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E1 Entertainment: Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer Hit #1 Again on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart With &

^{Published on 2009-10-14 14:47:05 - Market Wire}
 

PORT WASHINGTON, NY--(Marketwire - October 14, 2009) - "The Melody of Rhythm" (August 25 / E1 Music), an unprecedented melding of Western and Indian classical and American roots featuring banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck, double-bass master Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain, arguably the world's greatest tabla player, has regained its #1 position on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart for the last two weeks, making a total of five weeks at #1 of its seven in release. The album is also currently #3 on the overall Classical Chart behind Joshua Bell and Il Divo. The group has recently been featured on NPR's "Here and Now," "Weekend Edition," and will shortly be featured on NPR's "Performance Today."

The trio continues its North American tour of concert halls in support of this release with the following dates:

 Oct 15 Grinnell, IA Grinnell College Oct 16 Goshen, IN Goshen College Oct 18 Miami, FL Gusman Hall Oct 20 Mesa, AZ Ikeda Theater Oct 22 Los Angeles, CA Royce Hall / University of CA Oct 24 Vancouver, CAN Chan Center Oct 26 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal Poly Arts Oct 28 San Francisco, CA SF Jazz Festival 

[ www.belafleck.com ] / [ www.edgarmeyer.com ] / [ www.zakirhussain.com ]

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E1 Entertainment (AIM: ETO) is a leading independent entertainment content owner that acquires film, television and music rights and exploits these rights in all media in more than 190 countries.

The company currently operates in Canada, the U.S., the UK, Holland and Belgium through its four primary businesses units: E1 Television, E1 Films, E1 Music and E1 Distribution. These businesses collectively represent E1's extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production/distribution, Kids content, Licensing and Distribution.

E1's content library includes more than 3,700 feature films, 2,700 hours of original television programming and 15,000 music tracks.