Maxjazz Explained

Maxjazz
Parent:	Mack Avenue Records
Founder:	Richard McDonnell
Status:	Defunct
Distributor:	Mack Avenue Records
Genre:	Jazz
Country:	U.S.

Maxjazz (corporately styled MAXJAZZ) was an American jazz record label founded in 1998 by investment banker Richard McDonnell.^[1] Maxjazz recordings are generally regarded as a "straight-ahead" acoustic style of jazz. It was based in St. Louis, Missouri.^[2] In 2016, Maxjazz was bought by Mack Avenue Records.

Recording artists

• Claudia Acuña
• Bruce Barth
• Erin Bode
• LaVerne Butler
• Carla Cook
• Emanuele Cisi
• Dena DeRose
• Asa Harris
• Christine Hitt
• Geoffrey Keezer
• Nancy King
• Frank LoCrasto
• Romero Lubambo
• Russell Malone
• Phillip Manuel
• René Marie
• Peter Martin
• Rebecca Martin
• Cassandre McKinley
• Mulgrew Miller
• Ben Paterson
• Jeb Patton
• Jeremy Pelt
• John Proulx
• Eric Reed
• Mary Stallings
• Terrell Stafford
• Trio Da Paz & Joe Locke
• Manuel Valera
• Patti Wicks
• Jack Wilkins
• Jessica Williams
• Steve Wilson
• Ben Wolfe
• Denny Zeitlin

External links

• Maxjazz catalog at Mack Avenue Records

Notes and References

1. Schiowitz, Jana (June 19, 2004) "Branding Jazz to the Max". Billboard. 116/25. pp. 37–38.
2. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/entity.php?id=1536 "Record Label: Mazzjazz"