Music Industry News

Blue Note Records Celebrates 65 Years With New CD, A Clothing Line, and More RVGs

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2004

In 65th Year Legendary Jazz Label Blue Note Records Releases Global Remix CD, Blue Note Revisited; Launches New Clothing Line, A New Perspective; And Announces Continuation Of RVG Edition Reissue Series

It took the convergence of several natural forces to create and define one of the greatest jazz record labels there has ever been: Jazz-loving German immigrants fleeing the Nazi regime (Alfred Lion & Francis Wolff), a New Jersey optometrist moonlighting as a recording engineer (Rudy Van Gelder), a classical ...

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Jazz Radiodirectx

Source: All About Jazz
April 22, 2004

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John Coltrane Home: Public Hearing Date Set for the Landmark Designation in Dix Hills, NY

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2004

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Blue Note Fitted To A Tee: Famed Jazz Label, Ropeadope Link For New Clothing Line

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2004

Blue Note Records knows a thing or two about music. Ropeadope Industries knows a thing or two about fashion. Now, the two companies are joining forces to launch a line of clothing, A New Perspective. The collection, consisting primarily of T-shirts, draws inspiration from classic Blue Note artwork. Specifically, the clothes feature reinterpretations of album covers, images and text/design treatments. For this partnership, Blue Note is licensing all the designs to Ropeadope (an offshoot of Ropeadope Records), which will pay ...

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Preserving John Coltrane's Long Island Home: Update

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2004

Town Hall Meeting to Preserve Former Long Island Home of Jazz Legend John Coltrane

On Tuesday Evening, April 20th, 2004, the township of Huntingdon, Long Island will hold a meeting to vote whether to save the John Coltrane home in Dix Hills from demolition (and, upon purchase from the seller of the real estate, preserve it as a jazz museum, historical site, and educational center). The vacant home was discovered by jazz fan Steve Fulgoni as a result of an ...

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Blue Toucan Music Launches New American/Brazilian Jazz Label

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2004

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Danso and Cozens Bring 'Harlem' Home

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2004

This is the time when one has the opportunity to rest and think about the things one has done and experienced in their travels

When you think about going out to listen to a Jazz Show or Concert you usually get dressed in your favorite casual fare and envision yourself in a small smoky venue off the beaten track surrounded by similarly dressed-down patrons casually discussing this or that between songs while your waiter or waitress brings you your bill ...

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Open Wide 'The Gates' To Dave Brubeck

Source: All About Jazz
April 7, 2004

A landmark concert honors the California jazz great's lesser-known legacy of civil rights struggle and interfaith dialogue.

Dave Brubeck is a household name -- a neat trick for any jazz musician.

A half-century ago, he made the cover of Time magazine. Five years later, his quartet recorded Time Out, the first instrumental jazz album to sell a million copies. And Brubeck's image is quintessentially American: He grew up a cowboy-in-training, riding horses on a Concord, Calif., cattle ranch; served in ...

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