India Navigation
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India Navigation was an American independent record label
that was active from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Founded by corporate lawyer Bob Cummins, the label specialized in jazz music, particularly avant-garde jazz
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1023
Revolutionary Ensemble
Manhattan Cycles
72
1024
Alan Braufman
Valley Of Search
75
1025
Hamiet Bluiett
Endangered Species
76
1026
David Murray
Flowers For Albert
76
1027
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah (Harvest Time)
76
1028
Leroy Jenkins
Solo Concert
77
1029
Arthur Blythe
The Grip
77
1030
Hamiet Bluiett
Birthright: A Solo Blues Concert
77
1031
Chico Freeman
Chico
77
1032
David Murray
Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club Vol 1
77
1033
Joseph Jarman & Don Moye
Egwu-Anwu
78
1034
Bob Muñoz
Rendezvous With Now
c.78
1035
Chico Freeman
Kings of Mali
77
1036
Anthony Davis
Songs For The Old World
78
1037
James Newton
Paseo Del Mar
78
1038
Arthur Blythe
Metamorphosis
77
1039
Hamiet Bluiett
S.O.S. - We Have Come To Save You From Yourselves
77
1040
Jay Hoggard
A Solo Vibes Concert
78
1041
Anthony Davis & James Newton
Hidden Voices
79
1042
Chico Freeman
The Outside Within
78
1043
Cecil McBee
Alternate Spaces
c.79
1044
David Murray
Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club Vol 2
77
1045
Chico Freeman
Spirit Sensitive
79
1046
James Newton
The Mystery School
79
1047
Anthony Davis
Lady Of The Mirrors
80
1048
Amiri Baraka
New Music - New Poetry
c.80
1049
Jay Hoggard
Mystic Winds, Tropic Breezes
c.80
1050
Bob Neloms
Pretty Music
81
1051
James Newton
Portraits
82
1052
Chet Baker & Lee Konitz
In Concert
74
1053
Cecil McBee
Flying Out
82
1054
Ted Curson
Ted Curson & Co.
76
1055
Dennis Moorman
Circle Of Destiny
1056
Anthony Davis
Variations In Dream-Time
82
1057
Air
Air Song
75
1058
Muhal Richard Abrams
Afrisong
75
1059
Chico Freeman
The Search
82
1060
Craig Harris
Aboriginal Affairs
c.83
1061
Big Nick Nicholas
Big And Warm
c.83
1062
Clarinet Summit
Clarinet Summit In Concert At The Public Theatre
81
1063
Chico Freeman
Morning Prayer
76
1064
Air
Air Raid
76
1065
Alvin Batiste
Musique d'Afrique Nouvelle Orléans
85
1066
Big Nick Nicholas
Big Nick
85
1067
Clarinet Summit
Clarinet Summit In Concert At The Public Theatre Vol 2
81
1068
Jay Hoggard
Riverside Dance
c.85
1069
Alvin Batiste
Bayou Magic
88
1070
Chico Freeman and Von Freeman
Freeman And Freeman
81
1071
Chico Freeman
Still Sensitive
1072
Hamiet Bluiett
Im/possible To Keep
77
3023
Thomas "Snake" Johnson
Nine Bells
c.82
3024
Arnold Dreyblatt
Nodal Excitation
81-82
3025
Yoshi Wada
Lament For The Rise And Fall Of The Elephantine Crocodile
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Phill Niblock
Nothin' To Look At Just A Record
3027
Phill Niblock & Joseph Celli
Niblock for Celli: Celli Plays Niblock
c.84
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
that was active from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Founded by corporate lawyer Bob Cummins, the label specialized in jazz music, particularly avant-garde jazz
Avant-garde jazz
Avant-garde jazz is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. Avant-jazz often sounds very similar to free jazz, but differs in that, despite its distinct departure from traditional harmony, it has a predetermined structure over which ...
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Discography
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Flowers for Albert: The Complete Concert
Flowers for Albert is the second album by David Murray. It was originally released on the India Navigation label in 1976 and re-released in 1996 with three additional tracks...
The Grip
-Track listing:# "The Grip" - 7:15# "Spirits in the Field" - 8:36# "Sunrise Service" - 7:54# "Lower Nile" - 4:02# "As of Yet" - 12:37# "My Son Ra" - 3:22*Recorded at the Brook in New York City on February 26, 1977.-Personnel:...
Chico (album)
Chico is a post-bop jazz lp by Chico Freeman on India Navigation Records IN 1031 -on which Chico switches between tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and flute during long, explorative tracks....
Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club
Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club is a live album by David Murray. It was originally released as two volumes on the India Navigation label in 1978 and re-released in 1989 on a single CD...
Kings of Mali
Kings Of Mali is a post-bop/avant-garde jazz lp by Chico Freeman on India Navigation Records IN 1035 in September 1977 and released in 1978....
Metamorphosis (Arthur Blythe album)
-Track listing:# "Duet For Two" - 17:51# "Metamorphosis" - 8:00# "Shadows" - 7:40*Recorded at the Brook in New York City on February 26, 1977.-Personnel:*Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone*Abdul Wadud - cello*Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet...
Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club
Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club is a live album by David Murray. It was originally released as two volumes on the India Navigation label in 1978 and re-released in 1989 on a single CD...
Spirit Sensitive
Spirit Sensitive is a hard-bop jazz album by Chico Freeman on India Navigation Records IN 1045.The LP, in contrast to many of his more avant-garde recordings of the same time frame, is a set that consists of jazz standards.-Criticism:...
Air Song
Air Song is the debut album by the improvisational collective Air featuring Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall, and Fred Hopkins performing four of Threadgill's compositions. The album was originally released on the Japanese Why Not label in 1975 and later released in the U.S...
Afrisong
Afrisong is a solo piano album by Muhal Richard Abrams which was released on India Navigation and the Japanese Trio/Whynot label and features seven performances by Abrams recorded in Chicago in September 1975. The Allmusic review states "Muhal Richard Abrams seamlessy blended elements of stride,...
Morning Prayer (album)
Morning Prayer is a 1978 album by Chico Freeman, released on India Navigation and the Japanese Whynot Records.-Tracklisting:#"Like the Kind of Peace It is"#"The In Between"#"Conversations"#"Morning Prayer"#"Pepe's Samba"#"Pepe's Samba"...
Air Raid (album)
Air Raid is the second album by the improvisational collective Air featuring Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall, and Fred Hopkins performing four of Threadgill's compositions. The album was originally released on the Japanese Why Not label in 1976 and later released in the U.S...
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