Music Inside Out w/ Gwen Thompkins is broadcast on WWNO 89.9 FM in New Orleans. The program has featured a number of our artists. Check them out! Only here will you hear Dr.Michael White play 50 Cent’s P.I.M.P. and more! Dr.Michael White Jon Cleary Jeremy Davenport Jason Marsalis
Mark Samuels & Davell Crawford on The 504 w/ Melanie Hebert
Last night, Mark Samuels, the president of Basin Street Records, was given the opportunity to discuss hydrogen sulfide removal with Melanie Hebert on The 504 on WUPL TV (WWL TV’s sister station). Along the way he also talked about Wynton Marsalis; Ben Franklin High School; the Cutting Edge Music Business Conference, creating the label with Kermit Ruffins’ manager, Tom; his brother Will stepping up when he needed help the most; driving from Austin to New Orleans 29 times in 9 months; and tonight’s benefit concert for the Louis Armstrong Jazz Camp.
Davell Crawford was also given an opportunity to talk to Melanie and perform. Catch Davell at the Prime Example 7/18, Preservation Hall 7/20, and Snug Harbor 7/23. Own his new CD?
Mark Samuels on The 504 with Melanie Hebert
Davell Crawford on The 504 with Melanie Hebert
Jazz Fest 2013
Don’t miss our artists at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Here is the Basin Street Records schedule:
Fri, Apr 26:
Jeremy Davenport 2:30p (plus CD signing in CD Tent at 3:45p)
Sat, Apr 27:
Jason Marsalis 1:20p (plus CD signing in CD Tent at 2:30p)
Rebirth Brass Band 3:40p (plus CD signing in CD Tent at 5:40p)
Jon Cleary 4:10p
Dr. Michael White 5:50p
Sun, Apr 28:
Kermit Ruffins 4:20p (plus CD signing in CD Tent 6p)
Thur, May 2:
Henry Butler 2:35p
Theresa Andersson 4p (plus CD signing in CD Tent at 5:20p)
Fri, May 3:
Los Hombres Calientes: Irvin Mayfield & Bill Summers 12:45p (plus CD signing in CD Tent 2:10p)
Sat, May 4:
Bill Summers & Jazsalsa 2:45p
Dr.Michael White 3:10p (plus CD signing in CD Tent 4:40p)
Davell Crawford 3:40p (plus CD signing in CD Tent 5:40p)
Sun, May 5:
Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater 5:50p
#1 On Jazz Radio!
Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet’s “In A World Of Mallets” just hit #1 on the JazzWeek national radio charts! That’s 4 weeks in a row in the top 4. Thank you for playing it and buying it!
Best Record Label and Music Business of the Year!
Last night Basin Street Records was awarded the OffBEAT Best of the Beat Business Awards for Best Record Label and Music Business of the Year!
From the Rebirth Brass Band’s Grammy win for their Rebirth of New Orleans CD, to Theresa Andersson’s ride in Muses and 50 shows in Sweden and her Street Parade CD, to Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s first trip to Carnegie Hall, to Kermit Ruffins, his new speakeasy and his EP The Other Side, to Dr.Michael White’s fine new release Adventures in New Orleans Jazz Pt.2, to Jeremy Davenport’s 150+ shows, to Rebirth’s opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to Dr.Michael White and Jason Marsalis ringing in 2013 on CNN, it was a great year.
Thanks to Jan and Joseph and staff at OffBEAT, the hard work and talent of our artists, and their families, managers, agents and lawyers. Thanks to our staff and families, the producers, engineers, studios, photographers, graphic designers, production coordinators, distributors, and publicists. Thanks to the media, talent buyers, festivals, and clubs. Thanks to those who buy or license our artists’ music, and the retailers who sell it. Here’s to an even finer 2013!
Click HERE for some more highlights from 2012.
New Year’s Eve on CNN: Dr.Michael White & Jason Marsalis
Basin Street Records’ artists Dr.Michael White and Jason Marsalis will be interviewed by Brooke Baldwin on CNN on New Year’s Eve in the half hour leading up to New Year central time. Dr.Michael White released Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 2 in 2012, and Jason Marsalis will release In A World Of Mallets on February 19, 2013.
Dr.Michael White was named Humanist of the Year by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and received the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship.
Jason Marsalis received the National Endowment for the Arts’ Jazz Master award with his musical father Ellis, and brothers Branford, Wynton and Delfeayo.
Both Jason and Michael were named to Downbeat Magazine’s recent Critics’ and Readers’ polls!
In New Orleans on New Year’s Eve? Check out Kermit Ruffins at Kermit’s Treme Speakeasy early from 5p till 8p, Jon Cleary at Chickie Wah Wah 9p, Irvin Mayfield at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse 9p, Jeremy Davenport in the Davenport Lounge at the Ritz-Carlton 9p and Rebirth Brass Band at the Howlin Wolf 10:30p.