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The T.J. Martell Foundation will hold its fifth annual Family Day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Hilton Hotel in New York. The carnival-like day of family fun includes a raffle with such prizes as PlayStation 2 systems donated by Sony, videogames from EA Games, Xbox systems from Microsoft and iPods from Apple. BMG North America chairman/CEO Clive Davis will pay tribute to Family Day honoree Julie Swidler, senior VP of business and legal affairs for RCA Music Group. This year's event, staged with the support of the Toys 'R' Us Children's Fund, aims to raise $250,000 to support leukemia, cancer and AIDS research. For more information, call 212-833-5444. KEN SCHLAGER



Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC), a New York-based nonprofit arts organization, is building a recording studio in its new facility, Frederick P. Rose Hall, located in the Time Warner Center in midtown Manhattan. The organization is seeking an operator/tenant for the studio, which will serve the facility's three major venues: the 1,000-plus-capacity Rose Theater, the 500-plus-capacity Allen Room and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, a nightclub-style venue. The studio is being designed and built by Sound of Jazz, a partnership formed by JALC that includes architect Rafael Viñoly, the Walters-Storyk Design Group and Artec Consultants. Candidates for the operator/tenant position are submitting bids through Request for Proposal (RFP), available at jazzatlincolncenter.org/ rosehallrfp. Chris Stone, founder of Record Plant Studios and World Studio Group, is the RFP contact at 323-465-7697. CHRISTOPHER WALSH



As tipped in last week's Billboard, Nashville-based Universal South will distribute an album of songs inspired by the film "The Passion of the Christ." The album is slated for release April 6 and will feature Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan, Leon Russell, Brit pop singer Lee Ryan and a duet by Jessi Colter and son Shooter Jennings. The film, which was produced and directed by Mel Gibson, opens in theaters Feb. 25 and is distributed by Newmarket Films. DEBORAH EVANS PRICE



Hamilton has introduced the Grand Model H399, a midsized, midpriced grand piano. The music desk and leg design of the five-foot-eight-inch piano feature historically accurate styling from the Baldwin Hamilton line. The H399 has German-made Roslau Strings music wire, hard rock maple bridge and solid spruce soundboard and ribs. It is available in polished mahogany, ebony and satin ebony. CHRISTOPHER WALSH