# Maxjazz

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{{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](/source/Mack_Avenue_Records)
| founded      = {{start date|1998}}
| founder       = Richard McDonnell
| defunct       = {{end date|2016}}
| status         = Defunct
| distributor   = Mack Avenue Records
| genre         = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| country       = U.S.
| location      = <!-- headquarters city and state -->
}}

'''Maxjazz''' (corporately styled '''MAXJAZZ''') was an American [jazz](/source/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](/source/St._Louis), [Missouri](/source/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](/source/Mack_Avenue_Records).

== Recording artists ==
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* [Claudia Acuña](/source/Claudia_Acu%C3%B1a)
* [Bruce Barth](/source/Bruce_Barth)
* [Erin Bode](/source/Erin_Bode)
* [LaVerne Butler](/source/LaVerne_Butler_(singer))
* [Carla Cook](/source/Carla_Cook)
* [Emanuele Cisi](/source/Emanuele_Cisi)
* [Dena DeRose](/source/Dena_DeRose)
* Asa Harris
* Christine Hitt
* [Geoffrey Keezer](/source/Geoffrey_Keezer)
* Nancy King
* [Frank LoCrasto](/source/Frank_LoCrasto)
* [Romero Lubambo](/source/Romero_Lubambo)
* [Russell Malone](/source/Russell_Malone)
* Phillip Manuel
* [René Marie](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Marie)
* [Peter Martin](/source/Peter_Martin_(jazz_pianist))
* [Rebecca Martin](/source/Rebecca_Martin)
* Cassandre McKinley
* [Mulgrew Miller](/source/Mulgrew_Miller)
* [Ben Paterson](/source/Ben_Paterson)
* Jeb Patton
* [Jeremy Pelt](/source/Jeremy_Pelt)
* [John Proulx](/source/John_Proulx)
* [Eric Reed](/source/Eric_Reed_(musician))
* [Mary Stallings](/source/Mary_Stallings)
* [Terell Stafford](/source/Terell_Stafford)
* [Trio Da Paz](/source/Trio_Da_Paz) & [Joe Locke](/source/Joe_Locke_(musician))
* [Manuel Valera](/source/Manuel_Valera)
* [Patti Wicks](/source/Patti_Wicks)
* [Jack Wilkins](/source/Jack_Wilkins)
* [Jessica Williams](/source/Jessica_Williams_(musician))
* [Steve Wilson](/source/Steve_Wilson_(jazz_musician))
* [Ben Wolfe](/source/Ben_Wolfe)
* [Denny Zeitlin](/source/Denny_Zeitlin)
{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.mackavenue.com/store/category/maxjazz Maxjazz catalog at Mack Avenue Records]

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Category:American jazz record labels

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