CTI Records (
Creed Taylor Incorporated) is a
jazz record label founded in
1967 by producer/A&R manager
Creed Taylor. Its first album release was
Wes Montgomery's
A Day In The Life in 1967. The latest new release, by the CTI Jazz All-Star Band, was recorded live at the
Montreux Jazz Festival in 2009, but released only in Japan in November 2010 on multiple formats: CD, DVD and Blu-ray. Initially, CTI was a subsidiary of
A&M Records, then the label went independent in 1970. Its roster of artists included
George Benson,
Bob James,
Walter Wanderley,
Freddie Hubbard,
Hubert Laws,
Stanley Turrentine,
Ron Carter,
Antonio Carlos Jobim, and
Deodato.