| Muse Records | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Parent company | Savoy Jazz |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Founder | Joe Fields |
| Defunct | 1997 |
| Status | Inactive |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | New York City |
Muse Records was a jazz record company and label founded in New York City by Joe Fields in 1972.[1]
Fields worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4][5][6][7] 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.[8]
Fields later founded HighNote Records and Savant Records; many Muse artists later recorded for these labels as well.
- ^ Kernfeld, Barry (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 855. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
- ^ "HighNote/Savant Records". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ^ "Onyx Records Listing". Jazzdiscography.com. 1998-07-03. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ^ Bessman, Jim (18 January 1997). "32 Proves To Be A Prodigious Number For Producer/Label Head Joel Dorn". Billboard: 40–41. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ Gitler, Ira; Leonard Feather (2007) [1999]. "Preface". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. Page 21 in Google Books preview. ISBN 9780199729074. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ Jacobs, Qa'id. Groove Jammy: Rare Groove Classics from the Muse Catalog at AllMusic
- ^ Hunter, Al Jr. (4 March 1999). "Jazz For The Masses 32 Records Is Carving Out A Niche With Reissued Tracks". Philadelphia Daily News. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ Porter, Christopher (16 January 2003). "Savoy Acquires Muse & Landmark Catalogs". JazzTimes. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 13 October 2014.