Strata-East Records is an American record company and label specialising in jazz founded in 1971 by Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell with the release of their first recording Music Inc. The label released over 50 albums in the 1970s. Many of the label's releases are now hailed as prime examples of 1970s post-bop, spiritual jazz, and afro-jazz.
Gil Scott-Heron recorded his 1974 album Winter in America with Brian Jackson for Strata-East. "The Bottle" featured on the album, was a popular single. This album stands as one of the label's best-known recordings.
Clifford Jordan and Bill Lee, father of Spike Lee, were involved in many releases.
Discography
SES Series Catalog Artist Album NotesSES 1971 Charles Tolliver Music Inc.SES 1972 Charles Tolliver Live at Slugs' Volume ISES 1972-0 Charles Tolliver Live at Slugs' Volume IISES 1972-1 Clifford Jordan In the WorldSES 1972-2 Jazz Contemporaries Reasons in TonalitySES 1972-3 Composer's Workshop Ensemble Composer's Workshop EnsembleSES 1972-4 Mtume Umoja Ensemble Alkebu-Lan: Land of the BlacksSES 19730 The Piano Choir Handscapes Stanley Cowell, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, Danny Mixon, Sonelius SmithSES 19731 Brother Ah Sound AwarenessSES 19732 M'Boom Re: Percussion Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Max Roach, Warren Smith, Freddie Waits, Richard "Pablo" LandrumSES 19733 Pharoah Sanders Izipho Zam (My Gifts)SES 19734 Cecil Payne Zodiac Kenny Dorham, Wilbur Ware, Wynton Kelly, Albert HeathSES 19735 Juju A Message from MozambiqueSES 19736 Charles Brackeen Rhythm XSES 19737/8 Clifford Jordan Glass Bead GamesSES 19739 Billy Harper Capra Black Reggie Workman, Billy Cobham, Elvin Jones, Warren Smith, George Cables, Dick Griffin, Julian Priester, Jimmy OwensSES-19740/1 Charles Tolliver Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz FestivalSES 19742 Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson Winter in AmericaSES 19743 Stanley Cowell Musa: Ancestral StreamsSES 19744 The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe A Spirit SpeaksSES 19745 Charles Tolliver Live in TokyoSES-19746 Charlie Rouse Two Is OneSES 19747 Dick Griffin The Eighth WonderSES 19748 The John Betsch Society Earth Blossom John Betsch, Billy Pluett, Bob Holmes, Ed "Lump" Williams, Jim Bridges, Phil RoysterSES 19749 Weldon Irvine In HarmonySES 7410 The Cosmic Twins The Waterbearers John Lewis, Ron BurtonSES 7411 Muriel Winston A Fresh ViewpointSES 7412 Shamek Farrah First Impressions SES 7413 Charles Sullivan Genesis Alex Blake, Anthony Jackson, Lawrence Killian, Alphonse Mouzon, Billy Hart, Sharon Freeman, Onaje Allen Gumbs, Stanley Cowell, Sonny Fortune, Dee Dee BridgewaterSES 7416 Keno Duke/Contemporaries Sense of ValuesSES 7417 Cecil McBee MutimaSES 7418 The Ensemble Al-Salaam The SojournerSES 7420 Juju Chapter Two: NiaSES 7421 Jayne Cortez Celebrations and SolitudesSES 7422 Composer's Workshop Ensemble We've Been AroundSES 7423 Sonny Fortune Long Before Our Mothers CriedSES 7425 Charles Davis Ingia!SES 7430 Shirley Scott One for Me SES 7431 Harold Vick Don't Look BackSES 19750 The Piano Choir Handscapes 2 Ron Burton, Stanley Cowell, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, Sonelius SmithSES 19752 The Brass Company Colors Bill Hardman, Eddie Preston, Harry Hall, Lonnie Hillyer, Billy Higgins, Sonny Brown, with "special guests"; Charles Tolliver, Clifford Jordan, and Stanley Cowell.SES 19754 Billy Parker's Fourth World Freedom of Speech Cecil McBee, Cecil Bridgewater, Ronald Bridgewater, Dee Dee BridgewaterSES 19757 Charles Tolliver ImpactSES 19758 Milton Marsh MonismSES 19759 Larry Ridley Sum of the Parts Cornell Dupree, Sonny Fortune, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Grady TateSES 19760 John Gordon Step By Step Andrew Cyrille, Charles Tolliver, Roland Alexander, Lisle AtkinsonSES 19761 George Russell Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by NatureSES 19765 Stanley Cowell RegenerationSES 19766 The Heath Brothers Marchin' OnSES 7610 The Warm