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Sachimay Records

Sachimay Records bills itself as trafficking as Improvised / Creative / New Music. Artists include Matt Hannafin & Brian Moran, Dan DeChellis, and Richard Gross.

SAVOY JAZZ…..where bebop began and the artists still swing…. The Savoy Label Group (SLG) is a full service record company specializing in the creation and marketing of adult music worldwide. The Savoy Jazz catalog, synonymous with jazz excellence since the 1940’s, represents the early landmark recordings of legends Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Erroll Garner, Cannonball Adderley and many, many others.

Screwgun Records

Screwgun Records is a jazz record label founded by Tim Berne. Most releases have been by Berne, though a few have been by Berne’s associates and bandmates.

Sharp Nine Records

In the summer of 1995, jazz enthusiast Marc Edelman launched a venture, Sharp Nine Records, with a very simple premise. As expressed in the mission statement found on his very first release (Brian Lynch’s Keep Your Circle Small), the label was formed to “record and promote modern jazz music-bebop and beyond.” In addition, Sharp Nine would “provide an arena where new talent is introduced and established players find renewal.”

Shrapnel Records Group

The Shrapnel Records Group hosts a modern fusion label called Tone Center Records, which has released recordings by such artists as Steve Smith, Bill Connors, Bunny Brunel, Steve Khan, Michael Landau, Joe Zawinul & Greg Howe. Tone Center is know for attracting top jazz talent to its projects. Sidemen & contributors on Tone Center albums include Jack DeJohnette, Randy Brecker, Vinnie Colaiuta, Robben Ford, Dennis Chambers, John Patitucci, Tom Coster and Larry Coryell.

Silkheart Records

Silkheart Records is a Swedish record label dedicated to recording improvised music and free jazz. Lars-Olof Gustavsson and Keith Knox founded Silkheart in 1985. David S. Ware and Alvin Fielder both recorded comeback albums for Silkheart, while Charles Gayle, Matthew Shipp, Rob Brown, Booker T. Williams, Daniel Carter, Jim Hobbs and Dennis Charles all made their debut recordings for the label.

Skirl Records

Skirl Records is an American record label, focusing on improvised music, run by the artists. It was started in 2006 by Chris Speed, among others. Skirl Records is located in Brooklyn and the artists are mainly involved in the local scene there.

Smalltown Superjazzz

Smalltown Superjazzz is an independent record label based in Oslo, Norway, and dedicated to new forms of jazz. Their catalog features albums by The Thing, Mats Gustafsson and Free Fall.

Songlines

Songlines is a music label that specializes in cutting-edge jazz (with new music/world music influences) from New York’s downtown scene and other centres of creative music.

Sounds Are Active

Sounds Are Active is an independent record label based in Long Beach, CA. It was founded in 1999 by Chris Schlarb. The label has focused on releasing music in the genres of free jazz, avanthop, ambient and other experimental music.

Spotlite Jazz

Spotlite Jazz started life in 1968 as the brain child of Tony Williams who staked his limited resources on reissuing the complete Charlie Parker Dial recordings. This initial release was followed by reissues of the remainder of the Dial catalogue, along with American jazz broadcasts and rare studio and live recordings by leading American jazz musicians. Since then the policy has been developed to encompass British artists including saxophonists Peter King, Don Rendell, Pat Crumly, and Kathy Stobart; pianists John Horler and Brian Dee, among others.

Steeplechase

SteepleChase was founded in 1972 by Nils Winther, who was a student at Copenhagen University at the time. He began recording performances at Jazzhus Montmartre, where many American expatriates played, and was given permission by some of the artists to release the material on record. SteepleChase became a haven for many artists who had lost contracts with larger labels after the 1960s, particularly after the failure of Blue Note.

Storyville Records

Storyville Records is a Denmark based record label founded in 1950 by Karl Emil Knudsen, a jazz record collector, then working for the Copenhagen telephone company. Named after Storyville the famous historic Red light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, its main focus has always been on jazz and blues. The label’s first releases were 78 rpm reissues featuring Ma Rainey, Clarence Williams Blue Five, and James P. Johnson, but Storyville soon began releasing original recordings.

Strata-East Records

Strata-East Records is an influential American record label of jazz music, founded in 1971 by Stanley Cowell and Charles Tolliver. The label released over 60 albums in the 1970s, several by prominent artists including Clifford Jordan, Pharoah Sanders, and Shirley Scott.

Sublingual Records

Sublingual Records makes a point of exploring new territory in jazz, rock, and electronic music.

Summit Records

Summit Records is an internationally distributed record label that evolved out of the dynamic large brass ensemble, Summit Brass in the late 1980s with the goal of providing quality, world-class musicians a platform to get their music to the public and be treated fairly in the process.

Sunbeam Records

Sunbeam is one of the UK’s leading specialist reissue labels, dedicated to releasing definitive versions of overlooked rock, folk and jazz albums from all over the world.

Sunnyside Records

Sunnyside Records is an American jazz record label, founded in 1982 by Francois Zalacain and Christine Berthe. Its early releases consisted primarily of piano solo material and ensembles without drums, but in later years has broadened its selection of material.

Sunset Jazz Recordings

Sunset Jazz Recordings modestly bills itself as the world’s leading new jazz record label.

Symbol Records

Symbol Records is an independent Jazz Label that promotes artistic integrity and creativity. It provides an outlet for artistic freedom and encourages new music recorded at the highest standards possible.