Flying Dutchman Records

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Flying Dutchman Records
Parent company Sony Music Entertainment
Founded1969 (1969)
Founder Bob Thiele
Defunct1984 (1984)
StatusInactive
Distributor(s) Legacy Recordings
Genre Jazz
Country of originU.S.
LocationNew York City

Flying Dutchman Records was an American jazz record label, which was owned by music industry executive, producer and songwriter Bob Thiele. [1] [2]

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History

Initially distributed by Atlantic Records, Thiele made a five-album deal in 1972 with Mega Records to issue five albums in the Flying Dutchman Series. [3] The deal was not renewed and distribution shifted to RCA Records, which took over the label in 1976. [4] The label released albums until 1984 when Thiele established Doctor Jazz Records. [5] Some of the musicians who recorded several albums for the label include singer Leon Thomas, saxophonist Gato Barbieri, arranger Oliver Nelson, saxophonist Tom Scott and pianist Lonnie Liston Smith. Gil Scott-Heron released three albums for the label, including his debut Small Talk at 125th and Lenox and Free Will .

Flying Dutchman had three sublabels, Amsterdam, BluesTime, and Contact. [6]

Flying Dutchman is independently owned and since 2011 has been distributed and marketed by Ace Records. [7]

Discography

10100 Series

Flying Dutchman Records commenced releasing LPs in 1969 with the 10100 Series that continued until 1973. [8] [9]

Catalog No.AlbumArtistDetails
10101Soulful Brass #2 Steve Allen
10102Come and Stick Your Head InSpontaneous Combustion
10103 Appleton Syntonic Menagerie Jon Appleton
10104Emergency-Head Start Bob Thiele
10105Ain't No Ambulances For No Nigguhs Tonight Stanley Crouch
10106Hair to Jazz Tom Scott
10107 The Giant is Awakened Horace Tapscott
10108 Flight for Four John Carter & Bobby Bradford Quartet
10109Hog FatJimmy Gordon
10110Oh! Calcutta! Ron Anthony
10111A Night at Santa Rita Robert Scheer
10112 My People Duke Ellington
10113Newport News, Virginia Esther Marrow
10114Paint Your WagonTom Scott
10115 Spirits Known and Unknown Leon Thomas
10116 Black, Brown and Beautiful Oliver Nelson
10117 The Third World Gato Barbieri
10118Massacre at My Lai Pete Hamill
10120 3 Shades of Blue Johnny Hodges with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson
10121 Human Music Jon Appleton and Don Cherry
10122 Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 George Russell Also released on Sonet in Europe
10123 Friends and Neighbors: Live at Prince Street Ornette Coleman
10124 Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature George Russell
10125 Esoteric Circle Jan Garbarek
10126The 8th of July, 1969 Gunter Hampel
10127Murder at Kent State UniversityPete Hamill
10128 Self Determination Music John Carter and Bobby Bradford
10130The Mayor and the People Carl B. Stokes A Black Suite for String Quartet and Jazz Orchestra by Oliver Nelson
10131 Small Talk at 125th & Lenox Gil Scott-Heron
10132 The Leon Thomas Album Leon Thomas
10133Soulful Brass #3Steve Allen
10134 Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra Oliver Nelson and the "Berlin Dreamband"
10135 El Exigente: The Demanding One Chico Hamilton
10136SNCC's Rap H. Rap Brown / Leon Thomas
10137The Great Comedy Album Starring Spiro T. Agnew Will Jordan
10138 Afrique Count Basie and His Orchestra Arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson
10139 Barefoot Boy Larry Coryell
10140California Here I Come Mike Lipskin with Willie "The Lion" Smith
10141Soul & Soledad Angela Davis
10142 Leon Thomas in Berlin Leon Thomas with Oliver Nelson
10143 Pieces of a Man Gil Scott-Heron
10144 Fénix Gato Barbieri
10145Sunshine ManHarold Alexander
10146Classic Tenors Coleman Hawkins / Lester Young Recorded December 1943
10147Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines Earl Hines Reissue of 1966 Contact LP
10148Are You Ready?Harold Alexander
10149 Swiss Suite Oliver Nelson
10150Shelly Manne & Co. Shelly Manne Reissue of 1965 Contact LP compiling 1940s recordings
10151 El Pampero Gato Barbieri
10152Those Were the DaysBob Thiele
10153 Free Will Gil Scott-Heron
10154 Soul Is... Pretty Purdie Bernard Purdie
10155 Blues and the Soulful Truth Leon Thomas
10156 Under Fire Gato Barbieri
10157Song for Wounded Knee Richard Davis
10158 Bolivia Gato Barbieri
10159What a Wonderful World Bobby Hackett
10161The Songs of Bessie Smith Teresa Brewer , Count Basie and Thad Jones
10163 Astral Traveling Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
10164Facets: An AnthologyLeon ThomasCompilation
10165The Legend of Gato BarbieriGato BarbieriCompilation
10166 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Duke Ellington and Teresa Brewer
10167 Full Circle Leon Thomas

