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EmArcy Records

EmArcy Records
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Parent company The Island Def Jam Music Group
Founded 1954 (1954)
Founder Mercury Records
Distributor(s) Universal Music Group International
The Island Def Jam Music Group U.S.
Genre Jazz, world
Country of origin U.S.
Official website www.emarcy.com

EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Mercury Records, and today a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.

During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan recorded for EmArcy.

The EmArcy catalogue is currently managed by The Island Def Jam Music Group.


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