Pausa Records
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Pausa Records was a jazz record label, active circa 1975-1986. The name was derived from the fact that it was the U.S.A. division of the Italian record company Produttori Associati (PA-USA.) In Italy Produttori Associati was also known for soundtrack albums of music from Italian films.
Many of its releases were reissues of MPS Records
recordings.
In 1990, the label lost a $4 million lawsuit for failure to pay royalties.
Many of its releases were reissues of MPS Records
MPS Records
MPS Records was a German jazz record label founded in 1968. MPS stands for "Musik Produktion Schwarzwald" .-History:...
recordings.
In 1990, the label lost a $4 million lawsuit for failure to pay royalties.
Discography
- PR 7001 Cappuccino / Making Love / Banana Boat 7", Promo
- PR 7002 Maxophone / Maxophone
- PR 7003 Reverberi / Reverberi
- PR 7007 Santo & JohnnySanto & JohnnySanto & Johnny were an Italian-American rock and roll duo from Brooklyn, New York, comprising brothers Santo and Johnny Farina.They are best known for their instrumental "Sleep Walk", which became a regional hit and eventually reached the top of the Billboard pop chart when it was released...
/ Disco D'Oro Ste - PR 7014 Giorgio GasliniGiorgio GasliniGiorgio Gaslini is an Italian jazz pianist and composer.He began performing at 13 and recorded with his jazz trio at 16. In the 1950s and 1960s Gaslini performed with his own quartet...
Meets Jean-Luc PontyJean-Luc PontyJean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano... - PR 7015 Sam RiversSam RiversSamuel Carthorne Rivers , is an American jazz musician and composer. He performs on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica and piano....
/ The Quest - PR 7016 Reverberi / Timer
- PR 7017 Randy WestonRandy WestonRandy Weston , is an American jazz pianist and composer, of Jamaican parentage.-Biography:Weston studied classical piano as a child. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he ran a restaurant that was frequented by many of the leading bebop musicians...
/ Randy Weston - PR 7020 Gian Piero Reverberi / Stairway To Heaven
- PR 7020 Shelly Manne, Frank Strazzeri, Steve Wilkerson, Dave Stone, Woody James / Woody James Presents Jazz Crystallizations
- PR 7022 Jazz Wave, The / Muses For Richard Davis
- PR 7023 Mark MurphyMark Murphy (singer)Mark Murphy is an American jazz singer based in New York. He is most noted for his definitive and unique vocalese and vocal improvisations with both melody and lyrics...
/ Midnight Mood - PR 7028 Don EllisDon EllisDon Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of unusual time signatures...
/ Soaring - PR 7031 Rob McConnellRob McConnellRobert Murray Gordon "Rob" McConnell, was a Canadian jazz valve trombonist, composer, arranger, music educator, and recording artist.-Biography:...
& The Boss Brass / The Jazz - PR 7041 Stephane GrappelliStéphane GrappelliStéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands....
/ Young Django - PR 7044 Oscar PetersonOscar PetersonOscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career...
/ Mellow MoodMellow MoodMellow Mood is an album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, released in 1968 . It was reissued on CD in 2006 by MPS and in 2004 as the fifth part of the Exclusively for My Friends series... - PR 7048 Singers Unlimited, The / Just In Time
- PR 7067 Rob McConnellRob McConnellRobert Murray Gordon "Rob" McConnell, was a Canadian jazz valve trombonist, composer, arranger, music educator, and recording artist.-Biography:...
& The Boss Brass / Present Perfect - PR 7068 Singers Unlimited, The Featuring Pat Williams Orchestra, Feeling Free
- PR 7076 Singers Unlimited, The / A Capella III
- PR 7080 Oscar Peterson / The Way I Really Play The Way I Really PlayThe Way I Really Play is a 1968 album by Oscar Peterson. The Penguin Guide to Jazz includes the album in its selected "Core Collection."It is the third part of Peterson's Exclusively for My Friends series.-Track listing:...
- PR 7085 Oscar Peterson / Hello HerbieHello HerbieHello Herbie is an album by pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, joined by guitarist Herb Ellis. -Track listing:# "Naptown Blues" – 5:20# "Exactly Like You" – 4:50...
- PR 7087 Alphonse MouzonAlphonse MouzonAlphonse Mouzon is a well-known jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, and the Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records. He also composes, arranges and produces, as well as acts...
/ By All Means - PR 7089 Various / Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop
- PR 7091 Albert MangelsdorffAlbert MangelsdorffAlbert Mangelsdorff was one of the most accredited and innovative trombonists of modern jazz who became famous for his distinctive technique of playing multiphonics.-Biography:...
