{{Short description|American record label}} {{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Maxjazz | image = <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" --> | image_size = <!-- size --> | parent = Mack Avenue Records | founded = {{start date|1998}} | founder = Richard McDonnell | defunct = {{end date|2016}} | status = Defunct | distributor = Mack Avenue Records | genre = Jazz | country = U.S. | location = <!-- headquarters city and state --> }}
'''Maxjazz''' (corporately styled '''MAXJAZZ''') was an American jazz record label founded in 1998 by investment banker Richard McDonnell.<ref>Schiowitz, Jana (June 19, 2004) "Branding Jazz to the Max". ''Billboard''. 116/25. pp. 37–38.</ref> Maxjazz recordings are generally regarded as a "straight-ahead" acoustic style of jazz. It was based in St. Louis, Missouri.<ref>[https://www.jazznearyou.com/stlouis/recordlabel/maxjazz "Record Label: Mazzjazz"] . All About Jazz. Retrieved December 7, 2013.</ref> In 2016, Maxjazz was bought by Mack Avenue Records.
== Recording artists == {{Div col}} * Claudia Acuña * Bruce Barth * Erin Bode * LaVerne Butler * Carla Cook * Emanuele Cisi * Dena DeRose * Asa Harris * Christine Hitt * Geoffrey Keezer * Nancy King * Frank LoCrasto * Romero Lubambo * Russell Malone * Phillip Manuel * René Marie * Peter Martin * Rebecca Martin * Cassandre McKinley * Mulgrew Miller * Ben Paterson * Jeb Patton * Jeremy Pelt * John Proulx * Eric Reed * Mary Stallings * Terell Stafford * Trio Da Paz & Joe Locke * Manuel Valera * Patti Wicks * Jack Wilkins * Jessica Williams * Steve Wilson * Ben Wolfe * Denny Zeitlin {{div col end}}
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== External links == * [https://www.mackavenue.com/store/category/maxjazz Maxjazz catalog at Mack Avenue Records]
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Category:American jazz record labels