India Navigation | |
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Founded | 1972 |
Founder | Bob Cummins |
Status | Inactive |
Genre | Jazz |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Location | Nyack, 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, 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.
Catalog | Artist | Album | Year |
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1023 | Revolutionary Ensemble | Manhattan Cycles | 1972 |
1024 | Alan Braufman | Valley of Search | 1975 |
1025 | Hamiet Bluiett | Endangered Species | 1976 |
1026 | David Murray | Flowers for Albert | 1976 |
1027 | Pharoah Sanders | Pharoah | 1976 |
1028 | Leroy Jenkins | Solo Concert | 1977 |
1029 | Arthur Blythe | The Grip | 1977 |
1030 | Hamiet Bluiett | Birthright: A Solo Blues Concert | 1977 |
1031 | Chico Freeman | Chico | 1977 |
1032 | David Murray | Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club Vol. 1 | 1977 |
1033 | Joseph Jarman & Don Moye | Egwu-Anwu | 1978 |
1034 | Tisziji Muñoz | Rendezvous with Now | 1978 |
1035 | Chico Freeman | Kings of Mali | 1977 |
1036 | Anthony Davis | Song for the Old World | 1978 |
1037 | James Newton | Paseo del Mar | 1978 |
1038 | Arthur Blythe | Metamorphosis | 1977 |
1039 | Hamiet Bluiett | S.O.S. – We Have Come to Save You from Yourselves | 1977 |
1040 | Jay Hoggard | A Solo Vibes Concert | 1978 |
1041 | Anthony Davis/James Newton Quartet | Hidden Voices | 1979 |
1042 | Chico Freeman | The Outside Within | 1978 |
1043 | Cecil McBee | Alternate Spaces | 1979 |
1044 | David Murray | Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club Vol. 2 | 1977 |
1045 | Chico Freeman | Spirit Sensitive | 1979 |
1046 | James Newton | The Mystery School | 1979 |
1047 | Anthony Davis | Lady of the Mirrors | 1980 |
1048 | Amiri Baraka | New Music – New Poetry | 1980 |
1049 | Jay Hoggard | Mystic Winds, Tropic Breezes | 1980 |
1050 | Bob Neloms | Pretty Music | 1981 |
1051 | James Newton | Portraits | 1982 |
1052 | Chet Baker & Lee Konitz | In Concert | 1974 |
1053 | Cecil McBee | Flying Out | 1982 |
1054 | Ted Curson | Ted Curson & Co. | 1976 |
1055 | Dennis Moorman | Circle of Destiny | |
1056 | Anthony Davis | Variations in Dream-Time | 1982 |
1057 | Air | Air Song | 1975 |
1058 | Muhal Richard Abrams | Afrisong | 1975 |
1059 | Chico Freeman | The Search | 1982 |
1060 | Craig Harris | Aboriginal Affairs | 1983 |
1061 | Big Nick Nicholas | Big and Warm | 1983 |
1062 | Clarinet Summit | In Concert at the Public Theater | 1981 |
1063 | Chico Freeman | Morning Prayer | 1976 |
1064 | Air | Air Raid | 1976 |
1065 | Alvin Batiste | Musique d'Afrique Nouvelle Orléans | 1985 |
1066 | Big Nick Nicholas | Big Nick | 1985 |
1067 | Clarinet Summit | In Concert at the Public Theater Vol. 2 | 1981 |
1068 | Jay Hoggard | Riverside Dance | 1985 |
1069 | Alvin Batiste | Bayou Magic | 1988 |
1070 | Chico Freeman and Von Freeman | Freeman and Freeman | 1981 |
1071 | Chico Freeman | Still Sensitive | |
1072 | Hamiet Bluiett | Im/possible to Keep | 1977 |
3023 | Tom Johnson | Nine Bells | 1982 |
3024 | Arnold Dreyblatt | Nodal Excitation | 1982 |
3025 | Yoshi Wada | Lament for the Rise and Fall of the Elephantine Crocodile | 1981 |
3026 | Phill Niblock | Nothin' to Look at Just a Record | |
3027 | Phill Niblock & Joseph Celli | Niblock for Celli: Celli Plays Niblock | 1984 |
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