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Founder
  
Tom Jung

Country of origin
  
U.S.

Date founded
  
1983

Genre
  
Jazz

Location
  
Stamford, Connecticut

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Distributor
  
Telarc International Corporation

Albums
  
Back to Beck, Homage to Count Basie, Incredible Journey, Balance, Latin From Manhattan

DMP Digital Music Products was one of the first fully digital recording labels, generally specializing in jazz artists. DMP was founded in 1983 by engineer Tom Jung after leaving Sound 80 recording studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The label's first releases in 1983 featured pianist Warren Bernhardt, Jay Leonhart, and the group Flim & the BB's. These were the first non-classical recordings released on Compact Disc. Recordings on the DMP label are noted for their sonic excellence.

DMP was one of the few labels to release commercial DAT recordings, has been at the forefront of introducing numerous digital recording technologies, and has been a pioneer in the Super Audio CD (SACD) digital audio format.

Notable artists who have recorded for the DMP label include Warren Bernhardt, Jay Leonhart, Flim & the BB's, Lynne Arriale, Joe Beck, Ali Ryerson, Chuck Loeb, and Joe Morello.

History

  • 1983 – Flim & The BB's Tricycle (CD-443) is the first jazz compact disc available to consumers. The dynamic music together with a live-to-2 track digital recording made Tricycle a global demonstration disc that would win CD of the Year honors in CD Review magazine.
  • 1987 – DMP utilizes high-end recording technology from Cello on two breakthrough recordings by Warren Bernhardt (Hands On, CD-457) and Flim & The BBs (Neon, CD-458)
  • 1989 – DMP Mascot is photographed for A Taste of DMP, (CD-466) cover and would soon become a cult figure.
  • 1991 – DMP is first to utilize 20-bit recording and conversion technology on Chuck Loeb's recording Balance, (CD-484).
  • 1995 – DMP implements a compatible surround sound technology in its DMP Big Band Tribute series, Carved in Stone (CD-512), The Glenn Miller Project (CD-519), and Salutes Duke Ellington (CD-520).
  • 1996 – Big Band Trane (CD-515) is the 10th consecutive recording by the Bob Mintzer Big Band for DMP
  • 1997 – Alto (CD-521) by Joe Beck & Ali Ryerson is the first commercial recording captured with Sony's DSD recording technology which samples music at 2.8224 MHz (64 x the 44.1 kHz compact disc).
  • 1998 – Just Jobim (CD-524) by Manfredo Fest is the first project captured with the new Meitner DSD conversion technology
  • 2000 – DMP releases world's first multichannel SACD, Gaudeamus: Sacred Feast (SACD-09)

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