Nessa Records is an American jazz record label founded in Chicago in 1967 by producer Chuck Nessa. After working at

Delmark Records Delmark Records is an American jazz and blues independent record label. It was founded in 1958 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. The label originated in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1953 when then owner, and founder, Bob Koester released a record ...

for a year, Nessa started the label at the urging of Roscoe Mitchell and Lester Bowie. The first album was released under Bowie's name because Mitchell was under contract to Delmark.Chuck Nessa interview
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Since the mid 80's the label has been based in Whitehall, Michigan.Allaboutjazz

Discography

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Lester Bowie Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography Born in ...

- '' Numbers 1 & 2'' (available in Art Ensemble Box – ncd-2500 and reissued complete as ncd-31/32) *n-2 Roscoe Mitchell - '' Congliptious'' (available in Art Ensemble Box – ncd-2500 and reissued complete as ncd-2) *n-3

Art Ensemble of Chicago The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group that grew out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ( AACM) in the late 1960s. The ensemble integrates many jazz styles and plays many instruments, including "little ...

- '' People in Sorrow'' *n-4 Art Ensemble of Chicago - '' Les Stances a Sophie'' *n-5 Roscoe Mitchell - '' Old/Quartet'' (available in Art Ensemble Box – ncd-2500) *n-6

Von Freeman Earle Lavon "Von" Freeman Sr. (October 3, 1923 – August 11, 2012) was an American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, Freeman as a young child was exposed to jazz. His father, George, a city policeman, was a ...

- ''Have No Fear'' (available as ncd-6 with 1 extra track) *n-7

Warne Marsh Warne Marion Marsh (October 26, 1927 – December 18, 1987) was an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, his playing first came to prominence in the 1950s as a protégé of pianist Lennie Tristano and earned attention in the 1970s as ...

- ''

All Music AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

'' (available as ncd-7 w/7 bonus tracks) *n-8

Ben Webster Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Career Early life and career A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...

- ''Did You Call?'' (rights have reverted to Ensayo-Spain) *n-9/10 Roscoe Mitchell - ''

Nonaah ''Nonaah'' is a double album recorded in 1976-77 by Roscoe Mitchell. It was originally released on the Nessa label in 1977 and features solo, duo, trio and quartet performances by Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, Malachi Favors, Muhal Richard Abrams ...

'' (available as ncd-9/10 w/5 bonus tracks) *n-11 Von Freeman - ''Serenade & Blues'' (available as ncd-11 w/extra track) *n-12

Air The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing f ...

- '' Air Time'' (available as ncd-12) *n-13

Lucky Thompson Eli "Lucky" Thompson (June 16, 1924 – July 30, 2005) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist whose playing combined elements of swing and bebop. Although John Coltrane usually receives the most credit for bringing the soprano sa ...

- ''Body & Soul ''(rights have reverted to Ensayo – Spain) *n-14/15 Roscoe Mitchell - '' L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples'' (available as ncd-14) *n-16 Charles Tyler- '' Saga of the Outlaws'' (available as ncd-16) *n-17/18

Spontaneous Music Ensemble Spontaneous may refer to: * Spontaneous abortion * Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis * Spontaneous combustion * Spontaneous declaration * Spontaneous emission * Spontaneous fission * Spontaneous generation * Spontaneous human combustion * Sponta ...

, Bobby Bradford, John Stevens - ''Live Vols. 1 & 2'' (available as ncd-17/18) *n-19

Wadada Leo Smith Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (born December 18, 1941) is an American trumpeter and composer, working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation. He was one of three finalists for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music for ''Ten Free ...

- '' Spirit Catcher'' (available as ncd-19 w/extra track) *n-20 Roscoe Mitchell - '' Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes'' (available as ncd-20 HDCD encoded) *n-21 Hal Russell - '' NRG Ensemble'' *n-22 Eddie Johnson - ''Indian Summer'' (available on lp only) *n-23 Fred Anderson - '' The Missing Link'' (available as ncd-23 w/extra track) *n-24 Hal Russell/

Mars Williams Mars Williams (born May 29, 1955) is an American jazz and rock saxophonist. Exposed to big band and dixieland jazz by his trumpet-playing father, Williams played classical clarinet for ten years, then migrated to saxophone in his last year of hi ...

- '' Eftsoons'' (available on lp only) *n-25 Hal Russell NRG Ensemble with Charles Tyler - ''

Generation A generation refers to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. It can also be described as, "the average period, generally considered to be about 20–⁠30 years, during which children are born and gr ...

'' (CD) *ncd-26 Wadada Leo Smith - '' Procession of the Great Ancestry'' (CD) *ncd-27/28 Roscoe Mitchell - Old/Quartet Sessions *ncd-29 Art Ensemble - '' Early Combinations'' (CD) *ncd-30 Von Freeman - ''Vonski Speaks'' (CD) *ncd-31/32 Lester Bowie - ''All the Numbers'' (expanded reissue of n-1) *ncd-33 Anthony Braxton & John McDonough - ''6 Duos (Wesleyan) 2006'' *ncd-34 Roscoe Mitchell - '' Before There Was Sound'' (CD) *ncd-35 Ira Sullivan - ''Circumstantial'' (CD) *ncd-36 Bobby Bradford / Frode Gjerstad Quartet - ''Silver Cornet'' (CD) *ncd-37 Roscoe Mitchell Quartet - ''

Celebrating Fred Anderson ''Celebrating Fred Anderson'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, which was recorded live in 2015 at Chicago's Constellation and released on Nessa. For this tribute to saxophonist Fred Anderson, Mitchell assembled a quartet ...

'' (CD) *ncd-38 Roscoe Mitchell With Yuganaut - '' Four Ways'' *ncd-39 Nick Mazzarella & Tomeka Reid - ''Signaling'' *ncd-40 Roscoe Mitchell - ''Ride the Wind''

References

External links

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