Maxjazz (corporately styled MAXJAZZ) was an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

record label founded in 1998 by investment banker Richard McDonnell. Maxjazz recordings are generally regarded as a "straight-ahead" acoustic style of jazz. It was based in St. Louis,

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

."Record Label: Mazzjazz"
. All About Jazz. Retrieved December 7, 2013. In 2016, Maxjazz was bought by

Mack Avenue Records Mack Avenue Records is an independent record label in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Background Mack Avenue was founded in 1999 by Gretchen Carhartt Valade, a jazz fan and chair of the American apparel company Carhartt. The company is a sponsor ...

Recording artists

Claudia Acuña Claudia Acuña (July 31, 1971, Santiago) is a Chilean jazz vocalist, songwriter, and arranger. Biography Born July 3 1971 in Santiago and raised in Concepcion, she was inspired as a child to perform a variety of music, including folk, pop and o ...

* Bruce Barth * Erin Bode *

LaVerne Butler LaVerne Butler is an American jazz singer. Butler was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the daughter of saxophonist Scott Butler, and was exposed to jazz and rhythm and blues music. She attended the University of New Orleans. She worked in local clu ...

Carla Cook Carla Cook is a Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist. Biography Cook was drawn to a life of music at an early age. As a student at Cass Technical High School she played string bass in the school orchestra, studied piano and voice on weekends, and ...

Emanuele Cisi Emanuele is the Italian form of Manuel. People with the name include: * Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia (1915–1944), Italian aviator * Emanuele Basile (1949–1980), captain of Carabinieri * Emanuele Belardi (born 1977), Italian football player * Ema ...

* Dena DeRose * Asa Harris * Christine Hitt *

Geoffrey Keezer Geoffrey Keezer (born November 20, 1970) is an American jazz pianist. Keezer was playing in jazz clubs as a teenager, playing piano for Art Blakey at age 18 and touring with Joshua Redman, Benny Golson and Ray Brown (musician), Ray Brown in his ...

* Nancy King *

Frank LoCrasto Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Curre ...

Romero Lubambo Romero Lubambo (born 1955) is a Brazilian jazz guitarist. Career He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He grew up with American jazz and classical music in the house because his uncle played guitar, lived next door, and visited frequently. Luba ...

Russell Malone Russell Malone (born November 8, 1963) is an American jazz guitarist. He began working with Jimmy Smith in 1988 and went on to work with Harry Connick, Jr. and Diana Krall throughout the 1990s.Neuroth, Matt. (2008). ''Bio: Russell Malone.'' Retr ...

* Phillip Manuel * René Marie * Peter Martin * Rebecca Martin * Cassandre McKinley *

Mulgrew Miller Mulgrew Miller (August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained ...

Ben Paterson Ben Paterson (born June 23, 1982) is an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and Steinway Artist. Early life Paterson graduated from the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia after having spent his earlier years studying classical as w ...

* Jeb Patton * Jeremy Pelt *

John Proulx John Proulx is a jazz pianist, vocalist, educator, and composer based in Los Angeles, California. His singing style has elicited comparisons with a young Chet Baker. He is a recording artist with four albums to his credit. His most recent album, � ...

Eric Reed Eric Reed may refer to: *Eric Reed (musician) (born 1970), American jazz pianist and composer *Eric Reed (baseball) (born 1980), American outfielder *Eric Reed (soccer) (born 1983), American goalkeeper *Eric Reed (horse trainer), American horse tra ...

* Mary Stallings * Terrell Stafford * Trio Da Paz & Joe Locke *

Manuel Valera Manuel Valera (born October 17, 1980) is a Cuban pianist and composer. Graduated from South Broward High School, Hollywood, FL Biography Valera was born in Havana, Cuba. Since 2000 he has lived in New York City, where he attended New School ...

Patti Wicks Patti Wicks (born Patricia Ellen Chappell; February 24, 1945 – March 7, 2014) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Career Wicks began playing the piano at the age of three and later attended the Crane School of Music at the State Universi ...

* Jack Wilkins * Jessica Williams * Steve Wilson * Ben Wolfe *

Denny Zeitlin Denny Zeitlin (born April 10, 1938) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and clinical professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. Since 1963, he has recorded more than 100 compositions and was a first-place winner in the ...

References

External links

Maxjazz catalog at Mack Avenue Records
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