Antilles
Antilles, founded 1975: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Antilles Records was a record label founded as a division of Island Records. It began as a jazz label, recording Joanne Brackeen, Biréli Lagrène, and Phil Woods, though its catalogue did expand to include eclectic musicians like Brian Eno and Robert Fripp. It was the first to introduce the Slits and Nick Drake to American audiences. One of its founders was Jeff Walker, an employee at Island and the first A&R director for Antilles. In the 1990s, Antilles recorded Peter Apfelbaum, Johnny Griffin, Frank Morgan, Steve Turre, and Randy Weston. PolyGram bought Island, Seagram bought Polygram, and by the end of the decade Antilles stopped recording jazz.
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Artists on Antilles
Ornette Coleman
1930–2015 · American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and…
Gil Evans
1912–1988 · American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist…
Don Cherry
1936–1995 · American jazz trumpeter (1936–1995)
Anthony Braxton
b. 1945 · American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945)
Phil Woods
1931–2015 · American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader…
Johnny Griffin
1928–2008 · American musician (1928–2008)
Naná Vasconcelos
1944–2016 · Brazilian percussionist (1944–2016)
Marc Ribot
b. 1954 · American musician
Patricia Barber
b. 1955 · American composer, jazz singer and pianist as well as…
Ben Sidran
b. 1943 · American pianist and vocalist
Steve Khan
b. 1947 · American musician
Steve Turre
b. 1948 · American jazz trombonist
Joanne Brackeen
b. 1938 · American jazz pianist and music educator
Teddy Edwards
1924–2003 · American jazz tenor saxophonist
Ronald Shannon Jackson
1940–2013 · American jazz drummer (1940–2013)
Danny Gottlieb
b. 1953 · American drummer
Frank Morgan
1933–2007 · American jazz saxophonist (1933–2007)
Kenny Drew, Jr.
1958–2014 · American jazz pianist (1958–2014)
Graham Haynes
b. 1960 · American musician
Remi Kabaka
b. 1944 · Nigerian musician
Label profile
US label
Label Code: LC 6176 / LC 06176 .
To further expand their U.S. operation and categorically organize the music they release in America, Island Records established its own parent organization and holdings company, Antilles Communications Ltd. The Antilles label was launched in August 1975 in the U.S. and early 1976 in Canada. Antilles was first and foremost a subsidiary that explored Progressive Rock, Jazz, Disco, and other more experimental forms of music.
Antilles Communications changed its name to Island Entertainment Group in 1980 but wasn't made known to the public -- on label copy and promotional literature -- until 1987. In the mid eighties, Antilles was a division of . By that same time, the Antilles label refocused its efforts on experimental Jazz and was renamed until 1989 when PolyGram purchased the rest of Island's open share, prompting Island to revert the imprint back to the proper Antilles name and accordingly focus the label strictly on the Jazz genre.
In 1992, Antilles was shuffled over to the Verve division of PolyGram Classics & Jazz, and was dissolved upon the merger of PolyGram and MCA that created the Universal Music Group in January 1999.
Antilles
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