HighNote Records
| HighNote Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Barney Fields Joe Fields |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | New York City |
| Official website | www |
HighNote Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Joe Fields with his son, Barney Fields, in 1997.
Joe Fields worked for Prestige Records in the 1960s. He founded Muse Records in the 1970s. After he sold Muse, he started the Highnote and Savant labels with his son, Barney. Many of the artists on Highnote previously recorded for Muse.[1]
The catalogue includes Cindy Blackman, Larry Coryell, Joey DeFrancesco, Charles Earland, Russell Gunn, Etta Jones, Sheila Jordan, Houston Person, and Jimmy Ponder.[2]
Roster
- Eric Alexander
- JD Allen
- Ernestine Anderson
- Kenny Barron
- Bruce Barth
- Jerry Bergonzi
- Andy Bey
- Arthur Blythe
- Don Braden
- Kenny Burrell
- Freddy Cole
- Chris Connor
- Larry Coryell
- Santi Debriano
- Sammy Figueroa
- George Freeman
- Giacomo Gates
- Winard Harper
- Tom Harrell
- Billy Hart
- Vincent Herring
- John Hicks
- Red Holloway
- Ethan Iverson
- Randy Johnston
- Etta Jones
- Rodney Jones
- Harold Mabern
- Ray Mantilla
- Pat Martino
- Frank Morgan
- Barbara Morrison
- Mark Murphy
- Steve Nelson
- David "Fathead" Newman
- Bill O'Connell
- Jim Payne
- Jeremy Pelt
- Houston Person
- Jimmy Ponder
- Irene Reid
- Wallace Roney
- Jim Snidero
- Melvin Sparks
- Mary Stallings
- Harvie Swartz
- Steve Turre
- Dave Valentin
- Cedar Walton
- Reuben Wilson
References
- ^ Sunderland, Celeste (28 October 2003). "HighNote/Savant Records". www.allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ Kennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 237. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.