BETHESDA, MD. (Top40 Charts/ HMSHost Corporation) - HMSHost Corporation, a world leader in travel shopping and dining, today announced the launch of a music CD project with Marcus Johnson of Three Keys Music. Jazz keyboardist, composer and producer Marcus Johnson has shared the stage with musical legends such as
Boney James and
Diana Krall and has played at many world famous musical venues, including the Washington, D.C. Capital Jazz Fest and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. His latest CD, The Phoenix, has been widely lauded by jazz critics as his best work yet and reached No 6 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart.
Johnson's new project, Fly Away with Me, Atlanta Jazz Vol. 1, focuses on the local Atlanta market and features it's local and regional musicians. The CD is the first of its kind and is the first in a planned series to feature local market music talent. It is available for purchase at more than 20 HMSHost locations* at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. In addition to providing world-class exposure to Atlanta-based musicians and artists, sales of Fly Away with Me, Atlanta Jazz Vol. 1 will raise money for the local community. HMSHost and Three Keys Music will donate $1 from the sale of each CD to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta.
'HMSHost is proud to partner with Marcus Johnson and launch this program in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The airport is an enormous hub for passengers�from local to regional and international locales. Everyone who purchases the CD at an HMSHost location will be contributing to the growth of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta,' said Joan Ryzner, Senior Vice President of HMSHost Retail. 'Marcus is extremely talented in music as well as in business and his unwavering commitment to community investment mirrors our own.'
'Community investment is a core component of my mission for Three Keys Music,' said Marcus Johnson, CEO of Marimelj Entertainment and Three Keys Music. 'Together with HMSHost, we're demonstrating the value of local musical talent and helping them get a higher level of recognition within the Atlanta community.'
'We are thrilled to be part of this very special initiative,' said Missy Dugan, Vice President of Marketing & Resource Development for Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. 'The Arts is an area that we focus much attention on through our programming in the clubs, so being the beneficiary of theses CD sales is a joy for us and our kids.'
'Atlanta is just the first market to get a Fly Away with Me, Atlanta Jazz Vol. 1 CD,' said Jill Myers, Senior Director, Retail Property Management and Leasing for HMSHost. 'We believe we can work in communities nationwide where HMSHost has operations to create similar CDs and find similar local organizations with whom to partner.'
* CD Sale Locations at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
