{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Arkadia Records | founded = {{start date|1996}} | founder = Bob Karcy | distributor = | genre = Jazz, world music | country = United States | location = New York City | url = {{URL|https://arkadiarecords.com/}} }} '''Arkadia Records''' is an independent record label that was founded in 1996.<ref name="Jazztimes">{{cite magazine |date=March 18, 2022 |title=Arkadia Records Releases Complete Catalog on Online Platforms |url=https://jazztimes.com/blog/arkadia-records-releases-complete-catalog-on-online-platforms/ |magazine=JazzTimes |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>
The label was founded in New York City by Bob Karcy,<ref name="Jazztimes" /><ref name="Grove">{{Cite Grove |last=Kennedy |first=Gary W. |date=2003 |title=Arkadia |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J781100 }}</ref> who had been a manager for musicians and an independent record producer.<ref name="NYCJR">{{cite magazine |last=Dryden |first=Ken |date=July 2022 |title=Arkadia |magazine=The New York City Jazz Record |pages=11, 31}}</ref> The first release was Billy Taylor's ''Music Keeps Us Young'', in 1997.<ref name="NYCJR" /> From the first releases, the session leaders were allowed to select the other musicians and the material.<ref name="NYCJR" /> Writers of early liner notes included Stanley Crouch, Ira Gitler, and Nat Hentoff.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Macnie |first=Jim |date=June 14, 1997 |title=V.I.E.W.'s Arkadia Jazz Label Hits the Shelves with Dave Liebman, Billy Taylor |magazine=Billboard |volume=109 |issue=24 |page=33}}</ref> Arkadia acquired the catalog of Postcards Records in 1999.<ref name="Jazztimes" />
The original label was '''Arkadia Jazz''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Arkadia Jazz |url=https://arkadiarecords.com/arkadia-jazz/ |website=Arkadia Records |date=2 February 2021 |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref> on which 20 albums had been released by early 2000.<ref name="Grove" /> The sub-label '''Arkadia Chansons''' is used for licensed re-releases of French recordings by performers such as Josephine Baker and Edith Piaf.<ref name="NYCJR" /> By 2022, Arkadia had released more than 100 albums.<ref name="Jazztimes" /> This included sessions led by Joanne Brackeen, Benny Golson, Dave Liebman, and T. K. Blue.<ref name="NYCJR" />
Several releases have been by the Arkadia Jazz Allstars.<ref name="Jazztimes" /><ref name="NYCJR" /> These led to three Grammy Award nominations for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo: for Liebman on ''Thank You, John! Our Tribute to John Coltrane'';<ref name="AM" /><ref>{{cite web |title=David Liebman |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/david-liebman/10048 |website=grammy.com |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref> for Golson on ''The Stars of Jazz, Vol.1'';<ref name="AM">{{cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=James |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/arkadia-jazz-all-stars-mn0001846626/biography |title=Arkadia Jazz All-Stars Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Benny Golson |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/benny-golson/12762 |website=grammy.com |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref> and for Randy Brecker on ''Thank You, Gerry!''<ref name="AllStars">{{cite web |title=About the Arkadia Jazz Allstars |url=https://arkadiajazzallstars.com/ |website=Arkadia Jazz Allstars |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Randy Brecker |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/randy-brecker/707 |website=grammy.com |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>
In 2022, the label announced plans to make all of its recordings available for streaming, the establishment of Arkadia Concerts as a video-on-demand channel,<ref name="Jazztimes" /> and its first releases of new material for several years.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=May 2022 |title=Riffs |magazine=DownBeat |volume=89 |issue=5 |page=18}}</ref> Around 2024, they began reissuing albums on 180-gram vinyl.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 2024 |last=Woodard |first=Josef |title=Arkadia Records' Re-inventive Spirit |magazine=DownBeat |volume=91 |issue=10 |page=23}}</ref>
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Category:American jazz record labels Category:Record labels established in 1996