Voice of Billy C Where Have You Been, Billy Boy? Charles Davis, Bill Lee, Sonny Brown, Kiane Zawadi, Cliff Lee, Stanley Cowell, George Coleman, Eddie PrestonSES 19771 Shamek Farrah and Sonelius Smith The World of the ChildrenSES 19772 Bruce Johnson and Rodney Jones The Liberation of the Contemporary Jazz Guitar DuoSES 19780 John Gordon Erotica Suite Lyle Atkinson, Frank Derrick III, John Miller, James Spaulding, John Gordon, Waymon ReedSES 8001 Charles Tolliver Compassion SES 8002 John Hicks Hells Bells Clint Houston, Cliff BarbaroSES 8003 The New York Bass Violin Choir The New York Bass Violin Choir Lisle Atkinson, Micheal Fleming, Milt Hinton, Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Sam Jones, Bill Lee, Harold Mabern, Sonny Brown, George Coleman
SECD Series SECD 9001 (Bellaphon 660-51-004) - Charles Tolliver Music Inc & Orchestra - Impact, recorded January 17, 1975, released on CD 1990. SECD 9002 (Bellaphon 660-51-002) - John Hicks - Hells Bells, Recorded May 21, 1975, released on CD 1990. SECD 9003 (Bellaphon 660-51-001) - Charles Tolliver - Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo/Vol.1, recorded July 21/22, 1988, released on CD 1990. SECD 9004 (Bellaphon 660-51-008) - Stanley Cowell, Billy Harper, Reggie Workman, Billy Hart - Such Great Friends, recorded July 7, 1983, released on CD 1991. SECD 9005 (Bellaphon 660-51-003) - The Heath Brothers Featuring Stanley Cowell - Marchin' On!, recorded 1975, released on CD 1990. SECD 9006 (Bellaphon 660-51-005) - John Gordon - Step By Step, recorded September 22, 1975, released on CD 1990. SECD 9008 (Bellaphon 660-51-010) - John Hicks - Steadfast, recorded May 21, 1975, released on CD 1991. SECD 9009 (Bellaphon 660-51-006) - Cecil McBee - Mutima, recorded May 8, 1974, released on CD 1991. SECD 9010 (Bellaphon 660-51-009) - Charles Tolliver Music Inc & Big Band - Music Inc. & Big Band, recorded November 11, 1970, released on CD 1991. SECD 9011 (Bellaphon 660-51-007) - Charles Tolliver Music Inc - Compassion, recorded November, 1977, released on CD 1991. SECD 9012 (Bellaphon 660-51-012) - Charlie Rouse - Two Is One, recorded 1974, released on CD 1992. SECD 9013 (Bellaphon 660-51-011) - Charles Tolliver - Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo/Vol.2, recorded July 21/22, 1988, released on CD 1992. SECD 9014 (Bellaphon 660-51-013) - Larry Ridley - Sum Of The Parts, recorded June 1975, released on CD 1992. SECD 9015 (Bellaphon 660-51-016) - Charles Tolliver Music Inc - Live In Tokyo, recorded December 7, 1973, released on CD 1992. SECD 9016 (Bellaphon 660-51-014) - Music Inc - Live At Historic Slugs''', recorded May 1, 1970, released on CD 1992. SECD 9017 (Bellaphon 660-51-015) - Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson - Winter In America, recorded September/October 1973, released on CD 1992. SECD 9018 (Bellaphon 660-51-020) - Larry Ridley & the Jazz Legacy Ensemble - Live at Rutgers University, recorded 1989, released on CD 1993. SECD 9019 (Bellaphon 660-51-022) - Billy Harper - Capra Black, recorded 1973, released on CD 1993. SECD 9020 (Bellaphon 660-51-017) - Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games Volume 1, recorded October 29, 1973, released on CD 1992. SECD 9021 (Bellaphon 660-51-023) - Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games Volume 2, recorded October 29, 1973, released on CD 1993. SECD 9022 (Bellaphon 660-51-018) - Pharoah Sanders - Izipho Zam, recorded January 14, 1969, released on CD 1993. SECD 9024 (Bellaphon 660-51-021) - Cecil Payne - Zodiac, recorded December 16, 1968, released on CD 1993. SECD 9026 (Bellaphon 660-51-019) - Charles Brackeen - Rhythm X, recorded January 26, 1968, released on CD 1993. SECD 9028 (Bomba BOM542) - Stanley Cowell - Musa • Ancestral Streams, recorded December 10/11, 1973, released on CD 1996. SECD 9031 (Bomba BOM545) - Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith - The World Of The Children'', recorded April, 1976, released on CD 1996.
See also List of record labels
External links Official site
References