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Revelation Records was an American jazz record label based in Los Angeles, active from 1965 until the late 1980s.
Revelation was founded by Occidental College professor and then-director of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology, John William (Bill) Hardy and UCLA employee Jon Horwich. The label was initially operated out of Los Angeles and then Glendale, California. Hardy had previously written liner notes for Dick Bock's productions for Pacific Jazz Records. Toward the end of the 1970s, the label's base of operations shifted to Gainesville, Florida. [1] The label released approximately 50 albums.
P | Artist | Album | Released |
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REV 1 | Dennis Budimir | Alone Together | 1967 |
REV 2 | Clare Fischer | Easy Livin' | 1966 |
REV 3 | Anthony Ortega | New Dance! | 1967 |
REV 4 | Dennis Budimir | A Second Coming | 1968 |
REV 5 | Gary Foster | Subconsciously | 1968 |
REV 6 | Clare Fischer | One to Get Ready, Four to Go | 1968 |
REV 7 | Anthony Ortega , Chuck Domanico, Bob West, Bill Goodwin | Permutations | 1968 |
REV 8 | Dennis Budimir | Sprung Free! | 1968 |
REV 9 | New Art Jazz Ensemble | Seeking | 1969 |
REV 10 | Frank Strazzeri | That's Him & This Is New | 1969 |
REV 11 | Forrest Westbrook, Jim West, Paul Ruhland, Dick Wilson | This Is Their Time, Oh Yes | 1970 |
REV 12 | Warne Marsh | Ne Plus Ultra | 1970 |
REV 13 | Clare Fischer | Great White Hope! | 1970 |
REV 14 | Dennis Budimir | The Session with Albert Vol. 1 | 1972 |
REV 15 | Clare Fischer | Reclamation Act of 1972! | 1972 |
REV 16 | Joe Albany | Proto-Bopper | 1972 |
REV 17 | Warne Marsh, Clare Fischer, Gary Foster | Report of the 1st Annual Symposium on Relaxed Improvisation | 1973 |
REV 18 | John Carter , Bobby Bradford | Secrets | 1973 |
REV 19 | Gary Foster | Grand Cru Classé | 1973 |
REV 20 | Frank Strazzeri | Taurus | 1973 |
REV 21 | Ronnie Hoopes | Respect for a Great Tradition | 1973 |
REV 22 | Warne Marsh | The Art of Improvising | 1974 |
REV 23 | Clare Fischer | T'da-a-a-a-a! | 1975 |
REV 24 | Véra Brasil | Véra Brasil | 1975 |
REV 25 | Joe Albany | At Home Alone | 1976 |
REV 27 | Clare Fischer | The State of His Art | 1976 |
REV 28 | Warne Marsh | The Art of Improvising Volume 2 | 1977 |
REV 28 | The Hot Jazz Orchestra | The Hot Jazz Orchestra | 1977 |
REV 30 | Noel Jewkes and the Dr. Legato Express | Just Passin' Thru | 1979 |
Rev 31 | Clare Fischer | Jazz Song | 1979 |
REV 32 | Paul Nash featuring Mark Isham with Eddie Marshall & Art Lande | A Jazz Composer's Ensemble | 1979 |
REV 33 | Charlie Bush | Introducing the Jazz Guitar of Charlie Bush Local Living Legend | 1979 |
REV 34 | Frank Sullivan | First Impressions | 1980 |
REV 37 | Clare Fischer | Head, Heart & Hands | 1982 |
REV 41 | Jack Reilly | November | 1983 |
REV 42 | Bill Prince with the Frank Sullivan Trio | Best Kept Secret in Jazz | 1983 |
REV 43 | Per Henrik Wallin | 4th Balcony Jump | 1984 |
REV 44 | Carmell Jones | Carmell Jones Returns | 1983 |
REV 45 | Jerry Coker with the Frank Sullivan Trio | ...A Re-emergence | 1984 |
REV 48 | Gary Foster | Kansas City Connection | 1985 |
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