CTI Records
CTI Records, founded 1967: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Artists on CTI Records
Astrud Gilberto
1940–2023 · Brazilian-American singer and songwriter (1940–2023)
Lalo Schifrin
1932–2025 · Argentine-American composer (1932–2025)
Freddie Hubbard
1938–2008 · American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008)
Ron Carter
b. 1937 · American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937)
Jim Hall
1930–2013 · American jazz guitarist, composer (1930–2013)
Billy Cobham
b. 1944 · Panamanian jazz drummer and composer (born 1944)
Paul Desmond
1924–1977 · American jazz musician (1924-1977)
Bob James
b. 1939 · American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer…
Grover Washington Jr.
1943–1999 · American jazz saxophonist (1943–1999)
Stanley Turrentine
1934–2000 · American jazz saxophonist and record producer (1934–2000)
Airto Moreira
b. 1941 · Brazilian drummer and percussionist
Esther Phillips
1935–1984 · American singer (1935–1984)
Eumir Deodato
b. 1943 · Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger and producer
Dave Valentin
1952–2017 · American musician (1952-2017)
Joe Beck
1945–2008 · American musician (1945–2008)
Eric Gale
1938–1994 · American jazz guitarist (1938–1994)
Joe Farrell
1937–1986 · American jazz saxophonist and flutist (1937–1986)
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
1933–1997 · American organist
Label profile
CTI (short for Creed Taylor Inc.) is a US record label owned and overseen by jazz producer Creed Taylor. Label Code: LC 1969 / LC 01969.
He began the CTI label in 1967 as an imprint of Herb Alpert's A&M Records. Three years later Taylor took CTI out from under the A&M umbrella and relaunched CTI as an independent label. From June 1974 to May 1976, CTI and its sublabels were exclusively distributed in the USA by Motown Record Corporation.
In 1978, the label filed for bankruptcy; however, much of its catalog has remained in print (Creed Taylor launched the 8000 reissue series in 1979.) Taylor and Vic Chirumbolo, CTI's Vice-President and Sales Manager, pulled through and formed a new distribution deal with Columbia Records, but this deal was short lived, and ended in 1980 with Columbia retaining the rights to CTI's master tape library (i.e., the titles released between 1970 and 1979.) Then the label went independent once again, and continued active until 1984, releasing new albums by such artists as Jim Hall, Roland Hanna and the all-star studio band Fuse One.
Creed Taylor restructured CTI in 1989, following a jury award as a result of the long running lawsuit with Warner Brothers
Profile from Discogs (CC0)