EmArcy Records
American jazz record label, a division of Universal Music Group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.[1]
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EmArcy Records | |
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Parent company | Universal Music Group |
Founded | 1954 (1954) |
Founder | Mercury Records |
Distributor(s) | Universal Music Group (International) Island Records (U.S.) |
Genre | Jazz, world music |
Country of origin | U.S. |
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During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan recorded for EmArcy.[1]
Today, it is a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. The catalogue is managed by the Island Records subsidiary.