Concord Jazz

{{Short description|American record company and label}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = Concord Jazz

| image = Concord Jazz logo.jpg

| parent = Concord

| founded = {{start date|1973}}

| founder = Carl Jefferson

| distributor = Universal Music (worldwide distribution)

| genre = Jazz

| country = U.S.

| location = Los Angeles, California

| url = {{URL|concordjazz.com}}

}}

File:Concord Jazz vinyl label.jpg

Concord Jazz is a record company and label founded in 1973 by Carl Jefferson, the former owner of Jefferson Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership in Concord, California.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-02|title=The 50-Year History of the Concord Jazz Festival|url=https://www.visitconcordca.com/blog/the-50-year-history-of-the-concord-jazz-festival/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Visit Concord|language=en-US}} The label was named after the city in the East San Francisco Bay area, and the jazz festival which Jefferson also began. The label issued recordings by Art Blakey, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, Ray Brown, Rosemary Clooney, Chick Corea, Eliane Elias, and Kurt Elling. It is owned by Concord.{{cite web|title=Concord Jazz|url=http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/labels/concord-jazz/|website=Concord Music Group|access-date=9 July 2016}}