Pacific Jazz Records
Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record label best known for releasing cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded by Richard Bock (1927–88) and drummer Roy Harte in 1952.
Some of the musicians that recorded for Pacific Jazz include Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond, Joe Pass and Gerald Wilson.
The label was purchased by Liberty Records in 1957, which added a world music label, World Pacific Records, and continued both labels for a decade or so. Eventually, Liberty and the record companies it had bought over the years fell under the ownership of EMI.
Today, Pacific Jazz Records exists in name only via reissues of its material. The label's jazz catalog is now controlled by Blue Note Records.
Partial discography
- Ten inch series
- 1 - Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan Quartet
- 2 - Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan Quartet/Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Lee Konitz
- 3 - Chet Baker - Chet Baker Quartet
- 4 - Harry Edison - Sweets at the Haig
- 5 - Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan Quartet
- 6 - Chet Baker - The Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman
- 7 - Laurindo Almeida - Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank
- 8 - Russ Freeman - Russ Freeman Trio
- 9 - Chet Baker - Chet Baker Ensemble
- 10 - Gerry Mulligan - Lee Konitz and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet
- 11 - Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings
- 12 - Bob Gordon - Meet Mr. Gordon
- 13 - Laurindo Almeida - Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank, Volume 2
- 14 - Bud Shank - Bud Shank and Three Trombones
- 15 - Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sextet
- 16 - Bob Brookmeyer - Bob Brookmeyer Quartet
- 17 - Chico Hamilton - Chico Hamilton Trio
- 18 - Al Haig - Al Haig Trio [unreleased]
- 19 - Clifford Brown - The Clifford Brown Ensemble Featuring Zoot Sims
- 20 - Bud Shank - Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer
- Twelve inch series
- 1201 - Gerry Mulligan - California Concerts
- 1202 - Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings and Plays with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings
- 1203 - Chet Baker - Jazz at Ann Arbor
- 1204 - Laurdindo Almeida - Laurindo Almeia Quartet Featuring Bud Shank [reissue of 7 and 13]
- 1205 - Bud Shank and Shorty Rogers - Bud Shank and Shorty Rogers
- 1206 - Chet Baker - Trumpet Artistry By Chet Baker
- 1207 - Gerry Mulligan - The Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet
- 1208 - Jack Montrose - Jack Montrose Sextet
- 1209 - Chico Hamilton - Chico Hamilton Quintet with Buddy Collette
- 1210 - Gerry Mulligan - Paris Concert
- 1211 - Cy Touff - His Octet and Quintet
- 1212 - Russ Freeman and Richard Twardzik - Trio
- 1213 - Bud Shank - Strings and Trombones [reissue of 14 and 20]
- 1214 - Various - Arranged by Montrose
- 1215 - Bud Shank - The Bud Shank Quartet
- 1216 - Chico Hamilton - The Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi
- 1217 - Bill Perkins - Grand Encounter: Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
- 1218 - Chet Baker - Chet Baker in Europe
- 1219 - Bud Shank - Jazz at Cal-Tech
- 1220 - Chico Hamilton - Chico Hamilton Trio [reissue of 17]
- 1221 - Bill Perkins - The Bill Perkins Octet On Stage
- 1222 - Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings [reissue of 11]
- 1223 - Hoagy Carmichael - Hoagy Sings Carmichael
- 1224 - Chet Baker - Chet Baker and Crew
- 1225 - Chico Hamilton - The Chico Hamilton Quintet
- 1226 - Bud Shank and Bob Cooper - Flute 'n' Oboe
- 1227 - Jim Hall - Jazz Guitar
- 1228 - Gerry Mulligan - At Storyville
- 1229 - Chet Baker - Chet Baker Big Band
- 1230 - Bud Shank - Bud Shank Quartet Featuring Claude Williamson
- 1231 - Chico Hamilton - Zen: The Music of Fred Katz
- 1232 - Chet Baker - The Chet Baker and Russ Freeman Quartet