Rendezvous Music (formerly known as Rendezvous Entertainment) is a record label founded by multiple-
Grammy Award
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nominee and
RIAA
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Certified Gold recording artist
Dave Koz, radio entrepreneur
Frank Cody
Francis R. Cody (born June 13, 1948) is an American record producer, A&R and radio executive. Described by the '' R&R Magazine'' and '' The New York Times'' as ''"Smooth Jazz's Leading Alchemist"'' and ''"The Father of Smooth Jazz"'',
Backgro ...
and music business veteran Hyman Katz in 2002. At various times, the label has been distributed by
Sony Music Entertainment
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's
Red Distribution and
Universal Music Group
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's
Fontana Distribution. In 2008, artist
Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter.
Music career
Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...
received her first
Grammy Award
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for album ''Avant Gershwin'' released on Rendezvous Entertainment in 2007. In 2011, artist
Kirk Whalum
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received his first
Grammy Award
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for song "It's What I Do" (feat.
Lalah Hathaway) from album ''The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III'' released on Rendezvous Music in 2010.
Since its acquisition in August 2008, Rendezvous is part of the
Mack Avenue Records label group
and continues to release new music by
Kirk Whalum
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,
Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music.
Biography
Born and raised in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, during A ...
,
Kyle Eastwood as well as previously unreleased music by
Wayman Tisdale
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List of Rendezvous artists
*Adani & Wolf
*Brian Simpson
*Camiel
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Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music.
Biography
Born and raised in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, during A ...
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Kirk Whalum
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As a common noun, ''kirk'' ...
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Kyle Eastwood
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Marc Antoine
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Michael Lington
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Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter.
Music career
Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...
*Peanuts Whalum
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Philippe Saisse
Philippe Saisse is a French jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and arranger.
Career
He was born in Marseille and raised in Paris. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Mus ...
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Praful
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Svoy
Mikhail Tarasov (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Тара́сов), better known by his stage name Svoy (which can be loosely translated as "self-contained"), is an American producer/writer/artist for Universal Music Group in the genre of pop/el ...
*
Wayman Tisdale
Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 – May 15, 2009) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma,
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American record labels
Smooth jazz record labels
Jazz record labels
Record labels established in 2002
2002 establishments in California