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Origin Records

Origin Records 8649 Island Drive South
Seattle, WA 98118
206-781-2589
info@originarts.com

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We are a Seattle-based jazz label, run for musicians by musicians. Our fundamental goals are simple: to provide a home for our artists' ongoing work as their careers and musical voices evolve, and to introduce our audience to new and refreshingly unexpected music while maintaining an uncompromised artistic quality. Celebrating our 25th year in 2022, we release two to three dozen new records a year and represent over 350 artists on 725 albums across the Origin, OA2, Origin Classical, and Origin World labels.

Our main focus lies in the collaborative efforts of the many artists we partner with. Teaming with inspired artistic communities from around the world, our artists have a hand in curation as their fellow musicians learn of the labels and see it as a possible home for their own musical statements. The result is a wide-ranging catalog, with music from some of the great large ensemble composers, to the creative improvised music of the “Zurich Series,” to the array of “modern mainstream” projects which define the core of the catalog's sound. Works from vital veterans of the music such as Hal Galper, Don Lanphere, Jessica Williams, Benny Powell and Hadley Caliman, or from active, pivotal performers of the last 30 years such as Nnenna Freelon, New York Voices, Joe Locke, Bobby Broom, Rodney Whitaker, Sam Yahel, & George Colligan, all whose recordings reflect decades of collaborations and provide a grounding and perspective for the younger artists we will partner with into the future.


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Year established: 1997

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Survival of the Fittest

Jordan VanHemert
published: May 08, 2025 | views: 596

East by Midwest

Charlie Ballantine
published: April 07, 2025 | views: 1,177

Mad Scientist Music

Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra
published: April 07, 2025 | views: 1,187

Blues Sky

Dave Hanson
published: March 25, 2025 | views: 1,510

Heading Home

Eric Jacobson
published: March 23, 2025 | views: 1,282

Live at the Poster Museum

Robby Ameen
published: March 08, 2025 | views: 1,037

Dark Journey: The Music of Andrew Rathbun

Western Jazz Collective
published: March 07, 2025 | views: 1,328

Polytonal Big Band: The Snake Charmer

Brad Goode
published: February 22, 2025 | views: 4,120

Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill

Rodney Whitaker
published: February 20, 2025 | views: 1,995

The Vibe

Nanami Haruta
published: February 14, 2025 | views: 1,641

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Ow

From the album 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note, March 26, 2005
James Moody
May 11, 2025 | Listens: 2,370

Here and Now

From the album Survival of the Fittest
Jordan VanHemert
May 9, 2025 | Listens: 2,593

Belgrade (Београд)

From the album Native Son
Michael Waldrop
April 24, 2025 | Listens: 5,365

Storyteller

From the album East by Midwest
Charlie Ballantine
April 8, 2025 | Listens: 3,779

Incerteza

From the album Odyssey Mixtape
José Luiz Martins
April 7, 2025 | Listens: 2,416

Two Masters

From the album Blues Sky
Dave Hanson
March 26, 2025 | Listens: 1,136

Dark and Lovely

From the album Beneath the Skin
Nnenna Freelon
March 17, 2025 | Listens: 3,435

We're Back, Baby!

From the album Mad Scientist Music
Ben Patterson
March 10, 2025 | Listens: 2,135

Girlie's World

From the album The Vibe
Nanami Haruta
March 1, 2025 | Listens: 1,982

Claxilever

From the album Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill
Rodney Whitaker
February 27, 2025 | Listens: 3,188

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