We won the OffBeat Best of the Beat Business Award for Best Record Label again (10th time if you’re counting)!
We also are pleased to announce that the Rebirth Brass Band’s Move Your Body won the Best of the Beat Award for ALBUM OF THE YEAR!
Other winners on the label included Rebirth for Best Brass Band and Move Your Body for Best Brass Band Album, Theresa Andersson for Best Violinist/Fiddlist and Dr. Michael White for Best Clarinetist!
Basin Street Records at 2015 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival:
WEEKEND ONE
April
Fri 24 Henry Butler (Butler, Bernstein & the Hot 9), Davell Crawford
Sat 25 Jeremy Davenport
Sun 26 Irvin Mayfield, Rebirth Brass Band, Henry Butler (Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton), Jon Cleary, Bill Summers
WEEKEND TWO
April
Thu 30 “Rest Day”
May
Fri 1 “Rest Day”
Sat 2 Kermit Ruffins, Davell Crawford (Tribute to Fats Domino), Dr.Michael White
Sun 3 Kermit Ruffins (Tribute to Louis Armstrong), Jason Marsalis
See you in April and/or May at JazzFest!
Keep an eye on http://www.BasinStreetRecords.com/on-tour for all our artists’ dates.
Check http://www.nojazzfest.com for complete listings at Jazzfest!
Friday, May 2:
Jason Marsalis (Jazz tent & CD signing), Theresa Andersson (Acura stage & CD signing) and Dr.Michael White (Economy Hall) perform at Jazzfest.
The clubs are full of our artists: Headhunters, Jon Cleary, Jeremy Davenport, Jason Marsalis, Rebirth Brass Band and Kermit Ruffins all perform!
Saturday, May 3:
Henry Butler performs with Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9 at Jazzfest.
Kermit, Henry, Jeremy, Rebirth and Jon all perform in the clubs!
Sunday, May 4:
On Sunday we don’t have any artists performing at Jazzfest (that we know of), BUT the Rebirth Brass Band celebrate the release of their new CD, Move Your Body, in the New Orleans area (out worldwide June 24) at the Howlin Wolf at 10pm.
Monday, May 5:
Davell Crawford performs at Louisiana Music Factory at 1:30p. Come by and buy his latest CD, My Gift To You. Monday night Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen perform at the Maple Leaf Bar.
THANK YOU FOR BUYING CDs!
We’re having fun! Are you? www.BasinStreetRecords.com/on-tour
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
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
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.
