Is It Jazz? Records

Karisma Records, Dark Essence Records, and Is it Jazz? Records represent two decades of passionate dedication to music. Founded by music enthusiasts, these labels have been committed to delivering albums that challenge, inspire, and excite. Your gateway to progressive rock, extreme metal and experimental jazz.

The people behind Karisma & Dark Essence Records have always been interested in a lot of different musical styles and genres, which is quite evident when you look at the catalogue of releases from both labels. When one dabbles with more progressive and experimental music, it should be no surprise that they also enjoy a lot of jazz.

As a result, they have launched a sub-label simply called Is it Jazz? Records. Why the name Is it Jazz? Records do you ask? Well, what’s labeled jazz is so much these days, that it even within the jazz scene there’s discussions on what is jazz and what is not. Here, they release bands and artists they feel represents jazz for them, be it the classic sounding jazz ones, the really experimental ones, the soft singer/songwriters or the hard rocking proggers. We hope you’ll enjoy their jazz discoveries, and let’s see if you think it’s jazz or not.