# Flying Dutchman Records

Flying Dutchman Records was an American jazz record label, which was owned by music industry executive, producer and songwriter Bob Thiele.

## History

Initially distributed by Atlantic Records, Thiele made a five-album deal in 1972 with Mega Records to issue five albums in the Flying Dutchman Series. The deal was not renewed and distribution shifted to RCA Records, which took over the label in 1976. The label released albums until 1984 when Thiele established Doctor Jazz Records. Some of the musicians who recorded several albums for the label include singer Leon Thomas, saxophonist Gato Barbieri, arranger Oliver Nelson, saxophonist Tom Scott and pianist Lonnie Liston Smith. Gil Scott-Heron released three albums for the label, including his debut Small Talk at 125th and Lenox and Free Will.
Flying Dutchman had three sublabels, Amsterdam, BluesTime, and Contact.
Flying Dutchman is independently owned and since 2011 has been distributed and marketed by Ace Records.

## Discography
### 10100 Series

Flying Dutchman Records commenced releasing LPs in 1969 with the 10100 Series that continued until 1973.
| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
| 10101 | Soulful Brass #2 | Steve Allen | |
| 10102 | Come and Stick Your Head In | Spontaneous Combustion | |
| 10103 | Appleton Syntonic Menagerie | Jon Appleton | |
| 10104 | Emergency-Head Start | Bob Thiele | |
| 10105 | Ain't No Ambulances For No Nigguhs Tonight | Stanley Crouch | |
| 10106 | Hair to Jazz | Tom Scott | |
| 10107 | The Giant is Awakened | Horace Tapscott | |
| 10108 | Flight for Four | John Carter & Bobby Bradford Quartet | |
| 10109 | Hog Fat | Jimmy Gordon | |
| 10110 | Oh! Calcutta! | Ron Anthony | |
| 10111 | A Night at Santa Rita | Robert Scheer | |
| 10112 | My People | Duke Ellington | |
| 10113 | Newport News, Virginia | Esther Marrow | |
| 10114 | Paint Your Wagon | Tom Scott | |
| 10115 | Spirits Known and Unknown | Leon Thomas | |
| 10116 | Black, Brown and Beautiful | Oliver Nelson | |
| 10117 | The Third World | Gato Barbieri | |
| 10118 | Massacre at My Lai | Pete Hamill | |
| 10120 | 3 Shades of Blue | Johnny Hodges | with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson |
| 10121 | Human Music | Jon Appleton and Don Cherry | |
| 10122 | Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 | George Russell | Also released on Sonet in Europe |
| 10123 | Friends and Neighbors: Live at Prince Street | Ornette Coleman | |
| 10124 | Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature | George Russell | |
| 10125 | Esoteric Circle | Jan Garbarek | |
| 10126 | The 8th of July, 1969 | Gunter Hampel | |
| 10127 | Murder at Kent State University | Pete Hamill | |
| 10128 | Self Determination Music | John Carter and Bobby Bradford | |
| 10130 | The Mayor and the People | Carl B. Stokes | A Black Suite for String Quartet and Jazz Orchestra by Oliver Nelson |
| 10131 | Small Talk at 125th & Lenox | Gil Scott-Heron | |
| 10132 | The Leon Thomas Album | Leon Thomas | |
| 10133 | Soulful Brass #3 | Steve Allen | |
| 10134 | Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra | Oliver Nelson and the "Berlin Dreamband" | |
| 10135 | El Exigente: The Demanding One | Chico Hamilton | |
| 10136 | SNCC's Rap | H. Rap Brown / Leon Thomas | |
| 10137 | The Great Comedy Album Starring Spiro T. Agnew | Will Jordan | |
| 10138 | Afrique | Count Basie and His Orchestra | Arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson |
| 10139 | Barefoot Boy | Larry Coryell | |
| 10140 | California Here I Come | Mike Lipskin with Willie "The Lion" Smith | |
| 10141 | Soul & Soledad | Angela Davis | |
| 10142 | Leon Thomas in Berlin | Leon Thomas with Oliver Nelson | |
| 10143 | Pieces of a Man | Gil Scott-Heron | |
| 10144 | Fénix | Gato Barbieri | |
| 10145 | Sunshine Man | Harold Alexander | |
| 10146 | Classic Tenors | Coleman Hawkins / Lester Young | Recorded December 1943 |
| 10147 | Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines | Earl Hines | Reissue of 1966 Contact LP |
| 10148 | Are You Ready? | Harold Alexander | |
| 10149 | Swiss Suite | Oliver Nelson | |
| 10150 | Shelly Manne & Co. | Shelly Manne | Reissue of 1965 Contact LP compiling 1940s recordings |
| 10151 | El Pampero | Gato Barbieri | |
| 10152 | Those Were the Days | Bob Thiele | |
| 10153 | Free Will | Gil Scott-Heron | |
| 10154 | Soul Is... Pretty Purdie | Bernard Purdie | |
| 10155 | Blues and the Soulful Truth | Leon Thomas | |
| 10156 | Under Fire | Gato Barbieri | |
| 10157 | Song for Wounded Knee | Richard Davis | |
| 10158 | Bolivia | Gato Barbieri | |
| 10159 | What a Wonderful World | Bobby Hackett | |
| 10161 | The Songs of Bessie Smith | Teresa Brewer, Count Basie and Thad Jones | |
| 10163 | Astral Traveling | Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes | |
| 10164 | Facets: An Anthology | Leon Thomas | Compilation |
| 10165 | The Legend of Gato Barbieri | Gato Barbieri | Compilation |
| 10166 | It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing | Duke Ellington and Teresa Brewer | |
| 10167 | Full Circle | Leon Thomas | |

