Gemini Records

Gemini Records (etablert 1984 i Oslo, men flyttey i 1995 til Vettre i Asker), er et norsk plateselskap startet og drevet av Bjørn Petersen (født 1939), primært for å gi ut plater av jazzsaksofonist Bjarne Nerem. Etter hvert ble formålet å gi ut vanlig jazz, mens uvanlig jazz ble utgitt på merket Taurus. Platene ble i stor grad inn i Rainbow Studios med Jan Erik Kongshaug som lydteknikker. Produksjon av plater ble nedlagt 2006, men foretaket bestod gjennom endel import av jazz. I 2012 ga det ut samlealbumet Totti's Choice. Innehaver Bjørn Petersen mottok i 2007 Ellaprisen fra Oslo Jazzfestival for sitt virke med plateselskapet, samt Kongens Fortjenstmedalje i gull i 2009. Han er bosatt i Asker, der Asker Jazzklubb ga ham sin hederspris i 2007.

Utgivelser på Gemini

• Bjarne Nerem, This is always (GMCD 47, innspilt 1984)
• Totti Bergh, I hear a rhapsody (GMCD 48, 1988)
• Harald Bergersen og Atle Hammer, Joy spring (GMCD 49, 1988)
• Magni Wentzel, All or nothing at all (GMCD 50, 1986)
• Laila Dalseth, Time for love (GMCD 51, 1988)
• Bjørn Johansen, Dear Henrik (GMCD 52, 1988)
• Totti Bergh og Al Cohn, Tenor gladness (GMCD 53, 1986)
• Laila Dalseth og Al Cohn, Travelling light (GMCD 54, 1987)
• Rowland Greenberg, How about you? (GMCD 55, 1988)
• Bjarne Nerem, More than you know (GMCD 56, 1988)
• Magni Wentzel og Art Farmer, My wonderful one (GMCD 57, 1988)
• Per Nyhaug studioband, Groovin' high (GMCD 58, 1988)
• Kenny Davern, Bjarne Nerem og Flip Phillips, Mood indigo (GMCD 59, 1988)
• Harold Ashby, The viking (GMCD 60, 1989)
• Egil Kapstad, Cherokee (GMCD 61, 1989)
• Al Grey og Bjarne Nerem, Al meets Bjarne (GMCD 62, 1989)
• Knut Riisnæs og Red Holloway, Confessin' the blues (GMCD 63, 1991)
• Christiania Jazzband, Nice work! (GMCD 64, 1990)
• Atle Hammer Sextet, Arizona blue (GMCD 65, 1991)
• Laila Dalseth/Frode Thingnæs/Bjørn Johansen/Egil Kapstad/Bjørn Alterhaug/Ole Jacob Hansen, Some other time (GMCD 66, 1991)
• Eivin Sannes, Sandu (GMCD 67, 1991)
• Totti Bergh Quintet, Major blues (GMCD 68, 1991)
• Benny Bailey Quintet, While my lady sleeps (GMCD 69, 1991)
• Diverse artister, Jazz på norsk (GMCD 70, 1991)
• Bjarne Nerem, Everything happens to me (GMCD 71, 1991)
• Bjarne Nerem, How long has this been going on (GMCD 72, 1991)
• Einar Iversen, Who can I turn to (GMCD 73, 1991)
• Magni Wentzel med Red Mitchell/Roger Kellaway, New York nights (GMCD 74, 1991)
• Knut Riisnæs og Red Holloway, The Gemini twins (GMCD 75, 1992)
• Laila Dalseth, The judge and I (GMCD 76, 1992)
• Per Nyhaug studioband, To Gemini (GMCD 77, 1993)
• Totti Bergh og Plas Johnson, On the trail! (GMCD 78, 1993)
• Asmund Bjørken Sextet, Pot's on! (GMCD 79, 1993)
• Harald Gundhus Quartet, Bohemian nights (GMCD 80, 1993)
• Magni Wentzel med Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen og Roger Kellaway, Come away with me (GMCD 81, 1993)
• Egil Kapstad Trio, Remembrance (GMCD 82, 1994)
• Slava Preobrazhenski og Nisse Sandström, Russian blue (GMCD 83, 1994)
• Frank Wess Quintet, Surprise! Surprise! (GMCD 84, 1994)
• Frode Thingnæs, Watch what happens (GMCD 85, 1994)
• Laila Dalseth, Daydreams (GMCD 86, 1994)
• Laila Dalseth, A woman's intuition (GMCD 87, 1995)
• Totti Bergh, Remember (GMCD 88, 1995)
• Per Husby, If you could see me now (GMCD 89, 1996)
• Dick Hyman og Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Elegies, mostly (GMCD 90, 1996)
• Totti Bergh, Warm valley (GMCD 91, 1996)
• Ditlef Eckhoff, Impressions of Antibes (GMCD 92, 1997)
• Eivin Sannes, Jubilee (GMCD 93, 1997)
• The Alf Kjellman Project, You'll always need friends (GMCD 94, 1998)
• Harry Allen/Totti Bergh/George Masso, Night bird (GMCD 95, 1998)
• Kevin Dean, Venous lake (GMCD 96, 1999)
• Harald Gundhus, Don't drop the bop (GMCD 97, 1999)
• Lars Erstrand, International all stars – Live at Uttersberg'98 (GMCD 98, 1999)
• Inge Stangvik og Eivin Sannes, Together (GMCD 99, 1999)
• Laila Dalseth, Listen here! (GMCD 100, 1999)
• Zoot Sims, It had to be you (GMCD 101, 2000)
• Oddbjørn Blindheim Trio, Horace hello (GMCD 102, 1999)
• Diverse artister, Distant reports – jazz from North Norway (GMCD 103, 2001)
• Lars Erstrand Quartet, Featuring Jan Allan & Varren Vache (GMCD 104, 2000)
• Tore Johansen, Man, woman and child (GMCD 105, 2000)
• Laila Dalseth, One of a kind (GMCD 106, 2000)
• John Pål Inderberg, Baritone landscape (GMCD 107, 2001)
• Arvid Gram Paulsen/Kristian Bergheim/Mikkel Flagstad, Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist (GMOJCD 9501/02, 2001)
• Einar Iversen, Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist (GMOJCD 9503, 2001)
• Rowland Greenberg, Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist (GMOJCD 9504, 2001)
• Bjørn Johansen, Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist (GMOJCD 9505, 2001)
• Harald Bergersen, Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist (GMOJCD 9506, 2001)
• Kjell Karlsen, Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist (GMOJCD 9507, 2001)
• Bjarne Nerem, Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist (GMOJCD 9508, 2001)
• Tore Johansen, Happy days (GMCD 108, 2002)
• Lars Erstrand, At Gallery Astley, vol. 1 (GMCD 109, 2002)
• Per Husby Septet, Peacemaker (GMCD 110, 2003)
• Jan Kåre Hystad kvartett, Vargtime (GMCD 111, 2002)
• Al Cohn, Live with Laila Dalseth/Totti Bergh Quintet (GMCD 112, 2002)
• Tore Johansen, Windows (GMCD 113, 2003)
• Laila Dalseth, Everything I love (GMCD 114, 2003)
• Bjarne Nerem, Embraceable You – The warm saxophone moods of Bjarne Nerem (GMCD 115, 2003)
• Lars Elstrand og Rebecca Kilgore, Erstrand meets Kilgore (GMCD 116, 2003)
• Egil Johansen Quartet med Scott Hamilton, Live at Stampen 1986 (GMCD 117, 2004)
• Roy Nikolaisen, Roy's choice (GMCD 118, 2004)
• Lars Erstrand og Antti Sarpila Quartet, We've got a heartful of music (GMCD 119, 2004)
• Lars Erstrand og Antti Sarpila Quartet, A sailboat in the moonlight (GMCD 120, 2004)
• Erik Amundsen, Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist (GMOJCD 9909/10, 2005)
• Cecil Aagaard, Portrait of a norwegian jazz artist (GMOJCD 9911, 2005)
• Tore Johansen og Karin Krog, Like that (GMCD 121, 2005)
• Jan Lundgren og Georg Riedel, Lockrop (GMCD 122, 2006)
• Jan Kåre Hystad kvartett, Vargtime 2, four cousins (GMCD 123, 2006)
• Totti Bergh, Totti's choice (dobbel-CD, 2012)

