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| EmArcy Records | |
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Founder | Mercury Records |
| Distributor(s) | Universal Music Group (International) Island Records (U.S.) |
| Genre | Jazz, world music |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Bob Shad for the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.[1]
During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan recorded for EmArcy.[1]
Today, it is a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. The catalogue is managed by the Island Records subsidiary.