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Announcing The Winners of Our 1st Annual Jazz & Wine in The Gardens @ Grand Tradition Ticket Giveaway Contest!

Announcing The Winners of Our 1st Annual Jazz & Wine in The Gardens @ Grand Tradition Ticket Giveaway Contest! Announcing the winners of our 1st Annual Jazz & Wine in The Gardens @ Grand Tradition in Fallbrook, Ca. Giveaway! The special event is taking place this weekend. All you have …

Mack Ave Records Continues Vinyl Release Program | Cécile McLorin Salvant’s “WomanChild” Coming Oct. 29th, 2013

Mack Avenue Records Continues Vinyl Release Program with Cécile McLorin Salvant’s WomanChild – Available October 29

Label Has Released Seven 180-gram Double LP Sets
Since 2009 Including Albums from Christian McBride,
Gary Burton, Kenny Garrett, Stanley Jordan,
Kevin Eubanks and Yellowjackets

Mack Avenue Records is proud to continue their vinyl release program with French-American vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant. The program has released seven 180-gram vinyl LPs since it began in 2009,…

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WATCH NEW MUSIC VIDEO by Contemporary Jazz Group Pieces of a Dream | “Steppers “D” Lite”

WATCH NEW MUSIC VIDEOby Legendary Jazz Group Pieces of a Dream“Steppers “D” Lite”Album, “In The Moment” Available NOW Whats Happening Readers and Good Afternoon. Are y’all ready to “step in the name of love”? Any Chicago Steppers in the house? James Lloyd of hit contemporary jazz group Pieces of a …

New Short Film, “Trane & Miles” | DVD is Available NOW

New Short Film “Trane and Miles” Celebrates Jazz Music Legends



Take a journey to 1959 and walk the miles with two of the most iconic jazz musicians of all time, men whose work became the soundtrack of an era. Writer-director Scott Essman of Visionary Cinema captures the brilliant, untold story of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, starring Ricco Ross as Coltrane and Travis Hinson as Davis. Their impact came at the outset of significant changes in all things America.

Los Angeles, CA, September 16, 2013 –(PR.com)– Visionary Cinema presents the new short film “Trane and Miles.”

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Dynamic Vocalist Sandra St. Victor Returns With New CD, “Oya’s Daughter” on Sept. 24th, 2013 | LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE!


 
CELEBRATED & DYNAMIC SINGER/SONGWRITER SANDRA ST. VICTOR SHINES ON SHANACHIE DEBUT
OYA’S DAUGHTER
 
A trained opera singer, the Dallas born, Holland based singer/songwriter Sandra St. Victor is very much an artist’s artist. Through the years she has earned the respect and admiration of her peers and has the accolades to show it.

New Jazz Release: Contemporary Jazz Group AIRBORNE | “Silver Skies” (Avail NOW) | WATCH NEW VIDEO

Silver Skies – Airborne –
25th Anniversary CD



Jump Onboard the Magical Airborne Voyage into the Silver Skies


This project with 12 new compositions is a testimonial to the wisdom, endurance, determination, spirit, and extraordinary talents of the contemporary jazz group Airborne.

The signature jazz sound of Airborne was nurtured in the communities of Art and Music that flourished in the streets of the multicultural city of New Haven CT USA, where the band was born and raised.

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Earth, Wind & Fire’s New Album, “Now, Then & Forever” Debuts at #11 on Billboard 200 & #5 on Top R&B Charts

Earth, Wind & Fire’s New Studio Album, Now, Then & Forever, Debuts At #11 On Billboard 200 And #5 On The Top R&B Charts

 
  
Legendary Pop-Powerhouse Earth, Wind & Fire Lands Highest-Charting New Album in Three Decades

Earth, Wind & Fire set to perform new single “My Promise” on NBC’s America’s Got Talent 2-hour season finale


NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Now, Then & Forever, the first new studio album in eight years from international superstars Earth, Wind & Fire, has entered the Billboard 200 at #11 and #5 on the top R&B album charts marking the group’s highest-charting album, since Raise! hit #5 on the Billboard 200 in 1981.

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Producer Salaam Remi Debuts New Album, “Salaam Remi | One: In The Chamber” (Coming Sept. 30th, 2013)

Grammy-Nominated Producer Salaam Remi Debuts SALAAM REMI ONE: IN THE CHAMBER  

 

INCLUDES GUEST APPEARANCES BY AKON, NE-YO, CORINNE BAILEY RAE, STEPHEN MARLEY AND OTHERS

FIRST SINGLE “ONE IN THE CHAMBER” FEATURING AKON AVAILABLE NOW


NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The multi-leveled musical world of Grammy nominated producer Salaam Remi takes on new dimensions with the release of SALAAM REMI ONE: IN THE CHAMBER, and its first single, the title track “One In The Chamber.”

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Saxophonist Kenny Garrett to Release New CD, “Pushing The World Away” on Sept. 17th, 2013 | WATCH VIDEO!

Kenny Garrett - Pushing The World Away
 
KENNY GARRETT –
PUSHING THE WORLD AWAY,
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 17 ON
MACK AVENUE RECORDS
 
For his third Mack Avenue Records release, Pushing the World Away, alto/soprano saxophonist/composer/bandleader Kenny Garrett literally had to “push away” a steady flow of distractions to get to the inner core of the album, shifting priorities in his schedule, and diving deep into the essence of the music.

New DVD Release: The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (Coming Nov. 5th, 2013)

Bette Midler, Aretha Franklin, Norah Jones, Daryl Hall, Willie Nelson, Barry Gibb, Chaka Khan and Phil Collins, Among Others Featured In

The Long Awaited Grammy Nominated Film

 

The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story

Arriving on DVD and Digital Platforms on November 5, 2013 from Shelter Island

“Amazing is an Understatement. He was Brilliant”
–Aretha Franklin

 
NEW YORK – September 17, 2013—Hailed as one of the music industry’s greatest producers, arrangers and composers, Arif Mardin created musical magic that won him countless awards as well as great friendships with illustrious talents such as Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Chaka Khan, Phil Collins and the Bee Gees, among many others.

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