CTI Records

CTI Records (Creed Taylor International or Creed Taylor Incorporated) was a jazz record label founded in 1967 by Creed Taylor, initially as a subsidiary of A&M; Records. Kudu Records was CTI's sister label, launched in 1971 and was oriented more towards soul jazz. Its roster of artists included Grover Washington, Jr., Hank Crawford, and Idris Muhammad. Don Sebesky created most of the arrangements for the label and every session featured some of j... more
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