Music Industry News

Jazz Promo Services at the Jazz Improv Conference

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
October 25, 2007

If you're planning on attending Jazz Improv Conference please stop by the Jazz Promo Booth (#126) and say hello to Jim Eigo.

I'll be doing a workshop too: FRIDAY, October 26, 2007 - 11:00 AM New Yorker Hotel Sutton Place Suite 3rd Floor Promote Yourself - How To Get Exposure For Your Music & Career (Workshop) - Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services; Sutton Place Suite, New Yorker Hotel.

Jim Eigo-Jazz Promo Services (http://www.jazzpromoservices.com)

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Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - The Princess of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2007

By Jean-Claude Elias AMMAN - Jazz, with its infinite palette, can surprise the most blas listener. Aziza Mustafa Zadeh hails from Baku, Azerbaijan, plays an innovative form of jazz and is beyond any doubt one of the most inventive artists alive. I was recently given two of her CDs by a friend in music. The impact on me was the equivalent of an electroshock, an immense surprise - in many a way I found the discs to be superlative, exceptional ...

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Nu Groove Makes Comeback with Four Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards Nominations

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
October 17, 2007

In January 2007, smooth jazz took a step “back to the future." The legacy label Nu Groove records was re-launched after an almost 10-year hiatus. Original founder David Chackler decided to revitalize the legendary label, re-acquiring the rights to the Nu Groove name from his prior partners who had acquired the company in 2004 from Chackler, and two years later shuttered it. Originally the home of Michael Lington and “Down to the Bone," Nu Groove had been the benchmark for ...

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New Orleans Award-Winning Jazz Photographer Steven Forster Unveils "Musical Legends Remixed" with Ella Fitzgerald, the Count Basie Orchestra, Quincy Jones and Much More at Robert Bruno Gallery November 3rd 6-9 P.M.

Source: Michael Ricci
October 16, 2007

New Orleans Award-winning Jazz Photographer Steven Forster has announced that he will unveil the exhibition of his legends series of jazz and musical giants including Ella Fitzgerald, The Count Basie Orchestra, Fats Domino, Quincy Jones, Queen Latifah, Shirley Horn, Al Hirt and more at the Robert Bruno Gallery in New Orleans for the month of November 2007. The First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald will be among many giants Forster photographed in New Orleans including The Count Basie Orchestra, Fats ...

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Finding a New Audience for Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
October 15, 2007

Adrian Ellis, who for over a decade has been a sought-after consultant to cultural institutions from New York City Opera to the British Museum, has a new mission these days: building the audience for jazz. As the new executive director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, which opens its season on Friday, Mr. Ellis is taking the reins of the organization at a uniquely important moment in its development. JaLC has just completed a period of enormous growth, with its budget ...

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Boosey & Hawkes Now Represents the Works of Charles Mingus

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2007

Boosey & Hawkes is pleased to add the music of Charles Mingus to its growing catalogue of distinguished jazz and classical works. Through an agreement with Jazz Workshop, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes is currently the agent for synchronization and choreographic uses of Mingus' compositions, and anticipates making certain works available for rental in the near future. Boosey & Hawkes represents the rights to Mingus' works throughout the world with the exception of Japan and certain territories in Europe. Jazz Workshop, ...

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Nonesuch Records Signs Singer/Composer/Mandolinist Chris Thile and His New Band, Punch Brothers

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2007

Band's label debut will be released February 26

Thile's album with Edgar Meyer follows later in 2008 Nonesuch Records has signed mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile as well as his new band, Punch Brothers: Chris Eldridge (guitar), Greg Garrison (bass), Noam Pikelny (banjo), and Gabe Witcher (fiddle). The band's label debut will be released on February 26, 2008. Thile is perhaps best known as a member of the Grammy Award-winning trio Nickel Creek, with whom he had played since childhood. He ...

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Exclusive CeU Song Featured as Starbucks "Song of the Day," Tour Dates

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2007

On Monday, October 8, Starbucks will feature “Roda (Bombay Dub Orchestra's Grateful Dub Radio Mix)" by Six Degrees recording artist CeU (pronounced “cell with a light L") as their “Song of the Day." Currently this exclusive song is only available through this promotion. Each morning and while supplies last, Starbucks customers nationwide can discover that day's complimentary download as part of their daily coffee routine. Upon receiving their complimentary download card at Starbucks, customers will have until the end of ...

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