Arista Records
Arista Records, founded 1974: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Arista Records ( ARR-ist-ə) is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Music Group, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. The label was previously a division of Columbia Pictures and later Bertelsmann Music Group, the North American division of German conglomerate Bertelsmann. Founded in November 1974 by Clive Davis and deactivated in 2011, Arista was re-established in 2018. Along with RCA Records, Columbia Records, and Epic Records, it is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels.
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Artists on Arista Records
Carlos Santana
b. 1947 · American guitarist
Kenny G
b. 1956 · American saxophonist
Archie Shepp
b. 1937 · American jazz musician
Pharoah Sanders
1940–2022 · American jazz saxophonist (1940–2022)
Anthony Braxton
b. 1945 · American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945)
Larry Coryell
1943–2017 · American guitarist (1943–2017)
Randy Brecker
b. 1945 · American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
André 3000
b. 1975 · American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer and…
Jeff Healey
1966–2008 · Canadian musician (1966–2008)
Ben Sidran
b. 1943 · American pianist and vocalist
Brian Setzer
b. 1959 · American singer
Ted Curson
1935–2012 · Jazz trumpeter (1935–2012)
Gary Bartz
b. 1940 · American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)
Harvey Mason
b. 1947 · American jazz drummer
Henry Threadgill
b. 1944 · American jazz musician (born 1944)
Stanley Cowell
1941–2020 · American musician (1941–2020)
Larry Young
1940–1978 · American jazz musician (1940-1978)
Curtis Stigers
b. 1965 · American singer
Brecker Brothers
American jazz music duo
Linda Lewis
1950–2023 · British musician (1950–2023)
Norman Connors
b. 1947 · American musician
Stomu Yamash'ta
b. 1947 · Japanese musician
Lili Haydn
b. 1969 · American musician
Tom Browne
b. 1954 · American jazz trumpeter
Label profile
US label, formerly Bell Records. Arista was launched in November 1974 by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., who purchased and renamed Bell, appointing Clive Davis as the label's president.
Label Code: LC 3484 / LC 03484
According to Billboard Magazine, the label was named for the New York high school honor society.
In 1979, the label's parent company, Arista Records, Inc. was acquired by Bertelsmann AG (parent of German label Ariola), and from 1983, was co-owned by RCA. The co-ownership continued until 1987, when Bertelsmann acquired full ownership once again. Through a series of mergers, the Arista label is now owned by Sony Music Entertainment.
On September 26, 2011, the RCA Music Group was disbanded by Sony, and on October 7, Arista, alongside its subsidiary LaFace Records and sister labels, Jive and J Records, were all absorbed into RCA Records, bringing all of its artists to the RCA family. On July 17, 2018, Arista revived under the Sony Music banner, making it one of the four flagship labels under SME.
Publishing: Arista Music
Label designs:
Up to 1976, labels had a light blue background and an A logo in white or black, with no TM next to it.
In 1976, the TM was added as w
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