Bluesback Records was established in 2006 by trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, coinciding with the release of his "Rhythm On My Mind", a collaboration with bassist Jay Leonhart. The main impetus behind creating Bluesback was Wycliffe's interest in having full artistic control, autonomy and the freedom to release as he creates. It was during a meeting with Jay, while Wycliffe's composition "I Want My Blues Back" played in the background, that the two laughed and decided on the name for the company. Bluesback Records serves as a forum for other artists in Wycliffe's world who have consistently created strong original recordings.

The second release for the label was R&B singer London Arrington's "Between Lenox and Seventh", a high-energy funk record. Wycliffe crafted the album through musical collaboration, arranging and producing all of the original Arrington tunes.

Wycliffe then returned to his personal collection for his Signature Series. The first of 5 records to be released, "BloozBluzeBlues", has Wycliffe engaging the listener with all original compositions of straight-ahead jazz played by Wycliffe and his friends, Herlin Riley, Delfeayo Marsalis, Eric Reed, and Victor Goines, to name a few.

Bluesback then released the soulful R&B singer TOMOKO's "Organically Afro-Asiatic". Wycliffe originally met TOMOKO while on tour in Japan with Wynton Marsalis. He liked the singer's sound and energy, and when she re-located to NYC he decided to produce and perform on her debut album.

The latest release is from a young trombonist who had been Wycliffe's student for many years. Wycliffe reconnected with Michael Dease and released his debut recording "Clarity", a beautiful straight-ahead jazz album of primarily originals.

Wycliffe Gordon's latest efforts, “Boss Bones”and “You and I” are quintet CD's with trombonist Andre Hayward and tuba player Marty Erickson, the latter a new release on Bluesback Records.
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Wycliffe Gordon's original score for the 1925 film "Body and Soul", commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center, has won a Director's Choice Award at the Park City Utah Film Music Festival in 2008.