Venus Records


Venus Records is a Japanese jazz record label. It was founded in 1992 by Tetsuo Hara, who had worked as a producer for RCA Victor. It mostly works with a select group of artists from Italy, the United States, and Japan, and uses a signature 24-bit mastering process, named "Hyper Magnum Sound," that produces "very powerful sound with strong presence". It is also known for its album covers, which use well-known photographers and frequently feature nudity.

Discography

  • VENUS-1002 Albert Ayler Bells 1993
  • TKCZ-79136 Marzette Watts Marzette Watts 1993
  • TKCZ-79134 Burton Greene Trio The On Tour 1993
  • TKCZ-79130 Giuseppi Logan More 1993
  • TKCZ-79126 Patty Waters Sings 1993
  • TKCZ-79118 Why Not? 1993
  • TKCZ-79108 Giuseppi Logan Quartet The Giuseppi Logan Quartet 1993
  • TKCZ-79102 Albert Ayler Spirits Rejoice 1993
  • TKCZ-79101 Albert Ayler Trio Spiritual Unity 1993
  • TKCZ-79004 Gil Evans Live at the Public Theater 1993
  • TKCZ-79005 Art Pepper with Sonny Clark Trio Holiday Flight - Lighthouse 1953 1993
  • TKCV-79021 Barney Wilen Inside Nitty = Gritty 1993
  • TKCV-79016 Marion Brown Quintet Mirante Do Vale ~ Offering II 1993
  • TKCV-79012 Marion Brown Quintet Offering 1993
  • TKCY-79013 Dewey Redman Featuring Joshua Redman African Venus 1994
  • TKCZ-79158 Albert Ayler Quintet At Slug's Saloon 1966 1994
  • TKCZ-79024 Richie Beirach Trio Methuselah 1994
  • TKCV-79084 Paul Bley Trio Emerald Blue 1994
  • TKCV-79074 Paul Bley Trio Modern Chant 1994
  • TKCV-79055 Lonnie Smith Trio Purple Haze 1994
  • TKCV-79053 Lonnie Smith Trio Føxy Lady 1994
  • TKCV-79022 Lonnie Smith = John Abercrombie Trio The Afro Blue 1994
  • TKCZ-79506 Sonny Rollins Quintet / Thad Jones Sonny Rollins Plays 1995
  • TKCZ-36010 Albert Ayler Trio Spiritual Unity 1996
  • TKCV-79307 Archie Shepp Quartet Blue Ballads 1996
  • TKCV-35015 Lee Konitz Quartet Jazz Nocturne
  • TKCV-35134 Enrico Rava Italian Ballads 1996
  • TKCV-35018 Lee Konitz Lee Konitz & The Brazilian Band – Brazilian Serenade 1996
  • TKCV-35036 Steve Kuhn Trio Sing Me Softly of the Blues 1997
  • JAS-8007 Kenny Dorham The Arrival of Kenny Dorham 1997
  • JAS-8004 JR Monterose The Message 1997
  • TKCV-35102 Steve Kuhn Trio Love Walked In 1999
  • TKCV-35084 Richie Beirach Trio What Is This Thing Called Love? 1999
  • TKCV-35088 Steve Kuhn Trio Quiereme Mucho 2000
  • TKCV-35098 Steve Kuhn Trio Temptation 2001
  • TKCV-35091 Richie Beirach Trio Romantic Rhapsody 2001
  • TKCV-35307 Steve Kuhn Trio Waltz – Red Side 2002
  • TKCV-35306 Steve Kuhn Trio Waltz – Blue Side 2002
  • TKCV-35305 Richie Beirach Trio No Borders 2002
  • TKCV-35302 Enrico Rava Renaissance 2002
  • TKCV-35343 Super Trio Super Standard 2004
  • TKCV-35524 Archie Shepp Quartet Deja Vu 2003
  • VHCD-78073 Peter Bernstein Stranger in Paradise 2003
  • SSC 1109 Steve Kuhn Love Walked In 2003
  • KACD 0304 Roland Hanna with Ron Carter, Grady Tate Apres Un Reve 2003
  • TKCV-35336 Steve Kuhn Trio Easy to Love 2004
  • TKJV-19157 Nicole Henry Teach Me Tonight 2005
  • TKJV-19145 Simone Romance 2005
  • TKCV-35346 Nicole Henry Teach Me Tonight 2005
  • TKCV-35349 Cedar Walton Midnight Waltz 2005
  • TKCV-35380 Richie Beirach Trio Manhattan Reverie 2006
  • TKCV-35361 Steve Kuhn Trio Pavane for a Dead Princess 2006
  • TKCV-35200 Simone Moonlight Serenade 2006
  • TKJV-19183 Simone Taking a Chance On Love 2007
  • TKCV-35218 Rob Agerbeek Trio The Very Thought of You 2007
  • TKCV-35397 Simone Taking a Chance On Love 2007
  • TKCV-35395 Steve Kuhn Trio Plays Standards 2007
  • VHJD-8 Marilyn Scott Every Time We Say Goodbye 2008
  • VHJD-19 Simone Let's Fall in Love 2008
  • VHCD-1017 Tessa Souter Nights of Key Largo 2008
  • VHCD-1010 Simone Let's Fall in Love 2008
  • VHCD-1003 Steve Kuhn Trio Baubles, Bangles and Beads 2008
  • TKJV-19194 Nicki Parrott Moon River 2008
  • TKCV-35419 Marilyn Scott Every Time We Say Goodbye 2008
  • TKCV-35417 Richie Beirach Trio Summer Night 2008
  • VHJD-21 Nicki Parrott Fly Me to the Moon 2009
  • VHJD-13 Tessa Souter Nights of Key Largo 2009
  • VHCD-8009 Simone Essential Best 2009
  • VHCD-5011 Nicki Parrott Moon River 2009
  • VHCD-1021 Phil Woods Quintet Ballads & Blues 2009
  • VHCD-1032 Kenny Barron Trio Minor Blues 2009
  • VHCD-1035 Alexis Cole Someday My Prince Will Come 2009
  • VHCD-1024 Richie Beirach Jazz Adagio 2009
  • VHCD-1023 Nicki Parrott Fly Me to the Moon 2009
  • VHCD-1154 Tete Montoliu Catalonian Rhapsody 2014
  • VHJD-37 Alexis Cole Someday My Prince Will Come 2010
  • VHCD-4122 Simone Romance 2010
  • VHCD-4121 Simone Moonlight Serenade 2010
  • VHCD-1046 Alexis Cole with One for All You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 2010
  • VHCD-1045 Simone & Her Hawaiian Jazz Band Alomas of Hawaii 2010
  • VHCD-1044 Steve Kuhn Trio I Will Wait for You – The Music of Michel Legrand 2010
  • VHCD-1041 Nicki Parrott Black Coffee 2010
  • VHJD-49 Simone & Her Hawaiian Jazz Band Alomas of Hawaii 2011
  • VHJD-44 Alexis Cole You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 2011
  • VHJD-41 Nicki Parrott Black Coffee 2011