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Best Jazz Record Labels 2020: Rankings

This poll closes on January 1, 2021 | Voters: 441

Tiebreaker goes to the record label whose Jazz Near You page has the most views.

1
recordlabel/ecm-records
ECM Records
Gräfelfing, Germany
2
recordlabel/blue-note-records
Blue Note Records
New York, NY
3
recordlabel/moonjune-records
MoonJune Records
New York, NY
4
recordlabel/impulse
Impulse! Records
Santa Monica, CA
5
recordlabel/el-negocito-records
El Negocito Records
Ghent, Belgium
6
recordlabel/clean-feed-records
Clean Feed Records
Lisboa, Portugal
7
recordlabel/act-music
ACT Music
Munich, Germany
8
recordlabel/nonesuch-records
Nonesuch Records
New York, NY
9
recordlabel/rarenoiserecords
RareNoiseRecords
London, United Kingdom
10
recordlabel/verve-music-group__21280
Verve Music Group
New York, NY
11
recordlabel/edition-records
Edition Records
Cardiff, United Kingdom
12
recordlabel/mack-avenue-records
Mack Avenue Records
Harper Woods, MI
13
recordlabel/cuneiform-records
Cuneiform Records
Washington, DC
14
recordlabel/intakt-records
Intakt Records
Zurich, Switzerland
15
recordlabel/pi-recordings
Pi Recordings
New York, NY
16
recordlabel/smoke-sessions-records
Smoke Sessions Records
New York, NY
17
recordlabel/concord-music-group
Concord Music Group
Beverly Hills, CA
18
recordlabel/tzadik
Tzadik
New York, NY
19
recordlabel/columbia-records
Columbia Records
New York, NY
20
recordlabel/prestige-records
Prestige Records
Los Angeles, CA
21
recordlabel/sunnyside-records-label
Sunnyside Records
New York, NY
22
recordlabel/resonance-records
Resonance Records
Los Angeles, CA
23
recordlabel/motema-music
Motéma Music
New York, NY
24
recordlabel/criss-cross
Criss Cross
Amsterdam, Netherlands
25
recordlabel/atlantic-jazz
Atlantic Records
New York, NY
26
recordlabel/ropeadope
Ropeadope
Haddon Heights, NJ
27
recordlabel/posi-tone-records
Posi-Tone Records
Los Angeles, CA
28
recordlabel/mosaic-records
Mosaic Records
Stamford, CT
29
recordlabel/whirlwind-recordings-ltd
Whirlwind Recordings
London, United Kingdom
30
recordlabel/international-anthem-recording-company
International Anthem Recording Company
Chicago, IL
31
recordlabel/firehouse-12-records
Firehouse 12 Records
New Haven, CT
32
recordlabel/highnote-records
HighNote Records
New York, NY
33
recordlabel/steeplechase-records
SteepleChase Records
Copenhagen, Denmark
34
recordlabel/aum-fidelity
AUM Fidelity
Brooklyn, NY
35
recordlabel/rune-grammofon
Rune Grammofon
Oslo, Norway
36
recordlabel/astral-spirits
Astral Spirits
Austin, TX
37
recordlabel/riverside
Riverside
Los Angeles, CA
38
recordlabel/origin-records
Origin Records
