Double-Time Records

Double-Time Records, also known as Double-Time Jazz, was an American independent record label devoted to jazz recordings. The label was established in 1995 in New Albany, Indiana, by a son of jazz educator and publisher Jamey D. Aebersold. Its emergence connected it to a wider jazz education and performance environment, although the available reference material does not identify the founder by name or provide detailed corporate information about the company. The label’s catalog covered a broad range of modern jazz and related instrumental styles. Its recorded artists included established and specialized figures such as guitarist John Abercrombie, pianist and composer Bruce Barth, saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi, trombonist Conrad Herwig, pianist Andy LaVerne, saxophonist Dave Liebman, organist Hank Marr, saxophonist Steve Slagle, and saxophonist Walt Weiskopf. This roster indicates a focus on artist-led jazz projects rather than a narrow pop-oriented commercial format. The catalog also reflects the label’s interest in recording respected improvisers, composers, arrangers, and instrumentalists across several jazz generations. Double-Time Records operated for approximately a decade, from 1995 through 2005. The available sources do not document a specific acquisition, bankruptcy, change of ownership, or formal closure announcement; 2005 is the reported endpoint of the label’s activity. As a result, its present status is best described as defunct or inactive rather than as an operating record company. The label is chiefly significant for preserving and distributing a body of late-twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century jazz recordings through its album catalog. The company’s principal products were albums, including studio and ensemble recordings by its contracted or associated jazz artists. Detailed release-by-release information, sales figures, distribution agreements, executive appointments, marketing campaigns, and financial results are not established by the supplied reference material. Catalog information may be encountered through specialist music databases and discographic resources, but no official current website is identified.

Double-Time Records was an independent jazz record company founded in 1995 in New Albany, Indiana. The label was established by a son of Jamey D. Aebersold, a prominent jazz educator and publisher, although the available reference material does not specify the founder’s personal name. This origin placed Double-Time within a musical environment closely associated with jazz instruction, improvisation, and the circulation of jazz repertoire. The label, also referred to as Double-Time Jazz, developed a catalog of albums by musicians active in modern jazz and related instrumental traditions. Its artists included John Abercrombie, Bruce Barth, Jerry Bergonzi, Conrad Herwig, Andy LaVerne, Dave Liebman, Hank Marr, Steve Slagle, and Walt Weiskopf. The range of these artists suggests that the company’s catalog was not limited to one instrument, subgenre, or generation. Instead, it supported projects by established performers, composers, arrangers, and improvisers working in small-group, ensemble, and other jazz contexts. Double-Time’s significance lies primarily in its role as a specialist label. Independent jazz companies often provide recording and distribution opportunities for projects that may not fit the release priorities of major multinational music groups. The available material does not describe Double-Time’s staffing, distribution partners, recording facilities, ownership structure, or commercial performance, so the label’s business model cannot be documented in greater detail here. Its known catalog nevertheless demonstrates a sustained commitment to recorded jazz during the period from the mid-1990s into the early 2000s. The label was active from 1995 until 2005. No supplied source identifies a particular final release, closure announcement, acquisition, insolvency event, or successor organization. Accordingly, 2005 is treated as the end of the label’s documented operating period, and the brand is classified as defunct or inactive. Its historical footprint remains in its album catalog and in discographic references that preserve information about its releases and artists.

• 2005

  End of documented operating period

  [1]Double-Time Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  Reference material identifies 2005 as the endpoint of Double-Time Records’ activity.

• 1995

  Label founded in New Albany

  [1]Double-Time Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  Double-Time Records was founded in New Albany, Indiana, by a son of jazz educator and publisher Jamey D. Aebersold.

An independent jazz label centered on modern jazz musicians, instrumental recordings, and a broad specialist catalog.

• Jazz recordings · 1995

  Double-Time Records jazz album catalog

  The label’s principal output was a catalog of jazz albums issued during its period of activity. The catalog included recordings associated with John Abercrombie, Bruce Barth, Jerry Bergonzi, Conrad Herwig, Andy LaVerne, Dave Liebman, Hank Marr, Steve Slagle, and Walt Weiskopf. Available references do not provide a complete release list or enough information to describe individual albums in detail.

1. 1Double-Time Recordsen.wikipedia.org