EmArcy Records | |
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Parent company | The Island Def Jam Music Group |
Founded | 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 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.