ARKADIA JAZZ ALL-STARS & RELATED PROJECTS
Genres: Post Bop, Hard Bop, Swing, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Cool Jazz, 21st Century Modern • United States

The Arkadia Jazz All-Stars is a group established in 1996 as the brainchild of Bob Karcy, Producer, musician, Founder and CEO of Arkadia Records. Karcy’s original goal was to harness the creative brilliance of the Artists who recorded on its Arkadia Records labels, along with select guest musicians representing some of Jazz’s biggest stars, to create an unparalleled series of newly recorded, thematically unified studio albums. So far, ten albums have been recorded and three more are in production. One group of albums, the Thank You series, are tributes to the most revered artists in the history of Jazz, including John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Joe Henderson and Gerry Mulligan. The next group of albums were conceived as thematically-driven group collections of singles, representing the best-of-our-best. These Arkadia Jazz All-Stars releases have been honored with three Grammy Award Nominations. Some of the Lead Members of the Arkadia Jazz All-Stars include Benny Golson, read more...