EmArcy Records

EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Bob Shad for the American Mercury Records.

The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.

[1] During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan recorded for EmArcy.

[1] Today, it is a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group.

The catalogue is managed by the Island Records subsidiary.