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CTI Records
CTI Records logo.gif
Founded1967 (1967)
FounderCreed Taylor
Distributor(s)Sony (US), King Records (Japan)
GenreJazz
Country of originU.S.
LocationNew York City

CTI Records (Creed Taylor Incorporated) is a jazz record label founded in 1967 by Creed Taylor. CTI was a subsidiary of A&M before becoming independent in 1970. Its first album was A Day in the Life by guitarist Wes Montgomery in 1967 Its roster included George Benson, Ron Carter, Eumir Deodato, Astrud Gilberto, Freddie Hubbard, Bob James, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hubert Laws, Stanley Turrentine, and Walter Wanderley,


Kudu Records was started in 1971 and concentrated on soul jazz with albums by Joe Beck, Hank Crawford, Grant Green, Idris Muhammad, Esther Phillips, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Lonnie Smith, and Grover Washington Jr.


Salvation Records was a subsidiary label which released 10 albums during its existence, including music by Airto, Roland Hanna, Faith Howard, New York Jazz Quartet, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, and Gábor Szabó[1]


Greenestreet, which (released albums by Jack Wilkins, Claudio Roditi, Les McCann) and Three Brothers (with albums by The Clams, Lou Christie, Duke Jones, and Cassandra Morgan) were short-lived labels affiliated with CTI.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Discography

    • 2.1 3000 Series


    • 2.2 1000 Series


    • 2.3 6000 series


    • 2.4 5000 Series


    • 2.5 7000 Series


    • 2.6 8000 Series


    • 2.7 9000 Series


    • 2.8 Kudu


    • 2.9 Salvation


    • 2.10 Three Brothers label



  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




History


Don Sebesky created many of the arrangements for CTI and its subsidiary labels. He was later joined by Bob James and David Matthews in the mid-1970s. Taylor used Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with Rudy Van Gelder engineering nearly all sessions until the later years of the label. Sessions included Ron Carter, Eric Gale, Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Richard Tee, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Steve Gadd, Idris Muhammad, and Harvey Mason.


CTI was commercially successful with certain albums well-received by critics. CTI's best-selling album was Deodato's Prelude, which reached No. 3 on the US Billboard albums chart in 1973. A single from the album, "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)", peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 7 in the UK. Other successful singles were Bob James' "Feel Like Making Love" and "Westchester Lady", Idris Muhammad's "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This", and Esther Phillips' "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes", a disco hit.


Successful album releases included Grover Washington, Jr.'s Mister Magic and Feels So Good (both reaching No. 10 in 1975), Esther Phillips' What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (reaching No. 32 in 1975), and Bob James' BJ4 (reaching No. 38 in 1977).


Taylor founded Impulse! and worked for Verve where he earned the reputation as a respected producer of jazz albums. His productions for CTI during the 1990s shared a warm ambiance that helped to establish smooth jazz as a commercially viable musical genre. CTI also became known for its striking album sleeve designs, most of them with images by photographer Pete Turner.[2][3]


In 1978, CTI filed for bankruptcy, but the label remained active until 1984, releasing studio albums by Ray Barretto, Urszula Dudziak, Jim Hall, Roland Hanna, Nina Simone, and the all-star studio band Fuse One


Taylor restructured CTI in 1989, resuming his partnership with Van Gelder and Turner in June 1989 when recording the all-star session for Rhythmstick, an ambitious album released on vinyl, CD, VHS, and LaserDisc in 1990. Many young musicians were signed to the label, such as Charles Fambrough, Jim Beard, Ted Rosenthal, Bill O'Connell, Donald Harrison, Steve Laury, and Jurgen Friedrich, as well as veteran guitarist Larry Coryell, who teamed with arranger Don Sebesky on the best-selling Fallen Angel album, which reached No. 18 in the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums Chart in 1993.[4]


CTI's post-A&M Records catalog (albums released between 1970 and 1979) is owned by Sony and distributed by Masterworks Jazz in the U.S. King Records handles the rights for exclusive distribution in Japan. Grover Washington, Jr.'s Kudu albums have been re-issued by Motown and its MoJazz imprint but are part of Universal Classics & Jazz. Bob James owns the four albums he recorded four CTI. Seawind also owns their back catalog of CTI releases. CTI's A&M-subsidiary releases are distributed by Verve, a division of Universal Music Group.


