India Navigation
American record company and label
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | India Navigation |
| founded | |
| founder | Bob Cummins |
| status | Inactive |
| genre | Jazz |
| country | U.S. |
| location | Nyack, New York |
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| name = India Navigation | image = | founded = | founder = Bob Cummins | status = Inactive | genre = Jazz | country = U.S. | location = Nyack, New York
India Navigation was an American record company and independent record label that specialized in avant-garde jazz in the 1970s and 1980s. It was founded by Bob Cummins, a corporate lawyer who helped jazz musicians with legal matters. Its catalogue included Arthur Blythe, Pharoah Sanders, Hamiet Bluiett, Chico Freeman, Cecil McBee, and the Revolutionary Ensemble. In addition to this, some recordings of minimal music, such as Arnold Dreyblatt, Phill Niblock and Joseph Celli, or Tom Johnson, also appeared.
Discography
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| Catalog | Artist | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1023 | Revolutionary Ensemble | Manhattan Cycles | 1972 |
| 1024 | Alan Braufman | Valley of Search | 1975 |
| 1025 | Hamiet Bluiett | Endangered Species | 1976 |
| 1026 | David Murray | Flowers for Albert | 1976 |
| 1027 | Pharoah Sanders | Pharoah | 1976 |
| 1028 | Leroy Jenkins | Solo Concert | 1977 |
| 1029 | Arthur Blythe | The Grip | 1977 |
| 1030 | Hamiet Bluiett | Birthright: A Solo Blues Concert | 1977 |
| 1031 | Chico Freeman | Chico | 1977 |
| 1032 | David Murray | Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club Vol. 1 | 1977 |
| 1033 | Joseph Jarman & Don Moye | Egwu-Anwu | 1978 |
| 1034 | Tisziji Muñoz | Rendezvous with Now | 1978 |
| 1035 | Chico Freeman | Kings of Mali | 1977 |
| 1036 | Anthony Davis | Song for the Old World | 1978 |
| 1037 | James Newton | Paseo del Mar | 1978 |
| 1038 | Arthur Blythe | Metamorphosis | 1977 |
| 1039 | Hamiet Bluiett | S.O.S. – We Have Come to Save You from Yourselves | 1977 |
| 1040 | Jay Hoggard | A Solo Vibes Concert | 1978 |
| 1041 | Anthony Davis/James Newton Quartet | Hidden Voices | 1979 |
| 1042 | Chico Freeman | The Outside Within | 1978 |
| 1043 | Cecil McBee | Alternate Spaces | 1979 |
| 1044 | David Murray | Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club Vol. 2 | 1977 |
| 1045 | Chico Freeman | Spirit Sensitive | 1979 |
| 1046 | James Newton | The Mystery School | 1979 |
| 1047 | Anthony Davis | Lady of the Mirrors | 1980 |
| 1048 | Amiri Baraka | New Music – New Poetry | 1980 |
| 1049 | Jay Hoggard | Mystic Winds, Tropic Breezes | 1980 |
| 1050 | Bob Neloms | Pretty Music | 1981 |
| 1051 | James Newton | Portraits | 1982 |
| 1052 | Chet Baker & Lee Konitz | In Concert | 1974 |
| 1053 | Cecil McBee | Flying Out | 1982 |
| 1054 | Ted Curson | Ted Curson & Co. | 1976 |
| 1055 | Dennis Moorman | Circle of Destiny | |
| 1056 | Anthony Davis | Variations in Dream-Time | 1982 |
| 1057 | Air | Air Song | 1975 |
| 1058 | Muhal Richard Abrams | Afrisong | 1975 |
| 1059 | Chico Freeman | The Search | 1982 |
| 1060 | Craig Harris | Aboriginal Affairs | 1983 |
| 1061 | Big Nick Nicholas | Big and Warm | 1983 |
| 1062 | Clarinet Summit | In Concert at the Public Theater | 1981 |
| 1063 | Chico Freeman | Morning Prayer | 1976 |
| 1064 | Air | Air Raid | 1976 |
| 1065 | Alvin Batiste | Musique d'Afrique Nouvelle Orléans | 1985 |
| 1066 | Big Nick Nicholas | Big Nick | 1985 |
| 1067 | Clarinet Summit | In Concert at the Public Theater Vol. 2 | 1981 |
| 1068 | Jay Hoggard | Riverside Dance | 1985 |
| 1069 | Alvin Batiste | Bayou Magic | 1988 |
| 1070 | Chico Freeman and Von Freeman | Freeman and Freeman | 1981 |
| 1071 | Chico Freeman | Still Sensitive | |
| 1072 | Hamiet Bluiett | Im/possible to Keep | 1977 |
| 3023 | Tom Johnson | Nine Bells | 1982 |
| 3024 | Arnold Dreyblatt | Nodal Excitation | 1982 |
| 3025 | Yoshi Wada | Lament for the Rise and Fall of the Elephantine Crocodile | 1981 |
| 3026 | Phill Niblock | Nothin' to Look at Just a Record | |
| 3027 | Phill Niblock & Joseph Celli | Niblock for Celli: Celli Plays Niblock | 1984 |
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References
References
- (10 September 2000). "Bob Cummins, 68, a Producer In Manhattan's Loft-Jazz Scene".
- Kennedy, Gary. (2002). "The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1". Grove's Dictionaries Inc..
- (2000). "Bob Cummins: 1932-2000".
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