Silkheart Records is a
Swedish
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record company and
label
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dedicated to
improvised music
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and
free jazz
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.
Lars-Olof Gustavsson and Keith Knox founded Silkheart in
1985
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. In 1991, Jimmy Johnson of
Forced Exposure
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suggested that Silkheart "could easily be considered for the new
ESP-Disk
ESP-Disk is a New York-based record company and label founded in 1963 by lawyer Bernard Stollman.
History
Though it originally existed to release Esperanto-based music, beginning with its second release (Albert Ayler's ''Spiritual Unity''), ESP b ...
throne."
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz
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Dennis González
Dennis González, often credited Dennis Gonzalez (August 15, 1954March 15, 2022), was an American jazz trumpeter, artist, and educator from Texas. He hosted ''Miles Out'' on KERA-FM for over twenty years.
Early life
González was born in Abilen ...
recorded for the label as "part of a determined effort to wrest creative initiative back from New York and the West Coast".
Charles Brackeen
Charles Brackeen (born March 13, 1940 in Eufaula, Oklahoma, United States; died November 5, 2021, Carson, California) was an American jazz saxophonist who primarily played tenor saxophone, but also played soprano saxophone. He was previously marr ...
(whom Silkheart's management
and González
had coaxed out of retirement) recorded three albums for Silkheart.
Releases
* 101
Dennis González
Dennis González, often credited Dennis Gonzalez (August 15, 1954March 15, 2022), was an American jazz trumpeter, artist, and educator from Texas. He hosted ''Miles Out'' on KERA-FM for over twenty years.
Early life
González was born in Abilen ...
New Dallas Quartet – ''
Stefan''
* 102
Steve Lacy Sextet – ''
The Gleam''
* 103 Steve Lacy Quartet – ''
One Fell Swoop''
* 104
Ahmed Abdullah
Ahmed Abdullah (born Leroy Bland; May 10, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter who was a prominent member of Sun Ra's band.
Biography
He began playing the trumpet at age 13 in his native New York City. One of the first groups he performed with wa ...
Quartet – ''
Liquid Magic
''Liquid Magic'' is an album by trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah's Quartet featuring saxophonist Charles Brackeen, bassist Malachi Favors, and drummer Alvin Fielder which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label. ''
* 105
Charles Brackeen
Charles Brackeen (born March 13, 1940 in Eufaula, Oklahoma, United States; died November 5, 2021, Carson, California) was an American jazz saxophonist who primarily played tenor saxophone, but also played soprano saxophone. He was previously marr ...
Quartet – ''
Bannar
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* 106 Dennis González New Dallas Sextet – ''
Namesake
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* 107 Michael Bisio Quartet – ''In Seattle''
* 108
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is an American jazz ensemble founded in 1973 by percussionist Kahil El'Zabar. Its members have included Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Joseph Bowie, Ernest Dawkins, Light Henry Huff, Edward Wilkerson, Hanah Jon Taylor, an ...
– ''
Ancestral Song''
* 109 Ahmed Abdullah – ''
Ahmed Abdullah and the Solomonic Quintet''
* 110
Charles Brackeen
Charles Brackeen (born March 13, 1940 in Eufaula, Oklahoma, United States; died November 5, 2021, Carson, California) was an American jazz saxophonist who primarily played tenor saxophone, but also played soprano saxophone. He was previously marr ...
Quartet – ''
Attainment''
* 111 Charles Brackeen Quartet – ''
Worshippers Come Nigh''
* 112 Dennis González New Dallasorleanssippi – ''Debenge – Debenge''
* 113
David S. Ware
David Spencer Ware (November 7, 1949 – October 18, 2012) was an American jazz saxophone, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
Biography
Ware was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. While in high sc ...
Trio – ''
Passage to Music''
* 114 Booker T. Williams – ''Go Tell It on the Mountain''
* 115
Charles Gayle
Charles Gayle (born February 28, 1939) is an American free jazz musician. Initially known as a saxophonist who came to prominence in the 1990s after decades of obscurity, Gayle also performs as pianist, bass clarinetist, bassist, and percussioni ...
Quartet – ''Always Born''
* 116 Charles Gayle Trio – ''Homeless''
* 117 Charles Gayle Trio – ''Spirits Before''
* 118
Charles Tyler
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+ Brus Trio – ''Autumn in Paris''
* 119
William Hooker Quartet – ''Lifeline''
* 120
Other Dimensions in Music
Other Dimensions In Music is a free jazz group founded in the 1980s.Allmusic/ref>
The group is a collective quartet composed of trumpeter Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, bassist William Parker and drummer Rashid Bakr. Campb ...
– ''
Other Dimensions In Music
Other Dimensions In Music is a free jazz group founded in the 1980s.Allmusic/ref>
The group is a collective quartet composed of trumpeter Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, bassist William Parker and drummer Rashid Bakr. Campb ...
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* 121
Denis Charles
Denis Alphonso Charles (December 4, 1933 – March 26, 1998) was a jazz drummer.