In 2009, Taylor produced a reissue series of twenty CTI titles remastered by Van Gelder for release on SHM-CD format in Japan. New liner notes were provided by Ira Gitler, Arnaldo DeSouteiro, and Doug Payne. Other reissue series came out in December 2013 (including forty titles released on Blu-spec CD format) and in December 2017 with more forty titles on the CTI 50th Anniversary Collection.



Discography



3000 Series


The albums comprising the CTI 3000 Series were produced by Creed Taylor between 1967 and 1970 and issued by A&M with a "CTI" logo on the front cover.





































































































Catalog numberArtistTitle
SP 3000
Various Artists

Audio Master Plus Series Sampler Volume 1
SP 3001

Wes Montgomery

A Day in the Life
SP 3002

Antonio Carlos Jobim

Wave
SP 3003

Herbie Mann

Glory of Love
SP 3004

Tamba 4

We and the Sea
SP 3005

Nat Adderley

You, Baby
SP 3006
Wes Montgomery

Down Here on the Ground
SP 3007

Artie Butler

Have You Met Miss Jones?
SP 3008

Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson

Israel
SP 3009
Soul Flutes

Trust in Me
SP 3010

Richard Barbary

Soul Machine
SP 3011

Tamiko Jones

I’ll Be Anything for You
SP 3012
Wes Montgomery

Road Song
SP 3013
Tamba 4

Samba Blim
SP 3014

George Benson

Shape of Things to Come
SP 3015

Paul Desmond

Summertime
SP 3016
Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson

Betwixt & Between
SP 3017
Nat Adderley

Calling Out Loud
SP 3018

Walter Wanderley

When It Was Done
SP 3019

Milton Nascimento

Courage
SP 3020
George Benson

Tell It Like It Is
SP 6-3021
Various Artists

Audio Master Plus Series Audio Sampler, Vol. 2
SP 3022
Walter Wanderley

Moondreams
SP 3023

Quincy Jones

Walking in Space
SP 3024
Paul Desmond

From the Hot Afternoon
SP 3025
George Benson

I Got a Woman and Some Blues
SP 3026
Hubert Laws
Unissued
SP 3027
Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson

Stonebone (Only issued in Japan)
SP 3028
George Benson

The Other Side of Abbey Road
SP 3030
Quincy Jones

Gula Matari
SP 3031
Antonio Carlos Jobim

Tide
SP 3032
Paul Desmond

Bridge Over Troubled Water


1000 Series


In 1970 Creed Taylor established CTI independently of A&M and issued the first five releases as the 1000 Series which had a green record label. The 1000 Series featured artists working outside of the jazz genre.




















Catalog numberArtistTitle
CTI 1001

Kathy McCord

Kathy McCord
CTI 1002

Hubert Laws

Crying Song
CTI 1003
Flow

Flow
CTI 1004

Dave Frishberg

Oklahoma Toad
CTI 1005
Fats Theus

Black Out


6000 series


The albums in the CTI 6000 series were released between 1970 and 1976 and featured an orange CTI label with black print,[5] but Quadraphonic issues featured a red label variant. Later albums in the 6000 series were distributed by Motown and are designated by the addition of an S1 to the catalog number.


























































































































































































































