Muse Records
Muse Records, founded 1972: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Muse Records was a jazz record company and label founded in New York City by Joe Fields in 1972. Fields worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s. Several of the albums were previously released on Cobblestone Records. Muse also had another label, Onyx Records, which operated until 1978, when Fields and collaborator Don Schlitten ended their professional relationship. In the late 1970s, Muse partnered with the Dutch Timeless Records to distribute Timeless Muse. Muse was sold in 1996 to 32 Jazz, which repackaged and reissued a large amount of Muse recordings. In 2003, Savoy Jazz (which had become a subsidiary of Nippon Columbia) acquired the rights to the Muse catalog (along with that of Landmark) from 32 Jazz. Fields later founded HighNote Records and Savant Records; many Muse artists later recorded for these labels as well.
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Artists on Muse Records
Pat Martino
1944–2021 · American jazz guitarist and composer (1944–2021)
Jimmy Heath
1926–2020 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band…
Dakota Staton
1930–2007 · American jazz vocalist (1930-2007)
Freddy Cole
1931–2020 · American jazz singer and pianist
Albert Heath
1935–2024 · American drummer (1935–2024)
Cindy Blackman
b. 1959 · American musician
Richard Davis
1930–2023 · American double-bassist (1930-2023)
Eddie Daniels
b. 1941 · American musician
Louis Hayes
b. 1937 · American drummer
Sam Jones
1924–1981 · American double bassist and cellist (1924-1981)
Richie Cole
1948–2020 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger…
Joe Chambers
1942–2022 · American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
Eddie Jefferson
1918–1979 · American singer
Carlos Garnett
1938–2023 · Panamanian-American musician
Barry Altschul
b. 1943 · American drummer
Junior Cook
1934–1992 · American saxophonist (1934-1992)
Warren Vaché
b. 1951 · American musician
Gil Goldstein
b. 1950 · American jazz pianist and accordionist
Dom Um Romão
1925–2005 · Brazilian jazz drummer, percussionist (1925–2005)
David Friesen
b. 1942 · American jazz bassist
Jack Walrath
b. 1946 · American jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader
Lonnie Plaxico
b. 1960 · American jazz bassist
Graham Haynes
b. 1960 · American musician
Donald Brown
b. 1954 · American musician
Chris White
1936–2014 · American jazz bassist (1936–2014)
Buck Hill
1927–2017 · American musician (1927–2017)
Mickey Tucker
b. 1941 · American pianist
Label profile
US jazz record label founded by producer and record executive Joe Fields in 1972, and run along side of ; also appears as Muse only.
Label Code: LC 4441 / LC 04441
Muse was marketed as having 'The Contemporary Sound'. The label acquired many of the artists signed to , with whom Fields had a prior working relationship. In 1993, they acquired Landmark Records (3). In 1996, Muse was sold to 32 Records. In October 2003, Savoy Jazz acquired the rights to its catalog (along with that of Landmark) from 32 Records.
Profile from Discogs (CC0)