/ Hamburger Idylle - PR 7094 Didier LockwoodDidier LockwoodDidier Lockwood is a French jazz violinist. He played in the progressive rock/jazz fusion band Magma in the 1970s and is known for his use of electric amplification and experimentation on different sounds on the electric violin....
/ Live In Montreux - PR 7100 Singers Unlimited, The / A Capella I
- PR 7102 Oscar Peterson / Motions and EmotionsMotions and EmotionsMotions and Emotions is a 1969 studio album by pianist Oscar Peterson, arranged by Claus Ogerman.- Track listing :# "Sally's Tomato" – 3:11# "Sunny" – 3:33# "By the Time I Get to Phoenix – 4:26...
- PR 7103 Martial SolalMartial SolalMartial Solal is a French jazz pianist and composer, who is probably most widely known for the music he wrote for Jean-Luc Godard's debut feature film À bout de souffle .-Biography:...
, Niels Henning Ørsted-Pedersen* / Movability - PR 7106 Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass / Tribute
- PR 7107 Alphonse Mouzon / Morning Sun
- PR 7110 Monty AlexanderMonty AlexanderMonty Alexander is a jazz pianist and melodica player. His playing has a strong Caribbean influence and swinging feeling, but he has also been influenced by Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly, and Ahmad Jamal.-Biography:Alexander discovered the piano at the age of 4, taking classical music...
- Ernest Ranglin / Just Friends - PR 7114 Michał Urbaniak / Daybreak
- PR 7119 Oscar Peterson / TracksTracks (Oscar Peterson album)Tracks is a 1970 album by Oscar Peterson.-Track listing:# "Give Me the Simple Life" – 3:59# "Basin Street Blues" – 4:14# "Honeysuckle Rose" – 3:05...
- PR 7127 Nightwind NightwindNightwind is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in Generation X #53.-Fictional character biography:...
/ A Casual Romance - PR 7128 Ollie Mitchell's Sunday Band / Blast Off
- PR 7134 Jiggs WhighamJiggs WhighamJiggs Whigham is an American jazz trombonist living in Europe.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he began his professional career at age 17, joining the Glenn Miller/Ray Mckinley orchestra in 1961...
/ Hope - PR 7137 Boy Katindig / Midnight Lady
- PR 7140 Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass / Volume 1
- PR 7141 Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass / Big Band Jazz Volume 2
- PR 7142 Dan SiegelDan SiegelDan Siegel is a pianist, composer and record producer. His earlier music has been described as new age, while his more recent work has been called contemporary jazz.Siegel was born in Seattle, Washington and raised in Eugene, Oregon...
/ Reflections - PR 7143 Pete Petersen & Collection Jazz Orchestra, The Featuring Ashley Alexander, Rich Matteson, Phil Wilson / Texas State Of Mind
- PR 7145 Tom GrantTom Grant (jazz musician)Tom Grant is an American contemporary jazz/jazz fusion pianist and vocalist.- Biography :Tom Grant was born in Portland, Oregon to a musical family – his father was a tap dancer who owned a record store in Portland, and his brother was an avant-garde jazz pianist. At a young age, Grant learned to...
/ Tom Grant - PR 7146 Don Latarski / Lifeline 12", EP
- PR 7147 Judy Roberts/Jeff HamiltonJeff HamiltonJeff Hamilton is the name of:*Jeff Hamilton , of the Los Angeles Dodgers*Jeff Hamilton , ice hockey player*Jeff Hamilton , jazz drummer who has played with Diana Krall...
/Ray Brown / Trio - PR 7149 Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass / Again! Volume 2
- PR 7150 Grant Geissman / Put Away Childish Toys 12"
- PR 7151 Art Van DammeArt Van DammeArt Van Damme was a jazz accordionist.-Biography:Born in Norway, Michigan, he began playing the accordion at age nine and started classical study when his family moved to Chicago in 1934. In 1941 he joined Ben Bernie's band as an accordionist. He adapted Benny Goodman's music to the accordion...
/ Art Van Damme And Friends - PR 7153 Steve Narahara / Sierra
- PR 7154 Julie Kelly / We're On Our Way
- PR 7155 Various / Collage
- PR 7156 Made In Brasil / Tudo Joia
- PR 7157 Willie DixonWillie DixonWilliam James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
/ Mighty Earthquake And Hurricane - PR 7158 Billy Mitchell / Blue City Jam
- PR 7160 Louis Bellson And Explosion / Louis Bellson And Explosion
- PR 7161 Puttin' On The Ritz / Steppin' Out
- PR 7162 Tom GrantTom Grant (jazz musician)Tom Grant is an American contemporary jazz/jazz fusion pianist and vocalist.- Biography :Tom Grant was born in Portland, Oregon to a musical family – his father was a tap dancer who owned a record store in Portland, and his brother was an avant-garde jazz pianist. At a young age, Grant learned to...
