MUMBAI: Eric Addeo announces the launch of AMI (Addeo Music International): a multi-genre, international booking agency located in New York City dedicated to progressive and roots music. Following a twelve-year tenure at jazz booking agency Joel Chriss & Co., Addeo formed AMI to meet the needs of a rapidly changing environment. AMI's exclusive roster includes Maceo Parker, Paquito D'Rivera, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Eldar, Still Black, Still Proud, and many more.

New York, NY (Billboard Publicity Wire) January 5, 2009 -- Eric Addeo announces the launch of AMI (Addeo Music International): a multi-genre, international booking agency located in New York City dedicated to progressive and roots music. Following a twelve-year tenure at jazz booking agency Joel Chriss & Co., Addeo formed AMI to meet the needs of a rapidly changing environment.

As the music industry evolves, AMI is devoted to creating new endeavors and to the advancement of live performance. AMI's unique Jazz Audience Development Program (JADP) targets non-music students at colleges and universities and exposes them to jazz artists and their music through interactive discussion and performance. AMI's corporate division, CorpJazz, creates brand-specific programs to suit the needs of corporate and convention audiences.

AMI will offer artists and clients personalized, boutique service through focused touring initiatives and management of international performances through a network of AMI-affiliated agencies. AMI's exclusive roster includes some of the most culturally significant and forward thinking artists in the world:

Eric Alexander, Mose Allison, Ernestine Anderson, Henry Butler, Gerald Clayton, Lou Donaldson, Paquito D'Rivera, Eldar, Arturo O'Farrill, Aaron Goldberg, Tom Harrell, Maceo Parker, Ken Peplowski, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, David Sanchez, Pharoah Sanders, Tomasz Stanko, Jacky Terrasson, Yosvany Terry, Steve Turre, and Matt Wilson.

Additional AMI-exclusive groups and projects include:

Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra / Ballet Hispanico: Palladium Nights

Brazilian Nights: The Music of Jobim featuring Trio da Paz (Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta and Duduka Da Fonseca), Harry Allen, Joe Locke, and Maucha Adnet

Ken Peplowski's Benny Goodman Centennial Celebration

Mingus Dynasty, Big Band, Orchestra and Epitaph: 50th Anniversary of Ah Um, Dynasty and Blues and Roots

New Orleans All-Stars featuring Cyril Neville, Henry Butler and George Porter Jr.

Steve Turre's Sanctified Shell Choir

Still Black, Still Proud: Pee Wee Ellis's African Tribute to James Brown

Trio Da Paz (Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta and Duduka Da Fonseca)

Major shifts in the jazz world, including trends toward multi-genre programming, present exciting opportunities for a more grassroots approach in both recording and touring. AMI, along with its artists, is exploring new ways to focus artistic vision, build core audiences through educational and community outreach, and connect to a new generation of fans that listen without boundaries. With this goal in mind, AMI will be announcing plans within the next year for a record label and a New Jersey based music festival.