The Elektra/Musician label was started in 1982 by record exec Bruce Lundvall. Here's some press clippings about the label's beginnings: (click images to enlarge):
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| Musician magazine, No. 42, April, 1982, p. 19 |
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| Billboard, Feb 20, 1982, p. 12 & 46 |
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| Down Beat, March 1982, p. 13 |
Despite a great roster of artists, the label was short-lived. Just 18 months in, Lundvall announced some changes:
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| Billboard, October 29, 1983, p. 35 |
Reading between the lines, one could see the inevitable end of the label approaching. In 1984, Ludvall left Elektra for EMI to start the Manhattan label as well as revive the Blue Note label.
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| Billboard, June 16, 1984, p. 42 |
Elektra/Musician was Lundvall's baby and without his guidance and vision, the E/M label all but folded. Elektra unsuccessfully attempted to revive the Elektra/Musician label in the late '80s.
Currently, the Elektra/Musician page on Wikipedia is a hot mess, so I've listed the label's releases below. For more on the label and its releases, check out Dr. Smooth's Jazz LPs website.
1982
Artist
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Album
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Billboard Jazz Chart (50) | Cash Box Jazz Chart (30) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Parker | One Night In Washington* |
28
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| Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan | Spirit Within | |||
| Eric Gale | Blue Horizon |
20
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22
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| Lee Ritenour | Rio |
11
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8
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| Various Artists | Griffith Park Collection |
35
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26
|
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| Freddie Hubbard | Ride Like the Wind |
24
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18
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| John McLaughlin | My Goals Beyond |
34
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| Material | Memory Serves |
32
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| Various Artists | The Musicians Guide, Vol 1 |
41
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| Bobby McFerrin | Bobby McFerrin |
41
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| Clifford Brown & Max Roach | Pure Genius, Vol 1* | |||
| Bud Powell | Inner Fires* | |||
| Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie | Observations & |
23
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11
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| Mose Allison | Middle Class White Boy | |||
| Dexter Gordon | American Classic |
19
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17
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| David Sancious | The Bridge |
36
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| Woody Shaw | Master of the Art |
42
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| Various Artists | The Musicians Guide, Vol 2 | |||
| Joe Albany | Portrait Of An Artist | |||
| Tom Scott | Desire |
7
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| Chico Freeman | Tradition In Transition |
31
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15
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| Sphere | Four In One |
41
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| Various Artists | Echoes Of An Era 2: The Concert* |
29
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15
|
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| Jimmy Smith | Off The Top |
5
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6
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1983
Artist
|
Album
|
Jazz Chart |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Evans | The Paris Concert: Edition One* |
19
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| Chick Corea | Again and Again |
15
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| John Klemmer | Finesse |
10
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| Kevin Eubanks | Guitarist |
32
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| Ron Carter | Etudes |
42
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| Charles Lloyd Quartet | Montreux 82* | |
| Bill Laswell | Baselines | |
| Steps Ahead | Steps Ahead |
24
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| David Amram and Friends | Latin-Jazz Celebration | |
| Various Artists | The Young Lions*♊ | |
| Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie | Smokin′* |
41
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| Mose Allison | Lessons In Living* | |
| Eric Gale | Island Breeze |
35
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| Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan | Sprint* | |
| Various Artists | Griffith Park In Concert*♊ | |
| Lennie Tristano | New York Improvisations | |
| Sadao Watanabe | Fill Up The Night |
19
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| Woody Shaw | Night Music* | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | One Night in Washington* | |
| Jimmy Smith | Keep On Comin′* |
35
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| Lee Ritenour | On The Line |
12
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| Sphere | Flight Path |
1984
Artist
|
Album
|
Jazz Chart |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Evans | The Paris Concert: Edition Two* |
37
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| Various Artists | In Performance at the Playboy Jazz Festival*♊ |
35
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| Bill Evans | Living in the Crest of a Wave |
42
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| McCoy Tyner | Dimensions |
43
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| Steps Ahead | Modern Times |
11
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| Chico Freeman | Tangents | |
| Bobby McFerrin | The Voice* |
24
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| Steve Morse Band | The Introduction |
15
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| Stan Getz & Albert Dailey | Poetry |
* indicates live recording
♊ indicates 2 LP set
Billboard Chart information is taken from Billboard's Best Selling Jazz LP's Chart
Cash Box Chart information compiled directly from issues of the magazine.
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