Editing Horizon Records

{{Short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Horizon Records
| image       = <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" -->
| parent      = <!-- parent company, such as "[[Warner Music Group]]" -->
| founded     = {{start date|1962}}
| founder     = Dave Hubert
| defunct     = {{end date|1980}}
| status      = Inactive
| distributor = [[Verve Records]]
| genre       = Jazz, folk
| country     = U.S.
| location    = <!-- headquarters city and state -->
| url         = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" -->
}}
'''Horizon Records''' was an American [[independent record label]] founded in 1962 by Dave Hubert.<ref name=BbAug62>{{cite news |title=Dave Hubert Bows New Horizon Label|editor-last=Chase|editor-first=Sam|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1962/Billboard%201962-08-04-OCR-Page-0010.pdf |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Music Week]] |publisher=The Billboard Publishing Co.|location=Cincinnati|page=6|date=August 4, 1962|archive-date=July 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710215446/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1962/Billboard%201962-08-04-OCR-Page-0010.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=CbAug62>{{cite news |title=World Pacific To Handle Horizon, Folk Diskery|editor-last1=Ostrow|editor-first1=Marty|editor-last2=Howard|editor-first2=Ira|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1962/CB-1962-08-11-OCR-Page-0182.pdf |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co.|location=New York|page=176|date=August 11, 1962|archive-date=July 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710221455/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1962/CB-1962-08-11-OCR-Page-0182.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Horizon was originally a folk and blues label distributed by [[World Pacific Records]]. When [[Liberty Records]] acquired World Pacific in 1965, it also took over the distribution of Horizon. From 1974 to 1978 the label became a subsidiary imprint of [[A&M Records]] for issuing [[jazz]]. and pop, During this period, the label was known for producing albums with high-quality audio and packaging.<ref>{{Cite Grove |last=Kernfeld |first=Barry |title=Horizon}}</ref><ref name="Horizon A&M">{{cite web|title=Horizon Records |url=http://www.onamrecords.com/Horizon_Records.html#history|website=On A&M Records|access-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> The catalogue includes albums by [[Dave Brubeck]], [[Ornette Coleman]], [[Paul Desmond]], [[Charlie Haden]], and [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]]. John Snyder, the founder of the label, left in 1977 and started [[Artists House]].<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book|last=Kernfeld|first=Barry|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1|year=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1561592846|edition=2nd|editor=Barry Kernfeld|page=277}}</ref><ref name="All Music">{{cite book|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|editor1-last=Erlewine|editor1-first=Michael|editor2-last=Bogdanov|editor2-first=Vladimir|editor3-last=Woodstra|editor3-first=Chris|editor4-last=Yanow|editor4-first=Scott|title=All Music Guide to Jazz|date=1998|publisher=Miller Freeman Books|location=San Francisco|isbn=0-87930-530-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoj00erle_0/page/1333 1333]|edition=3rd|chapter=Labels|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoj00erle_0}}</ref>

In 1979 Horizon struck gold with debut albums by [[Brenda Russell]] and the [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]]. By 1980, the label disappeared. In 1984, A&M went into a deal with Word Distribution, giving more powerful distribution for Word's labels, such as [[Myrrh Records]], [[Word Records]], and [[Exit Records]]. Horizon was reactivated with its 1979 artwork intact as a Christian label, with [[the Imperials]], while Myrrh artist [[Amy Grant]] signed directly with A&M. By 1987, Horizon had disappeared a second time. Horizon's jazz catalogue is now managed by [[Verve Records]].

