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Palmetto Records
Founded1990 (1990)
FounderMatt Balitsaris
Distributor(s)MRI/RED Distribution
GenreJazz
Country of originU.S.
Official websitepalmetto-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. Since then, its catalog has included albums by 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. ^ Kennedy, Gary W. (2001). "Palmetto". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
  2. ^ "Palmetto Records". www.palmetto-records.com.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 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.