AlternaJazz To Release New Album By Recording Artist Raya Yarbrough
05 September, 2018
AlternaJazz (Sparks & Shadows) today announced the upcoming release of a new album from singer-songwriter and multi-faceted artist Raya Yarbrough, "North of Sunset, West of Vine." The twelve song record will be available on CD through Amazon, and from all major digital retailers Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.
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| Highland Jazz And Blues Festival Announces Details Of Fifteenth Annual Event
05 September, 2018
The 15th Annual Highland Jazz & Blues Festival presented by Bistro Byronz and Rotolo's Craft and Crust in Shreveport's historic Columbia Park will have music for everyone on two festival stages. In addition to more than 70 food and art vendors, eight bands will perform from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday, ...
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Big Support Already From Jazz FM, But With Their Mix Of Neo Soul/Trip Hop 'We Are Leif' Are Ready To Expand Beyond Jazz Borders On Their New Album 'Breathe'
05 September, 2018
Led by the songwriting team of vocalist Louise Victoria and drummer, Mark Whitlam, We Are Leif deftly span the balance of jazz sensibilities with the groove and sound more associated with down-tempo genres like Neo-Soul and R'n'B. Louise's voice sits comfortably alongside the company of Gretchen Parlato ...
| Jazz Radio Veteran Eric Cohen Launches EC Music Agency And New Website Promoting Contemporary Artists Of Today
03 September, 2018
Let me carve out a distinctive niche for you in the music industry....maintaining a reputation for putting the interests of my artists above all else. Effort plus hard work will lead to RESULTS! An opportunity to expand your brand in ways you never thought possible
Having been a radio personality ...
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Rebecca Angel Appearing At The River Spirit Music & Arts Festival Next Saturday
02 September, 2018
Rebecca Angel will appear at THE RIVER SPIRIT MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL next Saturday, September 8th. The show will take place at Grove Stage from 3:45-4:15pm.
The 22 year-old vocalist has an appealing and captivating voice. Using jazz as her base to explore different grooves, she collaborated with Grammy-winning ...
| Sarah Reich Revolutionizing Tap Jazz Music
31 August, 2018
Sarah has become one of the art form's pop culture ambassadors, thanks to her appearances in videos with Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox. Her videos with them (A Star Wars-themed tribute, "The Tap Awakens," & "Thriller", a Michael Jackson cover featuring Wayne Brady) have garnered millions of views ...
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Saxophonist Jared Sims Tells His New York Story On Forthcoming Ropeadope CD, "The New York Sessions," Set For October 12 Release
31 August, 2018
The theme of this record is not just what New York means to me, but what New York meant to me before it just became all Starbucks and strip malls. Not so much looking backward, but telling my New York story.
Jazz saxophonist and educator Jared Sims pays musical tribute to experiences that influenced ...
| New Slim Gaillard Collection, 'Groove Juice: The Norman Granz Recordings + More,' Available Now
31 August, 2018
Bulee "Slim" Gaillard was a master of groove, a multi-instrumentalist and multilingual singer, songwriter, and comedian, bouncing on the pulse of contemporary trends in music for nearly six decades. A new 2CD and digital Slim Gaillard collection titled Groove Juice: The Norman Granz Recordings + More ...
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Maverick Saxophonist Daniel Bennett Releases 'We Are The Orchestra'
30 August, 2018
Daniel Bennett's groundbreaking release "We Are the Orchestra" was conceived when Bennett arranged the musical score for "Whitman at the Whitney" at the Whitney Museum in New York City. The show was produced by the Hudson Guild Theater.
In a bold departure from previous works, "We Are the Orchestra" ...
| Virtuoso Bass Player & Soul Singer Lawrence Preston Releases Funk Masterpiece 'Stood Up'
29 August, 2018
After the radio success of "Something for You", Lawrence Preston returns with a new track, the 80's-flavoured funk earthquake, "Stood Up". It's reassuring to know that in these days of click tracks and auto-tune, REAL SOUL and FUNK still exists. Not just music which fits a convenient pigeon-hole but ...