==Discography==
===1970s incarnation===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:20px;"|Horizon
!  style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:20px;"|A&M
!  style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:250px;"|Artist
!  style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center; width:180px;"|Album
|-
| 1|| 701||{{sortname|Thad|Jones}} and [[Mel Lewis]] || ''[[Suite for Pops]]''
|-
| 2|| 702||{{sortname|David|Liebman|Dave Liebman}} || ''[[Sweet Hands]]''
|-
| 3|| 703||{{sortname|Dave|Brubeck}} and [[Paul Desmond]] || ''[[1975: The Duets]]''
|-
| 4|| 704||{{sortname|Sonny|Fortune}} || ''[[Awakening (Sonny Fortune album)|Awakening]]''
|-
| 5|| 705||{{sortname|Jim|Hall|Jim Hall (musician)}} || ''[[Jim Hall Live!]]''
|-
| 6|| 706||{{sortname|Ira|Sullivan}} || ''[[Ira Sullivan (1976 album)|Ira Sullivan]]''
|-
| 7|| 707||{{sortname|Thad|Jones|nolink=1}} / Mel Lewis Orchestra || ''[[New Life (The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra album)|New Life]]''
|-
| 8|| 708|| [[Revolutionary Ensemble]]|| ''[[The People's Republic (album)|The People's Republic]]''
|-
| 9|| 709||{{sortname|Dave|Liebman|nolink=1}} and [[Richie Beirach]] || ''[[Forgotten Fantasies]]''
|-
| 10|| 850||{{sortname|Paul|Desmond}} Quartet || ''[[Live (Paul Desmond album)|Live]]''
|-
| 11|| 710||{{sortname|Charlie|Haden}} || ''[[Closeness (album)|Closeness]]''
|-
| 12|| 711||{{sortname|Sonny|Fortune|nolink=1}} || ''[[Waves of Dreams]]''
|-
| 13|| 712||{{sortname|Jimmy|Owens|Jimmy Owens (musician)}} || ''[[Jimmy Owens (album)|Jimmy Owens]]''
|-
| 14|| 713|| [[Karma (band)|Karma]] || ''Celebration''
|-
| 15|| 714||{{sortname|Dave|Brubeck|nolink=1}} || ''[[25th Anniversary Reunion]]''
|-
| 16|| 715||{{sortname|Jim|Hall|nolink=1}} || ''[[Commitment (Jim Hall album)|Commitment]]''
|-
| 17|| 716||{{sortname|Mel|Lewis}} || ''[[Mel Lewis and Friends]]''
|-
| 18|| 717||{{sortname|Don|Cherry|Don Cherry (jazz)}} || ''[[Brown Rice (album)|Brown Rice]]''
|-
| 19|| 719||{{sortname|Gerry|Niewood}} || ''And Timepiece''
|-
| 20|| 721||{{sortname|David|Liebman|nolink=1}} || ''[[Light'n Up, Please!]]''
|-
| 21|| 722||{{sortname|Ornette|Coleman}} || ''[[Dancing in Your Head]]''
|-
| 22|| 723|| Karma || ''For Everybody''
|-
| 23|| 724||{{sortname|Thad|Jones|nolink=1}} / Mel Lewis Orchestra || ''[[Live in Munich (The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra album)|Live in Munich]]''
|-
| 24|| 725|| {{sortname|Billy|Hart}} || ''[[Enchance]]''
|-
| 25|| 726|| {{sortname|Chet|Baker}} || ''[[You Can't Go Home Again (album)|You Can't Go Home Again]]''
|-
| 26|| 727|| {{sortname|Charlie|Haden|nolink=1}} || ''[[The Golden Number]]''
|-
|   || 728|| {{sortname|Herb|Alpert}} and [[Hugh Masekela]] || ''Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela''
|-
|   || 729|| {{sortname|Jimmy|Owens|nolink=1}} || ''[[Headin' Home (Jimmy Owens album)|Headin' Home]]''
|-
|   || 730|| [[Mark-Almond]] || ''Other Peoples Rooms''
|-
|   || 731|| {{sortname|David|Grisman}} || ''[[Hot Dawg]]''
|-
|   || 732|| [[Dr. John]] || ''[[City Lights (Dr. John album)|City Lights]]''
|-
|   || 733|| {{sortname|Neil|Larsen}} || ''Jungle Fever''
|-
|   || 734|| [[Seawind (band)|Seawind]] || ''Light the Light''
|-
|   || 735|| {{sortname|Richard|Evans|nolink=1}} || ''Richard Evans''
|-
|   || 736|| [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] || ''[[Yellow Magic Orchestra (album)|Yellow Magic Orchestra]]''
|-
|   || 737|| {{sortname|Gordon|Michaels|nolink=1}} || ''Stargazer''
|-
|   || 738|| {{sortname|Neil|Larsen|nolink=1}} || ''High Gear''
|-
|   || 739|| {{sortname|Brenda|Russell}} || ''[[Brenda Russell (album)|Brenda Russell]]''
|-
|   || 740|| Dr. John || ''[[Tango Palace (Dr. John album)|Tango Palace]]''
|-
|   || 741|| {{sortname|Ben|Sidran}} || ''The Cat and the Hat''
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]

==References==
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[[Category:Record labels established in 1962]]
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[[Category:Blues record labels]]
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[[Category:Verve Records labels]]
[[Category:A&M Records]]