Music Industry News

Festival Productions Merges with Shoreline Media to Form the Festival Network, LLC

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
January 25, 2007

Festival Productions, Inc., George Wein's internationally celebrated music festival company, has joined with Shoreline Media, LLC to form The Festival Network, LLC (The Network), creating one of the world's premier entertainment and production companies.

The recent transaction marks a new era for lifestyle marketing. Through The Network's consolidation of the destination festival market, music fans will enjoy more diverse live entertainment experiences and content. At the same time, corporate sponsors will gain access to highly coveted audiences through a single, ...

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Michael Musillami Trio with Mark Feldman to Tour and Record in May

Source: Improvised Communications
January 23, 2007

Guitarist Michael Musillami and his longstanding trio, featuring bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller, will perform four live dates in the Northeast this May before entering the studio to record their third CD with special guest, violinist Mark Feldman. Feldman will perform with the group on two of the May gigs and all of the tracks on its forthcoming CD, which will feature new Musillami originals written specifically for this four-piece ensemble.

“I've felt a strong connection to Mark's ...

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Jazz Sheds Outlaw Status, but Not Its Heart and Soul

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2007

By Paul de Barros NEW YORK CITY -- A pair of tall, striking paintings at the Grand Ballroom stage of the Hilton Hotel suggested two distinct visions of jazz at the recent conference of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE), America's most important annual jazz gathering. Both were painted by New Yorker E. J. Gold. One was a nostalgic rendering of a famous photo of Manhattan's bygone 52nd Street nightclub strip, known as “swing street" in its '40s heyday; ...

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In Jazz World, "A Major Paradigm Shift"

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2007

NEW YORK - “Let's get small" was the name of a popular Steve Martin comedy routine in the late 1970s, but it's also an apt description of how the jazz community reacted to the sometimes dramatic changes in the music industry over the past year. Accordingly, the benefits of thinking small echoed throughout the 34th annual International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) conference. It was held Jan. 10-13 at the Hilton New York and Sheraton New York and included a ...

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Bassist Hilliard (Hill) Greene Goes It "Alone" After 18 Years with Vocalist Jimmy Scott

Source: All About Jazz
January 20, 2007

New York--A long and fruitful performance relationship has come to an amicable end between world-class bassist Hilliard (Hill) Greene and legendary jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott. After 13 years as Mr. Scott's musical director, and 18 years overall as his sideman, after many recordings, numerous television and radio programs, and countless concert tours and club dates, Hill Greene is wading in the musical waters elsewhere. The title of Mr. Greene's first solo CD, “Alone," could hold some prophetic notes, but surely ...

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The Courthouse: Toronto's Newest Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
January 17, 2007

Introducing Toronto's Newest Jazz Club LIVE AT THE COURTHOUSE Toronto - Patrick Taylor, jazz impresario and Executive Producer of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival, and Nick DiDonato, Founder and President of Liberty Entertainment Group, are pleased to announce the opening of Toronto's newest jazz club, Live At The Courthouse. Located at 57 Adelaide Street East, The Courthouse will host live music six nights a week beginning Tuesday, March 20, 2007. The Courthouse will be transformed into ...

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Rhythms Announces Exotic Line of Afro Lamellophone Cajons at Namm Convention in Anaheim for 2007

Source: imajinnWEST
January 12, 2007

Santa Clara, CA - - January, 11 2007 -- No one knows precisely where and when the African Lamellophone was invented but ethnomusicologist and Rhythms founder Joe Agu knows the soul of this universally loved instrument. That's why in 2007 Rhythms Exotic Afro Percussions is introducing a new line of African Lamellophone Cajons at the 2007 NAMM Show on January 18-21, 2007 in Anaheim, California at the Anaheim Convention Center. According to Joe Agu, while many people embrace and play ...

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ESP-Disk at IAJE

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 10, 2007

ESP-Disk's founder and president Bernard Stollman will attend the IAJE to celebrate the launch of the label's first 12 hour compilation dvd, containing long excerpts from 240 works, taken from every cd in the ESP catalog of 125 cds . The dvd was designed to be used as a teaching aid, as it provides 7-8 minute performance segments by every ESP improvisational artist. Stollman will sign dvds at the Borders store in IAJE, and he will meet and greet IAJE ...

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