Cleveland Time Records

Cleveland Time Records Nonprofit record label bring the world JAZZ from the CLE! Debut release 'Cleveland Time' from Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric feat.

the legendary Tom 'Bones' Malone due 2/19/21!

08/31/2025

"A Bad Rep in the Rubber City" - our all-new album - now streaming everywhere on Cleveland Time Records

Featuring musicians Matthew Alec, Brian Woods, Greg Banaszak, Steven Forrest Sanders, Miguel Tarin Torres, Brian Randall, The Franchise, Jeremy Voltz, Minus The Alien, Jared Lees, DJ Dramatize, and Drew Parent

Wife of famed saxophonist John Coltrane and mother of current saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, pianist and harpist Alice Coltr...
08/29/2025

Wife of famed saxophonist John Coltrane and mother of current saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, pianist and harpist Alice Coltrane (August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007) was a major driving force in spiritual jazz, having a profound influence on her husband’s masterwork “A Love Supreme”


Originally a Kansas City native, groundbreaking alto saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955...
08/29/2025

Originally a Kansas City native, groundbreaking alto saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) moved to NYC in 1939 armed with his new vision of a fully chromatic landscape for jazz soloists and became the leading figure in the bebop movement




Happy 57th birthday to Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Larry Goldings born on this day in 1968 in Boston, MA      ...
08/28/2025

Happy 57th birthday to Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Larry Goldings born on this day in 1968 in Boston, MA

Happy birthday to double bassist Peter Washington who turns 61 today, born August 28, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA           ...
08/28/2025

Happy birthday to double bassist Peter Washington who turns 61 today, born August 28, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA

Iconic tenor saxophonist Lester Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), or “Pres” as he was often called, first came t...
08/27/2025

Iconic tenor saxophonist Lester Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), or “Pres” as he was often called, first came to the public’s attention as the lead tenorist in Count Basie’s big band with a much lighter and lyrical approach than his contemporary, Coleman Hawkins



Happy birthday to saxophonist Branford Marsalis who turned 65 yesterday, born August 26, 1960 in New Orleans, LA        ...
08/27/2025

Happy birthday to saxophonist Branford Marsalis who turned 65 yesterday, born August 26, 1960 in New Orleans, LA


Happy birthday to saxophonist and former Jazz Messenger musical director Bobby Watson who turned 72 this weekend, born A...
08/25/2025

Happy birthday to saxophonist and former Jazz Messenger musical director Bobby Watson who turned 72 this weekend, born August 23, 1953 in Lawrence, KS

Tenor and soprano saxophone great Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) landed his first major career break in...
08/25/2025

Tenor and soprano saxophone great Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) landed his first major career break in 1959 when he joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with whom he toured internationally for 4 years before joining Miles Davis


Guitarist Charlie Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942) singlehandedly brought the electric guitar out into the fore...
08/22/2025

Guitarist Charlie Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942) singlehandedly brought the electric guitar out into the forefront as a soloist’s instrument; initially gaining notoriety as a member of Benny Goodman’s group in the late 1940s

Saxophonist and trumpeter Benny Carter (8.8.07 – 7.12.03) epitomized the sound of the alto saxophone during the swing er...
08/22/2025

Saxophonist and trumpeter Benny Carter (8.8.07 – 7.12.03) epitomized the sound of the alto saxophone during the swing era alongside his contemporary Johnny Hodges and his influence lasted many decades beyond, earning a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987



Bebop trumpet legend Art Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) switched to the warmer, more mellow flugelhorn in th...
08/21/2025

Bebop trumpet legend Art Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) switched to the warmer, more mellow flugelhorn in the 1960s and helped establish the instrument as a soloist’s vehicle in jazz


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Proud to introduce Cleveland Time Records, a label producing and promoting jazz from Cleveland, Ohio.