EmArcy Records
| EmArcy Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Founder | Mercury Records |
| Distributor(s) | Universal Music Group (International) Island Records (U.S.) |
| Genre | Jazz, world music |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Bob Shad for the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.
During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan recorded for EmArcy.
Today, it is a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. The catalogue is managed by the Island Records subsidiary.