Catalog numberArtistTitle
CTI 6000

Hubert Laws

Crying Song (Reissue of CTI 1002)
CTI 6001

Freddie Hubbard

Red Clay
CTI 6002

Antonio Carlos Jobim

Stone Flower
CTI 6003

Joe Farrell

Joe Farrell Quartet
CTI 6004

Bill Evans

Montreux II
CTI 6005

Stanley Turrentine

Sugar
CTI 6006
Hubert Laws

Afro-Classic
CTI 6007
Freddie Hubbard

Straight Life
CTI 6008

Astrud Gilberto

Gilberto with Turrentine
CTI 6009

George Benson

Beyond the Blue Horizon
CTI 6010
Stanley Turrentine

Salt Song
CTI 6011

Kenny Burrell

God Bless the Child
CTI 6012
Hubert Laws

The Rite of Spring
CTI 6013
Freddie Hubbard

First Light
CTI 6014
Joe Farrell

Outback
CTI 6015
George Benson

White Rabbit
CTI 6016

Randy Weston

Blue Moses
CTI 6017
Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson

Cherry
CTI 6018
Freddie Hubbard

Sky Dive
CTI 6019

Jackie and Roy

Time & Love
CTI 6020

Airto

Free
CTI 6021

Deodato

Prelude
CTI 6022
Hubert Laws

Morning Star
CTI 6023
Joe Farrell

Moon Germs
CTI 6024
Milt Jackson

Sunflower
CTI 6025
Hubert Laws

Carnegie Hall
CTI 6026

Gábor Szabó

Mizrab
CTI 6027

Ron Carter

Blues Farm
CTI 6028
Airto

Fingers
CTI 6029
Deodato

Deodato 2
CTI 6030
Stanley Turrentine

Don't Mess with Mister T.
CTI 6031/32

Don Sebesky

Giant Box
CTI 6033
George Benson

Body Talk
CTI 6034
Joe Farrell

Penny Arcade
CTI 6035
Gábor Szabó

Rambler
CTI 6036
Freddie Hubbard

Keep Your Soul Together
CTI 6037
Ron Carter

All Blues
CTI 6038
Milt Jackson with Hubert Laws

Goodbye
CTI 6039
Paul Desmond featuring Gábor Szabó

Skylark
CTI 6040

Jackie Cain & Roy Kral

A Wilder Alias
CTI 6041
Deodato/Airto

In Concert
CTI 3+3
Hubert Laws

In the Beginning
CTI 6042S1
Joe Farrell

Upon This Rock
CTI 6043S1

Bob James

One
CTI 6044S1
Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine

Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One
CTI 6045S1
George Benson

Bad Benson
CTI 6046S1
Milt Jackson

Olinga
CTI 6047S1
Freddie Hubbard

The Baddest Hubbard
CTI 6048S1
Stanley Turrentine

The Baddest Turrentine
CTI 6049S1

Herbie Hancock/Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine

In Concert Volume Two
CTI 6050S1

Chet Baker

She Was Too Good to Me
CTI 6051S1
Ron Carter

Spanish Blue
CTI 6052S1
Stanley Turrentine

The Sugar Man
CTI 6053S1
Joe Farrell

Canned Funk
CTI 6054S1

Gerry Mulligan / Chet Baker

Carnegie Hall Concert Volume 1
CTI 6055S1
Gerry Mulligan / Chet Baker

Carnegie Hall Concert Volume 2
CTI 6056S1
Freddie Hubbard

Polar AC
CTI 6057S1
Bob James

Two
CTI 6058S1
Hubert Laws

The Chicago Theme
CTI 6059S1
Paul Desmond

Pure Desmond
CTI 6060S1

Jim Hall

Concierto
CTI 6061S1
Don Sebesky

The Rape of El Morro
CTI 6062
George Benson

Good King Bad
CTI 6063
Bob James

Three
CTI 6064
Ron Carter

Yellow & Green
CTI 6065
Hubert Laws

Then There Was Light: In the Beginning Vol. 1
CTI 6066
Hubert Laws

Then There Was Light: In the Beginning Vol. 2
CTI 6067
Joe Farrell

Song of the Wind (Reissue of CTI 6003)
CTI 6068

Allan Holdsworth

Velvet Darkness
CTI 6069
George Benson and Joe Farrell

Benson & Farrell
CTI 6072S1
George Benson

In Concert-Carnegie Hall


5000 Series


The 5000 Series was introduced in 1975 as a series of popular music recordings and consist of eight issued albums.[6] Only a handful in this series were produced by Creed Taylor; outside producers handled the rest, like Harvey Mason producing Seawind's albums and David Grusin and Larry Rosen producing Patti Austin's second album. The first releases features a "P.S." (which stood for "Pop Series") inside the familiar CTI logo.





























Catalog numberArtistTitle
CTI 5000

Lalo Schifrin

Black Widow
CTI 5001

Patti Austin

End of a Rainbow
CTI 5002

Seawind

Seawind
CTI 5003
Lalo Schifrin

Towering Toccata
CTI 5004
John Blair

We Belong Together
CTI 5005

David Matthews

Dune
CTI 5006
Patti Austin

Havana Candy
CTI 5007
Seawind

Window of a Child


7000 Series


The 7000 Series continued the numbering sequence from the 6000 Series after it ended its distribution deal with Motown.






























































Catalog numberArtistTitle
CTI 7070

Urbie Green

The Fox
CTI 7071
Hubert Laws

The San Francisco Concert
CTI 7073

Art Farmer

Crawl Space
CTI 7074
Bob James

BJ4
CTI 7075

Jeremy Steig

Firefly
CTI 7076
Various Artists

CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl - Live One
CTI 7077
Various Artists

CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl - Live Two
CTI 7078
Various Artists

CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl - Live Three
CTI 7079
Urbie Green with Grover Washington, Jr. and David Matthews' Big Band

Señor Blues
CTI 7080
Art Farmer with Yusef Lateef and David Matthews' Big Band

Something You Got
CTI 7081
Deodato

2001 (Reissue of CTI 6021)
CTI 7082
Yusef Lateef

Autophysiopsychic
CTI 7083
Art Farmer / Jim Hall

Big Blues
CTI 7084

Nina Simone

Baltimore
CTI 7085
George Benson

Space
CTI 7086

Patti Austin

Live at the Bottom Line
CTI 7087
Art Farmer with Joe Henderson

Yama (Japanese issue)
CTI 7088
Yusef Lateef

In a Temple Garden
CTI 7089
Art Farmer

Live in Tokyo


8000 Series


The 8000 series was launched in the late-1970s. Its purpose was to reissue previous CTI and Kudu albums.[7] Some albums had their names changed from their originals. Even artwork on most were changed as well. Also, unlike their original releases which were gatefold album covers, the reissues were only single-sleeved album covers.





































































































Catalog numberArtistTitle
CTI 8000
Airto

Free (later reissued as Return to Forever)(Reissue of CTI 6020)
CTI 8001
Ron Carter

Blues Farm (Reissue of CTI 6027)
CTI 8002
Joe Beck

Beck & Sanborn (Reissue of KU-21 as Beck)
CTI 8003
Joe Farrell

Moon Germs (Reissue of CTI 6023)
CTI 8004
Milt Jackson

Sunflower (Reissue of CTI 6024)
CTI 8005
Joe Farrell

Outback (Reissue of CTI 6014)
CTI 8006
Stanley Turrentine

Sugar (Reissue of CTI 6005)
CTI 8007
George Benson

Beyond the Blue Horizon (Reissue of CTI 6009)
CTI 8008
Stanley Turrentine

Salt Song (Reissue of CTI 6010)
CTI 8009
George Benson

White Rabbit (Reissue of CTI 6015)
CTI 8010
Stanley Turrentine

Cherry (Reissue of CTI 6017)
CTI 8011
Stanley Turrentine

Don't Mess With Mister T. (Reissue of CTI 6030)
CTI 8012
Jim Hall

Concierto (Reissue of CTI 6060S1)
CTI 8013
Airto

Virgin Land (Reissue of SAL 701)
CTI 8014
George Benson

Take Five (Reissue of CTI 6045S1 as Bad Benson)
CTI 8015
Hubert Laws

The Chicago Theme (Reissue of CTI 6058S1)
CTI 8016
Freddie Hubbard

Red Clay (Reissue of CTI 6001)
CTI 8017
Freddie Hubbard

First Light (Reissue of CTI 6013)
CTI 8018

unissued

unissued
CTI 8019
Hubert Laws

Afro-Classic (Reissue of CTI 6006)
CTI 8020
Hubert Laws

The Rite of Spring (Reissue of CTI 6012)
CTI 8021
Deodato

Prelude (Reissue of CTI 6021)
CTI 8022
Freddie Hubbard

Straight Life (Reissue of CTI 6007)
CTI 8023

unissued

unissued
CTI 8024

unissued

unissued
CTI 8025
Deodato

Deodato 2 (Reissue of CTI 6029)
CTI 8026

unissued

unissued
CTI 8027

unissued

unissued
CTI 8028
Deodato/Airto

In Concert (Reissue of CTI 6041)
CTI 8029
Hubert Laws

Morning Star (Reissue of CTI 6022)
CTI 8030
George Benson

Cast Your Fate to the Wind (Reissue of CTI 6062 as Good King Bad)
CTI 8031
George Benson

Summertime (Reissue of CTI 6072S1 as In Concert-Carnegie Hall)


9000 Series


The 9000 Series was started in 1980 and was distributed by CBS Records but maintained its independence (except for Patti Austin's Body Language album which carried a CBS-style look and catalog number) The series started with the classic orange label (used since the 6000 Series) but by 1981 switched to a white label with a new logo design, though in 1983, for George Benson's archive release Pacific Fire it had a silver label.



































