Stanley Maxwell launches Mindwill Records this month!

The debut studio album Don't Wake The Baby! will soon be available via CDBaby.com, iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic and many more during May - stay tuned...

To listen to streaming selections of samples of songs from the album, or for more information, visit
www.mindwillrecords.com

The Stanley Maxwell song “Mousetrap” has been selected as the Winner in the "Best Jazz Song" category of the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards. Stanley Maxwell was selected by Industry and Artist judges over four other Jazz Song Finalists, including The Harlem Experiment's "Harlem River Drive".

Stanley Maxwell's "Mousetrap" joins fellow winners Marco Benevento (Best Live Performance Album - "Live At Tonic"), The Frequency (Best Jam Song - "Jim Gordon Part II"), Ernie Watts (Best Jazz Album - "Analog Man"), and Lionel Loueke (Best World/Traditional Song - "Kponnon Kpete") on the IMA CD compilation, Now Hear This, to be distributed at major music events such as SXSW, Folk Alliance, Popkomm, NXNE, Ozzfest, Warped Tour, MacRock, MTV Springbreak, London Calling and others throughout 2008.

The compilation will also be serviced to over 700 U.S. and Canadian public and college radio stations by The Planetary Group, and promoted to over 4 million eMusic subscribers and over 2 million Pure Volume customers.

You can listen to all the Winners of the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards at:
http://independentmusicawards.com/pages/jukebox2008.asp  

Stanley Maxwell has been named a Song Category Finalist in the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards, an international program that helps indie artists and releases overcome mainstream obstacles and reach wider audiences. This program provides year-long promotion, marketing and distribution opportunities that place both winners and finalists in front of more than 20 million music fans and industry decision makers around the world.

Please visit the IMA Jukebox to vote for Stanley Maxwell! There is a rating system for all finalists in every category; Stanley Maxwell's "Mousetrap" is a Song Finalist in the "Jazz" category. 

The link to the Jukebox is: http://www.musiciansatlas.com/pages/imafinalist/

This "Vox Populi" poll will determine the winners of the popular vote; results will be announced in January 2008.

The Independent Music Awards are produced by Music Resource Group (publisher of The Musician's Atlas) and co-sponsored by Borders Books & Music; eMusic; The Planetary Group; ManiaTV and HavocTV; Burnside Distribution; Trig.com and MediaGuide.

Artist Judges for the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards include Les Claypool, Chad Smith, Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples, Ray Davies, Susan Tedeschi, Angelique Kidjo, Ice-T, Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik, Tim Pagnotta, MickDeth, Mobb Deep, Judy Collins, Charlie Musselwhite, Martin Atkins, Frank Iero, Rob Wasserman, Chuck Comeau, Bill Frisell, Mark Ribot, Peter Gabriel, and McCoy Tyner.

Industry Judges for the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards include Carrie Hughes, Kevin Lyman, Joe Cuello, Joe Boyd, Elena Rossi, Anthony DeCurtis, Abby White, Chris Douridas, Philippa Murphy, Ben Fong-Torres, David Wilkes, Chris Kimsey, Mike Errico, Lior Goldenberg, Melissa Cross, Carrie Istad, Pilley Bianchi, Michael Patterson, Jeff Torrice, Carol Lester, Jennifer DaRe, Ethan Allen, Annie Lin, Danny Saber, Brett Kimberlin, Shari Black Velvet, Roger LeBlanc, Roy Jackson, Stefan Goldby, Josh Rabinowitz, Tim Riley, Jennifer Tefft, and Scott Reifman. 

Stanley Maxwell won Relix Magazine's November 2007 "JamOff" contest for unsigned artists. Stanley Maxwell was featured on the November Relix CD sampler, which was included with over 100,000 issues of the internationally distributed magazine. Relix is a publication dedicated to jam bands and improvisational music. Some of the artists who have appeared on past samplers include Bela Fleck, Frank Zappa, Les Claypool, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, Greyboy Allstars, Antibalas, Martin Sexton, Page McConnell, Galactic, and Phish. Visit Relix Magazine online: http://www.relix.com/

Stanley Maxwell won the "Best Jazz Band" category in the 2007 Hartford Advocate Grand Band Slam readers' poll. Stanley Maxwell performed a set during the "Indoor Slam" on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at Black-Eyed Sally's in Hartford:

http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/

As the band enjoyed Black-Eyed Sally's award-winning BBQ and Cajun cooking for dinner, Eight to the Bar started the evening with R&B and soul. Ryan Hartt & The Blue Hearts ended the night with blues tunes.

For more information on the Hartford Advocate Grand Band Slam: http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/best/enter_gbs.cfm?pid=32

Check out clips from the Stanley Maxwell performance at the Powder Mill Barn in Enfield from May 31, 2003 on YouTube:


http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=freebird1969

Setlist includes original tunes "Not Yet!", "Bono's Squandering", "No Good Reasons", "Mousetrap", "Tie Machine", and the world premiere of "Freak Mama Dippin'"; plus covers of Jaco Pastorius' "Continuum" and Weather Report's classic "Birdland".

Footage taped by Brian Freeman, who gives exposure to Connecticut entertainers, encouraging support of the industry through the public access program "Something Different" on Nutmeg TV.

(You can also watch his clips of The Breakfast, Max Creek, Mystery Feet, The Grapes of Vaudevillian Fantasy, Scharisma, The Pete Sheips Band, Depth Quartet, Flipper Dave, Dr. Juice and Shortness.)

Listen to some of Stanley Maxwell's live tunes on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/stanleymaxwell

Check out the pictures by Daniel Buttrey from Stanley Maxwell's concert with special guest trumpeter, composer and improvisor Stephen Haynes at the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford:


http://www.stanleymaxwell.com/charteroakculturalcenter.html