Seattle, WA
39
recordlabel/fresh-sound-new-talent
Fresh Sound Records
Barcelona, Spain
40
recordlabel/hubro-records
Hubro Music
Oslo, Norway
41
recordlabel/abstract-logix-records
Abstract Logix
Cary, NC
42
recordlabel/greenleaf-music
Greenleaf Music
New York, NY
43
recordlabel/enja-records
Enja Records
Munich, Germany
44
recordlabel/sony-music
Sony Music
New York, NY
45
recordlabel/hat-hut-records
Hat Hut Records
Basel, Switzerland
46
recordlabel/nobusiness-records
NoBusiness Records
Vilnius, Lithuania
47
recordlabel/cellar-live
Cellar Music Group
Burnaby, Canada
48
recordlabel/dgm-live
DGM Live
Beverly Hills, CA
49
recordlabel/tum-records
TUM Records
Helsinki, Finland
50
recordlabel/okeh
Okeh
New York, NY
51
recordlabel/original-jazz-classics
Original Jazz Classics
Los Angeles, CA
52
recordlabel/relative-pitch-records__5041
Relative Pitch Records
Plainsboro, NJ
53
recordlabel/arc-artists-recording-collective
ARC - Artists Recording Collective
Leavenworth, KS
54
recordlabel/cam-jazz
CAM Jazz
Rome, Italy
55
recordlabel/ubuntu-music
Ubuntu Music
London, United Kingdom
56
recordlabel/savant-records
Savant Records
New York, NY
57
recordlabel/black-saint
Black Saint
Rome, Italy
58
recordlabel/esp-disk
ESP-Disk
Brooklyn, NY
59
recordlabel/brownswood-recordings
Brownswood Recordings
London, United Kingdom
60
recordlabel/ronin-rhythm-records
Ronin Rhythm Records
Zurich, Switzerland
61
recordlabel/ayler-records
Ayler Records
Limours, France
62
recordlabel/cti-records
CTI Records
Los Angeles, CA
63
recordlabel/iapetus
Iapetus
Berlin , Germany
64
recordlabel/pablo
Pablo Records
Los Angeles, CA
65
recordlabel/gondwana-records
Gondwana Records
Manchester, United Kingdom
66
recordlabel/fantasy-jazz
Fantasy Jazz
Los Angeles, CA
67
recordlabel/label-bleu
Label Bleu
Amiens, France
68
recordlabel/not-two-records
Not Two Records
Krakow, Poland
69
recordlabel/groundup
GroundUP Music
Brooklyn, NY
70
recordlabel/we-jazz-records
We Jazz Records
Helsinki, Finland
71
recordlabel/pyroclastic-records
Pyroclastic Records
New York, NY
72
recordlabel/blue-engine-records
Blue Engine Records
New York, NY
73
recordlabel/jazzland-recordings
Jazzland Recordings
Oslo, Norway
74
recordlabel/rca-victor
RCA Records
New York, NY
75
recordlabel/telarc-records
Telarc Records
Cleveland, OH
76
recordlabel/chopstick-records
Chopstick Records
Ghent, Belgium
77
recordlabel/watt-ecm
Watt/ECM
78
recordlabel/winter-and-winter
Winter & Winter Records
Munich, Germany
79
recordlabel/soul-note
Soul Note
Italy
80
recordlabel/jazz-in-britain-woking
Jazz In Britain
Woking, United Kingdom
81
recordlabel/jazzwerkstatt-berlin-brandenburg-ev
Jazzwerkstatt Berlin-brandenburg E.v.
