'''Nilva Records''' was a jazz record label in Geneva, Switzerland established by drummer Alvin Queen.<ref name="Joyce">{{cite web |last1=Joyce |first1=Mike |title=Alvin Queen: Improving With Age |url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/alvin-queen-improving-with-age/ |website=JazzTimes |accessdate=13 October 2020 |date=25 April 2019}}</ref> The name is an anagram of Queen's first name.
==History== Queen ran Nilva for ten years, then stopped during the 1990s when there were complications with distribution.<ref name="Joyce" /> Inspired by the "Blue Note sound", he began recording in the early 1980s at Minot Studios in White Plains, New York.<ref name="Joyce" /> The first album released was ''Alvin Queen in Europe'' (1981).<ref name="Joyce" /> This was followed by ''Ashanti'' and albums by Charles Davis, Ray Drummond, Junior Mance, and Bill Saxton.<ref name="Joyce" />
==Discography== * NQ 3401: Alvin Queen – ''In Europe'' (1980) * NQ 3402: Alvin Queen – ''Ashanti'' (1981) * NQ 3403: Alvin Queen – ''Glidin' and Stridin' '' (1982) * NQ 3404: Khaliq Al-Rouf & Salaam – ''Elephant Trot Dance'' (1979) * NQ 3405: Junior Mance & Martin Rivera – ''The Tender Touch'' (1983) * NQ 3406: John Patton – ''Soul Connection'' (1983) * NQ 3407: Alvin Queen & Dusko Goykovich – ''A Day in Holland'' (1983) * NQ 3408: Bill Saxton – ''Beneath the Surface'' (1984) * NQ 3409: Ray Drummond – ''Susanita'' (1984) * NQ 3410: Charles Davis – ''Super 80'' (1984) * NQ 3411: Bob Cunningham – ''Walking Bass '' (1985) * NQ 3412: John Collins – ''The Incredible John Collins'' (1985) * NQ 3413: Alvin Queen – ''Jammin' Uptown'' (1985) * NQ 3414: Ronnie Mathews – ''So Sorry Please'' (1985) * NQ 3415: Ray Drummond – ''Maya's Dance'' (1989) * NQ 3416: Edmund J. Wood – ''Immanent Domain'' (1985) * NQ 3417: Piano Seven (Thierry Lang) – ''Live!'' (1988) * NQ 3418: Raymond Court – ''Beautiful Friendship'' (1988) * NQ 3419: John Hicks & Elise Wood – ''Luminous'' (1988) * NQ 3420: Moncef Genoud – ''Waiting for Birth'' (1989) * NQ 3421: Alvin Queen – ''I'm Back'' (1992)
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==External links== *[http://www.discogs.com/label/Nilva%20Records Discogs]
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