WATT Records
{{short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = WATT Records
| image =
| founded = {{start date|1973}}
| founder = Carla Bley and Michael Mantler
| distributor = New Music Distribution Service, ECM Records
| genre = Jazz, Avant-garde jazz, Experimental jazz
| country = U.S.
| location = New York, NY
| website =
}}
WATT Records was a record label, recording studio, and music publisher founded by Carla Bley and Michael Mantler in May 1973.{{cite news |title=Carla Bley Obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/19/carla-bley-obituary |publisher=The Guardian |date=19 October 2023}} WATT was distributed by ECM Records. Bley and Mantler also set up New Music Distribution Service to promote WATT and new music.{{cite news |last1=Iverson |first1=Ethan |title=A Lifetime of Carla Bley |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-lifetime-of-carla-bley |publisher=The New Yorker |date=13 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/on-her-own-carla-bley/6/|title=On Her Own: Carla Bley; 6. The New Music Distribution Service|date=July 1, 2003|accessdate=May 28, 2014}}
Discography
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! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:150px;"|Artist ! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:150px;"|Year ! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:150px;"|Notes | |||
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| No Answer | Michael Mantler | 1973 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1974 | |
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| 13 & ¾ | Michael Mantler & Carla Bley | 1975 | |
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| The Hapless Child | Carla Bley | 1976 | Texts by Edward Gorey |
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| Silence | Michael Mantler | 1976 | Texts by Harold Pinter |
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| Movies | Carla Bley | 1977 | |
VALIGN | The Carla Bley Band | 1977 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1978 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1979 | |
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| More Movies | Michael Mantler | 1980 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1981 | |
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| Something There | Michael Mantler | 1982 | |
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| Live! | Carla Bley | 1982 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1984 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1984 | |
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| Alien | Michael Mantler | 1985 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1985 | |
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| Sextet | Carla Bley | 1987 | |
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| Live | Michael Mantler | 1987 | |
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| Many Have No Speech | Michael Mantler | 1987 | |
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| Duets | Carla Bley with Steve Swallow | 1988 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1989 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1991 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley with Steve Swallow | 1992 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1993 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow | 1994 | |
VALIGN | The Carla Bley Big Band | 1996 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 1998 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley with Steve Swallow | 1999 | |
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| 4x4 | Carla Bley | 2000 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 2003 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 2004 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 2007 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 2008 | |
VALIGN | Carla Bley | 2009 |
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/label/131321-WATT-Records Discogs - WATT Records]