EmArcy Records

EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Mercury Records, and today a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. In 1954 Irving Green and producer Bob Shad started the EmArcy label as the jazz strand of the US division of Mercury Records. Creating the name from a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company, their mission was to create a diverse roster of artists. These included the innovative Cliff... more
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