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CraigP

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Is Omnitone still in business? Their website hasn't been updated in a while. They put out some nice records by Marty Ehrlich, Tom Varner, Oscar Noriega, etc. I noticed, however, that they rarely put out more than one from any individual artist - Varner was a notable exception.

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Ones I can recommend:

Ron Horton - Genius Envy (with our own Mr. Kimbrough)

Marty Ehrlich - Malinke's Dance

Frank Kimbrough - Quickening

John McNeil - East Coast Cool

MOB Trio - Loose

MOB Trio - Quite Live in Brooklyn

Angelica Sanchez - Mirror Me

Tom Varner - Swimming

Tom Varner - Second Communion

Cuong Vu - Bound

Btw, while there are several "one and dones", several artists have recorded multiple albums for this label.

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Frank Tafuri had some health problems a couple of years ago, but he recovered and I don't think that was the reason for any cut back in production. He also has, as his main business, a computer consulting service.

Frank Kimbrough and Joe Locke have made three exqusite duo recordings for Omnitone:

Frank Kimbrough/Joe Locke: Saturn's Child (OmniTone 11901)

Frank Kimbrough/Joe Locke: The Willow (OmniTone 12201)

Joe Locke/Frank Kimbrough: Verrazano Moon (OmniTone 12209)

Verrazano Moon was the latest:

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Frank Tafuri had some health problems a couple of years ago, but he recovered and I don't think that was the reason for any cut back in production.

Well, i hope he starts releasing records again. As this discussion has shown, he's got a knack for putting out adventurous recordings by players who aren't in either the totally mainstream or avant-garde camps.

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Is Omnitone still in business?

I was just about to ask that question. In the last number of years Omnitone, Pi, Palmetto, Sunnyside, Clean Feed, Firehouse 12, the stalwart Delmark and just a few others seem to be the labels most likely to put out the kind of jazz I'm interested in. Forget the majors.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Is Omnitone still in business?

I was just about to ask that question. In the last number of years Omnitone, Pi, Palmetto, Sunnyside, Clean Feed, Firehouse 12, the stalwart Delmark and just a few others seem to be the labels most likely to put out the kind of jazz I'm interested in. Forget the majors.

Me too. And all of those labels have seriously slowed down their release schedules in the last year or two. I was worried the Firehouse was a goner until the new Mary Halvorsen came out. And just a few years ago Clean Feed seemed to be releasing a dozen a month.

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