BluesTime Series

In 1969 Flying Dutchman established the BluesTime label to record blues music issuing ten albums between 1969 and 1970. [10] [11]

Catalog No. (BTS)AlbumArtistDetails
9001The Plaster Caster Blues BandThe Plaster Casters
9002 The Real Boss of the Blues Joe Turner
9003 Super Black Blues T-Bone Walker / Joe Turner / Otis Spann
9004Every Day I Have the BluesT-Bone Walker
9005The Return of Harmonica Slim Harmonica Slim
9006 Sweet Giant of the Blues Otis Spann
9007 The Original Cleanhead Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
9008Just the BluesMalcolm & Chris
9009Super Black Blues Volume II Leon Thomas / T-Bone Walker / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson / Joe TurnerTwo record set recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1970
9010Blue Rocks Otis Spann / T-Bone Walker /Joe Turner / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
1378Dues Paid: The Bluestime Story 1968-1971Various ArtistsCompilation

Amsterdam

The Amsterdam subsidiary label was established in 1970 and concentrated of popular music including the recordings of Thiele’s wife Teresa Brewer. [12]

Catalog No. (AMS)AlbumArtistDetails
12001Bossa Nova de ParisValentino Marcel
12002Never Again Golda Meir and Various ArtistsAudio documentary on Israel through the voices of its leaders and people narrated by David Perry
12003Love Poems for the Very Married Lois Wyse Music arranged and conducted by Tom Scott
12004Return from the DeadDirty John’s Hot Dog Stand with Kenny Paulson
12005Heavy EquipmentEuclid
12006I Love You Better NowLois Wyse
12007The Minx (Soundtrack) The Cyrkle
12008Here’s That Band Again: Dick Jurgens Plays His Hits Dick Jurgens
12009 Louis Armstrong and His Friends Louis Armstrong
12010Leave Them a Flower Wally Whyton
12011Here’s That Band Again TodayDick Jurgens
12012Singin’ a Doo Dah Song Teresa Brewer
12013Music, Music, MusicTeresa Brewer
12014Playing on the MoonBiscuit Davis
12015Teresa Brewer in LondonTeresa Brewer

Reggae Series

In 1970 Flying Dutchman established the Reggae label to record reggae music issuing four albums. [13]

Catalog No. (RS)AlbumArtistDetails
15001The Reggae BeatSuperman
15002Super ReggaeThe Liquidators
15003Reggae ThingThe Ironmen
15004Doin’ the ReggaeHeavy Reggae Machine

Mega Records

Five albums produced under the Flying Dutchman Productions banner were released by the Mega label in 1972 [14] [15]

Catalog No. (M)AlbumArtistDetails
31-1012 You Can't Make Love Alone Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
51-5000 Fairyland Larry Coryell
51-5001 Stand by Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) Pretty Purdie and the Playboys
51-5002Let’s Dance Again Benny Goodman and His OrchestraRecorded in 1969
51-5003 Gold Sunrise on Magic Mountain Leon Thomas

RCA Distributed Series

Starting in 1974, Flying Dutchman albums were released and distributed by RCA using their numbering system. [5]

Catalog No.AlbumArtistDetails
0549Old RagsThe New Sunshine Jazz Band
0550 Yesterdays Gato Barbieri
0591 Cosmic Funk Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
0592 Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags Oliver Nelson
0613 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-HeronCompilation
0825 Skull Session Oliver Nelson
0827 Onsaya Joy Groove Holmes
0829Strike Up the Band Bobby Hackett with Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli
0830Cesar 830Cesar
0833Tom Scott in L.A.Tom ScottCompilation
0834 Expansions Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
0964I Saw Pinetop Spit Blood Bob Thiele and His Orchestra
1082Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute Elek Bacsik
1120Nightwings Bucky Pizzarelli and Joe Venuti
1145Hot Coles Shelly Manne
1146 Six Million Dollar Man Richard "Groove" Holmes
1147El GatoGato Barbieri
1196 Visions of a New World Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
1197 Dumpy Mama Sonny Stitt
1239The French Market Jazz BandThe French Market Jazz Band
1371The World's Greatest Jazz Band of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart In Concert Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart
1372Scott Joplin Interpretations Mike Wofford
1378Buck & Bud Bud Freeman and Bucky Pizzarelli
1449A Dream DeferredOliver Nelson
1460 Reflections of a Golden Dream Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
1461Sometime Other Than Now Steve Marcus
1537I'm in the Mood for LoveRichard Holmes
1538 Stomp Off Let's Go Sonny Stitt
2568Three Waves Steve Kuhn TrioReissue of 1966 Contact LP

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