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Branford Marsalis Launches New Indie Label

Cambridge, MA - Branford Marsalis, one of the leading saxophonists and bandleaders in jazz for the past 20 years, has announced the formation of Marsalis Music - a new record company designed to provide a home for committed creative musicians. The indie label, formed at a time when bottom-line pressures have forced the major labels to ...

Zanzibar Blue Opens New Restaurant And Club In Wilmington, Delaware

PHILADELPHIA, PA 21.AUGUST.02-- ROBERT + BEN BYNUM, owners of ZANZIBAR BLUE in Philadelphia as well as WARMDADDY'S+BRAVE NEW WORLD announce the grand opening of ZANZIBAR BLUE/WILMINGTON on Tuesday, September 17th, unveiling the fruits of a deal signed back in May of this year. Expanding upon ZANZIBAR BLUE's 12-year legacy as Philadelphia's premier venue for international cuisine+jazz ...

James Newton Loses to Beastie Boys: Amicus Support Requested!

From James Newton (renowned jazz musician) For the last two years I have been involved in a suit because the Beastie Boys sampled a part of my composition “Choir" and did not contact me for permission. They did not change in any way what they sampled from “Choir". It begins with the sampled six and a ...

Jazz Artist's Life Experiences As Single Mother Influences Her Music

Pianist Frank Hewitt In Hospital

ScoGo Guitars Introduces The Lizard: A Unique, Custom-Hand-Crafted, Solid Body Electric Guitar

Verve And Blue Note Join Together To Create "The Definitive Series"

Historical union of jazz's biggest labels brings forth wholly encompassing collections The Verve Music Group and Blue Note Records have joined together to launch The Definitive Series which honors the classic artists of jazz with collections that span the archives of both label groups. This is the first time in history that the two labels have ...

Latin Jazz Images in NYC

Award winning photographer Enid Farber captured some images of musician Bobby Ramirez performing a Jazz concert at the Triad Theater in New York City on September 25th, 2002. Ramirez was accompanied by bassist Harvie S, pianist Daniel Kelly and drummer Vince Cherico. Ms. Farber was recently honored for “Excellence in Photography" and “ Best Photo of ...

Realia Music Inc. Acquires International Indie Music Catalogues

VANCOUVER, BC: The largest wholly independent online music licensing agency, Realia Music Inc. (www.realiamusic.com) has acquired hundreds of new titles in three non-exclusive deals. The pre-cleared titles are from the music catalogues of Pravda USA (Chicago), audio-origin (New Zealand) and DGB Records (Seattle) have been added to the online catalogue in full length mp3 format for ...

A Love Fest With Chico Hamilton

On October 9, Chico Hamilton dropped into the offices of Koch Jazz on Astor Place; Larry Coryell was at his computer at his home in Westchester; Rodney Jones was at his computer in NYC and Willard Jenkins was in his office in suburban Washington, DC. But they virtually came together with about 30 others from as ...