1.   His first album was released on the hallowed Blue Note jazz label.

2.   Back then he was working for ECM, which is mostly a jazz label, the label of Keith Jarrett.

3.   After spending much of his career recording for small jazz labels, Harrell has seen his profile raised by his recent releases on the more prominent RCA Victor.

4.   After a bidding war among jazz labels, the pianist signed with Blue Note.

5.   But when Pakman met Larry Rosen, the founder of GRP, a prominent jazz label, he said Rosen understood.

6.   Cassandra Wilson, the hottest singer on a jazz record label at the moment, will sing as part of a Blue Note Records evening Tuesday.

7.   Even Verve Records, which was founded as a jazz label, has branched into other styles.

8.   More surprising, independent jazz labels were barely a presence.

9.   Owing to the straitened economies of jazz record labels, the entire process of rehearsing and recording had to be telescoped into two days.

10.   The willingness of major jazz labels to promote their musicians is also being felt in clubs.