'Echo' Lingers For Alyssa Graham
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - A sensuous blend of jazz rhythms pulses through 'Echo' (Sunnyside), a collection of songs bound together by the unforgettable resonance of Alyssa Graham's extraordinary voice. Its eleven tracks reveal musical influences from around the globe, all while ...
| Aaron Parks Makes His Major Label Debut With 'Invisible Cinema' On August 19, 2008
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - On August 19, pianist Aaron Parks will make his Blue Note Records debut with Invisible Cinema, a stunning concept record conceived entirely by Parks. Invisible Cinema finds Parks in excellent form as both a soloist and composer, buoyed by the support ...
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Stephen 'Doc' Kupka Of Tower Of Power Releases Masterwork 'Doc Goes Hollywood'
ROANOKE, Virginia (Top40 Charts/ Strokeland Records) - Best known as a founding member of the legendary Oakland, California horn band "Tower of Power" and a prodigious songwriter, Stephen "Doc" Kupka has once again pulled together the best of the best for this, his latest Strokeland Records release. ...
| Singer/Songwriter Douye' Takes Listeners On A Seductive, Sensual Smooth-Jazz 'Journey' With The Release Of Her Debut Album
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Douye' Official Website) - Beautifully texturing her pure, sultry and smoky vocals with a sensual and soulful, cool retro-jazzy vibe, Nigerian born, Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Douye' broadens her base of passionate fans all over the world with the highly anticipated ...
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'Simone On Simone' Debuts No 14 On Traditional Jazz Chart & Hit Top 5 Jazz Album At iTunes
NEW YORK, NY (Top40 Charts/ Big Machine Media) - On the heels of the release of her new debut solo album, "Simone on Simone," Simone gets set for a new tour. The album was released on May 13th and during the week of release the album debuted No 14 on the Traditional Jazz Chart and was Top 5 Jazz Albums ...
| Kate McGarry Headlines LA's Jazz Bakery On June 17, 2008
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Kate McGarry, hailed by Downbeat as one of the top female vocalists of 2007, will bring her inspired repertoire of standard and not-so-standard fare to LA's Jazz Bakery on June 17th. A singer who's also a favorite among singers, McGarry, who has not performed ...
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Saxophonist Grace Kelly To Release CD 'GRACEfulLEE,' With Frontline Partner Lee Konitz On July 8, 2008
Brookline MA. (Top40 Charts/ Pazz Productions) - "Ten years ago I was asked by someone where the new Bird was going to come from. I said, half-jokingly, that it might be a dwarf, Albino woman from Africa. Jazz seems to be floundering right now, and we don't have a clear-cut leader. Maybe Grace Kelly ...
| Ledisi's Soul And Jazz Chops Honored With A BET J Award Nomination
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Verve Records) - Two-time GRAMMY nominee Ledisi adds one more accolade to her dossier with this year's BET Awards. The "powerhouse belter" (Los Angeles Times) is nominated alongside Chaka Khan, Jill Scott, Raheem DeVaughn and Angie Stone for the BET J Award honoring genre-bending ...
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Ledisi's Soul And Jazz Chops Honored With A Bet J Award Nomination
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Two-time GRAMMY nominee Ledisi adds one more accolade to her dossier with this year's BET Awards. The "powerhouse belter" (Los Angeles Times) is nominated alongside Chaka Khan, Jill Scott, Raheem DeVaughn and Angie Stone for the BET J Award honoring genre-bending ...
| Cephas And Wiggins' 'Richmond Blues' Brings Piedmont Style From Appalachia To You
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - On July 29, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings will release 'Richmond Blues' by guitarist-singer John Cephas and his harmonica-player partner Phil Wiggins as part of the African American Legacy Recordings Series. 'Richmond Blues' traces the traditional Piedmont ...
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Sonya Kitchell Rides 'This Storm'
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Sonya Kitchell - whose voice Marie Claire praised as "equal parts milk and honey" - has recently completed work on her second album, 'This Storm,' set for release on September 2nd, 2008, as a joint venture between Decca/Universal ...
| Guitarist Lawson Rollins' Jazz-World Music Solo Debut Album Is Off To A Great Start
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ By Rick Scott/ Great Scott Productions) - The soundtrack to an alluring world voyage, a festive exaltation of music, art and life, guitarist Lawson Rollins' solo debut album, Infinita, was released last week (May 20) via the artist's Infinita Records, distributed by Baja/TSR ...
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Natasha Miller's Version Of The Bobby Sharp Classic Song 'Unchain My Heart' Featured In 'The Bank Job' DVD
ALAMEDA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Marshall Lamm Promotions) - Bay Area vocalist Natasha Miller today announced her version of the Bobby Sharp song, 'Unchain My Heart,' featured in the Lionsgate film 'The Bank Job,' will be included in the film's DVD and Blu-Ray release on July 15. The song will be featured ...
| New Guitar Summit Gives You Shivers On New CD Out July 8, 2008
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts/ Stony Plain Music) - The critically-acclaimed New Guitar Summit's self-titled first CD and DVD, Live from Stoneham Theatre were both released by Stony Plain in 2004. The three New England-based guitarists first began performing together in 1997, with one of their highlights ...
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Powers & Shields Headline Mother's Best Music
HELENA-WEST HELENA, ARK. (Top40 Charts/ Arkansas Delta Cultural Center) - East Coast bluesman Michael Powers and Helena's own Lonnie Shields headline the Third Annual Mother's Best Music Fest on Saturday, June 7, in historic downtown Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. https://www.DeltaCulturalCenter.com/calendar ...
| Seattle Songstress Sue Bell Rings Live With 'Only Love' In Mind Throughout the Northwest This Summer
SEATTLE, WA. (Top40 Charts/ Sue Bell Official Website) - After a very successful show celebrating the completion of her newest project "Only Love" at Seattle's premier club Jazz Alley, Sue Bell can be heard and seen in other local venues this summer delivering songs from that recording and others. ...
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Cady Finlayson Band Brings Spirited Irish Music To Brooklyn
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Cady Finlayson Music) - On Friday June 6th at 8 p.m., the Cady Finlayson Band brings spirited Irish music to the Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor, 53 Prospect Park West @2nd St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The Good Coffeehouse is an acoustic listening room open to all ages. Admission ...
| Jazz Legend Roy Haynes Brings Jazz To A New Audience With Guest Spot As A Classic Jazz DJ And Performer On Rockstar Games Record-Breaking New Release Grand Theft Auto IV
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Records) - While most teenagers have very little knowledge or interest in American Jazz music, all that may soon change thanks to an immensely popular videogame, and a musician who helped to define the term "hip". The game is Grand Theft Auto IV, the latest release by Rockstar ...
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Sonya Kitchell Previews 'This Storm' At Hotel Cafe On June 4, 2008
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - In an exclusive performance at LA's Hotel Cafe on June 4th, Sonya Kitchell will be debuting material from her upcoming release 'This Storm' (This fall on Decca/Velour). 'This Storm' is Sonya's follow up to her acclaimed inaugural album 'Words Came Back ...
| Concord Records To release Return To Forever - The Anthology In Stores May 27, 2008
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Concord Music Group) - This summer Return To Forever, Chick Corea (keyboards), Stanley Clarke (bass), Lenny White (drums) and Al Di Meola (guitar), reunite for an unprecedented return to the concert stage after more than 25 years apart. To commemorate the World Tour 2008 ...
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