Berlin , Germany
82
recordlabel/milestone
Milestone
Los Angeles, CA
83
recordlabel/strata-east-records
Strata-East Records
New York, NY
84
recordlabel/de-werf__27174
De Werf
85
recordlabel/venus-records
Venus Records
Japan
86
recordlabel/emi-music
EMI Music
London, United Kingdom
87
recordlabel/oa2-records
OA2 Records
Seattle, WA
88
recordlabel/mps
MPS
Hamburg, Germany
89
recordlabel/screwgun-records
Screwgun Records
New York, NY
90
recordlabel/xtrawatt-ecm
XtraWATT/ECM
91
recordlabel/warner-bros
Warner Music Group
Burbank, CA
92
recordlabel/unseen-rain-records
Unseen Rain Records
New York, NY
93
recordlabel/losen-records
Losen Records
0604 Oslo, Norway
94
recordlabel/sub-rosa
Sub Rosa
95
recordlabel/verve-jazz-ensemble
Verve Jazz Ensemble
New York, NY
96
recordlabel/rhino
Rhino
Burbank, CA
97
recordlabel/outside-in-music
Outside in Music
New York, NY
98
recordlabel/la-buissonne
La Buissonne
Pernes-les-fontaines, France
99
recordlabel/crammed-discs
Crammed Discs
100
recordlabel/auand-records
Auand Records
S.francesco D, Italy
1
recordlabel/blue-note-records
Blue Note Records
New York, NY
2
recordlabel/moonjune-records
MoonJune Records
New York, NY
3
recordlabel/impulse
Impulse! Records
Santa Monica, CA
4
recordlabel/nonesuch-records
Nonesuch Records
New York, NY
5
recordlabel/verve-music-group__21280
Verve Music Group
New York, NY
6
recordlabel/mack-avenue-records
Mack Avenue Records
Harper Woods, MI
7
recordlabel/cuneiform-records
Cuneiform Records
Washington, DC
8
recordlabel/pi-recordings
Pi Recordings
New York, NY
9
recordlabel/smoke-sessions-records
Smoke Sessions Records
New York, NY
10
recordlabel/concord-music-group
Concord Music Group
Beverly Hills, CA
11
recordlabel/tzadik
Tzadik
New York, NY
12
recordlabel/columbia-records
Columbia Records
New York, NY
13
recordlabel/prestige-records
Prestige Records
Los Angeles, CA
14
recordlabel/sunnyside-records-label
Sunnyside Records
New York, NY
15
recordlabel/resonance-records
Resonance Records
Los Angeles, CA
16
recordlabel/motema-music
Motéma Music
New York, NY
17
recordlabel/atlantic-jazz
Atlantic Records
New York, NY
18
recordlabel/ropeadope
Ropeadope
Haddon Heights, NJ
19
recordlabel/posi-tone-records
Posi-Tone Records
Los Angeles, CA
20
recordlabel/mosaic-records
Mosaic Records
Stamford, CT
21
recordlabel/international-anthem-recording-company
International Anthem Recording Company
Chicago, IL
22
recordlabel/firehouse-12-records
Firehouse 12 Records
New Haven, CT
23
recordlabel/highnote-records
HighNote Records
New York, NY
24
recordlabel/aum-fidelity
AUM Fidelity
Brooklyn, NY
25
recordlabel/astral-spirits
Astral Spirits
Austin, TX
26
recordlabel/riverside
Riverside
Los Angeles, CA
27
recordlabel/origin-records
Origin Records
Seattle, WA
28
recordlabel/abstract-logix-records
Abstract Logix
Cary, NC
29
recordlabel/greenleaf-music
Greenleaf Music
New York, NY
30
recordlabel/sony-music
Sony Music
New York, NY
31
recordlabel/dgm-live
DGM Live
Beverly Hills, CA
32
recordlabel/okeh
Okeh
New York, NY
33
recordlabel/original-jazz-classics
Original Jazz Classics
Los Angeles, CA
34
recordlabel/relative-pitch-records__5041
Relative Pitch Records
Plainsboro, NJ
35
recordlabel/arc-artists-recording-collective
ARC - Artists Recording Collective
Leavenworth, KS
36
recordlabel/savant-records
Savant Records
New York, NY
37
recordlabel/esp-disk
ESP-Disk
Brooklyn, NY
38
recordlabel/cti-records
CTI Records
Los Angeles, CA
39
recordlabel/pablo
Pablo Records
Los Angeles, CA
40
recordlabel/fantasy-jazz
Fantasy Jazz
Los Angeles, CA
41
