Novus Records

Novus Records (later Arista Novus and RCA Novus was a United States jazz and contemporary jazz record label. It was an Arista Records imprint focused on then-contemporary jazz artists. During the 1980s it became an imprint of RCA Records. The catalog is now managed by Sony Masterworks through its Masterworks Jazz imprint.

Discography

3000-N (RCA) series

• 3000: Muhal Richard Abrams - Lifea Blinec
• 3001: Warren Bernhardt - Solo Piano
• 3002: Air - Open Air Suit
• 3003: Oliver Lake - Life Dance of Is
• 3004: Baird Hersey - Looking for That Groove
• 3005: Larry Coryell - European Impressions
• 3006: Ran Blake - Rapport
• 3007: Muhal Richard Abrams - Spiral Live at Montreux 1978
• 3008: Air - Montreux Suisse
• 3009: Mike Mainieri & Warren Bernhardt - Free Smiles
• 3010: Oliver Lake - Shine
• 3011: Warren Bernhardt - Floating
• 3012: Michael Gregory - Gifts
• 3013: Henry Threadgill - X-75 Volume 1
• 3014: Air - Air Lore
• 3015: Michael Gregory - Heart and Center
• 3016: Baird Hersey - Have You Heard?
• 3017: Larry Coryell - Tributaries
• 3018: John Scofield - Who's Who?
• 3019: Ran Blake - Film Noir
• 3020: Warren Bernhardt - Manhattan Update
• 3021: Pharoah Sanders & Norman Connors - Beyond a Dream
• 3022: John Scofield - Bar Talk
• 3023: Steve Khan - Evidence
• 3024: Larry Coryell - Standing Ovation
• 3025: Henry Threadgill - Easily Slip Into Another World
• 3032: Michael Shrieve & Steve Roach - The Leaving Time
• 3084: Opafire - Opafire featuring Zachary Norman E.
• 3115: John Hicks, Cecil McBee & Elvin Jones - Power Trio
• 63119: Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Black Science
• 63125: Steve Coleman - Rhythm in Mind
• 63144: Steve Coleman and Five Elements - Drop Kick
• 63160: Steve Coleman and Five Elements - The Tao of Mad Phat
• 63176: Opafire - Without a Trace

External links

• Discogs, http://www.discogs.com/label/Arista+Novus
• Discogs, http://www.discogs.com/label/Novus (some albums are erroneously filed there, such as "AN 3007 - Muhal Richard Abrams - Spiral: Live At Montreux 1978")
• Jazz Discography, http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/novus.htm
• Robert Christgau, http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_label.php?id=1723&name=Arista+Novus