Odin Records

Odin Records
Founded1981 (1981)
FounderNorwegian Jazz Federation
GenreJazz
Country of originNorway
LocationOslo

Odin Records is a Norwegian jazz record company and label founded in 1981 by the Norwegian Jazz Federation,[1] when there were not many independent record labels in Norway. Only major international record companies were to be found in Oslo, so Odin soon became the most important national label for contemporary Norwegian jazz.[2]

The catalogue encompasses jazz, improvised music, ragtime, punk. The bestseller is the internationally acclaimed Radka Toneff. In 1994 Odin Records was licensed to Curling Legs, owned by Knut Værnes, Morten Halle, and Helge Westbye.[3]

  1. ^ Kernfeld, Barry, ed. (2002). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 184. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
  2. ^ "Odin Records". JazzINorge.no.
  3. ^ "Odin Records". Directory MIC.no.