1}}The Sermon
7654Terry|Gibbs|nolink=1}} Dream BandFlying Home
7655Curtis|Counce}}Sonority
7656Terry|Gibbs|nolink=1}} Dream BandMain Stem
7657Terry|Gibbs|nolink=1}}The Big Cat
7658Terry|Gibbs|nolink=1}} Dream BandOne More Time

14000 series

The 14000 series began in 1980 with 12 inch LP records and in 1982 commenced releases on compact disc.[8] After 1992 all releases were CD only.[7]

Catalog Artist Album
14001George|Cables}} Cables' Vision
14002Joe|Farrell}} Sonic Text
14003Mike|Garson}} Avant Garson
14004Tete|Montoliu}} Lunch in L.A.
14005Chico|Freeman}} Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit
14006Joe|Henderson}} Relaxin' at Camarillo
14007Jay|Hoggard}} Rain Forest
14008Chico|Freeman|nolink=1}} Destiny's Dance
14009Bobby|Hutcherson}} Solo / Quartet
14010Peter|Erskine}} Peter Erskine
14011Bill|Perkins|Bill Perkins (saxophonist)}} Journey to the East
14012Bud|Shank}} California Concert
14013Frank|Morgan|Frank Morgan (musician)}} Easy Living
14014George|Cables|nolink=1}} Phantom of the City
14015George|Cables|nolink=1}} Circle
14016Jimmy|Rowles}} and Red Mitchell Jimmy Rowles with the Red Mitchell Trio
14017Bob|Cooper|nolink=1}} and Snooky Young In a Mellotone
14018Shelley|Manne|nolink=1}} In Zurich
14019Bud|Shank|nolink=1}} That Old Feeling
14020The|Jazztet}} Back to the City
14021Frank|Morgan|nolink=1}} Lament
14022Terry|Gibbs}} The Latin Connection
14023Chris|Connor}} Classic
14024Billy|Higgins}} Bridgework
14025Joshua|Breakstone}} Quintet Echoes
14026Frank|Morgan|nolink=1}} Quintet Bebop Lives!
14027Bud|Shank|nolink=1}} Bud Shank Quartet at Jazz Alley
14028Luther|Hughes|nolink=1}} Luther Hughes and Cahoots
14029Art|Farmer}} The Music of Billy Strayhorn
14030George|Cables|nolink=1}} By George
14031Bud|Shank|nolink=1}} Serious Swingers
14032Jimmy|Rowles|nolink=1}} I'm Glad There Is You
14033Barney|Kessel|nolink=1}} Spontaneous Combustion
14034The|Jazztet|nolink=1}} Real Time
14035Frank|Morgan|nolink=1}} & George Cables Double Image
14036Terry|Gibbs|nolink=1}} and Buddy DeFranco Chicago Fire
14037Tom|Harrell}} and George Robert Sun Dance
14038Chris|Connor|nolink=1}} New Again
14039Frank|Morgan|nolink=1}} and the McCoy Tyner Trio Major Changes
14040Joshua|Breakstone|nolink=1}} Evening Star
14041Kerry|Campbell|nolink=1}} Phoenix Rising
14042Art|Farmer|nolink=1}} Blame It On My Youth
14043Tom|Harrell|nolink=1}} Stories
14044Barney|Kessell|nolink=1}} Red Hot & Blue
14045Frank|Morgan|nolink=1}} Quartet Yardbird Suite
14046Jackie and RoyFull Circle
14047Terry|Gibbs|nolink=1}} and Buddy DeFranco Holiday for Swing
14048Bud|Shank|nolink=1}} Tomorrow's Rainbow
14049Carol|Sloane}} Love You Madly
14050Joshua|Breakstone|nolink=1}} Quartet Self-Portrait in Swing
14051 Rumsey, Howard Jazz Invention
14052Frank|Morgan|nolink=1}} Allstars Reflections
14053John|Campbell|John Campbell (jazz pianist)}} After Hours
14054Tom|Harrell|nolink=1}} Sail Away
14055Art|Farmer|nolink=1}} Ph.D.
14056Terry|Gibbs|nolink=1}} and Buddy DeFranco Air Mail Special
14057Art|Farmer|nolink=1}} and Frank Morgan Central Avenue Reunion
14058Kenny|Burrell}} Guiding Spirit
14059Tom|Harrell|nolink=1}} Form
14060Carol|Sloane|nolink=1}} The Real Thing
14061John|Campbell|nolink=1}} Turning Point
14062Joshua|Breakstone|nolink=1}} Trio 9 by 3
14063Tom|Harrell|nolink=1}} Visions
14064Frank|Morgan|nolink=1}} and Bud Shank Quiet Fire
14065Kenny|Burrell|nolink=1}} Sunup to Sundown
14066Terry|Gibbs|nolink=1}} Memories of You
14067Terry|Gibbs|nolink=1}} Kings of Swing
14068Leroy|Vinnegar}} Walking the Basses
14069Celedonio|Romero}} and Celin Romero Spanish Guitar Music
14070Pepe|Romero}} ¡Flamenco Fenomeno!
14071Helen|Humes}} 'Deed I Do
14072Hampton|Hawes}} Something Special
14073Chico|Freeman|nolink=1}} Focus
14074Teddy|Edwards|nolink=1}} Back to Avalon
14075Melton|Mustafa}} Boiling Point
14076Michael|Orta|nolink-1}} Freedom Tower
14077Howard|Rumsey}} Mexican Passport
14078Terry|Myers|nolink=1}} Soul Mates
14079Billy|Ross|nolink=1}} Woody
14080Eric|Allison|nolink=1}} Mean Streets Beat
14081Dennis|Points|nolink=1}} Images
14082Jesse|Jones|nolink=1}} Soul Serenade
14083Billy|Marcus|nolink=1}} Hamp
14084Lanny|Morgan|nolink=1}} Pacific Standard
14085Melton|Mustafa|nolink=1}} St. Louis Blues
14086Art|Pepper}} San Francisco Samba
14087Tom|Ranier}} In the Still of the Night
14088Eric|Allison|nolink=1}} After Hours

See also

  • List of record labels

References

1. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Gardner|first=Mark|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1|year=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1561592846|edition=2nd|editor=Barry Kernfeld|page=506}}
2. ^Contemporary Records Catalog: 3500/7500 series, accessed May 6, 2015
3. ^Concord Music Group website, accessed May 7, 2015
4. ^Contemporary Records Catalog: 3600/7600, 5000, 6000 series - album index, January 5, 2017
5. ^Contemporary Label Discography, accessed January 5, 2017
6. ^Contemporary Records Catalog: 3600/7600 series, accessed May 7, 2015
7. ^1 Callahan, M. Contemporary Label Discography, Both Sides Now website, accessed May 7, 2015
8. ^Contemporary Records Catalog: 14000 series, accessed May 7, 2015

External links

  • Conrad, Thomas. "The Search for Roy DuNann" (April 2002; Stereophile Web site)
  • Contemporary Records Listing
  • Lester Koenig, Contemporary Records, Shelly Manne, AKG
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