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December 18, 2010

Walt Disney Records Presents, “Disney Pearl JazzSeries Volume 1: Everybody Want To Be A Cat”, Coming February 15th, 2011

WALT DISNEY RECORDS SET TO RELEASE

DISNEY PEARL JAZZSERIES VOLUME 1:

EVERYBODY WANT TO BE A CAT, ON FEBRUARY 15


FEATURING WORLD-CLASS JAZZ ARTISTS

REINTERPRETING CLASSIC WALT DISNEY SONGS

Ev’rybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat’s the only cat
Who knows where it’s at
While playin’ jazz you always has a welcome mat
‘Cause everybody digs a swingin’ cat


From the outset, it was inevitable that two of the major creative forces of the 20th
Century would find a productive way to overlap and inspire each other.
Jazz – with its boundless appetite for new sounds and original melodies –
and Disney, that bottomless font of images, words and songs, churning
out fresh musical gems with uncanny consistency over the years.


That
Disney came of age at the end of the 1920s had a lot to do with it of
course.  Back then, jazz and popular songs lived in close proximity;
clarinets, trumpets and saxophones were all in their primacy. Ever
since, one way or another, the sound, rhythms and feel of jazz have
always informed Disney’s creations. But the focus ofthis collectionis
not so much what the Magic Kingdom managed to do with jazz. It’s about
what the jazz world has been able to do with the music of Disney. To continue, Please click “MORE”!

New Christmas Single by Lisa McClowry Now Available on iTunes

The tender hearted sounds of Contemporary vocalist Lisa McClowry comes shining through the holiday glow with her new Christmas single, now made available on iTunes, called “It Wouldn’t Feel Like Christmas”. As you can see in the photograph shown above, Lisa was recently nominated for International Vocalist of the Year …

Blues Singer Eden Brent is Nominated for Album Of The Year @ 2011 Blues Music Awards

Blues Sensation Eden Brent Nominated For Album Of The Year, Koko Taylor And Pinetop Perkins Blues Music Awards



Boogie-woogie
pianist Eden Brent has been nominated for three 2011 Blues Music Awards
for her album ‘Ain’t Got No Troubles’ (Yellow Dog Records) in the
categories of Album of the Year, Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues
Female) and the Pinetop Perkins Award (Piano Player). Earlier this year,
the Mississippi native won her third Blues Music Award from the Blues
Foundation, for Piano Player of the Year. Online voting for the Blues
Music Awards here: http://blues.org/bluesmusicawards/vote.php. To continue, Please click “MORE”!

Our Christmas Dedication to You | Kirk Franklin And The Family – “There’s No Christmas Without You”

Oh Yes, When Gospel mogul Kirk Franklin sparkled the music industry with his seasonal album, year ending blessing with The Family, “Christmas”, it literally helped pave the way to a very successful career in Gospel. Folks, another great offering for the holiday season is the album and our track dedication …

Phil Perry’s “The Christmas Song” is Available Now!

That wonderful time of the year….and one singer whose music lasts a lifetime presents an offering worthy of anyone’s attention. And that crooner is Mr. Phil Perry. Phils’ year-over-year classic, “The Christmas Song” is available now for purchase exclusively at his website: www.philperry.org. When you get there, look up, “MP3 …