CTI Records

etichetta discografica statunitense

La CTI Records (Creed Taylor Internazional o Creed Taylor Incorporated) è un'etichetta jazz fondata nel 1967 da Creed Taylor, inizialmente come una società controllata da A&M Records.

CTI Records
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StatoStati Uniti (bandiera) Stati Uniti
Fondazione1967
Fondata daCreed Taylor
GruppoInterscope-Geffen-A&M
SettoreMusicale

Taylor, che aveva precedentemente fondato la Impulse Records ed aveva lavorato per la Verve Records, si era guadagnato un'ottima reputazione come rispettato produttore di album jazz. Le sue produzioni per CTI condividevano uno stile tipicamente caldo, morbido finalizzato a creare un'atmosfera smooth jazz. L'etichetta è diventata anche famosa per le immagini delle copertine degli album, molte delle quali dell'artista fotografo Pete Turner.

Tra gli artisti di rilievo che incisero per l'etichetta ci sono stati George Benson, Eumir Deodato, Paul Desmond, Gabor Szabo, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Wes Montgomery, Hubert Laws, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Bob James, Larry Coryell e molti altri.

Un'altra etichetta, affiliata al marchio CTI, la Kudu, lanciata nel 1971, era più orientata al soul-jazz; nell'elenco degli artisti di rilievo che incisero per la Kudu c'erano Grover Washington, Jr., Hank Crawford, Idris Muhammad. La maggior parte degli arrangiamenti per le incisioni Kudu furono opera di Don Sebesky; in ogni sessione figurano alcuni dei migliori artisti jazz del momento, come Ron Carter, che è apparso su quasi ogni registrazione, ed Herbie Hancock che spesso era seduto al pianoforte.

La CTI Records dichiarò il fallimento nel 1978, [3], ma la maggior parte del suo catalogo è rimasto in stampa. La produzione CTI del dopo A&M Records è ora proprietà della Sony BMG Music Entertainment ed è distribuita dalla Epic Records; gli album di Grover Washington, Jr. incisi per la Kudu, sono stati ristampati dalla Motown's MoJazz. I quattro album CTI dell'artista Bob James, sono rimasti di sua proprietà; la Seawind invece è in possesso del loro vecchio catalogo CTI. Le realizzazioni A&M sono ora distribuite dalla Verve Records, una divisione della Universal Music Group.

Discography

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Serie 3000

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Gli album della serie CTI 3000 sono stati prodotti da Creed Taylor tra il 1967 ed il 1970 e stampati dalla A&M con un piccolo logo "CTI" sulla copertina. These albums we issued with the regular A&M record label with the addition of the "CTI" logo and "produced by Creed Taylor"

Catalog number Artista Titolo
SP 3000 Artisti Vari Audio Master Plus Series Sampler Volume 1
SP 3001 Wes Montgomery A Day in the Life
SP 3002 Antônio Carlos Jobim Wave
SP 3003 Herbie Mann Glory of Love
SP 3004 Tamba 4 We and the Sea
SP 3005 Nat Adderley You, Baby
SP 3006 Wes Montgomery Down Here on the Ground
SP 3007 Artie Butler Have You Met Miss Jones?
SP 3008 Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson Israel
SP 3009 Soul Flutes Trust in Me
SP 3010 Richard Barbary Soul Machine
SP 3011 Tamiko Jones I'll Be Anything for You
SP 3012 Wes Montgomery Road Song
SP 3013 Tamba 4 Samba Blim
SP 3014 George Benson Shape of Things to Come
SP 3015 Paul Desmond Summertime
SP 3016 Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson Betwixt & Between
SP 3017 Nat Adderley Calling Out Loud
SP 3018 Walter Wanderley When It Was Done
SP 3019 Milton Nascimento Courage
SP 3020 George Benson Tell It Like It Is
SP 6-3021 Various Artists Audio Master Plus Series Audio Sampler, Vol. 2
SP 3022 Walter Wanderley Moondreams
SP 3023 Quincy Jones Walking in Space
SP 3024 Paul Desmond From the Hot Afternoon
SP 3025 George Benson I Got a Woman and Some Blues
SP 3026 Hubert Laws Unissued
SP 3027 Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson Stonebone (Only issued in Japan)
SP 3028 George Benson The Other Side of Abbey Road
SP 3030 Quincy Jones Gula Matari
SP 3031 Antonio Carlos Jobim Tide
SP 3032 Paul Desmond Bridge Over Troubled Water

Serie 1000

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In 1970 Creed Taylor established the CTI label independently of A&M and issued the first five releases as the 1000 Series which had a green record label. The 1000 Series featured artists working outside of the jazz genre.

