Landmark Records
Landmark Records, founded 1985: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Landmark Records was an American jazz record company and label founded in 1985 by Orrin Keepnews. Landmark's releases included music by Donald Byrd, Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Heath, Vincent Herring, Bobby Hutcherson, Mulgrew Miller, Buddy Montgomery, and reissues of Cannonball Adderley. Its catalogue also included two jazz albums by the Kronos Quartet in which they covered the work of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk. Landmark was bought by Muse Records in 1993. Muse and Landmark were acquired by 32 Jazz in 1996. In 2003, Savoy Jazz (which had become a subsidiary of Nippon Columbia) acquired the rights to the Muse and Landmark catalogs from 32 Jazz.
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American record label founded in 1985 by Orrin Keepnews as a successor to Milestone Records. Domestically, it was handled through independent distributors in the network of .
Landmark Records published albums recorded by the Kronos Quartet of music by Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk, as well as straight jazz albums. For the label, Bobby Hutcherson recorded his most extensive sequence of latter-day albums.
Landmark passed to Muse Records in 1993 and is now owned by Concord via Fantasy.
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