Recent News
September 27, 2010
Kevin Eubanks Signs with Mack Avenue Records
Mack Avenue Records is proud to announce the signing of guitarist Kevin Eubanks. The former leader of the Tonight Show Band is set to release Zen Food on November 23, his debut for the label and first project since his Tonight Show departure.
September 08, 2010
[Video] The Pace Report - Kirk Whalum Interview - Donny Hathaway Tribute
Brian Pace's interview at the Detroit International Jazz Festival with Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway about Kirk's great new release "Everything Is Everything: A Tribute To Donny Hathaway on Mack Avenue Records' imprint Rendezvous Music.
September 07, 2010
[News] Yellowjackets Sign with Mack Avenue Records
Announced at the 2010 Detroit International Jazz Festival
August 29, 2010
[Video] Kirk Whalum Interviewed by Rickey Minor after the Tonight Show
Video interview conducted Immediately after Kirk's appearance on the Tonight Show August 2nd.
August 23, 2010
Danilo Pérez’s Providencia - Part of NPR’s Exclusive First Listen Series
Danilo Pérez, the acclaimed Panamanian pianist, educator and social activist, will kick off the release of his new album, Providencia, with an NPR Music "Exlusive First Listen."
From August 23-31, NPR Music will make Providencia available for free on-demand listening in its entirety at NPRMusic.org and through the NPR Music App for iPhone and iPod Touch; a week-long world exclusive, culminating with the retail release of the album on August 31
August 08, 2010
[Jazz Times] Christian McBride: Before and After
Bassist gets a high score on an underrated era
For this special edition of Before & After celebrating the 40th anniversary of JazzTimes, bassist-composer-bandleader Christian McBride listened to tunes either recorded or released in 1970. Of course, the Philadelphia native wasn’t born until May 31, 1972, but being an astute listener and something of a musical historian, he has encyclopedic knowledge of music from earlier eras … and not just jazz.
