The new Joseph Diamond album Island Garden is available for purchase here on the website now!

PBS Australia has released 2 compilation albums called "Latin Point of View" including El Stupido and "Latin Point of View 2" including Suena Como Alegria both from Island Garden. To purchase these excellent albums, visit their website and click PBS Record Shop from the menu on the left.

Fiesta Jazz is playing Joseph's music as part of the in-flight entertainment package Latinfusion on Aircalin, a South Pacific airline.

The track Montoya Mambo from Island Garden will be aired on The Groove Boutique on Friday, August 20th on the Groove Boutique Blends.

The track L.A. from Island Garden was aired on The Groove Boutique on Friday, July 30th on the Groove Boutique Blends.

Basileus Music signs licensing agreement with playnetwork. They provide background music for many stores, including Starbucks. So if you're shopping and something perks up your ears, it might just be "Montoya Mambo", "Black Cowboy" or one of your other favorite Joseph Diamond tracks.

Joseph Diamond Licenses Track in UK
Basileus Music is pleased to announce the licensing of the Joseph Diamond single "L.A." from his Island Garden release. Jazz FM, the highly acclaimed jazz station in London, is releasing a compilation CD entitled Venice Beach that will feature such stars as Alex Bugnon, Ronny Laws, Maysa, Peter White and Lonnie Liston Smith. The CD is to be released July 7th by Jazz FM Records. For more information check the Jazz FM website at www.jazzfm.com

Joseph Diamond appeared at the 2003 Barbados Jazz Festival
Joseph was an opening act at the 2002 festival and made a triumphant return. Check out some photos.

Island Garden in the sky
Island Garden will open the Northwest Airlines Jazz Show that will run on all Northwest Airlines flights starting January 2003.

Softcell Records, a Canadian label, will soon release an album of previously released Joseph Diamond music. It is called Breakfast in Miami.

KCCK 88.3 FM has placed Island Garden in its Top 10 albums of 2002 list.

Basileus signs agreement with LicenseMusic
Licensemusic.com is the leading web destination for film, TV, advertising and interactive media professionals looking to source that perfect track to fit their specific productions and budgets. The company is the first-ever provider of both licensing and distribution of music online. All 24 songs from both Island Garden and Not Your Typical New Yorker are going into the catalog.

Island Garden climbing jazz charts
Joseph Diamond's second CD Island Garden is at #41 (as of 11/8/02) on the JazzWeek Smooth Jazz chart, having entered 8/11/02 at #49. Island Garden was the most added release on the Jazz Week chart for the week of September 6, 2002.   It also is listed on the 8/30/02 JazzWeek Chartbound list.

The new Flash Joseph Diamond Experience page now lives!

The Island Garden release party was a fabulous event.   Pictures tell only part of the story.

Only Takes A Minute hits number one.   Joseph's song Only Takes A Minute from the compilation album put out by Cafe de Soul has climbed to the top spot of the Soul Express Cream Cuts chart.

That's Not A Good Idea is among the 25 most played Latin songs on WCLK, 91.9 FM, Atlanta.

Click here to view the list of radio stations on which Island Garden has recently been played.

Island Garden was the giveaway CD for the month of June, 2002 on www.jazzreview.com. Congratulations to the lucky winners.

Island Garden dominates internet radio.   Spinner.com, Radio@aol, and Radio@netscape are featuring Island Garden. All 3 stations have added the tracks "Montoya Mambo", "Anytime", "Black Cowboy" and "L.A." to their Top Jazz New Releases Channels. The same 4 songs, with the addition of "El Stupido", Joseph's breakout merengue feature, are in heavy rotation on the stations' Latin Jazz Channels.

Joseph was the guest artist on "Jazz Influences", hosted by Marc Copeland, on WFDU-FM 89.1 on Sunday, June 30, 2002 between 1:30-2:00 p.m.

Joseph appeared Thursday, May 16, 2002 on Today in New York, Channel 4 between 5-7 a.m.   He played music from his soon to be released second CD Island Garden.   The show was aired live from Coney Island as part of a special broadcast.

Joseph was the special guest of Vicki Sola, host of WFDU-FM 89.1, Que Viva La Musica.   The interview took place on her regularly scheduled weekly show on Saturday, May 11, 2002 at 1 p.m.   The audience response was fantastic, with many people calling in, a lucky few receiving free copies of Island Garden and Not Your Typical New Yorker. To hear the Realaudio recording of the broadcast, click here.

DMX Music selected Island Garden as its Latin Programmer's Hot Pick for the month of April, 2002. DMX is the global leader in delivering unparalleled personal music experiences via digital cable, satellite and the Internet to over 10 million homes, 180,000 businesses and 30 airlines. DMX MUSIC is heard by a worldwide daily listening audience of 80 million.

Shockwave.com licenses "Que Rico"
www.shockwave.com/ has licensed the Joseph Diamond track "Que Rico" for use in its PhotoJam application.  PhotoJam is a fun & easy way to make cool music video style slideshows of your own photos and send them to your friends.  Check it out at www.shockwave.com/sw/downloads/photojam/

Cafe de Soul a UK-based smooth jazz & soul label, released Joseph Diamond's Only Takes A Minute on a radio preview of four songs from their upcoming compilation CD, which also includes Joseph's Hold On To You. Only Takes A Minute, featuring vocalist Jesse Robinson, has been getting hot airplay throughout Europe.

2 tracks from Island Garden featured in the new Jazz Listening Room at www.jazzreview.com

Joseph performed on NBC's "Today in New York" on Sunday morning 2/24/02. He played Not Your Typical New Yorker and was interviewed.

