Recent News
February 13, 2012
Christian McBride Wins 2012 Grammy for Best Large Ensemble Jazz Album
Mack Avenue Records bassist Christian McBride received his first GRAMMY® Award as a leader at the 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. McBride won in the "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" category for his big band debut, The Good Feeling.
January 23, 2012
STANLEY JORDAN NOMINATED FOR 2012 NAACP IMAGE AWARD - “OUTSTANDING JAZZ ALBUM”
Guitarist Stanley Jordan has been nominated for a 2012 NAACP Image Award in the category of "Outstanding Jazz Album" for his latest Mack Avenue Records release, Friends.
January 04, 2012
[Interview: All About Jazz] Warren Wolf: The Wizard of Vibes
Warren Wolf has made his name by playing the vibes, which he does with aplomb. He's as much a virtuoso on the instrument as anyone, even including his jazz elders.
December 05, 2011
2012 Grammy Nominations to 4 Mack Avenue Artists
Gerald Wilson, Christian McBride, Yellowjackets all receive album nominations and Russelll Ferrante recieves a well deserved "Best Instrumental Song" nomination.
September 23, 2011
Gerald Wilson: Little Big Man [Stereophile]
Teamed with the sympathetic ears of producer Al Pryor, Wilson has now made five big-band albums for Detroit-based Mack Avenue Records, one of a handful of independent labels that today carry on the proud jazz tradition of feisty indies unafraid to take chances.
August 22, 2011
Warren Wolf Receives “Baltimore Jazz Award For Musical Excellence”
Mack Avenue Records is proud to announce vibraphonist Warren Wolf as the recipient of a "Baltimore Jazz Award for Musical Excellence" at the 2011 Baltimore Jazz Awards. Wolf, a native of Baltimore, received the award on Thursday, August 18 at Enoch Pratt Library Central in Baltimore.
