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Founder Hein van de GeynAnne de JongJoost Leijen Distributor(s) Challenge Records International Official website www.challengerecords.com Albums Oliver's Cinema, La Salsa es Mi Vida, Bluezzin T'il Dawn Artists Profiles | ||
Challenge Records is a record company and label in the Netherlands founded by Hein van de Geyn, Anne de Jong, and Joost Leijen in 1994. Its catalogue includes music by Nat Adderley, Paul Bollenback, Bob Brookmeyer, Keith Ingham, Rick Margitza, Enrico Pieranunzi, Clark Terry, Jasper van 't Hof, and Eric Vloeimans.
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Imprints
Challenge's labels include Buzz, Between The Lines, Challenge Classics, Challenge Records, V-Flow, Double Moon (producer Volker Dueck), Challenge Jazz (producer Hein van de Geyn), Challenge Legacy, Retrieval (restorations by John R. T. Davies), Daybreak (producer Fred Dubiez), Timeless Jazz Legacy, A Records, JJ-Tracks, PineHill, Van Dyck Records, Supertracks Records, Drukplaten, Fineline, SunnyMoon Records, and Antoine Marchand.
Challenge also distributes many independent Dutch and German jazz labels.
Artists
Major Dutch classical artists include De Nederlandse Opera, and Nederlands Symfonieorkest.