Universal Classics and Jazz (UCJ) is the name of two record label divisions of the

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record company.

Current divisions

UCJ Germany

Universal Music Classics & Jazz (Germany) is a division of Universal Music

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and is marketed under websites called Klassik Akzente and Jazz Echo.

UCJ Japan (a.k.a. UM-CLJZ)

This Universal Music Japan subsidiary formerly operated as two separate labels: Universal Classics and Universal Jazz. On 2013, Universal Music Japan merged the two labels into one. The label name is now ''Universal Classics and Jazz'' (UM-CLJZ).

Defunct divisions

UCJ (UK)

Universal Classics and Jazz was a division of the

based in

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. The UCJ roster included

Jamie Cullum Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979) is an English jazz-pop singer, songwriter and radio presenter. Although primarily a vocalist and pianist, he also accompanies himself on other instruments, including guitar and drums. He has recorded nine stu ...

Aled Jones Aled Jones, (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and radio and television presenter. As a teenage chorister, he reached widespread fame during the mid-1980s. Since then he has worked in television with the BBC and ITV, and radio (for ...

Nicola Benedetti Nicola Joy Nadia Benedetti (born 20 July 1987) is an Italian-British classical solo violinist and festival director. Her ability was recognised when she was a child, including the award of BBC Young Musician of the Year when she was 16. She w ...

and Katherine Jenkins. At the time that Katherine Jenkins was signed to the label in 2003, she had signed the then-largest record deal in United Kingdom classical recording history, reportedly worth £1 million. The label group was dismantled in 2011 with the restructuring of Universal Music UK's classical operations, as well Universal Music Group International's greater restructuring of its classical labels. The dismantling of UCJ ensued the revival of Decca Records in the UK, under the instigation of Max Hole, the newly appointed

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(COO) of Universal Music Group International.

References

External links

* – official site (UK) * – official site (JP) *
KlassikakzenteJazzEcho
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