Status Inactive Country of origin U.S. Defunct 1991 | Founder Albert Marx Location Hollywood, California Date founded 1948 | |
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Artists Art Pepper, Clare Fischer, Morcheeba, Gerald Wilson, Tommy Tedesco Albums Guitar Interludes, 1995, African Marketplace, Who Can You Trust?, Strange Cargo Hinterland |
Discovery Records was a United States-based record company and label known for its recordings of jazz music.
Discovery was founded in 1948 by jazz fan and promoter Albert Marx. Marx recorded jazz notables such as Dizzy Gillespie, Red Norvo, Art Pepper and Charles Mingus for issue on his Discovery label headquartered in Hollywood, California.
Marx acquired the back-catalogues of Musicraft Records and Trend Records and reissued them on Discovery through the 1980s. His estate sold the Discovery, Trend and Musicraft jazz labels in 1991 to Jac Holzman, which he refashioned into a contemporary label. In 1993, Discovery Records was acquired by Warner Music Group and was absorbed by Sire Records in 1996.
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