Anzic Records

The label was founded by "philanthropist and businessman Colin Negrych with clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen".^[1] "Anzic" is a portmanteau of Cohen's first name and "music"/"muzic".^[2] Cohen's Place and Time was its first release, in 2005.^[1][3] They released nine CDs in 2007.^[2] The scope of Anzic's material was summarized by a writer in The New York City Jazz Record in 2011: "Anzic Records has been a platform for showcasing the unique appreciation that Israeli jazz musicians have for the Talmud according to Trane [John Coltrane] and the Mishnah according to Miles [Davis]."^[4] Their roster, however, includes non-Israeli musicians.^[2]

The musicians are involved in all facets of their recordings, from conception to marketing.^[5] In contrast with many other labels, the musicians are "paid immediately for CD sales versus waiting for the recording advance to be recovered."^[5] Cohen contrasted this with a typical record label experience: each musician with Anzic "knows exactly what's going on. They are part of the process. I think it's really important that musicians wake up and know the numbers, realistic numbers: how much it costs to make a CD, how much people expect to be paid, when they can get paid."^[6]