India Navigation was an American record company and independent record label that specialized in

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in the 1970s and 1980s. It was founded by Bob Cummins, a corporate lawyer who helped jazz musicians with legal matters. Its catalogue included Arthur Blythe,

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, Cecil McBee, and the Revolutionary Ensemble. In addition to this, some recordings of

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, such as Arnold Dreyblatt, Phill Niblock and Joseph Celli, or Tom Johnson, also appeared.

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