Silkheart Records

Infobox record label
name = Silkheart Records


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founded = 1985
founder = Lars-Olof Gustavsson and Keith Knox
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genre = Jazz
country = Sweden
location = Stockholm
url = http://www.silkheart.se/

Silkheart Records is a Swedish record label dedicated to recording improvised music and free jazz. Lars-Olof Gustavsson and Keith Knox founded Silkheart in 1985.

David S. Ware and Alvin Fielder both recorded comeback albums for Silkheart, while Charles Gayle, Matthew Shipp, Rob Brown, Booker T. Williams, Daniel Carter, Jim Hobbs and Dennis Charles all made their debut recordings for the label. Other Silkheart artists include Steve Lacy, the Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Roy Campbell, Charles Tyler, Michael Bisio, Other Dimensions in Music, Assif Tsahar, Roscoe Mitchell, Billy Bang, Dennis González, Kidd Jordan, Guerino Mazzola and various Joel Futterman collaborations.

Releases

* 101 Dennis González New Dallas Quartet - "Stefan"
* 102 Steve Lacy Sextet - "The Gleam"
* 103 Steve Lacy Quartet - "One Fell Swoop"
* 104 Ahmed Abdullah Quartet - "Liquid Magic"
* 105 Charles Brackeen Quartet - "Bannar"
* 106 Dennis González New Dallas Sextet - "Namesake"
* 107 Michael Bisio Quartet - "In Seattle"
* 108 The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - "Ancestral Song"
* 109 Ahmed Abdullah and the Solomonic Quintet - "Featuring Charles Moffett"
* 110 Charles Brackeen Quartet - "Attainment"
* 111 Charles Brackeen Quartet - "Worshippers Come Nigh"
* 112 Dennis González New Dallasorleanssippi - "Debenge-Debenge"
* 113 David S. Ware Trio - "Passage to Music"
* 114 Booker T. Williams - "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
* 115 Charles Gayle Quartet - "Always Born"
* 116 Charles Gayle Trio - "Homeless"
* 117 Charles Gayle Trio - "Spirits Before"
* 118 Charles Tyler + Brus Trio - "Autumn in Paris"
* 119 William Hooker Quartet - "Lifeline"
* 120 Other Dimensions in Music - "Other Dimensions in Music"
* 121 Dennis Charles Triangle - "Queen Mary"
* 122 Rob Brown Trio - "Breath Rhyme"
* 123 William Hooker Ensemble - "The Firmament Fury"
* 124 Dennis González New DallasAngeles - "The Desert Wind"
* 125 Joel Futterman Quartet - "Vision in Time"
* 126 Roscoe Mitchell + Brus Trio - "After Fallen Leaves"
* 127 David S. Ware Quartet - "Great Bliss vol. 1"
* 128 David S. Ware Quartet - "Great Bliss vol. 2"
* 129 Matthew Shipp Quartet - "Points"
* 130 Various artists - "Spirit of New Jazz"
* 131 Joel Futterman Trio - "Berlin Images"
* 132 Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble - "South Side Street Songs"
* 133 Jim Hobbs Trio - "Babadita"
* 134 Charles Gayle Quartet - "Translations"
* 135 Hal Russell & Joel Futterman Quartet - "Naked Colours"
* 136 Jim Hobbs Fully Celebrated Orchestra - "Peace & Pig Grease"
* 137 Charles Gayle Quartet - "Raining Fire"
* 138 Bob Ackerman Trio - "Old & New Magic"
* 139 Roy Campbell Pyramid - "Communion"
* 140 Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble - "Chicago Now vol. 1"
* 141 Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Ensemble - "Chicago Now vol. 2"
* 142 Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - "21st Century Union March"
* 143 The Joel Futterman & Kidd Jordan Quintet - "Nickelsdorf Konfrontation"
* 144 Steve Lacy - "5 x Monk, 5 x Lacy"
* 145 David S. Ware Quartet - "Oblations and Blessings"
* 146 Andrew Cyrille - Richard Teitelbaum Duo - "Double Clutch"
* 147 William Hooker - Billy Bang Duo - "Joy (Within)!"
* 148 Assif Tsahar Trio - "Ain Sof"
* 149 AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark - "Hidden in the Stomach"
* 150 Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - "Ka-Real"
* 151 Borgmann / Morris / Charles Trio - "The Last Concert - Dankeschön"
* 152 Kidd Jordan Quartet - "New Orleans Festival Suite"
* 153 Heinz Geisser & Guerino Mazzola Duo - "Folia / The Unam Concert"
* 154 Heinz Geisser & Guerino Mazzola Duo - "Someday"
* 155 Sirone Bang Ensemble - "Configuration"
* 156 Matt Lavelle Trio - "Spiritual Power"
* 157 Charles Gayle Quartet - "Blue Shadows"

ee also

* List of record labels
* Ayler Records, Sister Label

External links

* [http://www.silkheart.se Official site]
* [http://www.ayler.com Ayler Records, Silkheart's Sister Label, Official site]