SESAC honors Jazz Composers and Publishers

NEW YORK (SESAC/ www.sesac.com) - SESAC honored its family of jazz composers and publishers on Monday, October 25th with a special awards luncheon held today at Manhattan's Strata. With their first-ever awards luncheon dedicated solely to their growing family of jazz affiliates, SESAC presented national performance activity awards for recordings that reached the Top-5 on the jazz charts for the year 2003 through June 30, 2004.

Among the highlights of this elegant affair was a performance by SESAC affiliate/Telarc recording artist Geri Allen, who featured a selection from her latest No 1 hit recording, The Life of a Song.


TOP 5 JAZZ RECORDINGS FOR THE YEAR 2003

1. Walter Beasley
Affable Publishing
Midnight Love: The Ultimate Collection

2. Vana Gierig
Vana Gierig Music
Regina Carter: Paganini After A Dream

3. Matt Wilson
Grainfed Music
Humidity

4. Stefon Harris
Stefonaphone Music
The Grand Unification Theory

5. Bruce Barth
Bruce Barth Music
Live at the Village Vanguard

6. Bob Baldwin
Funky Onion Publishing
Standing Tall

7. Songs of Amida
Bob Baldwin: Standing Tall

8. Eric Harland
Dusean Publishing
Terence Blanchard: Bounce

9. Rene Marie
Stoan Publishing Co. Inc.
Live at the Jazz Standard

10. Ted Nash
TNash Music
Still Evolved

11. Cassandra Wilson
Onakomaya Music
Glamoured

12. Russ Gershon
Blue Attitude Music
Either/Orchestra: Neo-Modernism

13. Jason Moran
Jamo Publishing
Bandwagon


TOP 5 JAZZ RECORDINGS FOR THE YEAR 2004 thru June 30, 2004

14. Joel Frahm
Frahmbo Music
Don't Explain

15. Russell Gunn
East Boogie Music
Mood Swings

16. High Sign Music
Russell Gunn: Mood Swings

17. B3 Music
Russell Gunn: Mood Swings

18. Armsted Christian
Nactivity Music
Will Downing: Emotions

19. Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell Music
Wise Children

20. Ben Allison
Sonic Camera
Buzz

21. Michael Blake
Baby Tank
Mauritania

22. Stefon Harris
Stefonaphone Music
Evolution