independent record label
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Dallas
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, Texas. It was founded by Mark Elliott and Keith Foerster and existed from 1994 until 1999.
Leaning House produced recordings by
Earl Harvin
Earl Harvin is an American drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany.
Harvin studied at the University of North Texas College of MusicWessell Anderson
Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson (born 1966) is an American jazz alto and sopranino saxophonist.
Anderson grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, and played jazz early on at the urging of his father, who was a drummer. He played in loca ...
, Donald Edwards, Fred Sanders, and the Fantastic Voices of Harmony. It closed in 1999 for financial reasons. Mark Elliott noted that jazz albums make up a small percentage of the music market.
Discography
* BB001 –
Marchel Ivery
Marchel Ivery was an American modern jazz saxophonist, known as one of the Texas Tenors.
History
Ivery was born in 1938 in Ennis, Texas
Ennis () is a city in eastern Ellis County, Texas. It is on the edge of the blackland prairie region of Tex ...
– ''Marchel's Mode'' (1994)
* BB002 –
Earl Harvin
Earl Harvin is an American drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany.
Harvin studied at the University of North Texas College of MusicDave Palmer – ''Strange Happy'' (1997)
* BB006 – Fred Sanders – ''East of Vilbig'' (1997)
* BB007 – Donald Edwards – ''In the Vernacular'' (1998)
* BB008 –
Wessell Anderson
Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson (born 1966) is an American jazz alto and sopranino saxophonist.
Anderson grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, and played jazz early on at the urging of his father, who was a drummer. He played in loca ...
– ''Live at the Village Vanguard'' (1998)
* BB009 – Earl Harvin Trio – ''At the Gypsy Tea Room'' (1998)
* BB010 – Marchel Ivery – ''3'' (1999)
Unreleased
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Bedhead
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