ITI Records


ITI Records is a record label from Van Nuys, California that specializes in mainly jazz records.

Background

ITI's original owner was producer Mike Dion. An article in the October 1983 Billboard magazine said that he had taken on a partner, Mike Ervin, of Ervin Advertising & Design, who was to play an active role. It also indicated that musician John Heard, who had a release of his own as part of the trio Heard Ranier Ferguson, was going to be used as a graphic artist for the label. He was to be marketed as both an artist and a musician.
In September 2012, it was announced on the All About Jazz website that after being dormant for some time, and 30 years after its beginning, ITI Records was returning to re-release its catalog. It also said that new titles would be released.
Dion, who had retired from military service, had returned to the music industry. He had been previously recalled to active naval duty in 1998. This was due to the Bosnian and Middle East wars.

Artists

Some of the artists who have had LP releases on the label are Seventh Avenue with their debut album Heads Up, Bill Mays and Red Mitchell with their album Two of a Mind, Slider Glenn and Dan Glenn with Whispered Warning, and John Heard, Tom Ranier and Sherman Ferguson with their self-titled album. In 2013, Lenny Carlson had his album In the Mud re-released digitally. A section from that album earned a 1985 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Composition.

Specs

An example of manufacture and marketing is the Heard, Ranier, Ferguson LP which was manufactured and marketed by Allegiance Records Ltd.
As of 2012, its records were to be re-released through Warrant Music.

Selected releases

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