Results for "Music Industry"

Archive and Digitize Your Vinyl and Cassettes with Grace Digital

March 21, 2008

San Diego, CA, March 21, 2008 -- Grace Digital Inc., a leading manufacturer of audio and telephony consumer electronics, announces the expansion of their line of recordable Grace Digital and Victoria entertainment centers. Grace Digital has introduced two nostalgic entertainment centers under their Victoria brand for the music lover who desires to play and preserve their ...

AUM Fidelity Partners with Improvised Communications to Promote Its Forthcoming 2008 Releases

March 21, 2008

BROOKLYN, NY -- AUM Fidelity is pleased to announce it has secured the services of Improvised Communications to promote its 2008 releases to press and radio. In addition to three new recordings (from Roy Campbell, Bill Dixon and William Parker, respectively) being released in partnership with Arts for Arts, Inc., this collaboration will also include the ...

Mary Stallings Felt "Predestined" to Sing Jazz

March 20, 2008

The sound started even before Ma Rainey and Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith came along. It grew and set new artistic standards in the work of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington. And it's still going strong. The sound of women's voices has always been close to the heart of jazz. So it's fitting that ...

Exploring Latin Jazz: Afro-Peruvian Dance and Folk Artists

March 20, 2008

Martin Taylor and Alison Burns Begin New Pass/Fitzgerald Project

March 19, 2008

Grammy Award winning guitarist Martin Taylor has gone into a studio in Scotland with rising star singer Alison Burns to record a new album re-inventing the magic of the great Joe Pass/Ella Fitzgerald records. The record, for P3 Music, is due for release later this year and is produced by Tony Platt, who has produced hit ...

Irvin Mayfield to Help New Orleans Libraries

March 18, 2008

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield has traveled the world playing for audiences in smoky bars and buttoned-up concert halls, and he knows the sounds, tastes and sights of this city are unlike those anywhere else. So, he says, the city's library system should be just as unique. Mayfield intends to unveil a plan ...

World-Renowned Musicians Join WBGO Music Director Gary Walker to Advise Westchester Jazz Orchestra

March 18, 2008

Westchester, NY -- World-renowned jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano and WBGO jazz radio host Gary Walker are joining forces with several other music luminaries to provide artistic direction and organizational growth support for the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, featuring 17 jazz professionals who reside or work in Westchester County. The Westchester Jazz Orchestra (WJO) has created an advisory ...

Mary Lou Williams' Zodiac Suite

March 17, 2008

In 1945 pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams debuted her first extended work, The Zodiac Suite, with musical movements for each sign of the zodiac. Williams was 35 years old, already a veteran of the swing era; she was playing regularly at New York City's Caf Society, hosting a weekly radio program, and had begun... ...

Spotlight: Trio Nuevo +, Dave Askren

March 16, 2008

Trio Nuevo + Dave Askren DaWay Music The guitar trio enjoys a rich history in traditional jazz but the instrument's small role in Latin Jazz has led many artists to neglect this format. Cuban styles have long prioritized the piano over the guitar; piano montunos drive Cuban dance music and dense piano ...

Two for the Show Media Celebrates Another Year!

March 16, 2008

Publicity & Media firm Two for the Show Media is proud announce another year in the books servicing the top names in the jazz industry. This past year, Two for the Show Media has been privileged to work with such jazz labels & greats as: John Abercrombie, Peter Erskine, Jeff “Tain" Watts, Wycliffe Gordon, Cindy Blackman, ...