Challenge Records (1994)

Not to be confused with Challenge Records (1920s) or Challenge Records (1950s).

Challenge Records is a record company and label in the Netherlands founded by Hein van de Geyn, Anne de Jong, and Joost Leijen in 1994. Its catalogue includes music by Nat Adderley, Paul Bollenback, Bob Brookmeyer, Keith Ingham, Rick Margitza, Enrico Pieranunzi, Yitzhak Yedid, Clark Terry, Jasper van 't Hof, Eric Ineke and Eric Vloeimans.^[1]

Challenge Records
Founded	1994 (1994)
Founder	Hein van de Geyn Anne de Jong Joost Leijen
Distributor(s)	Challenge Records International
Genre	Jazz, classical
Country of origin	Netherlands
Location	Amersfoort
Official website	challengerecords.com

Imprints

Challenge's labels include Buzz, Between The Lines, Challenge Classics, Challenge Jazz Records, V-Flow, Double Moon (producer Volker Dueck),^[2] Challenge Jazz (producer Hein van de Geyn),^[3] Challenge Legacy, Retrieval (restorations by John R. T. Davies),^[4] Daybreak (producer Fred Dubiez),^[5] Timeless Jazz Legacy, A Records, JJ-Tracks, PineHill, Van Dyck Records, Supertracks Records, Drukplaten, Fineline, SunnyMoon Records, and Antoine Marchand.^[6]

Challenge also distributes many independent Dutch and German jazz labels.

See also

• List of record labels