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March 16, 2011

Trumpeter Sean Jones Releases “No Need For Words” on May 24th, 2011



Sean Jones Releases “No Need For Words” On MAY 24 – MACK AVENUE RECORDS
 

 

As
we’ve all been told, birds do it, bees do it – but anyone who’s
actually gone to the trouble of falling in love knows that it’s a lot
more complicated when humans get involved. Which can make the reality of
relationships a bit disappointing for those weaned on a steady diet of
radio-friendly love songs, but can also provide a much richer experience
than it’s possible to describe in a couple of verses and a chorus.

 

As has become evident over the course of his five previous albums, Sean Jones is particularly adept at plumbing complex emotional depths through his trumpet playing and composing.

 

So
when he set his mind to recording a set of love songs, it should come
as no surprise that he delved into the evocative nuances of love rather
than the more obvious boys-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl generalities. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Lionsgate Announces Production Agreement with Janet Jackson’s JDJ Entertainment

LIONSGATE® ANNOUNCES PRODUCTION AGREEMENT WITH JANET JACKSON’S JDJ ENTERTAINMENT


 

SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, and Janet Jackson‘s
jdj Entertainment have entered into an agreement for Jackson to select,
develop and produce a theatrical motion picture project in cooperation
with Lionsgate.  

The announcement was made today by Michael Paseornek, President of Motion Picture Production and Development. The deal was negotiated by Robert Melnik, Lionsgate’s Executive Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs, and Neil Ollivierra, Lionsgate’s Director of Business & Legal Affairs and, on behalf of Janet Jackson, Tom Hoberman and Don Steele of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, & Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Latin Music Legends Stamps Now Avail Thru U.S. Postage Service

Latin Music Legends: U.S. Postage Commemorative Forever Stamps Honor Entertainment Giants


AUSTIN, Texas, March 16, 2011
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Five legendary musicians and performers of
the Latin sound whose contributions have had a lasting impact on
American music — Selena, Carlos Gardel, Carmen Miranda, Tito Puente, and Celia Cruz — today were honored on U.S. commemorative Forever stamps. The stamps go on sale nationwide at Post Offices and online at usps.com/shop today.

“From this day
forward, these colorful, vibrant images of our Latin music legends will
travel on letters and packages to every single household in America,”
said Marie Therese Dominguez, vice president, Government Relations and Public Policy. To continue, please click “MORE”!

OASA Records to Auction Rare Rehearsal Tape feat. Aretha Franklin…

OASA Records to Auction Rare Live Rehearsal Tape Featuring Aretha Franklin and the Late Van McCoy



Photo Credit: Matthew Jordan

 

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — OASA Records announced this week its silent auction of a
live and rare rehearsal tape, never heard before, featuring Aretha Franklin and the late Van McCoy singing a tune titled, “I Was Made for You, You Were Made for Me.”

“McCoy, who
gave the world the memorable tune, ‘The Hustle,’ gave me this rare
recording, made approximately 30 years ago at his mansion in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,” says Tony Whitfield of OASA Records. This is a must have for any 70’s music collection.” To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Icon Series Include First Greatest Hits Collection from R&B Singer Avant

New Icon Releases Include ‘Best of’ for
Eric Clapton, The Who, B.B. King, Sublime, Cat Stevens, Joe Cocker, and
Quincy Jones Plus First Greatest Hits Collection From R&B Star
Avant


 

LOS ANGELES, March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The greatest and the latest are featured among the newest releases in the Icon “best of” series from Universal Music Enterprises (UMe).  Each disc in the Icon series boasts approximately 12 tracks.  Among the 10 fresh collections of hits, signature tunes and fan favorites, released April 5, 2011, are Rock and Roll Hall of Famers B.B. King, Eric Clapton and The Who, each heard with a single disc and a 24-track, two-disc set release.  Also presented are single-disc compilations for Cat Stevens, Joe Cocker, Quincy Jones and Sublime and the first greatest hits retrospectives from R&B star Avant, alt-rock band Local H and metal group Nonpoint. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Jasmine Guy, Shirley Sherrod & Fonzworth Bentley Among 2011 Drum Major for Justice Honorees

Shirley Sherrod, Jasmine Guy

and Fonzworth Bentley Among

2011 Drum Major for Justice Honorees


     

Recipients
of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Civil Rights – Rev. Joseph E.
Lowery, Ambassador Andrew Young, and Rep. John Lewis – will be honored

ATLANTA, GA – Evelyn Gibson Lowery, founder and chair of SCLC/Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. announced today that former Georgia State Director of USDA Rural Development, Shirley Sherrod; award-winning actor, dancer, singer, and director, Jasmine Guy; and a leader in the field of diabetic limb salvage and founder of The Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program, Dr. Bill Releford; will be honored during the thirty-second annual Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner on Monday April 4. Held in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination, the dinner will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Atlanta. For ticket information call (404) 584-0303. To continue, please click “MORE”!