• Cannes, France, January 19, 2009 : Attending MIDEM - the large music industry convention in Cannes, France, January 19, 2009 : Attending MIDEM - the large music industry convention in southern France, from left : Pablo Aslan, Bob Lord, Alex Aron and Roger Davidson, all from Soundbrush Records.
  • Cannes, France, January 19, 2009: ZOHO President Jochen Becker (left), in a meeting with his Southeast Asian distributor Stephen Mok, from Master Music Ltd, Hong Kong, and Alex Aron and Roger Davidson from Soundbrush Records.
  • Cannes, France, January 22, 2009 : it's sad to say farewell to the two charming A2IM stand assistants - see you next year perhaps.
  • Florida, NY, January 13, 2009: ZOHO president Jochen Becker meets with multiple Grammy winner Jimmy Sturr, the undisputed Polka King!
  • Los Angeles, CA, February 7, 2009: ZOHO President Jochen Becker was thrilled to have occasion to attend the label's third consecutive GRAMMY participation.
  • Los Angeles, CA, February 7, 2009 : Jochen attending the artists' reception thenight before the GRAMMYs, and meeting up with friends Judi Silvano and Joe Lovano.
  • Los Angeles, CA, February 8, 2009: the day of the GRAMMYs - ZOHO President Jochen Becker playing bigshot, and arriving in style with a nice black limo.
  • Los Angeles, February 8, 2009: Meeting with friends before the GRAMMY AWARDS ceremony - left : Dr Angelin Chang, a Classical pianist and GRAMMY winner in 2007. Right: Tom Kamber, Chairman of the Afro Latin Alliance, the not-for-profit foundation which supports Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.
  • Los Angeles, CA, February 8, 2009 : seconds before Arturo O'Farrill and ZOHO won their GRAMMY in the Latin Jazz category - the announcer presents the five nominees.
  • While attending the closing concert of the Lubbock Centennial in Texas, ZOHO president Jochen Becker paid his respects to local rock and roll icon Buddy Holly by visiting his museum.
  • Lubbock, TX, March 27, 2009: Another featured guest at the Lubbock Centennial was country rocker Joe Ely!
  • Glasgow, KY, April 14, 2009: Who are these scary dudes? Meet ZOHO ROOTS' blues and boogie rockers (in the grand Z Z Top style) RUFUS HUFF! From left : Chris Hardesty, Jarrod England, Dean Smith, and Greg Martin - also lead guitarist for the Kentucky HeadHunters. Photo shows the CD cover of the European licensed version of their ZOHO release.
  • Uncasville, CT, May 29, 2009: Jimmy Hall's in town! Serving as band director for Hank Williams Jr, Jimmy had time for a chat with Iris and Jochen Becker before the concert in the Mohegan Sun Arena.
  • 38 Unccasville, CT, May 29, 2009 : Man, these dudes are LOUD( but fantastic)! Hank's band at full roar - with Jimmy on the left.
  • Uncasville, CT, May 29, 2009: a cheeky reminder for Hank.
  • Greenwich Village, NY: CD Release Party for Bob Albanese at Small's! Bob is introducing the audience to his new ZOHO release
  • Greenwich Village, NY, June 3, 2009: the hardest swinging band in the business, supporting Bob Albanese on his CD Release Party at Small's: from left - Tom Kennedy, bass, the legendary saxophonist and five-time GRAMMY nominee Ira Sullivan, and drummer Willard Dyson.
  • London, England, June 1, 2009: meet the latest line-up of ZOHO ROOTS rockers from England, The Pretty Things! From left : Dick Greenwood, Frank Holland, Phil May, Dick Taylor, and George Perez.
  • London, England, June 1, 2009: bloody, but unbowed - the three longest-surviving members of British blues rockers The Pretty Things : from left: Frank Holland, Phil May and Dick Taylor.
  • Brighton, England, June 1, 2009: ZOHO ROOTS blues band The Malchicks - George Perez and Scarlett Wrench.
  • Brighton, England, June 1, 2009: you have to re-learn what a successful traditional British Blues Band looks like today - meet ZOHO ROOTS artists The Malchicks : Scarlett Wrench and George Perez.
  • 30Los Angeles, CA, June 1, 2009: ZOHO is pleased to introduce you to the fantastic soul and blues singer Audrey Turner! Audrey - Ike Turner's singing partner and last wife - is featured guest vocalist on the Mr Groove Band ZOHO ROOTS release
  • 29Plattsburgh, NY, June 10, 2009: They're baaack!! Following their ZOHO ROOTS surprise hit
  • Paris, France, May 19, 2009: it is with great pleasure that ZOHO announces that ZOHO artist, saxophonist and composer Dave Liebman has received the honorary award of the
  • Brooklyn, NY, June 12, 2009: Introducing GRAMMY-winning ZOHO artist Arturo O'Farrill with his new band RIZA NEGRA (
  • ZOHO Music proudly announces that Arturo OíFarrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra won an album of the year award by the Jazz Jourmalistsí Association in New York, for their ZOHO album ìSong for Chicoî!
  • July 18, 2009, Hunter Mountain, NY : A delegation from ZOHO (President Jochen Becker's wife Iris and son Lucas) having an audience with the King! Jimmy Sturr, the king of Polka Music, performed at his annual concert on Hunter Mountain in the Catskills.
  • August 9, 2009 : New ZOHO artist Gabriel Espinosa at his New York debut performance at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York - with featured guest, clarinetist Anat Cohen, and ZOHO president Jochen Becker lookin' in on the right.
  • September 26, 2009: ZOHOís Jochen & Iris Becker saying hi to legenday Blues guitarist and singer Hubert Sumlin at a Blues Festival in Westport, CT.
  • October 9, 2009: ZOHO artists meet : Colombian pianist and 2008 GRAMMY nominee Hector Martignon saying hello to Brasilian acoustic guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima after Carlos' solo concert celebrating the release of his fifth ZOHO CD
  • October 21, 2009: Presently in the studios for ZOHO: the mighty PERSUASIONS laying down tracks at Peter Karl Studios in Brooklyn, NY for a Tribute album to Bob Dylan called ìKnocking on Bobís Doorî.
  • November 4, 2009: The General Store in Hackberry, Arizona on Route 66 a place on November 4, 2009: The General Store in Hackberry, Arizona on Route 66 a place on this earth where itís still the early 1960s.
  • November 4, 2009: Passing through the small town of Seligman, Arizona, I suddenly found myself in front of two count it 1, 2! vintage Ford Edsels staring at me. After my initial astonishment, I have made peace with the fact that I might not get that lucky again for the rest of my life.
  • November 4, 2009: Whatís this? While en route to Las Vegas to attend the 2009 LATIN GRAMMY Awards to which ZOHO had a nomination Brazilian Trio in the Latin Jazz category, I fulfilled one of my oldest dreams to travel a few hundred miles on the fabled Route 66, through parts of New Mexico and Arizona. Having stayed overnight in Flagstaff AZ, a few dozen miles heading west, I took a wrong turn of the highway, and there I was on an original old piece of Route 66 which had been de-commissioned already in the 1940s. This shows some of the original blacktop from the 1930s.