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Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. Return To Los Angeles' Catalina Jazz Club August 31-September 2
29 August, 2018
Music icons Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., the original lead vocalists of the internationally acclaimed music group The 5th Dimension, bring back their trademark "champagne soul" sound to the Catalina Jazz Club (6725 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028), starring in "Up, Up and Away" on Labor ...
| Sarah Reich Takes Her Work With Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox To New Change
28 August, 2018
Sarah has become one of the art form's pop culture ambassadors, thanks to her appearances in videos with Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox. Her videos with them (A Star Wars-themed tribute, "The Tap Awakens," & "Thriller", a Michael Jackson cover featuring Wayne Brady) have garnered millions of views ...
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Montreal-Based Pianist Andres Vial To Release New CD "Sphereology Volume One," Sept. 28
27 August, 2018
After more than a decade pursuing the compositions of Thelonious Monk, Montreal pianist Andrés Vial decided, in the fall of 2017 as Monk's centennial approached, that it was finally time to document his findings. In the company of guitarist and Monk specialist Peter Bernstein and two different rhythm ...
| Kandace Springs Releases New Single "6 8" From Her Upcoming Album "Indigo" Out Sept. 7
27 August, 2018
Kandace Springs has released "," a sublime remake of Gabriel Garzón-Montano's gorgeous ballad that is molasses slow and crystalline pretty. Kandace's sensual vocals and chiming piano intertwine with Elena Pinderhughes' ethereal flute and float above Burniss Travis II's bass and Karriem Riggins' drums. ...
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Jose James Pays Tribute To Bill Withers With "Lean On Me" Out Sept. 28
27 August, 2018
Singer, songwriter and lifelong fan José James honors the great Bill Withers with the September 28 release of Lean On Me (Blue Note), a loving tribute album that features 12 of the legendary singer and songwriter's most undeniable and soulful songs in honor of his 80th birthday year. Lean On Me was ...
| Olivia Foschi To Release Sophomore Album "Fleeting Windows"
26 August, 2018
Fleeting Windows was driven by the birth of Foschi's twin boys in 2015. The album was shaped by the many emotions she experienced over the past several years and all of the songs were written for or inspired by her sons. Foschi feels the record is essentially a collection of little windows that provide ...
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Award-Winning Jazz Musician Denise La Grassa To Perform At The Jazz Showcase, 9/25
25 August, 2018
Denise La Grassa has been performing her original jazz music and poetry in the Chicago region for over 25 years. La Grassa has toured and performed around the world in locations including New York, Scotland, Germany and Switzerland. La Grassa's original works explore relationships and social issues ...
| "Redemption" Arrives For Urban-Jazz Saxophonist Sam Rucker
25 August, 2018
The freedom of jazz, the swagger of hip hop, the faith of gospel and heart-on-your-sleeve soul inspire saxophonist Sam Rucker's "Redemption," his third album that drops Friday from Favor Productions. An engaging mix of triumphant light and somber vibes, the release day is bitter sweet for Rucker who ...
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Breaking "Outside The Box" With Keyboardist David Garfield
24 August, 2018
Veteran keyboardist David Garfield entered the year with a single in the Billboard Top 10 ("Go Home") before announcing the details of his ambitious recording project, "Outside the Box." The multidisc, multi-genre series of albums trickling out over a multi-year span features high-wattage assemblages ...
| Trumpeter Erik Jekabson Takes His Sextet On A Musical Journey Through The San Francisco Bay Area
23 August, 2018
Trumpeter Erik Jekabson spent nearly five months composing new music while going about his San Francisco Bay Area life before gathering his sextet at the legendary Fantasy Studios in Berkeley to track "Erik Jekabson Sextet," which drops September 7 on Wide Hive Records. Inspired by places, events, moods ...
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