Omnitone Records

[CraigP]

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.

[JohnS]

Varner's Second Communion in an absolute cracker.

[CraigP]

Varner's Second Communion in an absolute cracker.

Yes, it's great

[Larry Kart]

I like this one a lot:

http://www.omnitone.com/physique/index.htm

[CraigP]

I like this one a lot:

http://www.omnitone.com/physique/index.htm

That IS nice - ill have to dig it back out. This is an example of "one and done" for the label.

[Rooster_Ties]

Second Communion is fantastic, to put it mildly. Another favorite...

Baikida Carroll: Marionettes on a High Wire (OmniTone 12101)

[JETman]

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.

[mikeweil]

I have Ron Horton's CD - Jane Ira Bloom is on it. excellent album.

[marcello]

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:

Edited June 30, 2012 by marcello

[CraigP]

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.

[relyles]

By coincidence today I received in the mail a copy of Cameron Brown's Here and How! with Dave Ballou, Sheila Jordan, Leon Parker and Dewey Redman. Looking forward to listening to this one.

[Pete C]

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.

[Hoppy T. Frog]

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.