Music Industry News

MP3 Weekly Wants To Hear Your Music

Source: All About Jazz
March 7, 2005

Our A&R team is accepting submissions from music artists who would like to be considered for inclusion in an upcoming edition of MP3 Weekly. We are looking for jazz, world, cinematic instrumentals, the bold & beautiful, weird & wonderful. MP3 Weekly is a FREE service. Every week, we email an MP3 link w/artist info to our growing list of friends, fans and the music/film/tv industry -- exposing music lovers to a wide variety of new and interesting sounds that they ...

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Madagascar's Jazz Train

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2005

The Jazz Train – Madagascar May 1st, 2005. Audiences in Madagascar tend to be open and eager to discover new and more complex music because traditional Malagasy musical expressions themselves are polyphonic, polyrhythmic and varied. However, because of its insular geographic situation, of a struggling economy, and since there are no accessible/affordable means of getting more than mass-produced CDs or tapes, Malagasy listeners have little access to “other" musical mediums. On the other hand, the musicians cannot get ...

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Ars Nova Workshop Celebrates Five Years Of Jazz And Experimental Music

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2005

In March, Ars Nova Workshop, a Philadelphia non-profit jazz and experimental music presenting organization, will celebrate five years of programming. Founded in 2000 by Director Mark Christman (and then partner Craig Baylor), Ars Nova's first series was held in center city's historic Plays and Players Theatre. Commencing with Chris Speed's Yeah No featuring Cuong Vu (now with Pat Metheny) and Jim Black, this series - which only lasted one year - hosted an exceptional mix of downtown New York musicians ...

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Nail Distribution Expands Label Roster Ink’s North American Distribution Deals

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2005

Portland, OR - Founded nearly 25 years ago, Allegro Corporation is well established as one of North America’s leading independent entertainment distributors. Nail Distribution, acquired by Allegro Corporation in 2001, has continually grown through both its successful pursuits of new business contracts and acquisitions of new businesses.

NAIL has a built a strong reputation as a premier purveyor of underground music of all stripes, and is pleased to announce the following exclusive distribution signings to the company’s growing roster: ESP-DISK ...

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Jack DeJohnette Launches a New Label — Golden Beams

Source: All About Jazz
February 12, 2005

Jack DeJohnette, one of jazz music's greatest drummers and, bandleaders, will open his musical world up to his fans through the launch of his new imprint, Golden Beams Productions. On April 26th 2005, he will simultaneously release two singular projects: a stunning duet with the revered Gambian Kora player Foday Musa Suso called Music From The Hearts of the Masters; and a sublime recording for relaxation and meditation entitled Music in the Key of Om. Last weekRecently on New York’s ...

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Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Competition

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2005

Announcing a Sister-City Female Vocalist Jazz Contest High school, adult winners will win trip to Kobe, Japan Submission deadline March 16, 2005 The Seattle Kobe Sister City Association (SKSCA) is pleased to announce the very first Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Competition. SKSCA will send one high school and one adult female jazz vocalist from the greater Seattle area to Kobe, Japan to participate in a concert to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the “birth" of jazz ...

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The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Presents "Jazz Matters"On Wednesday, February 16 from 6-8pm.

Source: All About Jazz
February 8, 2005

THE JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION (JJA) PRESENTS “JAZZ MATTERS" on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 from 6-8pm. “Artists Copyright vs. Corporate Copyright" Ongoing developments in intellectual property law continue to highlight the debate over the rights of artists, JOURNALISTS, the entertainment industry, PUBLISHERS and the public to gain access to, use AND PROFIT FROM creative works. This panel will be of INTEREST to jazz media, jazz fans and jazz musicians. Recent cases regarding peer-to-peer file sharing on the internet, an author's right of ...

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Jazz from India!

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2005

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