India Navigation

India Navigation
Founded1972 (1972)
FounderBob Cummins
StatusInactive
GenreJazz
Country of originU.S.
LocationNyack, New York

India Navigation was an American record company and independent record label that specialized in avant-garde jazz in the 1970s and 1980s. It was founded by Bob Cummins, a corporate lawyer who helped jazz musicians with legal matters.[1][2] Its catalogue included Arthur Blythe, Pharoah Sanders, Hamiet Bluiett, Chico Freeman, Cecil McBee, and the Revolutionary Ensemble.[2][3] In addition to this, some recordings of minimal music, such as Arnold Dreyblatt, Phill Niblock and Joseph Celli, or Tom Johnson, also appeared.

  1. ^ Ratliff, Ben (10 September 2000). "Bob Cummins, 68, a Producer In Manhattan's Loft-Jazz Scene". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b Kennedy, Gary (2002). Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 324. ISBN 1561592846.
  3. ^ "Bob Cummins: 1932-2000". www.jazzhouse.org. 2000. Retrieved 17 July 2016.