recordlabel/groundup
GroundUP Music
Brooklyn, NY
42
recordlabel/pyroclastic-records
Pyroclastic Records
New York, NY
43
recordlabel/blue-engine-records
Blue Engine Records
New York, NY
44
recordlabel/rca-victor
RCA Records
New York, NY
45
recordlabel/telarc-records
Telarc Records
Cleveland, OH
46
recordlabel/watt-ecm
Watt/ECM
47
recordlabel/milestone
Milestone
Los Angeles, CA
48
recordlabel/strata-east-records
Strata-East Records
New York, NY
49
recordlabel/oa2-records
OA2 Records
Seattle, WA
50
recordlabel/screwgun-records
Screwgun Records
New York, NY
51
recordlabel/warner-bros
Warner Music Group
Burbank, CA
52
recordlabel/unseen-rain-records
Unseen Rain Records
New York, NY
53
recordlabel/sub-rosa
Sub Rosa
54
recordlabel/verve-jazz-ensemble
Verve Jazz Ensemble
New York, NY
55
recordlabel/rhino
Rhino
Burbank, CA
56
recordlabel/outside-in-music
Outside in Music
New York, NY
57
recordlabel/manifesto
Manifesto
58
recordlabel/summit-records
Summit Records
Tempe, AZ
59
recordlabel/1k-recordings
1K Recordings
Philadelphia, PA
60
recordlabel/biophilia-records
Biophilia Records
New York, NY
61
recordlabel/contemporary
Contemporary Records
Los Angeles, CA
62
recordlabel/shifting-paradigm-records
Shifting Paradigm Records
Minneapolis, MN
63
recordlabel/smalls-records
Smalls Records
64
recordlabel/new-braxton-house
New Braxton House
Newtown, CT
65
recordlabel/aerophonic-records
Aerophonic Records
Chicago, IL
66
recordlabel/universal-music-group
Universal Music Group
Los Angeles, CA
67
recordlabel/ears-and-eyes-records-apex
Ears And Eyes Records
Apex, NC
68
recordlabel/woodshedd-records
Woodshedd Records
Orlando, FL
69
recordlabel/audiographic-records
Audiographic Records
Chicago, IL
70
recordlabel/capitol-records
Capitol Records
Los Angeles, CA
71
recordlabel/rounder-records
Rounder Records
Nashville, TN
72
recordlabel/whaling-city-sound
Whaling City Sound
Dartmouth, MA
73
recordlabel/palmetto-records__3711
Palmetto Records
New York, NY
74
recordlabel/grp-records
GRP Records
75
recordlabel/alligator-records
Alligator Records
Chicago, IL
76
recordlabel/legacy-recordings
Legacy Recordings
New York, NY
77
recordlabel/thirsty-ear-recordings
Thirsty Ear Recordings
Norwalk, CT
78
recordlabel/steeplechase-productions
Steeplechase Productions
new york, AR
79
recordlabel/libra-records
Libra Records
Boston, MA
80
recordlabel/ears-and-eyes-records
ears&eyes Records
Chicago, IL
81
recordlabel/mobile-fidelity-sound-labs
Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs
Sebastopol , CA
82
recordlabel/atavistic-worldwide
Atavistic Records
Chicago, IL
83
recordlabel/shanachie-records
Shanachie Records
Newton, NJ
84
recordlabel/maxjazz
MAXJAZZ
St. Louis, MO
85
recordlabel/delmark-records
Delmark Records
Chicago, IL
86
recordlabel/basin-street-records
Basin Street Records
New Orleans, LA
87
recordlabel/7d-media
7D Media
Seattle, WA
88
recordlabel/el-saturn
El Saturn
Philadelphia, PA
89
recordlabel/ninety-and-nine-records
Ninety and Nine Records
90
recordlabel/gaucimusic
Gaucimusic
New York, NY
91
recordlabel/577-records
577 Records
Brooklyn, NY
92
recordlabel/orenda-records
Orenda Records
Los Angeles, CA
93
recordlabel/uptown-records
Uptown Records
Plattsburgh, NY
94
recordlabel/thrill-jockey
Thrill Jockey
Chicago, IL
95
recordlabel/sam-records
Sam Records
New York City, NY
96
recordlabel/colemine-records
Colemine Records
Loveland, OH
97
recordlabel/cedille
Cedille
Chicago, IL
98
recordlabel/ghb-records
G.h.b. Records
99
recordlabel/international-phonograph-inc
International Phonograph Inc.
