Okka Disk

Okka Disk
Founded 1994
Founder Bruno Johnson
Genre Jazz
Country of origin United States
Location Chicago, Milwaukee
Official website www.okkadisk.com

Okka Disk is an independent American jazz record label founded by Bruno Johnson. He began his foray into label ownership with a short-lived rock label, but changed direction and name in 1994, documenting improvised music and free jazz in Chicago.[1][2] Vintage Duets, unreleased tapes recorded in 1980 by saxophonist Fred Anderson with drummer Steve McCall, and Caffeine, a trio featuring Chicago scene instigator Ken Vandermark, were the albums that started the label.[3] Okka Disk released many key early works by Ken Vandermark and was partly responsible for Fred Anderson's late-career renaissance.[4] The label also recorded European free jazz musicians such as Peter Brötzmann, documenting his transatlantic Chicago Octet and Tentet over ten albums. Since 2009 it organizes the Okka Fest, held in Milwaukee, where Johnson moved in 2002.[5]

Releases

Limited Edition Releases

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Bruno Johnson interview at Delmark Records
  2. ↑ A life of craft beer and free jazz at NPR
  3. ↑ Bruno Johnson, jazz messenger at Chicago Reader
  4. ↑ Okka Disk turns 15 at Chicago Reader
  5. ↑ Okka Fest reignites jazz at WUWM

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