Catalog number Artist Title
CTI 1001 Kathy McCord Kathy McCord
CTI 1002 Hubert Laws Crying Song
CTI 1003 Flow Flow
CTI 1004 Dave Frishberg Oklahoma Toad
CTI 1005 Fats Theus Black Out

Serie 6000

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The albums in the CTI 6000 series were released between 1970 and 1976 and featured an orange CTI label with black print.[1] Later albums in the 6000 series were distributed by Motown and are designated by the addition of an S1 to the catalog number.

Catalog number Artist Title
CTI 6000 Hubert Laws Crying Song (Reissue of CTI 1002)
CTI 6001 Freddie Hubbard Red Clay
CTI 6002 Antônio Carlos Jobim Stone Flower
CTI 6003 Joe Farrell Joe Farrell Quartet
CTI 6004 Bill Evans Montreux II
CTI 6005 Stanley Turrentine Sugar
CTI 6006 Hubert Laws Afro-Classic
CTI 6007 Freddie Hubbard Straight Life
CTI 6008 Astrud Gilberto Gilberto with Turrentine
CTI 6009 George Benson Beyond the Blue Horizon
CTI 6010 Stanley Turrentine Salt Song
CTI 6011 Kenny Burrell God Bless the Child
CTI 6012 Hubert Laws The Rite of Spring
CTI 6013 Freddie Hubbard First Light
CTI 6014 Joe Farrell Outback
CTI 6015 George Benson White Rabbit
CTI 6016 Randy Weston Blue Moses
CTI 6017 Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson Cherry
CTI 6018 Freddie Hubbard Sky Dive
CTI 6019 Jackie and Roy Time & Love
CTI 6020 Airto Free
CTI 6021 Deodato Prelude
CTI 6022 Hubert Laws Morning Star
CTI 6023 Joe Farrell Moon Germs
CTI 6024 Milt Jackson Sunflower
CTI 6025 Hubert Laws Carnegie Hall
CTI 6026 Gábor Szabó Mizrab
CTI 6027 Ron Carter Blues Farm
CCTI 6028 Airto Fingers
CTI 6029 Deodato Deodato 2
CTI 6030 Stanley Turrentine Don't Mess with Mister T.
CTI 6031/32 Don Sebesky Giant Box
CTI 6033 George Benson Body Talk
CTI 6034 Joe Farrell Penny Arcade
CTI 6035 Gábor Szabó Rambler
CTI 6036 Freddie Hubbard Keep Your Soul Together
CTI 6037 Ron Carter All Blues
CTI 6038 Milt Jackson with Hubert Laws Goodbye
CTI 6039 Paul Desmond featuring Gábor Szabó Skylark
CTI 6040 Jackie Cain & Roy Kral A Wilder Alias
CTI 6041 Deodato/Airto In Concert
CTI 3+3 Hubert Laws In the Beginning
CTI 6042S1 Joe Farrell Upon This Rock
CTI 6043S1 Bob James One
CTI 6044S1 Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One
CTI 6045S1 George Benson Bad Benson
CTI 6046S1 Milt Jackson Olinga
CTI 6047S1 Freddie Hubbard The Baddest Hubbard
CTI 6048S1 Stanley Turrentine The Baddest Turrentine
CTI 6049S1 Herbie Hancock/Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine In Concert Volume Two
CTI 6050S1 Chet Baker She Was Good to Me
CTI 6051S1 Ron Carter Spanish Blue
CTI 6052S1 Stanley Turrentine The Sugar Man
CTI 6053S1 Joe Farrell Canned Funk
CTI 6054S1 Gerry Mulligan / Chet Baker Carnegie Hall Concert
CTI 6055S1 Gerry Mulligan / Chet Baker Carnegie Hall Concert Volume 2
CTI 6056S1 Freddie Hubbard Polar AC
CTI 6057S1 Bob James Two
CTI 6058S1 Hubert Laws The Chicago Theme
CTI 6059S1 Paul Desmond Pure Desmond
CTI 6060S1 Jim Hall Concierto
CTI 6061S1 Don Sebesky The Rape of El Morro
CTI 6062 George Benson Good King Bad
CTI 6063 Bob James Three
CTI 6064 Ron Carter Yellow & Green
CTI 6065 Hubert Laws Then There Was Light: In the Beginning Vol. 1
CTI 6066 Hubert Laws Then There Was Light: In the Beginning Vol. 2
CTI 6067 Joe Farrell Song of the Wind (Reissue of CTI 6003)
CTI 6068 Allan Holdsworth Velvet Darkness
CTI 6069 George Benson and Joe Farrell Benson & Farrell
CTI 6072S1 George Benson In Concert-Carnegie Hall

Serie 5000

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The 5000 Series was introduced in 1975 as a series of popular music recordings and consist of eight issued albums.[2]

Catalog number Artist Title
CTI 5000 Lalo Schifrin Black Widow
CTI 5001 Patti Austin End of a Rainbow
CTI 5002 Seawind Seawind
CTI 5003 Lalo Schifrin Towering Toccata
CTI 5004 John Blair We Belong Together
CTI 5005 David Matthews Dune
CTI 5006 Patti Austin Havana Candy
CTI 5007 Seawind Window of a Child

