Meghan Stabile was a music impresario who blended jazz and hip-hop to introduce jazz to a new, younger audience.
- Died: June 12, 2022 (Who else died on June 12?)
- Details of death: Died in Valrico, Florida by suicide at the age of 39.
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Jazz revival
Stabile created Revive Music as a student at Berklee College of Music before moving to New York City. There, she worked tirelessly to bring current jazz musicians into the public eye with her concert series Revive Da Live. She organized and promoted concerts in which artists mixed new and old musical styles, adding hip-hop’s beats and lyrics to classic jazz clips. Stabile caught the attention of musician and producer Don Was, president of Blue Note Records, who brought her in as a producer there. Through Blue Note, Stabile organized the 2015 compilation album “Revive Music Presents
Supreme Sonacy (Vol. 1)”.
Notable quote
“The concept of starting a business making jazz relevant to large audiences — that’s the quest, the mission. Getting people who don’t listen to jazz to say, ‘I didn’t know I could dance to a Dizzy Gillespie song.’” —from a 2013 interview for the New York Times
Tributes to Meghan Stabile
Full obituary: NPR
