Palmetto Records

Palmetto Records
Founded 1990 (1990)
Founder Matt Balitsaris
Distributor(s) MRI/RED Distribution
Genre Jazz
Country of origin U.S.
Official website www.palmetto-records.com

Palmetto Records is an independent American jazz record company and label in New York City founded in 1990 by guitarist Matt Balitsaris.[1][2]

Issues began with those by Balitsaris, then Greg Hatza in 1993. Eventually it added to its catalogue Peter Bernstein, Joel Frahm, Larry Goldings, Andrew Hill, Cecil McBee, Dewey Redman, and Matt Wilson.[3]

Balitsaris retired from music and began working for Fonkoze, a charity in Haiti. He was chairman of the board until 2015.[4]


Artists

References

  1. Gary W. Kennedy. "Palmetto". In Deane L. Root. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
  2. "Palmetto Records". www.palmetto-records.com.
  3. Kennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 221. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
  4. Arvedlund, Erin (25 December 2016). "Retired music producer now plays in tune with Haiti microfinance nonprofit Fonkoze". Philly.com. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
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