Concord Records

Concord Records

(Est. 1969, includes Concord Vista, Feinery Records, Monster Records) In the 1960s, businessman and civic leader Carl Jefferson organized the Concord Jazz Festival in Northern California, motivated by the opportunity to see his favorite jazz artists perform live. Eventually, he would create a recording home for those musicians and form what would become Concord Records. Today, with a family of labels that includes several key partnership and imprints, Concord has amassed a catalog of over 1,000 albums and 10,000 recordings of individual songs from an expanding roster of world-class vocal and instrumental artists. In 1999, entertainment veterans Norman Lear and Hal Gaba purchased the label, helping the company to attract such artists as Barry Manilow, Peter Cincotti, Ozomatli, Ray Charles, and Maurice White.

Part of the Concord family, Feinery was created in partnership with the "Ambassador of American Song" and one of the leading archivists of American popular music, Michael Feinstein. The label presents hidden gems from our cultural heritage, both recording current favorite artists and restoring archival material and musical broadcasts. The first Feinery release was Livingston & Evans Featuring Michael Feinstein Livingston & Evans Songbook.


CONCORD RECORDS FEATURED ARTISTS

John Williams

John Williams

John Williams was born in New York and moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1948. There he attended UCLA, Los Angeles City College, and studied composition privately with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
Sergio Mendes

Sergio Mendes

Brazilian music legend Sergio Mendes spins his remarkable magic on his newest recording, Encanto (Enchantment), which is among the maestro's most beautifully realized in his unparalleled career.
Kenny G

Kenny G

Kenny G, the world's most renowned saxophonist, will release his first Latin Jazz album, Rhythm and Romance, backed by some of the world's finest Latin musicians.
Ozomatli

Ozomatli

On the surface, nothing’s changed. There’s the same core line-up, the same oppositional politics, the same live shows that erupt into drum-line blessed community parties, and the same devotion to polyglot urban sound clashing.