SteepleChase Records

SteepleChase Records
Founded1972 (1972)
FounderNils Winther
GenreJazz
Country of originDenmark
LocationCopenhagen
Official websitesteeplechase.dk

SteepleChase Records is a jazz record company and label based in Copenhagen, Denmark. SteepleChase was founded in 1972 by Nils Winther, who was a student at Copenhagen University at the time. He began recording concerts at Jazzhus Montmartre, where many American musicians performed, and was given permission by some of the artists to release the material commercially.[1]

SteepleChase became a haven for many artists who were without contracts with larger labels at the time. In 1987, the company started a subsidiary classical music label, Kontrapunkt.

  1. ^ SteepleChase Records, Allaboutjazz.com