# Nilva Records

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'''Nilva Records''' was a jazz record label in [Geneva](/source/Geneva), Switzerland established by drummer [Alvin Queen](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Charles_Davis_(saxophonist)), [Ray Drummond](/source/Ray_Drummond), [Junior Mance](/source/Junior_Mance), and [Bill Saxton](/source/Bill_Saxton).<ref name="Joyce" />

==Discography==
* NQ 3401: [Alvin Queen](/source/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](/source/Junior_Mance) & Martin Rivera – ''The Tender Touch'' (1983)
* NQ 3406: [John Patton](/source/John_Patton_(musician)) – ''[Soul Connection](/source/Soul_Connection)'' (1983)
* NQ 3407: Alvin Queen & [Dusko Goykovich](/source/Dusko_Goykovich) – ''A Day in Holland'' (1983)
* NQ 3408: [Bill Saxton](/source/Bill_Saxton) – ''Beneath the Surface'' (1984)
* NQ 3409: [Ray Drummond](/source/Ray_Drummond) – ''Susanita'' (1984)
* NQ 3410: [Charles Davis](/source/Charles_Davis_(saxophonist)) – ''Super 80'' (1984)
* NQ 3411: [Bob Cunningham](/source/Bob_Cunningham_(musician)) – ''Walking Bass '' (1985)
* NQ 3412: [John Collins](/source/John_Collins_(jazz_guitarist)) – ''The Incredible John Collins'' (1985)
* NQ 3413: Alvin Queen – ''Jammin' Uptown'' (1985)
* NQ 3414: [Ronnie Mathews](/source/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](/source/Thierry_Lang)) – ''Live!'' (1988)
* NQ 3418: Raymond Court – ''Beautiful Friendship'' (1988)
* NQ 3419: [John Hicks](/source/John_Hicks_(jazz_pianist)) & [Elise Wood](/source/Elise_Wood) – ''[Luminous](/source/Luminous_(John_Hicks_and_Elise_Wood_album))'' (1988)
* NQ 3420: Moncef Genoud – ''Waiting for Birth'' (1989)
* NQ 3421: Alvin Queen – ''I'm Back'' (1992)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.discogs.com/label/Nilva%20Records Discogs]

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