Music Industry News

Shake up at Universal Music Canada's Classics & Jazz Department

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2008

On January 11, President/CEO Randy Lennox announced the promotion of Donna Lidster to Vice-President, marketing, Universal/Island/Def Jam. She was Director of marketing. In her new role, the UIDJ marketing and promotion teams, as well as the classics & jazz departments will now report to her. A longtime Universal staffer, she has held various positions in promotion as well as in Country music. Industry veteran Scott Morin departs the Toronto-based company. Other staffers and executives were also let go. UMC has ...

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Composer Wynton Marsalis Signs with Boosey & Hawkes

Source: All About Jazz
January 8, 2008

Wynton Marsalis has been hailed as the most outstanding jazz musician and trumpeter of his generation, as well as one of the world's top classical trumpeters. Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Marsalis is a big band leader in the tradition of Duke Ellington, a gifted composer, a devoted advocate for the Arts, and a tireless and inspiring educator. In addition to being the first jazz artist to receive the Pulitzer Prize in music for his work Blood on ...

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Join the Largest Jazz Gathering in the World!

Source: All About Jazz
January 8, 2008

Over 100 live concert Performances in 4 days! The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) returns to the Canadian metropolis of Toronto the 35th Annual Conference from January 9-12, 2008. Upwards of 7,000 educators, musicians, record executives, exhibitors, media, students and enthusiasts are expected to attend the 35th Conference making this the jazz event of the year! The Fairmont Royal York, Toronto Sheraton and Intercontinental Hotels along with the Metro Toronto Convention Centre will serve as ...

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Plenty to See Before -- And After -- Jazz Showcase Returns

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2008

Every jazz listener in Chicago wants to know the same thing: Exactly when will Joe and Wayne Segal's irreplaceable Jazz Showcase reopen? No one -- not even the Segals -- can name a precise date. But they expect the Jazz Showcase, at Dearborn Station in the South Loop, to re-emerge in spring, once a build-out has been completed. Until then, the city's jazz scene continues its seemingly perpetual expansion, with constant activity in all the clubs, plus concerts in spaces ...

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Publisher Launches Root Music Press Release Distribution Site

Source: Just Roots PR
January 5, 2008

The activities of roots musicians have gone largely ignored by the media for too long. Now the publishers of online music publication Cross Harp Chronicles would like to change that. They have launched a press release distribution site/publicity firm exclusively for roots musicians and roots music industry professionals. This would include, but is not limited to Blues/Jazz/Folk/World and Roots Rock musicians.

“We became aware of exactly how little press Blues musicians receive about two years ago, when we found the ...

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Composer Quinsin Nachoff Jazzed up for New York Trip

Source: All About Jazz
January 5, 2008

The coming year promises to be a very good one for local saxophonist and composer Quinsin Nachoff. The musician was recently awarded a $35,000 Ontario Arts Council Chalmers grant to spend a year immersed in New York's bustling jazz community. That news would be a boon for any performer, but it is particularly welcome for Nachoff, who has spent the past few years touring and teaching at Humber College and the University of Toronto. “One of the reasons for the ...

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Looking Back at 2007's Best Jazz Recordings

Source: All About Jazz
January 5, 2008

IT'S TIME to cue up the year that was one more time. Here's our list of the top 10 jazz records of 2007: 1. “Mi Sueno," Ibrahim Ferrer (World Circuit/Nonesuch) The title translates to “My Dream," a reference to Ferrer's lifelong ambition to record an entire album of boleros. The dream remained just that for decades due to a widely held belief in the industry that his voice wasn't the right fit for the deeply romantic style of Latin music. ...

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Rock Hall Listed as Top Ten Destination for 2008

Source: Just Roots PR
January 4, 2008

USA Today's Travel Page Features Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum As A Must See Destination in 2008

Cleveland, OH- According to a national newspaper, it's time for people nationwide to pack their bags and head for Cleveland in 2008. The whole country's eyes were on Cleveland and the Rock Hall today as USA Today featured the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum as a must visit destination if you're ready to experience a trip ...

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