| Interplay Records | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Founder | Toshiya Taenaka |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Los Angeles |
Interplay Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Toshiya Taenaka in association with Fred Norseworthy in Los Angeles in 1977 which released several notable albums by Warne Marsh, Al Haig, Sal Mosca, Horace Tapscott, and Ted Curson. [1] [2] The label was named after an album released on Taenaka's short-lived label, Seabreeze Records; Al Haig's Interplay .
| P [3] [4] [5] | Artist | Album | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7707 | Al Haig | A Portrait of Bud Powell | 1977 |
| 7708 | Claude Williamson | Holography | 1977 |
| 7709 | Warne Marsh | Warne Out | 1977 |
| 7710 | June Christy | Impromptu | 1977 |
| 7711 | Lou Levy | Tempus Fugue-It | 1977 |
| 7712 | Sal Mosca | Music | 1977 |
| 7713 | Al Haig | Serendipity | 1977 |
| 7714 | Horace Tapscott | Songs of the Unsung | 1978 |
| 7715 | Freddie Redd | Straight Ahead! | 1977 |
| 7716 | Dizzy Reece & Ted Curson | Blowin' Away | 1978 |
| 7717 | Claude Williamson | New Departure | 1978 |
| 7718 | Art Pepper | Among Friends | 1978 |
| 7719 | Nick Brignola | New York Bound! | 1978 |
| 7720 | Sam Jones | The Bassist! | 1979 |
| 7721 | Bill Perkins | Confluence | 1978 |
| 7722 | Ted Curson | The Trio | 1979 |
| 7723 | Joe Albany | Bird Lives! | 1979 |
| 7724 | Horace Tapscott | Horace Tapscott in New York | 1979 |
| 7725 | Warne Marsh and Sal Mosca | How Deep, How High | 1976 and 1979 |
| 7726 | Sam Jones | Something New | 1979 |
| 7727 | Claude Williamson | La Fiesta | 1979 |
| 7728 | Art Davis | Reemergence | 1980 |
| 7729 | Ted Curson | I Heard Mingus | 1980 |
| 8601 | Warne Marsh and Susan Chen | Warne Marsh & Susan Chen | 1985-86 |
| 8602 | Warne Marsh | Two Days in the Life of... | 1987 |
| 8603 | Billy Bauer | Anthology | 1959-69 |
| 8604 | Warne Marsh | Posthumous | 1985 |
| 8605 | Walter Bishop Jr. | Just in Time | 1988 |
| 8606 | Bill Perkins | Remembrance of Dino's | 1986 |
| 8607 | Bill Warfield | New York City Jazz | 1988 |
| 8608 | Pepper Adams | California Cookin' | 1983 |
| 8609 | Warne Marsh and Susan Chen | Ballad for You | 1985 |
| 8610 | Rolf Ericson & Lex Jasper | My Foolish Heart | 1989 |
| 8611 | Bill Perkins & Frank Strazzeri | Two As One | 1990 |
| 8612 | Bill Perkins | Frame of Mind | 1993 |
| 8613 | Dick Morgan | Drive, Passion, Unpredictable | 1994 |
| 8614 | Leo Maiberger | Mad City Jazz | 1994 |
| 8615 | Keith Greko | Journey | 1995 |
| 9001 | Walter Bishop Jr. | Ode to Bird | 1989 |
| 9002 | Gildo Mahones | Gildo Mahones Trio | 1990 |
| 9003 | Gil Coggins | Gil's Mood | 1990 |
| 9004 | Freddie Redd | Extemporaneous | 1978 |
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