Not Your Typical New Yorker is now available in France & on the web at www.jazzvalley.com.

Joseph Diamond and band performed at the Barbados Jazz Festival 1/18/02. Read a review of the performance. Now his CD, "Not Your Typical New Yorker", is available at No. 1 Record Shop, Independence Square, Bridgetown, Tel. 246-426-5831

New York Magazine has a picture of Joseph Diamond performing at the Lenox Lounge in its January 14, 2002 issue.

"Not Your Typical New Yorker" has just been released in Japan by C.O.A. Records. The dance label is planning on bringing Joseph to Japan for a tour in the spring of 2002.

"A Little Past Midnight", "Hope", "M&M", "Broken Heart" and "Florence" have been popping up as segue music on ABC News.

"Seventh Heaven" will be used as the theme music for the national public radio interview series "Leaders of the New Century". Check out the letter from the show's producer on the Quotes page.

Joseph will be a featured performer at the A2A Music Conference October 20, 2001 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The venue is the Bimhuis concert hall.

CD101.9 WQCD-FM New York has added the new Joseph Diamond tune "L.A." to its regular rotation. Check it out at Joe's mp3.com site.

Keyboard magazine will be reviewing "Not Your Typical New Yorker" in an upcoming issue. Check your newstand!

everstream has put "Not Your Typical New Yorker" into its regular rotation, and now has added the single "L.A.", from the album "Island Garden".

Sex and the City to feature Not Your Typical New Yorker
HBO's hit series will be using several songs from the CD throughout this season, so stay tuned.

Click here to view the list of radio stations on which "Not Your Typical New Yorker" has recently been played. Or, listen to this interview, on WCLK, 91.9 FM, Atlanta.

The Virgin Records Megastore in Times Square will feature Not Your Typical New Yorker for in-store play starting 6/7/01.

Barnes and Noble features Not Your Typical New Yorker for in-store play in over 200 stores starting 7/5/01.

Click here to see actual footage of the latest Basileus Music promotional extravaganza.

Not Your Typical New Yorker was released throughout Canada on June 20, 2000 by Oasis Entertainment. Read a review (in French) at ICI Montreal or you could read the translation.

Pop on over to mp3.com and check out the new Joseph Diamond pages. There is one for Not Your Typical New Yorker and a special one featuring Joseph's vocal tunes.

Sam Goody has jumped aboard the Not Your Typical New Yorker express, stocking, playing, and selling it in 48 stores across the country. To mark the occasion, Joseph performed live at the Sam Goody store at 60th St. & 3rd Ave. in Manhattan, 4/14/01.

Not Your Typical New Yorker is now available at select Borders nationwide.

The Felice Lesser Dance Theater used Broken Heart in their show New York, New York at the Joyce Soho, 155 Mercer St., 6/22-25/01

Atlanta – Joseph Diamond was interviewed on WCLK, 91.9 FM, Atlanta, on 3/11/00.

Live interview with Joseph Diamond, 12/18/00 on radio WBAI, 95.9 FM, New York, at 4 p.m.

Not Your Typical New Yorker makes top Latin albums of the week
WDNA, 88.9 FM, Miami, lists Not Your Typical New Yorker on its Top Latin Albums of the Week on its Jazz Programmers list with over 200 Jazz radio and industry folks participating.....

Joseph Diamond was interviewed on radio WKCR 89.7 FM on 11/12/00, at 2 p.m.

There is a special bonus Real Audio track available on the "Listen to the Music" page.

For an online review of "Not Your Typical New Yorker", visit la Ritmo.

For online interviews with Joseph Diamond, visit All About Jazz, la Ritmo and Down Beat Jazz Online.

To read an article in the Spanish language magazine Temas, click here.

There is an article about Joseph Diamond in Latin Beat magazine's November 2000 issue.

Transworld releases Not Your Typical New Yorker nationally.
Trans World has shipped the CD to over 130 stores (Coconuts, RecordTown, Strawberries, Camelot) across the country. Click here to view the list of store locations.

You can also purchase your copy of "Not Your Typical New Yorker" at the HMV stores at 46th St. & 5th Ave., or 86th & Lexington Ave., the Tower Records stores at 66th & Broadway, E. 4th and Broadway or the Trump Tower, 5th Ave. & 56th, the Virgin Records superstore at 14th St. Union Square, Colony Records, 49th & Broadway, Entertainment Outlet, 103 W. 14th St., Coconuts, at 1290 Ave. of the Americas, Sam Goody, 3rd Ave. at 61st, all in Manhattan; Music Millennium, Portland, OR and Tower Records, San Diego, Laguna Hills, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA, Portland, OR, and Honolulu, HI, T&L Records, 4716J University Drive, Huntsville, AL, Streetside Records (4 stores) in St. Louis, MO, Poplar Tunes, 308 Poplar Ave., and Cats Music, both in Memphis, TN, Blue Note Records, North Miami Beach and of course at Amazon.com.

Joseph Diamond performed at the W.C. Handy Jazz Festival, in Florence, Alabama, the first week in August. Click here to view a newspaper article about it. The people of Florence were very responsive to the music, and supportive of the CD. Don't worry though, we just received another pressing, you can still get your own copy.

Joseph Diamond was just interviewed by BET on Jazz for the show "Jazz Scene". It will be running on their BETJazz cable channel Monday 9/6/99 @ 6:00am,12 noon, 6pm and midnight on the Jazz Channel only, Tuesday, 9/7/99 @ 3am on BET only, and again Saturday 9/11/99 @ 6PM. Set your VCR!