100
recordlabel/impetus-records
Impetus Records
1
recordlabel/ecm-records
ECM Records
Gräfelfing, Germany
2
recordlabel/el-negocito-records
El Negocito Records
Ghent, Belgium
3
recordlabel/clean-feed-records
Clean Feed Records
Lisboa, Portugal
4
recordlabel/act-music
ACT Music
Munich, Germany
5
recordlabel/rarenoiserecords
RareNoiseRecords
London, United Kingdom
6
recordlabel/edition-records
Edition Records
Cardiff, United Kingdom
7
recordlabel/intakt-records
Intakt Records
Zurich, Switzerland
8
recordlabel/criss-cross
Criss Cross
Amsterdam, Netherlands
9
recordlabel/whirlwind-recordings-ltd
Whirlwind Recordings
London, United Kingdom
10
recordlabel/steeplechase-records
SteepleChase Records
Copenhagen, Denmark
11
recordlabel/rune-grammofon
Rune Grammofon
Oslo, Norway
12
recordlabel/fresh-sound-new-talent
Fresh Sound Records
Barcelona, Spain
13
recordlabel/hubro-records
Hubro Music
Oslo, Norway
14
recordlabel/enja-records
Enja Records
Munich, Germany
15
recordlabel/hat-hut-records
Hat Hut Records
Basel, Switzerland
16
recordlabel/nobusiness-records
NoBusiness Records
Vilnius, Lithuania
17
recordlabel/cellar-live
Cellar Music Group
Burnaby, Canada
18
recordlabel/tum-records
TUM Records
Helsinki, Finland
19
recordlabel/cam-jazz
CAM Jazz
Rome, Italy
20
recordlabel/ubuntu-music
Ubuntu Music
London, United Kingdom
21
recordlabel/black-saint
Black Saint
Rome, Italy
22
recordlabel/brownswood-recordings
Brownswood Recordings
London, United Kingdom
23
recordlabel/ronin-rhythm-records
Ronin Rhythm Records
Zurich, Switzerland
24
recordlabel/ayler-records
Ayler Records
Limours, France
25
recordlabel/iapetus
Iapetus
Berlin , Germany
26
recordlabel/gondwana-records
Gondwana Records
Manchester, United Kingdom
27
recordlabel/label-bleu
Label Bleu
Amiens, France
28
recordlabel/not-two-records
Not Two Records
Krakow, Poland
29
recordlabel/we-jazz-records
We Jazz Records
Helsinki, Finland
30
recordlabel/jazzland-recordings
Jazzland Recordings
Oslo, Norway
31
recordlabel/chopstick-records
Chopstick Records
Ghent, Belgium
32
recordlabel/winter-and-winter
Winter & Winter Records
Munich, Germany
33
recordlabel/soul-note
Soul Note
Italy
34
recordlabel/jazz-in-britain-woking
Jazz In Britain
Woking, United Kingdom
35
recordlabel/jazzwerkstatt-berlin-brandenburg-ev
Jazzwerkstatt Berlin-brandenburg E.v.
