Origin Records

Record label

Origin Records

Founded| 1997 (1997)
Founder| John Bishop
Status| active
Distributor(s)| City Hall Records, NewArts International
Genre| Jazz, classical
Country of origin| U.S.
Location| Seattle, Washington
Official website| originarts.com

Origin Records is a jazz and classical music record label founded by drummer John Bishop in 1997.[1] With the help of drummer Matt Jorgensen, Origin expanded its roster of musicians and added the labels OA2 and Origin Classical.

## History

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Founded in 1997 in Seattle, Washington by John Bishop, with technical help from his former student, New York drummer Matt Jorgensen, the label debuted on the web in 1998. After Jorgensen moved back to Seattle in 2002, the label quickly grew regional, national, and then international.

Origin Records added its sister jazz labels, OA2 Records, in June 2002 and a classical imprint, Origin Classical, in April 2008. In 2009, Origin was named Label of the Year by JazzWeek.[2]

Since 2003, Origin has hosted Seattle's annual Ballard Jazz Festival. The festival was named "Northwest Concert of the Year" by Earshot magazine in 2005[3] and has featured Sonny Fortune, Chano Dominguez, Gary Bartz, Lee Konitz with the Hal Galper Trio, Matt Wilson, Mike Stern, Bobby Broom, Eric Alexander, the Brian Blade Fellowship, and Joe Locke.

## Records

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The Origin/OA2 catalog represents over 725 recordings from over 350 artists, and releases 30-40 new albums a year.

### Origin Records

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Cat. #  | Artist  | Album  | Year

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82747  | Michael Waldrop | Origin Suite | 2018
82746  | John Stowell, Ulf Bandgren Quartet  | Night Visitor | 2017
82745  | Eva Cortes  | Crossing Borders | 2017
82744  | David Friesen | Structures | 2017
82743  | Corey Christiansen  | Dusk | 2017
82742  | Emi Meyer | Monochrome | 2017
82741  | Josh Nelson | The Sky Remains | 2017
82738  | Hal Galper & the Youngbloods  | Live at the Cota Jazz Festival | 2017
82737  | Carlos Vega | Bird's Up | 2017
82736  | Scenes  | Destinations | 2017
82735  | Zem Audu  | Spirits | 2017
82734  | John McLean & Clark Sommers Band  | Parts Unknown | 2017
82733  | Tom Rizzo  | Day and Night | 2017
82732  | Sarah Partridge  | Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian | 2017
82731  | Matt Otto (with Ensemble Ibérica)  | Ibérica | 2017
82730  | Oscar Hernández | The Art of Latin Jazz | 2017
82729  | Michael Zilber | Originals for the Originals | 2017
82728  | Bill Anschell | Rumbler | 2017
82726  | Mamutrio  | Primal Existence | 2016
82725  | Tom Collier | Impulsive Illuminations | 2016
82724  | Clay Giberson  | Pastures | 2016
82723  | David Friesen Circle 3 Trio | Triple Exposure | 2016
82722  | John Moulder  | Earthborn Tales of Souland Spirit | 2016
82721  | Jason Hainsworth  | Third Ward Stories | 2016
82720  | Tim Davies Big Band | The Expensive Train Set | 2016
82719  | Anthony Branker | Beauty Within | 2016
82718  | Allison Adams Tucker  | Wanderlust | 2016
82717  | John Stowell/Michael Zilber | Basement Blues | 2016
82716  | Joonsam  | A Door | 2016
82715  | Corey Christiansen  | Factory Girl | 2016
82714  | Dan Cray | Outside In  | 2016
82713  | Joel Miller, Sienna Dahlen  | Dream Cassette | 2016
82712  | Les Demerle | Comin' Home Baby | 2016
82711  | Marcos Varela  | San Ygnacio | 2016
82710  | Scott Reeves  | Portraits and Places | 2016
82709  | Ark Ovrutski  | Intersection | 2016
82708  | Carlos Vega | Bird's Ticket | 2016
82707  | Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott  | Return of the East-West Trumpet Summit | 2016
82706  | Florian Hoefner | Luminosity | 2016
82705  | Roxy Coss | Restless Idealism | 2016
82704  | David Friesen and Glen Moore | Bactrian | 2015
82703  | Tom Collier | Across the Bridge | 2015
82702  | Emma Larsson  | Sing to the Sky | 2015
82701  | Geof Bradfield  | Our Roots | 2015
82700  | Ben Paterson | For Once in My Life | 2015
82699  | John Wojciechowski  | Focus | 2015
82698  | Laurie Antonioli and Richie Beirach | Varuna | 2015
82697  | Tad Britton  | Cicada | 2015
82696  | Clay Giberson  | Minga Minga | 2015
82695  | Nick Finzer  | The Chase | 2015
82694  | Jack Perla  | Enormous Changes | 2015
82693  | Lorin Cohen  | Home | 2015
82692  | Hugo Fernandez | Cosmogram | 2015
82691  | Tom Collier | Alone in the Studio | 2015
82690  | Michael Waldrop Big Band | Time Within Itself | 2015
82689  | Sarah Partridge  | I Never Thought I'd Be Here  | 2015
82688  | Lucas Pino  | No Net Nonet | 2015
82687  | Josh Nelson | Exploring Mars | 2015
82686  | Scott Hesse  | The Stillness of Motion | 2015
82685  | The H2 Big Big Band  | It Could Happen | 2015
82684  | John Stowell/Michael Zilber | Live Beauty | 2015
82683  | Chad McCullough & Bram Weijters  | Abstract Quantities | 2015
82682  | Gene Argel  | Luminescent | 2015
82681  | George Colligan & Theoretical Planets  | Risky Notion | 2015
82680  | Marc Seales | American Songs, Volume 3: Time & Place | 2015
82517  | Benny Powell | Nextep | 2008
82849  | Dmitri Matheny | CASCADIA | 2022