Utgivelser på Taurus

• Odd Riisnæs m.fl., Speak low (TRCD 825, 1989)
• Radiostorbandet, Meets Bill Holman (TRCD 826, 1989)
• Jon Gordon, Beginnings and endings (TRCD 827, 1989)
• Odd Riisnæs Quartet, Thoughts (TRCD 828, 1990)
• Dag Arnesen Quintet, The day after (TRCD 829, 1990)
• Dag Arnesen, Photographs (TRCD 830, 1992)
• Odd Riisnæs, Another version (TRCD 831, 1993)
• Dag Arnesen, Movin' (TRCD 832, 1994)
• Sigurd Ulveseth Quartet, To wisdom, the prize (TRCD 833, 1995)
• Marit Sandvik, Song fall soft (TRCD 834, 1995)
• Odd Riisnæs Project, Your ship (TRCD 835, 1996)
• Sigurd Ulveseth Quartet, Infant eyes (TRCD 836, 1997)
• Ole Jacob Hystad Quartet, Touch of time (TRCD 837, 1998)
• Espen Rud, Rudlende (TRCD 838, 1998)
• Ivar Antonsen, Double circle (TRCD 839, 1999)
• Andy Laverne og Ivar Antonsen, Dreams come true (TRCD 840, 2000)
• Sigurd Ulveseth Quartet, Wish I knew (TRCD 841, 2001)
• Ole Jacob Hystad Quartet, Tune in – take out (TRCD 842, 2002)
• Marit Sandvik, Even then – mother song (TRCD 843, 2002)
• Atle Nymo/Frode Nymo Quartet, Inner urge (TRCD 844, 2004)
• Dag Arnesen, Time enough (TRCD 845, 2005)
• Bossa Nordpå, Uma onda no mar (TRCD 846, 2005)
• John Pål Inderberg, Sval draum (TRCD 847, 2005)
• Roger Johansen, Evening songs (TRCD 848, 2005)
• Wenche Gausdal, Den lille forskjellen (TRCD 565, 2004)

Forrige mottaker:  Hank O'Neil

Vinner av Ella-prisen Oslo Jazzfestival (2007)

Neste mottaker:  Karin Krog

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