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Enja Records

Enja Records, founded 1971: jazz artists and albums on the label.

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Artists on Enja Records

Chet Baker 1929–1988 · American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988) Cecil Taylor 1929–2018 · American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018) Freddie Hubbard 1938–2008 · American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008) Gil Evans 1912–1988 · American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist… Archie Shepp b. 1937 · American jazz musician McCoy Tyner 1938–2020 · American jazz pianist (1938–2020) Abbey Lincoln 1930–2010 · American singer (1930–2010) Abdullah Ibrahim 1934–2026 · South African pianist and composer (1934–2026) Elvin Jones 1927–2004 · American jazz drummer (1927–2004) Art Farmer 1928–1999 · American jazz trumpeter (1928–1999) Lee Konitz 1927–2020 · American jazz musician (1927–2020) Joe Henderson 1937–2001 · American jazz saxophonist (1937–2001) John Scofield b. 1951 · American jazz guitarist and composer (born 1951) Randy Weston 1926–2018 · American jazz pianist (1926–2018) Tommy Flanagan 1930–2001 · American jazz pianist (1930-2001) David Murray b. 1955 · American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet) Charlie Mariano 1923–2009 · American jazz saxophonist (1923–2009) Kenny Barron b. 1943 · American jazz pianist Woody Shaw 1944–1989 · American musician (1944-1989) Chris Connor 1927–2009 · American jazz singer (1927–2009) Albert Mangelsdorff 1928–2005 · German jazz trombonist (1928–2005) Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen 1946–2005 · Danish jazz upright bassist (1946–2005) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 1922–1986 · American saxophonist (1922–1986) Dave Liebman b. 1946 · American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist Mal Waldron 1925–2002 · American jazz pianist and composer (1925–2002) Eddie Harris 1934–1996 · American jazz musician (1934–1996) Enrico Pieranunzi b. 1949 · Italian jazz musician, classical pianist, composer… Yōsuke Yamashita b. 1942 · Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer Nat Adderley 1931–2000 · American jazz cornet and trumpet player (1931–2000) Roland Hanna 1932–2002 · American pianist (1932–2002) Pepper Adams 1930–1986 · American saxophonist (1930-1986) Rabih Abou-Khalil b. 1957 · Lebanese musician Dhafer Youssef b. 1967 · Tunisian musician Duško Gojković 1931–2023 · Serbian musician Red Mitchell 1927–1992 · American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet… Hampton Hawes 1928–1977 · American jazz pianist (1928–1977) Junior Mance 1928–2021 · American musician (1928–2021) George Gruntz 1932–2013 · Swiss pianist (1932-2013) Dewey Redman 1931–2006 · American saxophonist (1931–2006) Aldo Romano b. 1941 · French-Italian jazz drummer (1941-) Arthur Blythe 1940–2017 · American musician (1940–2017) George Adams 1940–1992 · American jazz musician (1940-1992) Sunny Murray 1937–2017 · American jazz drummer (1936–2017) Ray Anderson b. 1952 · American jazz trombonist Renaud Garcia-Fons b. 1962 · French upright-bassist and composer Herb Geller 1928–2013 · American saxophonist (1928–2013) Benny Bailey 1924–2005 · American jazz trumpeter (1925–2005) Art Taylor 1929–1995 · American jazz drummer (1929-1995) Charlie Rouse 1924–1988 · American musician (1924–1988) Cecil McBee b. 1935 · American bassist Kevin Mahogany 1958–2017 · American jazz singer (1958–2017) Rez Abbasi b. 1965 · American fusion and jazz guitarist, music producer, and… Markus Stockhausen b. 1957 · German trumpeter, music producer and composer (jazz… Attila Zoller 1927–1998 · Hungarian Jazz guitarist (1927-1998) Prince Lasha 1929–2008 · American jazz musician (1929–2008) Aki Takase b. 1948 · Japanese musician Franco Ambrosetti b. 1941 · Swiss musician Ed Blackwell 1929–1992 · American jazz drummer (1929–1992) Bobby Previte b. 1951 · American drummer Joe Albany 1924–1988 · American pianist (1924–1988) Jerry Gonzalez 1949–2018 · American musician (1949–2018) Roy Brooks 1938–2005 · American drummer (1938–2005) Bennie Wallace b. 1946 · American saxophonist Dave Samuels 1948–2019 · American musician (1948–2019) Roberto Fonseca b. 1975 · Cuban musician Charles Tolliver b. 1942 · American jazz trumpeter and composer Hal Galper 1938–2025 · American pianist Mike Nock b. 1940 · New Zealand born musician residing in Australia Antonio Faraò b. 1965 · Italian musician Horace Parlan 1931–2017 · (1931-2017) American-Danish jazz pianist Ingrid Jensen b. 1966 · Canadian jazz trumpet player Michael Formanek b. 1958 · American jazz bassist Jerry Bergonzi b. 1947 · American jazz musician Walter Norris 1931–2011 · American pianist (1931-2011) Marvin Peterson b. 1948 · American jazz trumpeter and composer Nitai Hershkovits b. 1988 · Israeli jazz musician Karl Berger 1935–2023 · German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer (1935–2023) Victor Lewis b. 1950 · American jazz drummer Tony Reedus 1959–2008 · American musician (1959–2008) Michael Gregory Jackson b. 1953 · American jazz, blues and rock musician (born 1953) Ronald Muldrow 1949–2007 · American jazz musician (1949–2007)

Label profile

German label.
Label Code: LC 3126 / LC 03126.

Enja Records was founded in July 1971 in Munich by jazz enthusiasts and . In 1986, the founders decided to work individually forming separate/autonomous companies and for several decades there were two Enja Records labels: and . Weber died in 2012 and, around this time, the two catalogs of ENJA reunited. Whereas the former ENJA Horst Weber part and the new label are managed by . Some time before Matthias Winckelmann died in 2022, Werner Aldinger began to administer ENJA Records M. Winckelmann as well.
There is also the ENJA Publishing department with “enja European New Jazz Musikverlagsgesellschaft mbH".

Some releases have a code with prefix DEA followed by 9 digits (e.g. DEA590006200). These represent a range of ISRC codes assigned to the individual tracks on the release, with the trailing zeroes being placeholders for the track numbers (e.g. DEA590006201, DEA590006202, ...). These can be added to BAOI as ISRC, as printed on the release. Example: the album 5299416

Profile from Discogs (CC0)