Serie 7000

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The 7000 Series continued the numbering sequence from the 6000 Series

Catalog number Artist Title
CTI 7070 Urbie Green The Fox
CTI 7071 Hubert Laws The San Francisco Concert
CTI 7073 Art Farmer Crawl Space
CTI 7074 Bob James BJ4
CTI 7075 Jeremy Steig Firefly
CTI 7076 Various Artists CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl - Live One
CTI 7077 Various Artists CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl - Live Two
CTI 7078 Various Artists CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl - Live Three
CTI 7079 Urbie Green with Grover Washington, Jr. and David Matthews' Big Band Señor Blues
CTI 7080 Art Farmer with Yusef Lateef and David Matthews' Big Band Something You Got
CTI 7081 Deodato 2001 (Reissue of CTI 6021)
CTI 7082 Yusef Lateef Autophysiopsychic
CTI 7083 Art Farmer / Jim Hall Big Blues
CTI 7084 Nina Simone Baltimore
CTI 7085 George Benson Space
CTI 7086 Patti Austin Live at the Bottom Line
CTI 7087 Art Farmer with Joe Henderson Yama
CTI 7088 Yusef Lateef In a Temple Garden
CTI 7089 Art Farmer Live in Tokyo

The Kudu label was launched by Creed Taylor in July 1971 and specialized in soul jazz artists releasing 39 albums from 1971 to 1979.[3] Kudu is considered CTI's sister label.

Catalog number Artista Titolo
KU-01 Johnny Hammond Breakout
KU-02 Lonnie Smith Mama Wailer
KU-03 Grover Washington, Jr. Inner City Blues
KU-04 Johnny Hammond Wild Horses Rock Steady
KU-05 Esther Phillips From a Whisper to a Scream
KU-06 Hank Crawford Help Me Make it Through the Night
KU-07 Grover Washington, Jr. All the King's Horses
KU-08 Hank Crawford We Got a Good Thing Going
KU-09 Esther Phillips Alone Again, Naturally
KU-10 Johnny Hammond The Prophet
KU-11 Eric Gale Forecast
KU-12 Grover Washington, Jr. Soul Box Vol. 1
KU-13 Grover Washington, Jr. Soul Box Vol. 2
KU-14 Esther Phillips Black-Eyed Blues
KU-15 Hank Crawford Wildflower
KU-16 Johnny Hammond Higher Ground
KU-17 Idris Muhammad Power of Soul
KU-18 Esther Phillips Performance
KU-19 Hank Crawford Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
KU-20 Grover Washington, Jr. Mister Magic
KU-21 Joe Beck Beck
KU-22 Phil Upchurch and Tennyson Stephens Upchurch/Tennyson
KU-23 Esther Philips with Joe Beck What a Diff'rence a Day Makes
KU-24 Grover Washington, Jr. Feels So Good
KU-25 Ron Carter Anything Goes
KU-26 Hank Crawford I Hear a Symphony
KU-27 Idris Muhammad House of the Rising Sun
KU-28 Esther Philips with Joe Beck For All We Know
KU-29 Grant Green The Main Attraction
KU-30 David Matthews with Whirlwind Shoogie Wanna Boogie
KU-31 Esther Philips Capricorn Princess
KU-32S1 Grover Washington, Jr. A Secret Place
KU-33S1 Hank Crawford Hank Crawford's Back
KU-34S1 Idris Muhammad Turn This Mutha Out
KU-35S1 Hank Crawford Tico Rico
KU-3637M2 Grover Washington, Jr. Live at The Bijou
KU-38 Idris Muhammad Boogie to the Top
KU-39 Hank Crawford Cajun Sunrise

Salvation

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Salvation Records was a CTI subsidiary originally intended for gospel albums but after releasing one album by the B. C. & M. Choir and laying fallow for two years the label was revived for a handful of jazz and R&B releases.[4]

Catalog number Artist Title
SAL 700 B. C. & M. Choir Hello Sunshine
SAL 701 Airto Virgin Land
SAL 702 Johnny Hammond Gambler's Life
SAL 703 The New York Jazz Quartet In Concert in Japan
SAL 704S1 Gábor Szabó Macho
  1. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. CTI Albums discography accessed February 3, 2012
  2. ^ Payne D. CTI 5000 Series accessed February 28, 2012
  3. ^ Payne D. Kudu Records Discograpy accessed February 6, 2012
  4. ^ Payne, D. CTI Records - Salvation Label accessed February 21, 2012
  1. Feature on CTI Records at dougpayne.com [1]
  2. Pete Turner: Album Covers (Part 2), Jazzwax, April 9, 2008.[2]
  3. jazzitude.com

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