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32 Records

{{Infobox record label

| name = 32 Records

| image = 32_Records_company_logo.jpg

| founded = {{start date|1995}}

| founder = Joel Dorn, Robert Miller

| defunct = {{end date|2001}}

| genre = Jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, pop

| country = U.S.

| location = New York City

}}

32 Records was a record label established in 1995 by record producer Joel Dorn and attorney Robert Miller. Its 32 Jazz imprint released a successful series of compilation albums. It was named for Dorn's favorite sports number. It also released new material by artists such as The Jazz Passengers and established 32 R&B, 32 Blues, 32 Groove, and 32 Pop subsidiaries.

32 Records acquired the holdings of the Muse and Landmark labels, and established the 32 Jazz subsidiary in 1997 with the aim of re-issuing numerous jazz recordings. During the late 1990s, 32 Jazz released a successful series of inexpensive "Jazz for…" compilations. The first of these, Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon, was released in 1997 in conjunction with Elle. In 1999, it had become the top jazz label in the Billboard charts, before Verve Music Group merged its Verve and GRP holdings into a single output.

By 2000, Miller had become CEO of CDBeat, which owned 32 Records as a subsidiary. In March 2000, Dorn resigned from the company and formed Label M later that year. Upon Dorn's departure, CDBeat announced that it would discontinue 32 Records by March 2001, although in June 2000 it hired producer Todd Barkan to replace Dorn. CDBeat, in turn, would become Spinrocket and then ConnectivCorp. Savoy Jazz acquired the rights to the Muse and Landmark catalogs from 32 Records in October 2003, and by the end of the year, ConnectivCorp had merged with Majesco Entertainment.

References

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{{cite press release |author= | title=32 Records Announces Hiring of Todd Barkan, Noted Jazz Producer | url=http://www.32records.com/whatsnew/whats_new.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010219041925/http://www.32records.com/whatsnew/whats_new.htm | date=5 July 2000 | publisher=32 Records | location=New York| archive-date=19 February 2001 | access-date=15 October 2014}}

{{cite web | title=32 Jazz: Anthropology New and Old | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000309031155/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/a0999_01.htm | archive-date=9 March 2000 | url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/a0999_01.htm | first=C. Michael | last=Bailey |date=1 September 1999 | work=All About Jazz | access-date=13 October 2014}}

{{cite web | author=CDBeat.com, Inc. | title=FORM 10-KSB | url=http://www.secinfo.com/dRqWm.5hRa.htm | date=31 March 2000 | page=3 | access-date=15 October 2014}}

{{cite web | author=ConnectivCorp | title=Form 8-K | url=http://apps.shareholder.com/sec/viewerContent.aspx?companyid=COOL&docid=2688463 | at=Item 8 | date=5 January 2004 | access-date=15 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402163135/http://apps.shareholder.com/sec/viewerContent.aspx?companyid=COOL&docid=2688463 | archive-date=2018-04-02 | url-status=dead}}

{{Cite magazine | first=Jim| last=Bessman | title=32 Proves To Be A Prodigious Number For Producer/Label Head Joel Dorn | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40 | pages=40–41 | date=18 January 1997 | magazine=Billboard | access-date=13 October 2014}}

{{Cite book | first=Ira | last=Gitler | author-link=Ira Gitler |author2=Leonard Feather |author2-link=Leonard Feather | title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz | chapter=Preface |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CibYUWF-ZXkC&pg=PT21 | year=2007 | orig-year=1999 | at=Page 21 in Google Books preview | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=9780199729074 | access-date=13 October 2014}}

{{Cite magazine | first=Steve| last=Graybow | title=Jazz Blue Notes | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA31 | page=31 | date=22 August 1998 | magazine=Billboard | access-date=13 October 2014}}

{{Cite magazine | first=Steve| last=Graybow | title=The Great Compilation Controversy | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43 | page=43 | date=3 July 1999 | magazine=Billboard | access-date=13 October 2014}}

{{AllMusic | first=Qa'id | last=Jacobs | id=groove-jammy-rare-groove-classics-from-the-muse-catalog-mw0000601344 | class=album | label=Groove Jammy: Rare Groove Classics from the Muse Catalog}}

{{Cite magazine | first=Geoff | last=Mayfield | title=Jazz Through June: Year-To-Date Charts | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46 | page=46 | date=3 July 1999 | magazine=Billboard | access-date=13 October 2014}}

{{Cite news | first=Al | last=Hunter Jr. | title=Jazz For The Masses 32 Records Is Carving Out A Niche With Reissued Tracks | newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News | url=http://articles.philly.com/1999-03-04/news/25511701_1_jazz-woody-shaw-david-fathead-newman | date=4 March 1999 | access-date=13 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026230712/http://articles.philly.com/1999-03-04/news/25511701_1_jazz-woody-shaw-david-fathead-newman | archive-date=26 October 2014}}

{{Cite news | first=Irv | last=Lichtman | title=Newsline | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92 | page=92 | date=18 March 2000 | magazine=Billboard | access-date=15 October 2014}}

{{Cite news | first=Bob | last=Margolis | title=Producer Todd Barkan On The Past And Future Of Jazz | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1123381/producer-todd-barkan-on-the-past-and-future-of-jazz/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119082957/http://www.mtv.com/news/1123381/producer-todd-barkan-on-the-past-and-future-of-jazz/| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 19, 2014| publisher=MTV | date=24 August 2000 | access-date=15 October 2014}}

{{cite web | first=Christopher | last=Porter | title=Savoy Acquires Muse & Landmark Catalogs | url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/22216-savoy-acquires-muse-landmark-catalogs | date=16 January 2003 | website=JazzTimes | access-date=13 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018093318/http://jazztimes.com/articles/22216-savoy-acquires-muse-landmark-catalogs | archive-date=2014-10-18 | url-status=dead}}

{{cite web | author=Spinrocket.com, Inc. | title=Form 8-K | url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076682/000091205700041203/0000912057-00-041203.txt | at=Exhibit 99.1 |date=11 September 2000 | access-date=15 October 2014}}

{{Cite news | first=Don | last=Waller | title=Indie 32 taps Barkan; Dorn forms Label M | url=https://variety.com/2000/music/news/indie-32-taps-barkan-dorn-forms-label-m-1117783571/ | journal=Variety | date=12 July 2000 | access-date=15 October 2014}}

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External links

  • {{Discogs label|label=32 Jazz}}

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Category:American jazz record labels

Category:Defunct record labels of the United States