Inner Circle Music Explained

Inner Circle Music
Founder:Greg Osby
Genre:Jazz
Country:United States
Location:New York City

Inner Circle Music is an American jazz record label founded by Greg Osby in 2007.[1] [2] [3] [4]

After 15 albums with Blue Note Records, saxophonist Greg Osby left to start his own label.[5] The label specializes in releasing self-produced works from artists from many different backgrounds and parts of the world.[6] [7] [8] [9] In 2008, its first album, 9 Levels, was released by Osby himself.[10] [11]

Inner Circle Music's roster includes Melissa Aldana,[12] João Barradas,[13] Ran Blake,[14] Juan Garcia-Herreros,[15] Petros Klampanis,[16] Logan Richardson,[17] Kavita Shah,[18] Yuhan Su,[19] Gabriel Vicéns,[20] and James Weidman.[21]

Since its founding, Inner Circle Music has released over 100 recordings.[22] In 2016, All About Jazz noted that "Inner Circle Music is a prominent example of a label based on the ideas of creativity and community spirit."[23] That same year, Jazz In Europe wrote, "This active jazz label represents Osby's eagerness to keep jazz alive by pushing forward new young talent in the hope of facilitating their professional careers across the globe."[24]

Discography

Title Release date Artist
9 Levels 2008 Greg Osby
Prologue 2008 Michael Pinto
Ethos 2008 Logan Richardson
Blueprint 2008 Lauren Sevian
Praia 2008 Sara Serpa
Dead Reckoning 2008 Jacob Yoffee
Day One 2008 Meilana Gillard
Three Worlds 2009 James Weidman
Go+ 2010 Jangeun Bae
Art of Contrabass Guitar 2010 Snow Owl
Quare 2010 André Matos
Dreams 2010 Yukari
Camera Obscura 2010 Ran Blake and Sara Serpa
Wake Up, Fall Asleep 2010 Jangeun Bae
Go+ 2010 Tammy Scheffer
Free Fall 2010 Melissa Aldana
Math Or Magic 2010 Evan Weiss
Ruminations 2011 Jason Yeager
Contextual 2011 Petros Klampanis
Mobile 2011 Sara Serpa
Flying Alone 2011 Yuhan Su
To Journal Square 2012 Russell Kirk
Organized Memories 2011 Ben Azar
Dear Abbey (The Music Of Abbey Lincoln) 2012 Teri Roiger
Girl From Queens 2012 Camille Gainer
Septagon 2012 Blake Meister
Second Cycle 2012 Melissa Aldana
Love's Last Lullaby 2013 Christian Li
Truth And Actuality 2013 The Aperturistic Trio
Normas 2013 Snow Owl
Lucid Dreamer 2013 Simona Premazzi
October Feeling 2014 James Weidman
Dream House 2014 Alex Lore
I Remember You 2014 John Menegon
Cimarrón 2014 Jorge Vistel
Primavera 2014 Sara Serpa and André Matos
Visions 2014 Kavita Shah
Affirmation 2014 Jason Yeager
Optics 2014 Alice Ricciardi
iRESI 2015 Carlos Averhoff Jr.
Minor Dispute 2015 Petros Klampanis
Selective Amnesia 2015 Adam Larson
Days 2015 Gabriel Vicéns
Roots 2015 Tomoko Omura
Pasos 2015 Maikel Vistel
La terra dei ciclopi 2016 Sade Farida
Mediterrana (Goddess Of Light) 2016 Lefteris Kordis
A Room Of One's Own 2016 Yuhan Su
The Blue Road 2016 Snow Owl
More Figs And Blue Things 2016 Alex Lore
The Way The Light Falls 2016 Kenji Herbert
At Risk 2016 Gary Thomas
Causes and Conditions 2017 Kevin B. Clark
Directions 2017 João Barradas
Tales & Tones 2017 Troy Roberts
Stories 2017 Viktorija Pilatovic
Post Bop Gypsies 2017 Tomoko Omura
Second City 2017 Adam Larson
Spiritual Impressions 2017 James Weidman
Polygon 2017 Eric Hove
Jazz Meets Cuban Timba 2018 Carlos Averhoff Jr.
Spillimacheen 2018 Matt Choboter
The Only Light 2019 Viktorija Pilatovic
Caruma 2019 Ricardo Pinheiro
Portrait 2020 João Barradas
Rec·i·proc·i·ty 2020 George Burton
Reflections Of The Eternal Line 2020 Greg Osby, Florian Arbenz, and Stephan Spicher
Dedications 2020 Michel El Malem
The Way We Are Created 2021 Gabriel Vicéns
Living In Shadows And Light 2021 Fabiana Martone
Speleology 2021 Nicola Guida
Dança Do Pólen 2022 Ricardo Pinheiro

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inner Circle Music: Creativity and Community Spirit article @ All About Jazz . 17 February 2016 .
  2. Web site: Interview with American Saxophone Great Greg Osby (2020) . 28 October 2020 .
  3. News: One Label, Many Artists: A Stage as a Showcase . The New York Times . 15 October 2008 . Ratliff . Ben .
  4. Web site: Step Tempest: Look into Inner Circle Music . 25 May 2014 .
  5. Web site: Interview with American Saxophone Great Greg Osby (2020) . 28 October 2020 .
  6. Web site: About Inner Circle Music .
  7. Greg Osbys Inner Circle . .
  8. Web site: The Independent Ear | Greg Osby on swimming the dangerous DIY waters .
  9. Web site: Inner Circle Music: Creativity and Community Spirit article @ All About Jazz . 17 February 2016 .
  10. Web site: Greg Osby Quintet: Live At The Village Vanguard . . 3 August 2010 .
  11. Web site: Greg Osby Releases First Album on His New Label . 12 August 2008 .
  12. Web site: Melissa Aldana: Living a Second Cycle @ All About Jazz . 1 January 2013 .
  13. Web site: João Barradas: Directions @ Downbeat Magazine . 1 September 2017 .
  14. Web site: Ran Blake and Sara Serpa: Camera Obscura @ Audiophile Audition . 4 May 2011 .
  15. Web site: Snow Owl: Normas @ Latin Jazz Net . 24 March 2014 .
  16. Web site: Petros Klampanis: Minor Dispute @ Bass Musician Magazine . 21 May 2015 .
  17. Web site: Logan Richardson: Ethos @ All About Jazz . 4 April 2009 .
  18. Web site: Kavita Shah: Visions @ Latin Jazz Net . 4 October 2014 .
  19. Web site: Yuhan Su: A Room of One's Own @ Bird Is The Worm . 12 July 2016 .
  20. Web site: Gabriel Vicéns: The Way We Are Created @ London Jazz News . 21 December 2021 .
  21. Web site: James Weidman: Three Worlds @ All About Jazz . 12 November 2009 .
  22. Web site: Inner Circle Music Discography .
  23. Web site: Inner Circle Music: Creativity and Community Spirit article @ All About Jazz . 17 February 2016 .
  24. Web site: Catching up with Greg Osby – Jazz in Europe . 8 May 2016 .

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