Enja Records
Founded	1971
Founder	Matthias Winckelmann, Horst Weber
Distributing label	Enja Records
Genre	Jazz
Country of origin	Germany
Official Website	Official website of Enja Records

Enja Records is a German jazz record label based in Munich, Germany. It was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971, initially devoted to the Jazz avant-garde.^[1]

The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and recently the focus at the label has broadened to encompass other genres of music. Its sub-label is Blues Beacon Records.

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Rabih Abou-Khalil Pepper Adams Franco Ambrosetti Chet Baker Kenny Barron Arthur Blythe Marty Cook Stanton Davis Bob Degen Eric Dolphy Eddie Lockjaw Davis James Emery Gil Evans Tommy Flanagan Michael Formanek David Friedman Jerry Gonzalez

Jerry Hahn Hampton Hawes Coleman Hawkins Freddie Hubbard Abdullah Ibrahim Italian Instabile Orchestra Michael Gregory Jackson Ingrid Jensen Joint Venture Elvin Jones Lee Konitz Wayne Krantz Frank Lacy Abbey Lincoln Kevin Mahogany Albert Mangelsdorff Charles Mingus Walter Norris

Hannibal Peterson Tony Reedus Josh Roseman Maria Schneider Daniel Schnyder John Scofield Archie Shepp Cecil Taylor Charles Tolliver McCoy Tyner Mal Waldron Ben Webster Yosuke Yamashita Dhafer Youssef New York Jazz Quartet

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[edit] See also

• List of record labels