Blue Note Records' aim will always be to offer the best jazz music available, the head of the U.S.

SpiralFrog, Inc. (www.spiralfrog.com), the free, ad-supported Web-based music experience, today announced a digital distribution agreement with EMI Music, one of the world's leading independent music companies.

TouchTunes Corporation, the largest out-of-home interactive entertainment network, has teamed up with EMI/Manhattan Records to promote new music from EMI's famed catalog.

By Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press Mar. 31--Jazz The bill says Joshua Redman and the SFJAZZ Collective, and the program promises a tribute to Herbie Hancock. But the reason to get most excited is the appearance by innovative and influential vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson in the ensemble.

After 10 years in musical seclusion due to family turmoil, Anita Baker is returning to the spotlight. The Grammy-winning R&B songstress has signed a deal with Blue Note Records to produce at least two albums, and expects to release her first project before the end of the year.