Catalog numberArtistTitle
CTI 9000
Art Farmer with Joe Henderson

Yama (US issue of CTI 7087)
JZ 36503
Patti Austin

Body Language (Originally slated for CTI 9001)
CTI 9002

Ray Barretto

La Cuna
CTI 9003
Fuse One

Fuse One
CTI 9004
Nina Simone

Baltimore (Planned reissue of CTI 7084, never released)
CTI 9006
Fuse One

Silk
CTI 9007

Chet Baker, Jim Hall, Hubert Laws

Studio Trieste
CTI 9008

Roland Hanna

Gershwin Carmichael Cats
CTI 9009
Patti Austin

In My Life
CTI 9010
George Benson

Pacific Fire


Kudu


The Kudu label was started by Creed Taylor in July 1971 and specialized in soul jazz, releasing 39 albums from 1971 to 1979.[8] Kudu is considered CTI's sister label.























































































































Catalog numberArtistTitle
KU-01

Johnny Hammond

Breakout
KU-02

Lonnie Smith

Mama Wailer
KU-03

Grover Washington, Jr.

Inner City Blues
KU-04
Johnny Hammond

Wild Horses Rock Steady
KU-05

Esther Phillips

From a Whisper to a Scream
KU-06

Hank Crawford

Help Me Make it Through the Night
KU-07
Grover Washington, Jr.

All the King's Horses
KU-08
Hank Crawford

We Got a Good Thing Going
KU-09
Esther Phillips

Alone Again, Naturally
KU-10
Johnny Hammond

The Prophet
KU-11

Eric Gale

Forecast
KU-12
Grover Washington, Jr.

Soul Box Vol. 1
KU-13
Grover Washington, Jr.

Soul Box Vol. 2
KU-14
Esther Phillips

Black-Eyed Blues
KU-15
Hank Crawford

Wildflower
KU-16
Johnny Hammond

Higher Ground
KU-17

Idris Muhammad

Power of Soul
KU-18
Esther Phillips

Performance
KU-19
Hank Crawford

Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
KU-20
Grover Washington, Jr.

Mister Magic
KU-21

Joe Beck

Beck
KU-22

Phil Upchurch and Tennyson Stephens

Upchurch/Tennyson
KU-23
Esther Philips with Joe Beck

What a Diff'rence a Day Makes
KU-24
Grover Washington, Jr.

Feels So Good
KU-25

Ron Carter

Anything Goes
KU-26
Hank Crawford

I Hear a Symphony
KU-27
Idris Muhammad

House of the Rising Sun
KU-28
Esther Philips with Joe Beck

For All We Know
KU-29

Grant Green

The Main Attraction
KU-30

David Matthews with Whirlwind

Shoogie Wanna Boogie
KU-31
Esther Philips

Capricorn Princess
KU-32S1
Grover Washington, Jr.

A Secret Place
KU-33S1
Hank Crawford

Hank Crawford's Back
KU-34S1
Idris Muhammad

Turn This Mutha Out
KU-35S1
Hank Crawford

Tico Rico
KU-3637M2
Grover Washington, Jr.

Live at The Bijou
KU-38
Idris Muhammad

Boogie to the Top
KU-39
Hank Crawford

Cajun Sunrise


Salvation


Salvation Records was a CTI subsidiary originally intended for gospel albums but after releasing one album by the B. C. & M. Choir and laying fallow for two years the label was revived for a handful of jazz and R&B releases.[9] While Creed Taylor did produce the B. C. & M. Choir album, outside producers would handle the other releases.




















Catalog numberArtistTitle
SAL 700

B. C. & M. Choir

Hello Sunshine
SAL 701

Airto

Virgin Land
SAL 702

Johnny Hammond

Gambler's Life
SAL 703

The New York Jazz Quartet

In Concert in Japan
SAL 704S1

Gábor Szabó

Macho


Three Brothers label


Three Brothers Records was a short-lived subsidiary of CTI named after Creed Taylor's sons (Creed Jr., John, and Blake). It had a few single releases and issued one album by Lou Christie.








Catalog numberArtistTitle
THB 2000

Lou Christie

Lou Christie


References




  1. ^ Salvation Records discography


  2. ^ Feature on CTI Records at dougpayne.com


  3. ^ Pete Turner: Album Covers (Part 2), Jazzwax, April 9, 2008.


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  5. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. CTI Albums discography accessed February 3, 2012


  6. ^ Payne D. CTI 5000 Series accessed February 28, 2012


  7. ^ http://www.dougpayne.com/cti_8000.htm


  8. ^ Payne D. Kudu Records Discography accessed February 6, 2012


  9. ^ Payne, D. CTI Records - Salvation Label av=ccesse February 21, 2012




External links


  • CTI Records


  • Creed Taylor 19-part interview at JazzWax

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