Venus Records is a Japanese jazz record label. It was founded in 1992 by Tetsuo Hara, who had worked as a producer for

RCA Victor RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic ...

. It mostly works with a select group of artists from Italy, the United States, and Japan, and uses a signature 24-bit mastering process, named "Hyper Magnum Sound," that produces "very powerful sound with strong presence". It is also known for its album covers, which use well-known photographers and frequently feature nudity.

Discography

* VENUS-1002

Albert Ayler Albert Ayler (; July 13, 1936 – November 25, 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer. After early experience playing rhythm and blues and bebop, Ayler began recording music during the free jazz era of the 1960s. Ho ...

''Bells'' (CD, RE, Promo) 1993 * TKCZ-79136 Marzette Watts ''Marzette Watts'' (CD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCZ-79134 Burton Greene Trio ''The On Tour'' (CD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCZ-79130 Giuseppi Logan ''More'' (CD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCZ-79126 Patty Waters ''Sings'' (CD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCZ-79118 ''Why Not?'' (CD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCZ-79108 Giuseppi Logan Quartet '' The Giuseppi Logan Quartet'' (CD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCZ-79102 Albert Ayler ''Spirits Rejoice'' (CD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCZ-79101 Albert Ayler Trio ''Spiritual Unity'' (CD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCZ-79004

Gil Evans Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian Americans, Canadian–American jazz pianist, Music arranger, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators i ...

'' Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980)'' (2xCD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCZ-79005

Art Pepper Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American jazz musician, most known as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet (his first instrument) and bass clarinet. Active ...

with Sonny Clark Trio ''Holiday Flight - Lighthouse 1953'' (2xCD, Album, RE, RM) 1993 * TKCV-79021 Barney Wilen ''Inside Nitty = Gritty'' (CD, Album) 1993 * TKCV-79016 Marion Brown Quintet ''Mirante Do Vale ~ Offering II'' (CD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCV-79012 Marion Brown Quintet ''Offering'' (CD, Album, RE) 1993 * TKCY-79013

Dewey Redman Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett. Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also played alto s ...

Featuring

Joshua Redman Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman (1931–2006). Life and career Joshua Redman was born in Berkeley, California, to jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman a ...

'' African Venus'' (CD, Album) 1994 * TKCZ-79158 Albert Ayler Quintet ''At Slug's Saloon 1966'' (2xCD, Album, Comp) 1994 * TKCZ-79024 Richie Beirach Trio ''Methuselah'' (CD, Album, RE) 1994 * TKCV-79084 Paul Bley Trio ''Emerald Blue'' (CD, Album) 1994 * TKCV-79074 Paul Bley Trio '' Modern Chant'' (CD, Album) 1994 * TKCV-79055 Lonnie Smith Trio ''Purple Haze'' (CD, Album) 1994 * TKCV-79053 Lonnie Smith Trio ''Føxy Lady'' (CD, Album) 1994 * TKCV-79022 Lonnie Smith = John Abercrombie Trio ''The Afro Blue'' (CD, Album) 1994 * TKCZ-79506 Sonny Rollins Quintet /

Thad Jones Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 – August 20, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists". Early life, family and education Thad Jones was born i ...

''Sonny Rollins Plays'' (CD, Album, RE, Comp) 1995 * TKCZ-36010 Albert Ayler Trio ''Spiritual Unity'' (CD, Album, RE, Ltd, 24K) 1996 * TKCV-79307 Archie Shepp Quartet ''Blue Ballads'' (CD, Album) 1996 * TKCV-35015

Lee Konitz Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's ass ...

Quartet '' Jazz Nocturne'' * TKCV-35134

Enrico Rava Enrico Rava (born 20 August 1939), is an Italian jazz trumpeter. He started on trombone, then changed to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. Career He was born in Trieste, Italy. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's ...

''Italian Ballads'' (CD, Album) 1996 * TKCV-35018

''Lee Konitz & The Brazilian Band – Brazilian Serenade'' (CD, Album) 1996 * TKCV-35036 Steve Kuhn Trio ''Sing Me Softly of the Blues'' (CD, Album) 1997 * JAS-8007

Kenny Dorham McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and occasional singer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention ...

''The Arrival of Kenny Dorham'' (CD, Album, RE) 1997 * JAS-8004 JR Monterose ''The Message'' (CD, Album, RE) 1997 * TKCV-35102 Steve Kuhn Trio ''Love Walked In'' (CD, Album) 1999 * TKCV-35084 Richie Beirach Trio ''What Is This Thing Called Love?'' (CD, Album) 1999 * TKCV-35088 Steve Kuhn Trio ''Quiereme Mucho'' (CD, Album) 2000 * TKCV-35098 Steve Kuhn Trio ''Temptation'' (CD, Album) 2001 * TKCV-35091 Richie Beirach Trio ''Romantic Rhapsody'' (CD, Album) 2001 * TKCV-35307 Steve Kuhn Trio ''Waltz – Red Side'' (CD, Album) 2002 * TKCV-35306 Steve Kuhn Trio ''Waltz – Blue Side'' (CD, Album) 2002 * TKCV-35305 Richie Beirach Trio ''No Borders'' (CD, Album) 2002 * TKCV-35302 Enrico Rava ''Renaissance'' (CD, Album) 2002 * TKCV-35343 Super Trio '' Super Standard'' (CD, Album) 2004 * TKCV-35524 Archie Shepp Quartet ''Deja Vu'' (CD, Album) 2003 * VHCD-78073 Peter Bernstein '' Stranger in Paradise'' (CD) 2003 * SSC 1109 Steve Kuhn ''Love Walked In'' (CD, Album) 2003 * KACD 0304 Roland Hanna with

Ron Carter Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards, and is also a Cello, cellist who has reco ...