Biography
Charles was born in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, and first played bongos at age seven with local ensembles in the Virgin Islands. In 1945, he moved to Ne ...
Triangle – ''Queen Mary''
* 122
Rob Brown Trio – ''
Breath Rhyme''
* 123 William Hooker Ensemble – ''The Firmament Fury''
* 124 Dennis González New Dallas Angeles – ''The Desert Wind''
* 125
Joel Futterman
Joel Futterman (born April 30, 1946 in Chicago) is an American jazz pianist and soprano saxophonist.
A native of Chicago, Joel Futterman was influenced both musically and philosophically by Gene Shaw, with whom he worked with and studied for a ...
Quartet – ''Vision in Time''
* 126
Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figures ...
+ Brus Trio – ''
After Fallen Leaves''
* 127
David S. Ware
David Spencer Ware (November 7, 1949 – October 18, 2012) was an American jazz saxophone, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
Biography
Ware was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. While in high sc ...
Quartet – ''
Great Bliss, Vol. 1''
* 128 David S. Ware Quartet – ''
Great Bliss, Vol. 2''
* 129
Matthew Shipp
Matthew Shipp (born December 7, 1960) is an American pianist, composer, and bandleader.
Early life and education
Shipp was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and began playing piano at six years old. His mother was a friend of trumpeter Clifford B ...
Quartet – ''
Points''
* 130 Various artists – ''Spirit of New Jazz''
* 131 Joel Futterman Trio – ''Berlin Images''
* 132
Ernest Dawkins
Ernest Dawkins (born 2 November 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American jazz saxophonist, principally active in free jazz and post-bop.
Ernest Khabeer Dawkins was a neighbor of Anthony Braxton as a child. He played bass and dru ...
New Horizons Ensemble – ''
South Side Street Songs''
* 133 Jim Hobbs Trio – ''Babadita''
* 134 Charles Gayle Quartet – ''Translations''
* 135 Hal Russell & Joel Futterman Quartet – ''
Naked Colours''
* 136 Jim Hobbs Fully Celebrated Orchestra – ''Peace & Pig Grease''
* 137 Charles Gayle Quartet – ''Raining Fire''
* 138 Bob Ackerman Trio – ''Old & New Magic''
* 139
Roy Campbell Pyramid – ''
Communion''
* 140 Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble – ''
Chicago Now Vol. 1''
* 141 Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble – ''
Chicago Now Vol. 2''
* 142 Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – ''
21st Century Union March''
* 143 The Joel Futterman &
Kidd Jordan
Edward "Kidd" Jordan (born May 5, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist and music educator from New Orleans, Louisiana.
After completing a music degree at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he relocated to New Orleans. He taught at Southern Uni ...
Quintet – ''Nickelsdorf Konfrontation''
* 144 Steve Lacy – ''
5 x Monk 5 x Lacy''
* 145 David S. Ware Quartet – ''
Oblations and Blessings
''Oblations and Blessings'' is an album by jazz saxophonist David S. Ware, recorded in 1995 and released on the Silkheart label. It features the David S. Ware Quartet with pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist William Parker and drummer Whit Dickey pl ...
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* 146
Andrew Cyrille
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– Richard Teitelbaum Duo – ''
Double Clutch''
* 147 William Hooker – Billy Bang Duo – ''Joy (Within)!''
* 148 Assif Tsahar Trio – ''Ain Sof''
* 149 AALY Trio +
Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964) is an American composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.
A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered composi ...
– ''
Hidden in the Stomach''
* 150 Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – ''Ka – Real''
* 151 Borgmann / Morris / Charles Trio – ''The Last Concert – Dankeschön''
* 152 Kidd Jordan Quartet – ''New Orleans Festival Suite''
* 153 Heinz Geisser &
Guerino Mazzola
Guerino Bruno Mazzola (born 1947) is a Swiss mathematician, musicologist, jazz pianist as well as a writer.
Education and career
Mazzola obtained his PhD in mathematics at University of Zürich in 1971 under the supervision of Herbert Groß and ...
Duo – ''Folia / The Unam Concert''
* 154 Heinz Geisser & Guerino Mazzola] Duo – ''Someday''
* 155
Sirone (musician), Sirone Bang Ensemble – ''
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* 156
Matt Lavelle
Matt Lavelle (born 1970 in Paterson, New Jersey) is a jazz trumpet, flugelhorn, alto clarinet, and bass clarinet player.
Career
Lavelle began his music career with Hildred Humphries, a swing era veteran who played with Count Basie and Billie Holi ...
Trio – ''Spiritual Power''
* 157 Charles Gayle Quartet – ''Blue Shadows''
* 158 Other Dimensions in Music featuring Fay Victor – ''
Kaiso Stories
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See also
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List of record labels
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Ayler Records Ayler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Albert Ayler (1936–1970), American jazz saxophonist, singer, and composer
* Donald Ayler (1942–2007), American jazz trumpeter, brother of Albert
* Ethel Ayler (1930–2018), America ...
, Sister label
References
External links
Official siteAyler Records, Silkheart's Sister Label, Official site
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