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Australian Singer Mark Sholtez Interviewed at AAJ

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It's been more than a year now since Mark Sholtez's debut album Real Street (Verve, 2006) was released. Exciting things have happened since, mainly in his home country of Australia. Real Street celebrated ten weeks in a row at the number one position on the Jazz and Blues Album Charts, and was also nominated for the Aria Awards in the category of Best Jazz Album. To bring things somewhat full circle, Sholtez then proudly accepted the 2007 APRA Music Award for Most Performed Jazz Work.

Sholtez is more than happy to look back on an exhilarating period of his life, in which his career got a well-deserved turbo boost. Not every aspiring artist out there is given the opportunity to sign with Verve Records and record with some of the finest jazz musicians available in less than a week. Because that's what it took for a tape with rough mixes to end up on chairman Tommy LiPuma's desk, resulting in a long distance phone call to Brisbane, Australia.

AAJ's Gina Vodegel spoke with Sholtez about the benefits of getting a major label deal, and what the future holds.

Check out Mark Sholtez: True to Himself at AAJ today!

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