Grady Tate Grady Tate (January 14, 1932 – October 8, 2017) was an American jazz and soul-jazz drummer and baritone vocalist. In addition to his work as sideman, Tate released many albums as leader and lent his voice to songs in the animated ''Schoolhou ...

''Apres Un Reve'' (CD, Album) 2003 * TKCV-35336 Steve Kuhn Trio ''Easy to Love'' (CD, Album) 2004 * TKJV-19157 Nicole Henry ''Teach Me Tonight'' (LP, Album) 2005 * TKJV-19145 Simone ''Romance'' (LP) 2005 * TKCV-35346 Nicole Henry ''Teach Me Tonight'' (CD, Album) 2005 * TKCV-35349

Cedar Walton Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and c ...

'' Midnight Waltz'' (CD, Album) 2005 * TKCV-35380 Richie Beirach Trio ''Manhattan Reverie'' (CD, Album) 2006 * TKCV-35361 Steve Kuhn Trio ''Pavane for a Dead Princess'' (CD, Album) 2006 * TKCV-35200 Simone ''Moonlight Serenade'' (CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap) 2006 * TKJV-19183 Simone ''Taking a Chance On Love'' (LP, Album) 2007 * TKCV-35218 Rob Agerbeek Trio ''The Very Thought of You'' (CD, Album) 2007 * TKCV-35397 Simone ''Taking a Chance On Love'' (CD, Album) 2007 * TKCV-35395 ''Steve Kuhn Trio Plays Standards'' (CD, Album) 2007 * VHJD-8 Marilyn Scott ''Every Time We Say Goodbye'' (LP, Album) 2008 * VHJD-19 Simone ''Let's Fall in Love'' (LP, Album) 2008 * VHCD-1017

Tessa Souter Tessa Souter is a jazz singer, songwriter and writer. Early life Tessa Souter was born in London to a Trinidadian father and an English mother. She studied piano, then at the age of twelve taught herself how to play guitar. At sixteen she ran ...

''Nights of Key Largo'' (CD, Album) 2008 * VHCD-1010 Simone ''Let's Fall in Love'' (CD, Album) 2008 * VHCD-1003 Steve Kuhn Trio ''Baubles, Bangles and Beads'' (CD, Album) 2008 * TKJV-19194 Nicki Parrott ''Moon River'' (LP, Album) 2008 * TKCV-35419 Marilyn Scott ''Every Time We Say Goodbye'' (CD, Album) 2008 * TKCV-35417 Richie Beirach Trio ''Summer Night'' (CD, Album) 2008 * VHJD-21 Nicki Parrott ''Fly Me to the Moon'' (LP) 2009 * VHJD-13 Tessa Souter ''Nights of Key Largo'' (LP, Album) 2009 * VHCD-8009 Simone ''Essential Best'' (CD, Album, Comp) 2009 * VHCD-5011 Nicki Parrott ''Moon River'' (CD, Album) 2009 * VHCD-1021

Phil Woods Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began t ...

Quintet ''Ballads & Blues'' (CD, Album) 2009 * VHCD-1032

Kenny Barron Kenneth Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist and composer who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era. Early life ...

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Minor Blues ''Minor Blues'' is an album by pianist Kenny Barron recorded in New York in 2009 and released on the Japanese Venus Records, Venus label.Fitzgerald, MKenny Barron Discography accessed January 24, 2019 Reception In the review on AllMusic, Ken ...

'' (CD, Album) 2009 * VHCD-1035 Alexis Cole ''Someday My Prince Will Come'' (CD, Album) 2009 * VHCD-1024 Richie Beirach ''Jazz Adagio'' (CD, Album) 2009 * VHCD-1023 Nicki Parrott ''Fly Me to the Moon'' (CD, Album) 2009 * VHCD-1154

Tete Montoliu Vicenç Montoliu i Massana, better known as Tete Montoliu (28 March 1933 – 24 August 1997) was a Spanish jazz pianist from Catalonia, Spain. Born blind, he learnt braille music at age seven. His styles varied from hard bop, through Afro-Cuban, ...

'' Catalonian Rhapsody'' (CD, Album) 2014 * VHJD-37 Alexis Cole ''Someday My Prince Will Come'' (LP, Album) 2010 * VHCD-4122 Simone ''Romance'' (CD, Album, RE) 2010 * VHCD-4121 Simone ''Moonlight Serenade'' (CD, Album, RE) 2010 * VHCD-1046 Alexis Cole with One for All (3) ''You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To'' (CD, Album) 2010 * VHCD-1045 Simone & Her Hawaiian Jazz Band ''Alomas of Hawaii'' (CD, Album) 2010 * VHCD-1044 Steve Kuhn Trio ''I Will Wait for You – The Music of Michel Legrand'' (CD, Album) 2010 * VHCD-1041 Nicki Parrott ''Black Coffee'' (CD, Album) 2010 * VHJD-49 Simone & Her Hawaiian Jazz Band ''Alomas of Hawaii'' (LP, Album) 2011 * VHJD-44 Alexis Cole (with One for All) ''You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To'' (LP, Album) 2011 * VHJD-41 Nicki Parrott ''Black Coffee'' (LP, Album) 2011

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