Motéma Music is a jazz and world music record label in the United States. It was founded in 2003 in San Francisco Bay Area by label president and recording artist Jana Herzen. The label has received Grammy recognition more than 25 times for albums in jazz, Latin jazz, reggae, and R&B. Motema's roster includes Gregory Porter, Joey Alexander, Deva Mahal, Pedrito Martinez, Randy Weston, Geri Allen, David Murray, Monty Alexander, and Charnett Moffett, Donny McCaslin, Mark Guiliana, and Terri Lyne Carrington and many other respected artists in jazz, world and soul music.
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Artists on Motéma Music
John Scofield
b. 1951 · American jazz guitarist and composer (born 1951)
Randy Weston
1926–2018 · American jazz pianist (1926–2018)
David Murray
b. 1955 · American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)
Geri Allen
1957–2017 · American composer and jazz pianist (1957-2017)
Terri Lyne Carrington
b. 1965 · American drummer (born 1965)
Gregory Porter
b. 1971 · American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actor
Joe Locke
b. 1959 · American musician
Charnett Moffett
1967–2022 · American jazz bassist (1967–2022)
Melissa Aldana
b. 1988 · Chilean saxophonist
Stefon Harris
b. 1973 · American musician
Joey Alexander
b. 2003 · Indonesian jazz pianist
Eldar Djangirov
b. 1987 · American jazz pianist and composer
Roseanna Vitro
b. 1951 · Jazz singer
Shai Maestro
b. 1987 · Israeli pianist
Gerald Clayton
b. 1984 · Dutch-born American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader
Rufus Reid
b. 1944 · American bassist, educator, and composer
Ben Wendel
b. 1976 · American jazz musician
Lakecia Benjamin
b. 1986 · musical artist
Pete Levin
b. 1942 · American jazz musician
Marc Cary
b. 1967 · American musician
Roni Ben-Hur
b. 1962 · Israeli-American jazz guitarist
Nilson Matta
b. 1949 · Brazilian jazz bassist and educator
Label profile
US label imprint of Motéma Music.
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