Congratulations Lila Downs!

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A Train client Lila Downs was honored as one the Latin Recording Academy’s 2019 Leading Ladies of Entertainment at a ceremony last week in Las Vegas. The Leading Ladies of Entertainment event honors and recognizes professional and socially conscious women within the arts and entertainment fields who have made significant contributions, inspiring the next generation of female leaders.

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Anat Cohen Wins Best Clarinet in 84th Annual Downbeat Reader’s Poll

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A Train congratulates Anat Cohen for winning Best Clarinet in the 84th Annual Downbeat Reader’s Poll!

We are proud to represent her publishing interest as well as distribute her recordings through Anzic Records.

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A Train Artists on Billboard Charts: Top 10 Smooth Jazz Songs

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CONGRATULATIONS to A-Train artists for landing in the Top 10 for Smooth Jazz Songs on the Billboard Charts! 🎵

1. **Joyce Cooling – It’s So Amazing
2. Dave Koz & Friends – Before I Let Go
3. Brian Culbertson – Morning Walk
4. Cindy Bradley – Wind Chill Factor
5. **Rick Braun – Crossroads
6. **Chris Standring – Kaleidoscope
7. Eric Darius ft. Rodney Jones, Jr. & Andre Troutman – Fired Up
8. **David Benoit ft. Vincent Ingala – Dave G
9. **Adam Omar Hawley ft. Darren Rahn – Shuffle
10 Julian Vaughn – Afro Calypso

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J Street Entertainment’s first recording: Chase Engel & The Night Shift

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J Street Entertainment, the rock label founded by Tesla’s bassist Brian Wheat, launched its first recording October 18, 2019 with the self titled ep Chase Engel & The Night Shift.
The immediate reception at radio and digital service providers was strong and their record release party was sold out.

Coming in 2020 from J Street are releases by Flash Fires, a UK band building audiences with their dynamic live appearances, and SoulMotor (with Brian Wheat on bass).

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Congratulations to Wadada Leo Smith, recipient of the UCLA Medal

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American trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist and composer Wadada Leo Smith, a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music, will receive the UCLA Medal, the campus’s highest honor, on Nov. 8 during a ceremony and concert at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

“Wadada Leo Smith is a category-defying composer whose achievements have profoundly shaped American music,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, who will present the award. “His work exemplifies a diversity of original thought that has enriched the lives of others, demonstrating UCLA’s highest academic and professional values.”

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Congratulations Lila Downs!

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A Train Congratulates Lila Downs for being honored by The Latin Recording Academy as one of this year’s Ladies of Entertainment.
 
“This marks the third year the Academy has recognized ‘professional and socially conscious women within the arts and entertainment fields who have made significant contributions, inspiring the next generation of female leaders.’ As ever, the Academy has chosen a mix of artists, executives and producers with influence in the industry.” -Billboard Magazine
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Downbeat 67th Annual Critics Poll

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Congratulations to Winners of the Downbeat 67th Annual Critics Poll:

#2 Trumpet- Wadada Leo Smith
#1 Clarinet- Anat Cohen

#1 Rising Star Big Band- Anat Cohen Tentet
#1 Rising Star Trombone- Natalie Cressman

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Congratulations to Anat Cohen and Bill Frisell!

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Congratulations to Anat Cohen for winning both the Jazz Times Readers’ and Critics’ Poll for best clarinetist.
Congratulations to Bill Frisell for winning best guitarist in the same Critic’s Poll.

It is an honor and pleasure to represent both Anat Cohen and Bill Frisell.

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A Train Lands Tesla Catalog

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A Train is delighted to digitally distribute several titles from the Tesla Electric Company Recordings catalog-Reel to Reel 1, Reel to Reel 2, For Evermore, Twisted Wires and Simplicity– with other titles coming as rights become available. As noted journalist Al Carlos Hernandez said in a recent Herald de Paris interview with Brian Wheat, bassist for Tesla, “TESLA is a multi-platinum American rock band from Northern California known for their melodic songs and down to earth appeal. Thanks to their die-hard, loyal fan base and their younger generation offspring, TESLA continues to tour to sold-out crowds around the world.”

In addition to the Tesla Electric Recording Company, A Train has also been contracted to digitally distribute Brian Wheat’s J Street Records catalog, recordings he has produced and performed on (or both).

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