Leaning House
Encyclopedia
Leaning House was an independent, Dallas, Texas
based jazz
label. It was founded by Mark Elliott
and Keith Foerster and existed from 1994 until 1999. The label was formed to "provide a voice for under-recognized artists in the South." and throughout the latter half of the 90's released recordings by such Texas jazz artists as Marchel Ivery, Earl Harvin
, Shelley Carrol, Fred Sanders, Donald Edwards and Wessell Anderson
.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
based jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
label. It was founded by Mark Elliott
Mark Elliott
Mark Elliott is an English travel writer best known for books on Azerbaijan, and for unusual map-based route guides for Asia. Though long out of print, Asia Overland co-authored with Wil Klass garnered something of a cult following among overland travellers during the late 1990s...
and Keith Foerster and existed from 1994 until 1999. The label was formed to "provide a voice for under-recognized artists in the South." and throughout the latter half of the 90's released recordings by such Texas jazz artists as Marchel Ivery, Earl Harvin
Earl Harvin
Earl Harvin is a drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist from the New York area who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany....
, Shelley Carrol, Fred Sanders, Donald Edwards and Wessell Anderson
Wessell Anderson
Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson is an American jazz alto saxophonist.Anderson grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, and played jazz early on at the urging of his father, who was a drummer. He played in local clubs from his early teenage years, and studied at the Jazzmobile workshops with...
.
Released Recordings
- BB001 - Marchel Ivery - Marchel's Mode (1994)
- BB002 - Earl HarvinEarl HarvinEarl Harvin is a drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist from the New York area who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany....
- Trio/Quartet (1996) - BB003 - Shelley Carrol with members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra - Self-Titled (1997)
- BB004 - Marchel Ivery - Meets Joey Defrancesco (1997)
- BB005 - Earl HarvinEarl HarvinEarl Harvin is a drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist from the New York area who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany....
/Dave Palmer - Strange Happy (1997) - BB006 - Fred Sanders - East of Vilbig (1997)
- BB007 - Donald Edwards - In The Vernacular (1998)
- BB008 - Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson - Live At The Village Vanguard (1998)
- BB009 - Earl Harvin Trio - At The Gyspy Tea Room (1998)
- BB010 - Marchel Ivery - 3 (1999)
Unreleased Recordings
- Bedhead - Untitled Collection of JazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
Standards (1995)