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| Pacific Jazz Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Capitol Music Group (Universal Music Group) |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Founder | Richard Bock Roy Harte |
| Defunct | 1965 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributor(s) | Blue Note Records (reissues) |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Los Angeles |
Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles–based record company and label best known for cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded in 1952 by producer Richard Bock (1927–1988)[1] and drummer Roy Harte (1924–2003).[2] Harte, in 1954, also co-founded Nocturne Records with jazz bassist Harry Babasin (1921–1988).[3]
Some of the musicians who recorded for Pacific Jazz included Chet Baker, Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Pass, Gerald Wilson, the Jazz Crusaders,[4] Don Ellis, Clare Fischer, Jim Hall, Groove Holmes, Les McCann, Wes Montgomery, and Art Pepper.[5]
In 1957, Pacific Jazz Records changed its name to World Pacific Records[6] to expand into a full-line label, with the Pacific Jazz label retained for jazz releases.[7][8]
In 1958 Richard Bock and World Pacific were instrumental in introducing Indian traditional music to the West via Ravi Shankar, who also recorded for World Pacific.[9][5][10]
Bock sold the label to Liberty Records in 1965, although he remained as an adviser until 1970. Liberty was merged into and discontinued by United Artists Records in 1971; UA in turn was bought by EMI in 1979. Mosaic reissued some Pacific Jazz material in the late 1980s, as did Blue Note when it gained control of the catalog in the 1990s.[5]
Releases from Pacific Jazz Records are distributed digitally on streaming platforms through Universal Music Group.
Partial discography
Pacific Jazz Ten Inch LP series
Pacific Jazz released 20 10-inch LPs between 1953 and 1954 before the label moved to 12-inch albums in 1955[11]
Pacific Jazz/World Pacific 1200 Twelve Inch LP Series
Commencing in 1955 a total of thirty-one 12 inch albums were released on the Pacific Jazz label before the name was changed to World Pacific.[11]
| Catalog No. | Artist | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PJ 1201 | Gerry Mulligan | California Concerts | |
| PJ 1202 | Chet Baker | Chet Baker Sings and Plays | with Bud Shank, Russ Freeman and Strings |
| PJ 1203 | Chet Baker | Jazz at Ann Arbor | |
| PJ 1204 | Laurindo Almeida | Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank | Reissue of PJLP 7 and PJLP 13 |
| PJ 1205 | Bud Shank with Shorty Rogers / Bud Shank with Bill Perkins | Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers - Bill Perkins | |
| PJ 1206 | Chet Baker | The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker | |
| PJ 1207 | Gerry Mulligan | The Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet | Selections from PJLP 1 and PJLP 5 |
| PJ 1208 | Jack Montrose | Jack Montrose Sextet | |
| PJ 1209 | Chico Hamilton | Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette | |
| PJ 1210 | Gerry Mulligan | Paris Concert | |
| PJ 1211 | Cy Touff | His Octet and Quintet | |
| PJ 1212 | Russ Freeman and Richard Twardzik | Trio | |
| PJ 1213 | Bud Shank | Strings & Trombones | Reissue of PJLP 14 and PJLP 20 |
| PJ 1214 | Bob Gordon Quartet / Clifford Brown Ensembles | Arranged by Montrose | Reissue of PJLP 12 and PJLP 19 |
| PJ 1215 | Bud Shank | The Bud Shank Quartet | |
| PJ 1216 | Chico Hamilton | Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi | |
| PJ 1217 | John Lewis | Grand Encounter | |
| PJ 1218 | Chet Baker | Chet Baker in Europe | |
| PJ 1219 | Bud Shank | Jazz at Cal-Tech | |
| PJ 1220 | Chico Hamilton | Chico Hamilton Trio | Reissue of PJLP 17 with additional tracks |
| PJ 1221 | Bill Perkins | The Bill Perkins Octet on Stage | |
| PJ 1222 | Chet Baker | Chet Baker Sings | Reissue of PJLP 11 with additional tracks |
| PJ 1223 | Hoagy Carmichael | Hoagy Sings Carmichael | |
| PJ 1224 | Chet Baker | Chet Baker & Crew | |
| PJ 1225 | Chico Hamilton | Chico Hamilton Quintet | |
| PJ 1226 | Bud Shank and Bob Cooper | Flute 'n Oboe | |
| PJ 1227 | Jim Hall | Jazz Guitar | |
| PJ 1228 | Gerry Mulligan Quartet | Recorded in Boston at Storyville | |
| PJ 1229 | Chet Baker | Chet Baker Big Band | |
| PJ 1230 | Bud Shank | Bud Shank Quartet Featuring Claude Williamson | |
| PJ 1231 | Fred Katz | Zen: The Music of Fred Katz | with Paul Horn and the Chico Hamilton Quartet |
| PJ 1232 | Chet Baker | Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker | |
| Label name changes to "World Pacific" [12] | |||
| PJ 1233 | Bob Brookmeyer | Traditionalism Revisited | |
| PJ 1234 | Chet Baker & Art Pepper | Playboys | |
| PJ 1235 | Jack Lidström | Look, Dad! They're Comin' Down Our Street (in Hi-Fi) | |
| PJ 1236 | Sidney Bechet & Martial Solal | Sidney Bechet Has Young Ideas | |
| PJ 1237 | Gerry Mulligan and the Sax Section | The Gerry Mulligan Songbook Volume 1 | |
| PJ 1238 | Chico Hamilton | South Pacific in Hi-Fi | |
| PJ 1239 | Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall & Jimmy Raney | The Street Swingers | |
| PJ 1240 | The Montgomery Brothers | The Montgomery Brothers and Five Others | |
| PJ 1241 | Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Chet Baker | Reunion with Chet Baker | |
| PJ 1242 | Chico Hamilton | Chico Hamilton Trio Introducing Freddie Gambrell | |
| PJ 1243 | The Mastersounds | Kismet | |
| PJ 1244 | Various Artists | Jazz Canto: An Anthology of Poetry and Jazz Vol 1 | |
| WP 1245 | Charlie Mariano & Jerry Dodgion | Beauties Of 1918 | |
| WP 1246 | Gil Evans | New Bottle Old Wine | |
| WP 1247 | Various Artists | Drums On Fire! | |
| WP 1248 | Ravi Shankar | India's Master Musician | |
| WP 1249 | Chet Baker | Pretty/Groovy | |
| WP 1250 | David Allyn | Let's Face the Music and Dance | |
| WP 1251 | Bud Shank with the Len Mercer Strings | I'll Take Romance | |
| WP 1252 | The Mastersounds | Flower Drum Song | |
| WP 1253 | Annie Ross and Gerry Mulligan | Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! | |
| WP 1254 | Bud & Travis / Barbara Dane / Rolf Cahn / Lynn Gold | A Night at The Ash Grove | subtitled Saturday Night at the Coffeehouse |
| WP 1255 | Gerald Heard | Reflections | |
| WP 1256 | Freddie Gambrell | Freddie Gambrell | |
| WP 1257 | Various Artists | The Sound of Big Band Jazz in Hi-Fi | |