Music Industry News

Pianist Hilton Ruiz in Critical Condition

Source: All About Jazz
May 25, 2006

NEW ORLEANS -- Jazz pianist and composer Hilton Ruiz was in critical condition Wednesday, nearly a week after he was found on Bourbon Street with an unexplained skull fracture and broken bones in his face, according to his agent. Ruiz, whose 54th birthday is next week, has been unconscious since he was found early Friday after leaving the Utopia bar, agent and manager Joel Chriss said from New York in a telephone interview. Chriss said he was told that the ...

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The Berkeley Item - #277

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2006

Pianist / composer THELONIOUS MONK and tenor saxophonist JOHN COLTRANE - genius mentor and budding genius - joined forces in a fabled Monk-led quartet that worked steadily at New York's Five Spot Caf for a five-month period, between July and December 1957. And in the spring and summer of that year, they met in the recording studio on four occasions for the Riverside label, with producer Orrin Keepnews and a varying supporting cast.

The results of those sessions, which comprise ...

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Carmen Lundy Nominated For Best Jazz Vocalist By Jazzweek Readers!

Source: All About Jazz
May 22, 2006

AFRASIA PRODUCTIONS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT CARMEN LUNDY HAS BEEN NOMINATED JAZZ VOCALIST OF THE YEAR BY JAZZWEEK READERS! Ballots appear in the May 22nd issue, and Winners will be announced at the JazzWeek Summit, June 17, 2006 in Rochester, New York Be sure to vote! Carmen's Latest CD CARMEN LUNDY AND THE NEW SONGBOOK ARTISTS “Now, for those who've missed some or all of Lundy's seven previous albums, there's this two-disc set, recorded live at LA's ...

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CD Baby scores in-store retail distribution for ALL independent musicians

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2006

CD Baby, the online seller of independent music, announced a new distribution deal today that lets any artist sell their CD in over 2400 traditional retail music stores across America. The deal is a partnership with Super D, one of the largest one-stop music wholesalers, supplying chains like Tower, Borders, Best Buy, Hot Topic, and Transworld, as well as independent tastemaker stores from the Coalition for Independent Music Stores and Alliance of Independent Media Stores. CD Baby's entire catalog of ...

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John Hicks Funeral Service, Friday May 19, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2006

Viewing will be held: Thursday, May 18, 2006 4 - 9pm Saint Mark's United Methodist Church 55 Edgecombe Avenue (between 137th & 138th Sts) New York, NY Homegoing service for Mr. Hicks will be held on: Friday May 19, 2006 2:00 pm Saint Mark's United Methodist Church 55 Edgecombe Avenue (between 137th & 138th Sts) New ...

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The Berkeley Item - #276

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2006

Founded in New York by producer Orrin Keepnews in 1966, two years after the demise of his earlier label Riverside, Milestone Records quickly established itself as a forward-thinking company that attracted major artists such as McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz, and Gary Bartz. It was acquired by Fantasy, Inc. in 1972 (Keepnews joined Fantasy that same year) and continued to record a wide array of jazz, Latin, and world artists - Flora Purim, Ron Carter, Jerry Gonzalez and the ...

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The Berkeley Item - #275

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2006

For a five-year period in the early / mid-1970s, the association of keyboardist MERL SAUNDERS and guitarist-vocalist JERRY GARCIA was fruitful for both musicians, as well as for fans who witnessed their now-legendary performances in San Francisco Bay Area clubs (and occasional East Coast venues). It made the venerable jazz organist and pianist an icon in the world of rock, and it opened new avenues of improvisation for the innovative rock guitar player.

Highlights from their Fantasy recordings of the ...

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Savoy Label Group Establishes a "Nu Groove" with Signing of Saint Etienne and Debut of Savoy Jazz Worldwide Label in 2006

Source: All About Jazz
April 22, 2006

New Projects Also Include The Basement Boy's “Mudfoot Jones"; Groove Collective, Re-Bop: Savoy Jazz Remixed and Palace Lounge Presents “Cafe D'Afrique" Santa Monica, CA: The Savoy Label Group, home to legendary jazz recording label, Savoy Jazz, establishes a new home for funky dance grooves under the auspices of a new marketing campaign titled “Nu Groove," which will encompass the signing of dancefloor legends Saint Etienne to Savoy Jazz and the creation of Savoy Jazz Worldwide, a ...

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