Music Industry News

Candid Records Announces Signing of Vocalist Jacqui Dankworth

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2003

Candid Records is very proud to announce the signing of a vocal superstar, the remarkably talented Jacqui Dankworth.

Most latterly seen as the key component of the Field of Blue project alongside Harvey Brough, Jacqui has worked on a highly impressive range of projects, including recent collaborations with bassist brother Alec Dankworth, Tim Garland, Gerard Presencer, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, a national tour with the Brodsky Quartet and the all-female group The Passion.

Miss Dankworth's incomparable vocal skills are ...

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New Stax Sets Arrive in Time For "Soulsville U.S.A."

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2003

April 1, 2003...This week the ongoing Fantasy web-site feature “Picks" highlights the Fantasy catalog faves of Miss Deanie Parker, president and executive director of Soulsville in Memphis, Tennessee.

As the former publicity director of Stax Records and onetime Stax recording artist and songwriter, Deanie has been steeped in Stax music for more than 40 years. So it's no surprise that her dozen best-loved songs are solid Stax: “I CANNOT settle for TEN," she declares. “Even now, there are a couple ...

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Henry Grimes and Olive Oil

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2003

By now you've probably heard the great news that master bassist Henry Grimes, who'd been missing from the music world ever since the late '6O's, has been found in good health (though pretty much destitute) living in a single-room occupancy hotel in South Central Los Angeles. He's been living in the same room for the last 2O years but had long ago sold his bass for survival needs and has since contented himself with writing poetry, a bit of acting, ...

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Discover Toronto's Jazz Scene

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2003

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International Stolen Instruments Database Launched

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2003

New York, USA - London, England. ItsBeenStolen.com, the International Internet based lost and stolen property database, has announced that as part of its 2nd birthday re-launch, it is now including lost and stolen musical instruments.

“In response to public request we are opening this new category," said Steve James, the system's inventor. “Other systems exist, but they fall down, either by not allowing public access (such as police databases) or by not being updated in real time. As soon as ...

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Singers Like Norah Jones And Diana Krall Are Turning A Formerly Fringe Genre Into The Kind Of Music That Draws Millions Of Fans

Source: All About Jazz
February 19, 2003

Don't look now, but jazz singing has quietly become the new Easy Listening. And boy is it big business.

At a time when jazz instrumentalists are lucky to see sales in the low five figures, Diana Krall's last three studio albums have all been million-sellers, certified platinum in the U.S. Then there's newcomer Norah Jones, who is widely expected to sweep the Grammy Awards this Sunday, and has so far sold more than four million copies of her debut, Come ...

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Orrin Keepnews to Celebrate 80th Birthday "Milestone"

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2003

On March 2, producer ORRIN KEEPNEWS will mark a major personal milestone: His 80th birthday. To help him celebrate that “incredible fact," as Orrin terms it, Moose's Restaurant and the San Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy are producing an event on that Sunday afternoon at Moose's Restaurant in San Francisco which will feature live music and tributes from Orrin's friends and surprise guests.

In addition to appreciating his enormous contributions to jazz as a record label head, producer, historian, ...

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Jazz Trombonist Carl Fontana Very Ill

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2003

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