### BluesTime Series

In 1969 Flying Dutchman established the BluesTime label to record blues music issuing ten albums between 1969 and 1970.
| Catalog No. (BTS) | Album | Artist | Details |
| 9001 | The Plaster Caster Blues Band | The Plaster Casters | |
| 9002 | The Real Boss of the Blues | Joe Turner | |
| 9003 | Super Black Blues | T-Bone Walker / Joe Turner / Otis Spann | |
| 9004 | Every Day I Have the Blues | T-Bone Walker | |
| 9005 | The Return of Harmonica Slim | Harmonica Slim | |
| 9006 | Sweet Giant of the Blues | Otis Spann | |
| 9007 | The Original Cleanhead | Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson | |
| 9008 | Just the Blues | Malcolm & Chris | |
| 9009 | Super Black Blues Volume II | Leon Thomas / T-Bone Walker / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson / Joe Turner | Two record set recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1970 |
| 9010 | Blue Rocks | Otis Spann / T-Bone Walker /Joe Turner / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson | |
| 1378 | Dues Paid: The Bluestime Story 1968-1971 | Various Artists | Compilation |

### Amsterdam

The Amsterdam subsidiary label was established in 1970 and concentrated of popular music including the recordings of Thiele's wife Teresa Brewer.
| Catalog No. (AMS) | Album | Artist | Details |
| 12001 | Bossa Nova de Paris | Valentino Marcel | |
| 12002 | Never Again | Golda Meir and Various Artists | Audio documentary on Israel through the voices of its leaders and people narrated by David Perry |
| 12003 | Love Poems for the Very Married | Lois Wyse | Music arranged and conducted by Tom Scott |
| 12004 | Return from the Dead | Dirty John's Hot Dog Stand with Kenny Paulson | |
| 12005 | Heavy Equipment | Euclid | |
| 12006 | I Love You Better Now | Lois Wyse | |
| 12007 | The Minx (Soundtrack) | The Cyrkle | |
| 12008 | Here’s That Band Again: Dick Jurgens Plays His Hits | Dick Jurgens | |
| 12009 | Louis Armstrong and His Friends | Louis Armstrong | |
| 12010 | Leave Them a Flower | Wally Whyton | |
| 12011 | Here’s That Band Again Today | Dick Jurgens | |
| 12012 | Singin’ a Doo Dah Song | Teresa Brewer | |
| 12013 | Music, Music, Music | Teresa Brewer | |
| 12014 | Playing on the Moon | Biscuit Davis | |
| 12015 | Teresa Brewer in London | Teresa Brewer | |

### Reggae Series

In 1970 Flying Dutchman established the Reggae label to record reggae music issuing four albums.
| Catalog No. (RS) | Album | Artist |
| 15001 | The Reggae Beat | Superman |
| 15002 | Super Reggae | The Liquidators |
| 15003 | Reggae Thing | The Ironmen |
| 15004 | Doin’ the Reggae | Heavy Reggae Machine |

### Mega Records

Five albums produced under the Flying Dutchman Productions banner were released by the Mega label in 1972
| Catalog No. (M) | Album | Artist | Details |
| 31-1012 | You Can't Make Love Alone | Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson | |
| 51-5000 | Fairyland | Larry Coryell | |
| 51-5001 | Stand by Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) | Pretty Purdie and the Playboys | |
| 51-5002 | Let’s Dance Again | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra | Recorded in 1969 |
| 51-5003 | Gold Sunrise on Magic Mountain | Leon Thomas | |

### RCA Distributed Series

Starting in 1974, Flying Dutchman albums were released and distributed by RCA using their numbering system.
| Catalog No. | Album | Artist | Details |
| 0549 | Old Rags | The New Sunshine Jazz Band | |
| 0550 | Yesterdays | Gato Barbieri | |
| 0591 | Cosmic Funk | Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes | |
| 0592 | Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags | Oliver Nelson | |
| 0613 | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | Gil Scott-Heron | Compilation |
| 0825 | Skull Session | Oliver Nelson | |
| 0827 | Onsaya Joy | Groove Holmes | |
| 0829 | Strike Up the Band | Bobby Hackett with Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli | |
| 0830 | Cesar 830 | Cesar | |
| 0833 | Tom Scott in L.A. | Tom Scott | Compilation |
| 0834 | Expansions | Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes | |
| 0964 | I Saw Pinetop Spit Blood | Bob Thiele and His Orchestra | |
| 1082 | Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute | Elek Bacsik | |
| 1120 | Nightwings | Bucky Pizzarelli and Joe Venuti | |
| 1145 | Hot Coles | Shelly Manne | |
| 1146 | Six Million Dollar Man | Richard "Groove" Holmes | |
| 1147 | El Gato | Gato Barbieri | |
| 1196 | Visions of a New World | Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes | |
| 1197 | Dumpy Mama | Sonny Stitt | |
| 1239 | The French Market Jazz Band | The French Market Jazz Band | |
| 1371 | The World's Greatest Jazz Band of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart In Concert | Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart | |
| 1372 | Scott Joplin Interpretations | Mike Wofford | |
| 1378 | Buck & Bud | Bud Freeman and Bucky Pizzarelli | |
| 1449 | A Dream Deferred | Oliver Nelson | |
| 1460 | Reflections of a Golden Dream | Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes | |
| 1461 | Sometime Other Than Now | Steve Marcus | |
| 1537 | I'm in the Mood for Love | Richard Holmes | |
| 1538 | Stomp Off Let's Go | Sonny Stitt | |
| 2568 | Three Waves | Steve Kuhn Trio | Reissue of 1966 Contact LP |