Edition Records

Edition Records is an independent record label that was founded in 2008 by pianist Dave Stapleton and photographer Tim Dickeson.[1]

Edition Records
Founded2008 (2008)
FounderDave Stapleton, Tim Dickeson
GenreJazz, classical
Country of originUK
Official websiteeditionrecords.com

Background

In 2008, pianist and composer Dave Stapleton and photographer Tim Dickeson started Edition Records as a label for jazz and improvised music.[1][2] In 2013 the label began the Edition Classics series to focus on chamber music by international ensembles and soloists. The label is distributed in the UK by The Orchard.[3] and rigorous quality control.[4][5][6]

Edition has released albums by The Bad Plus, Jeff Ballard, Kit Downes, Geoff Eales, Martin France, Tim Garland, Daniel Herskedal, Jasper Høiby, Kneebody, Mark Lockheart, Olavi Louhivuori, Ivo Neame, Marius Neset, Chris Potter, Morten Schantz, Slowly Rolling Camera, John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, and Norma Winstone

Festivals

The first Edition Records Festival was held at London's Kings Place in September 2011.[7] Further festivals were held in 2012 and 2013. At the 2013 festival, Edition started its classical label Edition Classics.[8] The first release on this label was Vibrez by Cellophony, an octet of eight cellists.[9]

In February 2017, the Cockpit in London featured Edition Records musicians in a Jazz FM (UK) event organised by Jez Nelson. Performances included Laura Jurd's Dinosaur and a solo performance by Jasper Høiby.[10]

Awards and honors

In 2017 Edition Records and the Royal Academy of Music announced that the 2017 winner of the seventh Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize was saxophonist and composer Tom Barford. The label released albums by previous winners Josh Arcoleo and Rob Luft.[11] In July 2017 the album Together, As One by Dinosaur was nominated for the 2017 Mercury Prize.[12]

Discography

References
  1. "BBC Wales Music" accessed 9 October 2016
  2. "BBC Jazz on 3, Jazz Line-Up broadcast 27 May 2012" BBC Jazz on 3
  3. "John Fordham, The Guardian" John Fordham in The Guardian 17 September 2012
  4. "John Fordham, The Guardian" John Fordham in The Guardian 20 June 2013
  5. "John Fordham, The Guardian" John Fordham in The Guardian 28 September 2012
  6. "John Fordham, The Guardian" John Fordham in The Guardian 18 July 2013
  7. "Edition Records Festival at Kings Place 2011" London Jazz News 12 September 2011
  8. "Edition Records Festival at Kings Place 2013" The Arts Desk 17 September 2013
  9. "Review of Vibrez by Cellophony in The Gramophone" The Gramophone May 2014
  10. "Review of Vibrez by Cellophony in The Gramophone" JazzFM News, 13 February 2017
  11. "Winner of the seventh Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize" 22 June 2017
  12. Brown, Mark (27 July 2017). "Mercury prize 2017: Ed Sheeran, Stormzy and the xx feature on shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  13. "4 star review of Marius Neset: Golden XPlosion" John Fordham in The Guardian 21 April 2011
  14. "5 star review of Birds by Marius Neset" Neil Spencer in The Observer 24 March 2013
  15. "4 star review of Phronesis: Life to Everything – powerful live album from unusual jazz trio" John Fordham in The Guardian 10 April 2014
  16. "5 star review of Kenny Wheeler / Norma Winstone / London Vocal Project: Mirrors (2013)" Ian Patterson in All About Jazz 18 February 2013
  17. "Mercury Prize 2017" The Guardian 27 July 2017
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