IPO Recordings
Near
Number represents reach distance in miles from city
New York City 45 Newark 40
We started IPO in 2004 to document the continuingly brilliant playing of great musicians from the era of “classic modern jazz.” We think of “classic modern jazz” as jazz as it was played in the period extending from the mid-1940’s to around 1970, when modal and crossover styles of playing came to dominate the music. We have showcased players who were part of the first generation of classic modern jazz, who learned the music on the bandstand with people like Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Thad Jones, and who themselves made original contributions to the style. Nine of the artists we’ve recorded have been elected Jazz Masters of the National Endowment for the Arts, the nation’s highest form of recognition in the field of jazz. In most cases, these are the first (and only) recordings in which these artists played together.