/ Heart Of The City - PR 7163 Pete Petersen & Collection Jazz Orchestra, The Featuring Ashley Alexander / Jazz Journey
- PR 7164 Dan Siegel Featuring Pat O'Hearn* & Alex Acuña / Another Time, Another Place
- PR 7165 Laurel Massé / Alone Together
- PR 7167 Louie Bellson*, Ray Brown, Paul Smith / Intensive Care
- PR 7168 ReCoilRecoilRecoil is the backward momentum of a gun when it is discharged. In technical terms, the recoil caused by the gun exactly balances the forward momentum of the projectile and exhaust gasses, according to Newton's third law...
/ The Fantasy Continues - PR 7169 Ira SullivanIra SullivanIra Sullivan is a bop jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, flautist, saxophonist and composer born in Washington, D.C.. An active musician since the 1950s, he may be best known for his extensive work with Red Rodney and Lin Halliday among others....
/ Strings Attached - PR 7171 Bobby ShewBobby Shew-Biography:After leaving college in 1960, Shew was drafted into the U.S. Army and played trumpet with the NORAD band in Colorado Springs and on tour. After leaving the Army, Shew joined Tommy Dorsey's band and then played with the Woody Herman and then the Buddy Rich Big Bands in the mid-to-late...
/ Breakfast Wine - PR 7172 Paul SmithPaul Smith (pianist)Paul Smith , is a jazz pianist. He has performed in various genres of jazz, most typically bebop. However, he has also performed in cool jazz, swing music, and traditional pop.He was born in San Diego, California...
/ Paul Smith Plays Steve Allen - PR 7173 Alphonse Mouzon / The Sky Is The Limit
- PR 7174 Tom GrantTom Grant (jazz musician)Tom Grant is an American contemporary jazz/jazz fusion pianist and vocalist.- Biography :Tom Grant was born in Portland, Oregon to a musical family – his father was a tap dancer who owned a record store in Portland, and his brother was an avant-garde jazz pianist. At a young age, Grant learned to...
/ Just The Right Moment - PR 7176 Judy Roberts / You Are There
- PR 7177 Steve Narahara / Odyssey
- PR 7178 Ashley Alexander Big Band, The / Power Slide
- PR 7179 Dan Siegel / On The Edge
- PR 7180 Bill Holman, Charlie Shoemake / Collaboration
- PR 7182 Alphonse Mouzon & Larry Coryell / The 11th House
- PR 7186 Julie Kelly / Never Let Me Go
- PR 7188 Ted Shumate / Gulfstream
- PR 7196 Alphonse Mouzon Band / Back To Jazz
- PR 7199 Tom Grant / Take Me To Your Dream
- PR 7201 The Mighty Flyers / From The Start To The Finnish
- PR 7205 Wishful ThinkingWishful ThinkingWishful thinking is the formation of beliefs according to what might be pleasing to imagine instead of by appealing to rationality.Wishful Thinking may also refer to:- Music :* Wishful Thinking...
/ Think Again - PR 9001 Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke TrioJean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke TrioThe Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with The George Duke Trio is a Jazz album released in 1969 by Jean-Luc Ponty on World Pacific Jazz in the US, and is considered to be one of the earliest fusion jazz albums...
- PR 9006 Hoagy CarmichaelHoagy CarmichaelHoward Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for writing "Stardust", "Georgia On My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time.Alec Wilder, in his study of the...
/ Hoagy Sings Carmichael - PR 9028 SupersaxSupersaxSupersax was a Charlie Parker tribute band formed by Med Flory and Buddy Clark that debuted in 1972. Their music consisted of harmonized arrangements of Charlie Parker's music played by a saxophone section , rhythm section, and a brass instrument...
/ Salt Peanuts - PR 9058 Jimmy GiuffreJimmy GiuffreJames Peter Giuffre was an American jazz clarinet and saxophone player, composer and arranger. He is notable for his development of forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating forms of free improvisation.-Biography:Born in Dallas, Texas, of Italian ancestry,...
/ Tangents In Jazz - PR 9059 Laurindo AlmeidaLaurindo AlmeidaLaurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres...
/ Broadway Solo Guitar - PR 9064 June ChristyJune ChristyJune Christy , born Shirley Luster, was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album Something Cool...
/ Recalls Those Kenton DaysRecalls Those Kenton DaysRecalls Those Kenton Days — A 1959 album by June Christy of tunes she sang with her days with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, arranged by Pete Rugolo.The album was re-issued in 2001 as a double-CD together with This is June Christy....