JMood Records

JMood Records
Founded2006 (2006)
FounderPaul Collins
DistributorsBandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Discogs, SoundCloud
GenreJazz
Country of originU.S.
LocationKansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Official websitewww.jmoodrecords.com

JMood Records is an independent record label founded in Kansas City by Paul Collins in 2006. In 2026, the label celebrated its 20th anniversary, receiving extensive coverage in the music press and simultaneously releasing five CDs to mark the occasion. Although JMood is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings. JMood's motto is "… A Sound Choice… The intersection of art and audio!" The label's Music Director is the Italian jazz pianist Roberto Magris, and over the course of its twenty-year history, numerous leading jazz artists have participated in JMood's recording sessions, including Art Davis, Idris Muhammad, Herb Geller, Ira Sullivan, Sam Reed, Albert Tootie Heath, Brian Lynch, Jim Mair, Roberto Magris, Tony Lakatos, Logan Richardson, Mark Colby, Eric Hochberg, Hermon Mehari and others. The label's catalog also includes a “Historical Series,”, which features live recordings from Europe in the 1980s by prominent jazz musicians, including Sal Nistico, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Kai Winding, Ray Bryant, Art Farmer, Barney Kessel, Joe Newman and others.

Discography

000 Roberto Magris Trio Kansas City Outbound with Roberto Magris, Art Davis, Jimmy "Junebug" Jackson and Zack Albetta 2008
001 Roberto Magris Quintet Mating Call with Paul Carr, Michael O'Neill, Roberto Magris, Elisa Pruett and Idris Muhammad 2010
002 Roberto Magris Quintet Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan Vol. 1 with Brandon Lee, Logan Richardson, Roberto Magris, Elisa Pruett and Albert "Tootie" Heath 2011
003 Roberto Magris Trio One Night in with Hope and More Vol. 1 with Roberto Magris, Elisa Pruett and Albert "Tootie" Heath 2012
004 Roberto Magris Space Trek Aliens in a Bebop Planet with Matt Otto, Roberto Magris, Dominique Sanders, Brian Steever, Pablo Sanhueza and Eddie Charles 2012
005 Roberto Magris Quintet Cannonball Funk'n Friends with Hermon Mehari, Jim Mair, Roberto Magris, Dominique Sanders and Alonzo "Scooter" Powell 2013
006 Sam Reed, Roberto Magris Ready for Reed - Sam Reed Meets Roberto Magris with Sam Reed, Roberto Magris, Kendall Moore, Dominique Sanders, Brian Steever and Pablo Sanhueza 2013
007 Roberto Magris Septet Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan Vol. 2 with Hermon Mehari, Jim Mair, Peter Schlamb, Roberto Magris, Elisa Pruett and Brian Steever and Pablo Sanhueza 2014
008 Roberto Magris Trio One Night in with Hope and More Vol. 2 with Roberto Magris, Elisa Pruett, Brian Steever and Albert "Tootie" Heath 2013
009 Roberto Magris High Quote with Josh Williams, Jim Mair, Matt Otto, Aryana Nemati, Jason Goudeau, Roberto Magris, Elisa Pruett, Brian Steever, Pablo Sanhueza and Monique Danielle 2023
010 Roberto Magris Enigmatix with Roberto Magris, Dominique Sanders, Brian Steever, Pablo Sanhueza and Monique Danielle 2015
011 Roberto Magris Wind Summit with Steven Lambert, Robert Scott Fromm, Roberto Magris, Dominique Sanders, Brian Steever and Julia Haile 2026
012 Herb Geller, Roberto Magris An Evening with Herb Geller & The Roberto Magris Trio – Live in Europe 2009 with Herb Geller, Roberto Magris, Nikola Matosic and Enzo Carpentieri 2014
013 Roberto Magris Need to Bring out Love with Roberto Magris, Dominique Sanders, Brian Steever, Pablo Sanhueza, Julia Haile and Monique Danielle 2016
014 Roberto Magris Sextet Live in Miami @ The WDNA Jazz Gallery with Brian Lynch, Jonathan Gomez, Roberto Magris, Chuck Bergeron, John Yarling and Murph Aucamp 2017
015 MUH Trio Prague After Dark with Roberto Magris, František Uhlíř and Jaromir Helešic 2017
016 Roberto Magris World Gardens with Roberto Magris, Dominique Sanders, Brian Steever and Pablo Sanhueza 2018
017 Roberto Magris Sextet feat. Ira Sullivan Sun Stone with Ira Sullivan, Shareef Clayton, Mark Colby, Roberto Magris, Jamie Ousley and Rodolfo Zuniga 2019
018 Roberto Magris Suite! with Eric Jacobson, Mark Colby, Roberto Magris, Eric Hochberg, Greg Artry and PJ Aubree Collins 2019
019 Roberto Magris Match Point with Alfredo Chacon, Roberto Magris, Dion Kerr, Rodolfo Zuniga 2021
020 MUH Trio A Step Into Light with Roberto Magris, František Uhlíř and Jaromir Helešic 2020
021 Roberto Magris & Eric Hochberg Shuffling Ivories with Roberto Magris and Eric Hochberg 2021
022 Roberto Magris featuring Mark Colby Duo & Trio with Mark Colby, Roberto Magris, Elisa Pruett, Brian Steever, Pablo Sanhueza 2022
023 Roberto Magris Love Is Passing Thru with Roberto Magris, Ettore Martin, Danilo Gallo and Enzo Carpentieri 2024
025 Roberto Magris Lovely day(s) solo piano 2025
026 Roberto Magris Europlane For Jazz Freedom Is Peace with Tony Lakatos, Florian Brambock, Lukas Oravec, Roberto Magris, Rudi Engel, Gašper Bertoncelj 2024
028 Roberto Magris / Denis Razz Quartet In Action with Denis Razz, Roberto Magris, Karlo Ilič, Rajko Ergič 2026
029 Roberto Magris Live In Hollywood with Tony Lakatos, Roberto Magris, Art Davis, Alonzo “Scooter” Powell 2026
030 Herb Geller / Roberto Magris Come Lately with Herb Geller, Roberto Magris, Nikola Matošič and Enzo Carpentieri 2026
031 Roberto Magris Europlane Quintet Broken Barriers with Tony Lakatos, Florian Brambock, Roberto Magris, Nikola Matošič and Drago Gajo 2026
032 Sal Nistico Recorda-me with Sal Nistico, Fulvio Sisti, Roberto Magris, Max Sornig and Gabriele Centis 2026
033 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis It Could Happen To Swing with Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Roberto Magris, Mauro Periotto and Gabriele Centis 2026
040 Roberto Magris Trio Live In Mexico City with Roberto Magris, Roberto Aymes, Luis Martinez 2026

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References

  1. ↑ “JMood” USA
  2. ↑ “Doppio Jazz” Italy
  3. ↑ “Jazzhot” France
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Weitlaner (October 2026). "Ein stiller Tastengigant". Concerto (in German). No. 5. p. 41.
  5. ↑ “Nettavisen” Norway
  6. ↑ “Jazz Halo’” Belgium
  7. ↑ “Different Noises” UK
  8. ↑ “All About Jazz”
  9. ↑ All About Jazz
  10. ↑ “Discogs”
  11. ↑ Soundcloud
  12. ↑ JMood Records Catalog