OA2 RECORDS NEWS

Tom Tallitsch featured in Downbeat Magazine, Gail Pettis receives 4-stars

The July 2010 issue of Downbeat magazine has a great feature on Saxophonist Tom Tallitsch, on the heels of his latest release Perspective. Tallitsch, a Cleveland native, talks about his involvement in both the Philadelphia and New York City jazz scenes. Seattle vocalist Gail Pettis' latest record Here In The Moment, which spent a number of weeks in the top 10 of national jazz airplay charts is featured in the August issue of Downbeat with a 4-star review. Read it here!

2010 Ballard Jazz Festival, April 21-25

A huge THANK YOU to jazz fans from all over the country who came out to Seattle for 7th annual Ballard Jazz Festival. We had 5 great days of music with the Brotherhood of the Drum, The Guitar Summit, The Jazz Walk with 18 bands, and the Mainstage Concert featuring Claudio Roditi, Jovino Santos Neto and Hadley Caliman. Sunday's Swedish Pancake Jazz Brunch was the usual hit, and made that much more fun with the "Swedish Iron" vintage Volvo/Saab car show. If you missed any of the events, check out photos, live recordings, and more at http://www.ballardjazzfestival.com and then we'll see you next April!.

Josh Moshier awarded 2010 ASCAP Young Composer Award

ASCAP Foundation President Paul Williams has announced the recipients of the 2010 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards. Josh Moshier was one of 15 recepients, with a track from his latest OA2 release, Joy Not Jaded! The ASCAP Young Composer Awards are made possiblie with the support of the Gibson Guitar Corporation.

Paul Tynan / Aaron Lington's Bi-Coastal Collective, nominated for Jazz Record of the Year, at the East Coast Music Awards!

The joint-venture by long-time musical friends, Paul Tynan and Aaron Lington The Bi-Coastal Collective: Chapter One has been nominated by the ECMA for Jazz Album of the Year. This Canadian Music Association helps foster, develop, promote and celebrate East Coast Music and its artists locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Check it out, online at http://www.ecma.ca. Also, stay tuned for the follow up, The Bicoastal Collective, Chapter Two... to be released this Fall.

Dan Cavanagh wins international composition award from Greece's National Academy of Music

Dan Cavanagh's composition, "From the Barrage Comes Clarity," on John Adler's Origin Classical release Confronting Inertia, has been chosen as a Prize Winner by Greece's National Academy of Music during their 'International Music Prizes for Excellence in Composition 2009' competition, and awarded a Gold Medal of Distinction. The winners were announced at the Gala concert, at the Public Theater of Sykies in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Origin wins 2009 JazzWeek Record Label of the Year

Seattle’s Origin Records was recognized as the 2009 Jazz Label of the Year at the JazzWeek Awards, held June 20th in Rochester, NY, during the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. The JazzWeek awards are voted on by several hundred members of the jazz industry including radio program directors, disc jockeys, program syndicators, satellite and cable broadcasters, record labels and promoters.

JazzWeek’s Ed Trefzger presented the award to Origin’s John Bishop during the JazzWeek Conference which has taken place alongside the Rochester Jazz Festival each year since 2003.

Also nominated in the Label category were Concord Records, Palmetto, Sunnyside, Heads Up, and HighNote Records.

Read the feature article in the SEATTLE TIMES.