Berlin , Germany
36
recordlabel/de-werf__27174
De Werf
37
recordlabel/venus-records
Venus Records
Japan
38
recordlabel/emi-music
EMI Music
London, United Kingdom
39
recordlabel/mps
MPS
Hamburg, Germany
40
recordlabel/xtrawatt-ecm
XtraWATT/ECM
41
recordlabel/losen-records
Losen Records
0604 Oslo, Norway
42
recordlabel/la-buissonne
La Buissonne
Pernes-les-fontaines, France
43
recordlabel/crammed-discs
Crammed Discs
44
recordlabel/auand-records
Auand Records
S.francesco D, Italy
45
recordlabel/rogue-art
Rogue Art
Paris, France
46
recordlabel/jazzwerkstatt
Jazzwerkstatt
London, United Kingdom
47
recordlabel/a-new-wave-of-jazz
A New Wave Of Jazz
Rotterdam, Netherlands
48
recordlabel/discus-music
Discus Music
Truro, United Kingdom
49
recordlabel/nottwo-records
NotTwo Records
Kraków, Poland
50
recordlabel/winterfold-records
Winterfold Records
51
recordlabel/esoteric-recordings
Esoteric Recordings
United Kingdom
52
recordlabel/constellation__16747
Constellation
Montreal, Canada
53
recordlabel/stunt-records-sundance-music
Stunt Records/Sundance Music
Copenhagen, Denmark
54
recordlabel/dewerf
DeWerf
55
recordlabel/sdban
Sdban Records
Ghent, Belgium
56
recordlabel/laborie-records
Laborie Records
Limoges, France
57
recordlabel/grappa
Grappa
58
recordlabel/rat-records
Rat Records
London, United Kingdom
59
recordlabel/soul-jazz-records
Soul Jazz Records
London, United Kingdom
60
recordlabel/ninja-tune
Ninja Tune
61
recordlabel/fundacja-sluchaj
Fundacja Sluchaj
Warsaw, Poland
62
recordlabel/igloo-records-0
Igloo Records
Brussels, Belgium
63
recordlabel/catalytic-sound
Catalytic Sound
Oslo, Norway
64
recordlabel/klein
Klein
Antwerpen, Belgium
65
recordlabel/cherry-red-records
Cherry Red Records
66
recordlabel/heartcore-records
Heartcore Records
Berlin, Germany
67
recordlabel/ora-fonogram
Ora Fonogram
Trondheim, Norway
68
recordlabel/leo-records
Leo Records
Kingskerswell Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
69
recordlabel/challenge-records
Challenge Records
Amersfoort, Netherlands
70
recordlabel/dreyfus-records
Dreyfus Records
71
recordlabel/effendi-records
Effendi Records
Montreal, Canada
72
recordlabel/real-world
Real World Records
Wiltshire, United Kingdom
73
recordlabel/diatribe-records
Diatribe Records
Dublin, Ireland
74
recordlabel/summerfold-records
Summerfold Records
75
recordlabel/zebra-records
Zebra Records
76
recordlabel/bgo-records
BGO Records
Suffolk, United Kingdom
77
recordlabel/pias-recordings-brussels
Pias Recordings
Brussels, Belgium
78
recordlabel/bbe-records
BBE Records
East Sussex, United Kingdom
79
recordlabel/aspen-edities
Aspen Edities
2222 Itegem, Belgium
80
recordlabel/harmonia-mundi
Harmonia Mundi
Paris, France
81
recordlabel/yolk-records
Yolk Records
Nantes, France
82
recordlabel/magna-carta-records
Magna Carta Records
83
recordlabel/jazz-vision-records
Jazz Vision Records
Rio de Janiero, Brazil
84
recordlabel/deutsche-grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
Berlin, Germany
85
recordlabel/justin-time-records
Justin Time Records
Verdun, Canada
86
recordlabel/basho-records
Basho Records
London, United Kingdom
87
recordlabel/ipecac-recordings
Ipecac Recordings
88
recordlabel/ilk-music
ILK Music
Copenhagen, Denmark
89
recordlabel/voiceprint-records
Voiceprint Records
United Kingdom
90
recordlabel/double-moon-records
Double Moon Records
Köln , Germany
91
recordlabel/intuition-records
Intuition Records
55116 Mainz, Germany
92
recordlabel/karisma-records
Karisma Records
Bergen, Norway
93
recordlabel/trost-records
Trost Records
Vienna, Austria
94
recordlabel/jazzvillage
JazzVillage
Paris, France
95
recordlabel/metropolis-music-belgrade
Metropolis Music
Belgrade, Serbia
96
recordlabel/tuk-music
Tuk Music
Bologna, Italy
97
recordlabel/gearbox-records
Gearbox Records
London, United Kingdom
98
recordlabel/bedroom-community
Bedroom Community
Reykjavik, Iceland
99
recordlabel/gleam-records
GleAM Records
Lecce, Italy
100
recordlabel/iluso-records
Iluso Records
Perth, Australia

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