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Fresh Sound
2026-11-15 03:40:14 · The Daily Ledger
Fresh Sound, or Fresh Sound New Talent, is a jazz record label established in Barcelona, Spain, by Jordi Pujol. The label was initially founded as a reissue label.
The catalog includes work by musicians both major and minor that was recorded before 1962, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker. Sources include Argo, Dawn, Prestige/New Jazz, RCA, Royal Roost, Riverside, and Verve. Fresh Sound has released music by obscure singers Jane Fielding, Beverly Kenney, Marilyn Moore, Lucy Ann Polk, and Helyne Stewart

In the early 1990s, the label began to produce new recordings. This included music by Georges Arvanitas and David Murray; Mundell Lowe and Tete Montoliu; Gabe Baltazar, Eddie Bert, Bob Cooper, Dick Hafer, Charlie Mariano, J. R. Monterose, Bill Perkins, Frank Strazzeri, and Claude Williamson. The Fresh Sound New Talent label was inaugurated in the 1990s with the work of Vinny Golia.

Roster
Pablo Ablanedo
David Ambrosio
Reid Anderson
Bruce Arkin
Omer Avital
Gorka Benitez
Max Bennett
The Bad Plus
Seamus Blake
Albert Bover
Marlon Browden
Carme Canela
Steve Cardenas
Chris Cheek
Avishai Cohen
George Colligan
Sonny Criss
Alexis Cuadrado
Ronnie Cuber
Eli Degibri
Daniel Freedman
Johnny Glasel
Robert Glasper
Joe Gordon
Phil Grenadier
Lars Gullin
Dick Hafer
Amos Hoffman
Ron Horton
Ethan Iverson
Michael Kanan
Chris Lightcap
Agnar Magnusson
Rebecca Martin
Bill McHenry
Ryan Meagher
Brad Mehldau
Stephane Mercier
Paul Moer
Pat Moran McCoy
Lanny Morgan
Simon Moullier
Jack Nimitz
Hod O'Brien
Michael Oien
Vardan Ovsepian
Charles Owens
Marty Paich
Roberta Piket
Noah Preminger
Andrew Rathbun
Matt Renzi
Pete Robbins
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Jorge Rossy
Perico Sambeat
Walter Smith III
Grant Stewart
Frank Strazzeri
Marcus Strickland
Nat Su
Ben Waltzer
David Weiss
Sebastian Weiss
Scott Wendholt
Claude Williamson
David Xirgu
Miguel Zenon
Oscar Peñas
References
External links
Official site
JazzWax Interview with Jordi Pujol
Jazz record labels
Reissue record labels
