DIW Records
DIW Records: jazz artists and albums on the label.
DIW Records is a Japanese record label specializing in avant-garde jazz. It is a subsidiary of Disk Union. Kazunori Sugiyama was an executive producer for the label before starting Tzadik Records with John Zorn. DIW's name stands for "Discs in the World" and is from a music magazine sold at Disk Union stores that announced the latest releases from American and European labels. Wilber Morris recorded the first album for DIW in 1983 in New York City. The catalogue includes music by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Lester Bowie, James Carter, Steve Grossman, Harold Mabern, David Murray, James Blood Ulmer, David S. Ware, Rodney Whitaker, and John Zorn.
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Artists on DIW Records
David Murray
b. 1955 · American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)
Dave Douglas
b. 1963 · American jazz trumpeter
Clifford Jordan
1931–1993 · American jazz saxophone player (1931–1993)
James Blood Ulmer
1942–2026 · American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
Andrew Cyrille
b. 1939 · American avant-garde jazz drummer
Lester Bowie
1941–1999 · American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
Misha Mengelberg
1935–2017 · Dutch jazz pianist and composer (1935–2017)
Charles McPherson
b. 1939 · American jazz alto saxophonist (born 1939)
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
b. 1956 · American musician
Rashied Ali
1935–2009 · American jazz musician (1933–2009)
Sunny Murray
1937–2017 · American jazz drummer (1936–2017)
George Cables
b. 1944 · American jazz pianist
John Hicks
1941–2006 · American jazz pianist and composer (1941-2006)
Stanley Cowell
1941–2020 · American musician (1941–2020)
Steve Grossman
1951–2020 · American saxophonist (1951–2020)
Marion Brown
1931–2010 · American saxophonist (1931–2010)
Kaoru Abe
1949–1978 · Japanese saxophonist (1949-1978)
Ronald Shannon Jackson
1940–2013 · American jazz drummer (1940–2013)
Mike Nock
b. 1940 · New Zealand born musician residing in Australia
David S. Ware
1949–2012 · American jazz saxophonist (1949–2012)
Joseph Bowie
b. 1953 · American jazz musician
David Kikoski
b. 1961 · American jazz pianist
James Williams
1951–2004 · American jazz pianist (1951-2004)
Walter Bishop Jr.
1927–1998 · American jazz pianist and recording artist (1927–1998)
John Patton
1935–2002 · American organist (1935–2002)
Jack Wilson
1936–2007 · American pianist (1936-2007)
Carla White
1951–2007 · American jazz singer (1951–2007)
Label profile
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