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!

Happy birthday to American smooth jazz guitarist and vocalist Norman Brown who turns 55 today, born December 18, 1970 in...
12/19/2025

Happy birthday to American smooth jazz guitarist and vocalist Norman Brown who turns 55 today, born December 18, 1970 in Shreveport, LA

Happy birthday to trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith who turned 84 today, born December 18, 1941 in Leland, MS                  ...
12/19/2025

Happy birthday to trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith who turned 84 today, born December 18, 1941 in Leland, MS



Happy birthday to American fusion guitarist Robben Ford who turns 74 today, born December 16, 1951 in Woodlake, CA      ...
12/16/2025

Happy birthday to American fusion guitarist Robben Ford who turns 74 today, born December 16, 1951 in Woodlake, CA

Detroit-born pianist Barry Harris (12.15.29 – 12.8.21) recorded 25 albums as a leader and served as sideman to the likes...
12/16/2025

Detroit-born pianist Barry Harris (12.15.29 – 12.8.21) recorded 25 albums as a leader and served as sideman to the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Coleman Hawkins, and Dexter Gordon before shifting much of his focus in the 1980s to spreading education of the bebop language




Despite featuring 7 tracks in odd time signatures, popular cool jazz pianist Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5...
12/12/2025

Despite featuring 7 tracks in odd time signatures, popular cool jazz pianist Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) and his famed quartet defied all odds and produced the first jazz album to sell 1 million copies with 1959’s “Time Out”

📸Joe Alper



Beloved saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) helped pioneer the smooth jazz genre ...
12/12/2025

Beloved saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) helped pioneer the smooth jazz genre in the 1970s and ‘80s with his charismatic blend of funk, R & B, and jazz

📸Alejandro Alvarez

Massively influential pianist McCoy Tyner (12.11.38 – 3.6.20) and his innovative use of quartal and quintal chord voicin...
12/11/2025

Massively influential pianist McCoy Tyner (12.11.38 – 3.6.20) and his innovative use of quartal and quintal chord voicings had a profound effect on John Coltrane and the direction of his music & notably appeared on “My Favorite Things,” “Crescent” & the seminal “A Love Supreme”



Detroit-born NEA Jazz Master trumpeter Donald Byrd (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) earned a master’s degree from t...
12/09/2025

Detroit-born NEA Jazz Master trumpeter Donald Byrd (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) earned a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music and received a major career break in 1956 with Art Blakey (as Clifford Brown’s successor) which whom he spent a short time

Prominent Duke Ellington trumpeter Ray Nance (December 10, 1913 – January 28, 1976) was also a violinist and a vocalist ...
12/09/2025

Prominent Duke Ellington trumpeter Ray Nance (December 10, 1913 – January 28, 1976) was also a violinist and a vocalist and he was featured on both throughout his 23 year tenure with Ellington


Happy birthday to Czech bassist and Weather Report co-founder Miroslav Vitouš who turned 78 this weekend, born December ...
12/08/2025

Happy birthday to Czech bassist and Weather Report co-founder Miroslav Vitouš who turned 78 this weekend, born December 6, 1947 Prague, Czechoslovakia

“The Incredible” organist and NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Smith (December 8, 1928 – February 8, 2005) blended elements of ‘60s...
12/08/2025

“The Incredible” organist and NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Smith (December 8, 1928 – February 8, 2005) blended elements of ‘60s soul with hard bop and brough major attention to the Hammond B-3



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