### OA2

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Cat. #  | Artist  | Album  | Year

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22144  | Errol Rackipov Group  | Distant Dreams  | 2017
22143  | Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington  | Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Five  | 2017
22142  | Mason Razavi  | Quartet Plus, Volume 2  | 2017
22141  | Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra  | Invitation  | 2017
22140  | Tom Dempsey & Tim Ferguson Quartet  | Waltz New  | 2017
22139  | Ben Markley Big Band  | Clockwise: The Music of Cedar Walton  | 2017
22138  | Gustavo Cortiñas  | Esse  | 2017
22137  | Phil Parisot  | Lingo  | 2016
22136  | Erik Jekabson | A Brand New Take  | 2016
22135  | Shawn Maxwell  | Shawn Maxwell's New Tomorrow  | 2016
22134  | Afro Bop Alliance  | Revelation  | 2016
22133  | Cheryl Fisher  | Quietly There  | 2016
22132  | Will Goble  | Consider the Blues  | 2016
22131  | New Standard Jazz Orchestra  | Waltz About Nothing  | 2016
22130  | Alex Goodman  | Border Crossing  | 2016
22129  | Daria  | Strawberry Fields Forever  | 2016
22128  | Danny Green  | Altered Narratives  | 2016
22127  | Raul Agraz  | Between Brothers  | 2016
22126  | Svetlana and the Delancey Five  | Night at the Speakeasy  | 2016
22125  | Carrie Wicks  | Maybe  | 2015
22124  | Jeff Jenkins  | The Arrival  | 2015
22123  | Hans Luchs  | Time Never Pauses  | 2015
22122  | Ben Winkelman Trio  | The Knife  | 2015
22121  | Juli Wood | Synkkä Metsä  | 2015
22120  | Electric Squeezebox Orchestra  | Cheap Ren  | 2015
22119  | Michael Kocour  | Wherever You Go, There You Are  | 2015
22118  | Adam Shulman  | Here/There  | 2015
22117  | Barney McClure  | Show Me!  | 2015
22116  | Unhinged Sextet  | Clarity  | 2015
22115  | Chamber 3  | Grassroots  | 2015
22114  | Rich Pellegrin  | Episodes IV-VI  | 2014
22113  | Danny Green  | After the Calm  | 2014
22112  | Kronomorfic  | Entangled  | 2014
22111  | Gordon Lee with the Mel Brown Septet  | Tuesday Night  | 2014
22110  | Paul Tynan & Aaron Lington  | Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Four  | 2014
22109  | Mark Buselli | Untold Stories  | 2014
22108  | Nelda Swiggett  | Blue-Eyed Painted Lady  | 2014
22107  | Chris Parker | Full Circle  | 2014
22106  | Jim Olsen  | We See Stars  | 2014
22105  | Craig Yaremko  | CYO3  | 2013
22104  | George Cotsirilos  | Variations  | 2013
22103  | Florian Hoefner | Falling Up  | 2013
22102  | Lynn Baker  | Lectrocoustic  | 2013
22101  | Chris Amemiya & Jazz Coalescence  | In the Rain Shadow  | 2013
22100  | Steve Owen  | Stand Up Eight  | 2013

### Origin Classical

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Cat. #  | Artist  | Album  | Year

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33025  | Michael Waldrop | Time Frames | 2021
33023  | Aaron Lington  | Secondary Impressions  | 2019
33020  | Gwendolyn Dease  | Beguiled  | 2016
33019  | Cherie Hughes and Roberto Limon  | On My People  | 2015
33018  | Jim Knapp & Scrape  | Approaching Vyones  | 2013
33017  | Idit Shner  | Le Merle Noir  | 2013
33016  | Yumiko Endo Schlaffer  | Rhapsodie  | 2013
33015  | Brian Chin  | Eventide  | 2012
33014  | Doug Lofstrom  | Concertino: The Music of Doug Lofstrom  | 2012
33013  | Tom Collier | Plays Haydn, Mozart, Telemann and Others  | 2012
33012  | Douglas Detrick's Anywhen Ensemble  | Rivers Music  | 2011
33011  | Free Range Saxophone Quartet  | Fireflies  | 2011
33010  | Brian Chin  | Universal Language  | 2010
33009  | Tom Collier | Mallet Fantastique  | 2010
33008  | Idit Shner & Yumiko Endo Schlaffer  | Fissures: 20th Century Music for Saxophone and Harp  | 2010
33007  | John Adler  | Confronting Inertia  | 2009
33006  | Jim Gailloreto Jazz String Quintet  | American Complex  | 2009
33005  | Daniel Barry  | Music of the Spheres  | 2009
33004  | Linda Tsatsanis & John Lenti  | And I Remain: Three Love Stories  | 2009
33003  | Florie Rothenberg  | Voices of Trees  | 2008
33002  | Chris Walden | Chris Walden: Symphony No. 1 – The Four Elements  | 2008
33001  | Seattle Trumpet Consort  | After Baroque: Music for the Natural Trumpet  | 2008

## External links

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* Official site

## References

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1. ^ de Barros, Paul (July 2, 2002). Small label, big noise: Ballard's Origin Records drumming up national interest. Seattle Times.
2. ^ Kugiya, Hugo (July 10, 2009). Seattle's Origin Records named JazzWeek's Label of the Year. Seattle Times.
3. ^ "Origin classical catalog". Retrieved 14 January 2017.

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