Universal Classics & Jazz: version 1
Saved 2026-09-13 12:10 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the wanted barcode 028947612421, John Rutter's *Distant Land: The Orchestral Collection* (CD, 2003), from the 2007 Barcodepedia title. - Identity: MusicBrainz release 7ed50d8e (GB, UCJ, 476 124. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Universal Classics & Jazz <!--brand-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Universal Classics & Jazz
founded: 1999
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| imprint_of | company/universal-music-operations | GB | | 2011 | | sourced | ^mb | MusicBrainz describes UCJ as the UK label of Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd; the UK division was dismantled in 2011 (^wikipedia-ucj) |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| UCJ | name | en | | |
| Universal Classics and Jazz | name | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------- | ----------- | --------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| mb | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/7ed50d8e-a539-43ff-9907-6571b4210bb6?fmt=json&inc=labels+recordings+artist-credits | MusicBrainz release: Distant Land: The Orchestral Collection (GB CD, 476 124-2) | 2026-09-13 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | 7ed50d8e-a539-43ff-9907-6571b4210bb6 | barcode, label, release event, packaging, tracklist, recording credits | CC0 | | |
| discogs-ucj | https://api.discogs.com/labels/113810 | Discogs label 113810: Universal Classics & Jazz | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 113810 | profile, parent label | | | |
| wikipedia-ucj | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Classics_and_Jazz | Wikipedia: Universal Classics and Jazz | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Universal Classics & Jazz, also printed as Universal Classics and Jazz and abbreviated UCJ, is a classical and jazz label of Universal Music Group, created in 1999 as the successor of PolyGram Classics & Jazz.[^discogs-ucj] Its London division, whose roster included Jamie Cullum, Aled Jones and Katherine Jenkins, was dismantled in 2011 when Universal revived Decca in the UK; the name continued for divisions in Germany and Japan.[^wikipedia-ucj] MusicBrainz records the UK imprint as a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.[^mb]
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