32 Records was a
record label established in 1995 by record producer
Joel Dorn and attorney Robert Miller.
Its 32 Jazz
imprint released a successful series of
compilation album
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s.
It was named for Dorn's favorite
sports number.
It also released new material by artists such as
The Jazz Passengers and established 32 R&B, 32 Blues, 32 Groove, and 32 Pop subsidiaries.
32 Records acquired the holdings of the
Muse and
Landmark
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In modern use, the term can also be applied to smaller structures or f ...
labels, and established the 32 Jazz subsidiary in 1997 with the aim of re-issuing numerous
jazz recordings.
During the late 1990s, 32 Jazz released a successful series of inexpensive "Jazz for…" compilations.
The first of these, ''Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon'', was released in 1997 in conjunction with
''Elle''.
In 1999, it had become the top jazz label in the
''Billboard'' charts, before Verve Music Group merged its
Verve and
GRP holdings into a single output.
By 2000, Miller had become
CEO
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of CDBeat, which owned 32 Records as a subsidiary.
In March 2000, Dorn resigned from the company and formed Label M later that year.
Upon Dorn's departure, CDBeat announced that it would discontinue 32 Records by March 2001,
although in June 2000 it hired producer
Todd Barkan to replace Dorn.
CDBeat, in turn, would become Spinrocket and then ConnectivCorp.
acquired the rights to the Muse and Landmark catalogs from 32 Records in October 2003,
and by the end of the year, ConnectivCorp had merged with
Majesco Entertainment.
Partial discography
Source: "32 Jazz: A Checklist"
References
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Jazz record labels
American record labels
Defunct record labels of the United States