EmArcy Records

EmArcy Records
Parent companyUniversal Music Group
Founded1954 (1954)
FounderMercury Records
Distributor(s)Universal Music Group (International)
Island Records (U.S.)
GenreJazz, world music
Country of originU.S.

EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Bob Shad for the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.[1]

During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan recorded for EmArcy.[1]

Today, it is a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. The catalogue is managed by the Island Records subsidiary.

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