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Tevin Campbell Returns with New Single “Safer On The Ground” on April 15th, 2016 | LISTEN!

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Spectra Music Group recording artist Tevin Campbell is releasing his brand new single “Safer On The Ground” worldwide on Friday April 15th, 2016.
 
NEW YORK – March 9, 2016 – PRLog — Five time Grammy Nominee Tevin Campbell is releasing his brand new single “Safer On The Ground” worldwide through the Spectra Music Group on Friday April 15th, 2016.

Bassist Christian McBride Named Artistic Director of Newport Jazz Festival® 2016

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Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ Appoints
Bassist Christian McBride
As Artistic Director of Newport Jazz Festival®
 
NEW YORK, NY, March 10, 2016 – For the first time in its 62-year history, the world-renowned Newport Jazz Festival® will have a musician other than pianist/producer George Wein as its artistic director. Multiple Grammy-winning bassist Christian McBride has been named artistic director to work alongside, and eventually succeed, Wein as the festival’s music curator, it was announced today by Wein, chairman of Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ and producer of the Newport Jazz Festival since its inception in 1954, and Jay Sweet, the Foundation’s executive producer.

Take 6 To Release New Album “Believe” on March 25th, 2016 – WATCH VIDEO! Announces European Tour

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The “baddest vocal cats on the planet” according to Quincy Jones, Take 6, are launching a European tour in April that will take the multi-award winning jazz, pop and R&B group to France, Italy, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Norway and Georgia.
 
Take 6’s highly-anticipated new album Believe will be available worldwide on March 25. “When Angels Cry, ” the first single from the new album, is available for purchase on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon and streaming on Spotify.

Saints & Sinners: Original Soundtrack From Season 1 | Coming March 25th, 2016 – LISTEN!

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SAINTS & SINNERS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK,
FROM THE NEW SMASH HIT BOUNCE TV SERIES,
TO BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY MARCH 25, 2016
 
8-TRACK ALBUM FEATURES BIG BOI, DEITRICK HADDON, ERICA CAMPBELL, JEEZY, LECRAE, KELLY PRICE, KEITH ROBINSON, KORYN HAWTHORNE, JOHNTA AUSTIN, AND MORE
 
NEW SONGS AVAILABLE INSTANTLY ON PRE-ORDER NOW on iTUNES, INCLUDES “SINNERS,” “GOTTA BE A MAN,” AND “KEEP HOLDING ON (ALRIGHT)”
 
Nashville, TN (March 11, 2016) – Entertainment One Music (eOne Music) will be releasing a star-studded soundtrack in conjunction with Bounce TV for the network’s new hit drama series Saints & Sinners. The new album Saints & Sinners: Original Soundtrack From Season 1, will be out on Friday March 25, 2016 exclusively via all digital retailers.

Columbia/Legacy Celebrates the 90th Birthday of Miles Davis with Two Special New Releases: MILES AHEAD – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Available Friday, April 1

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Columbia/Legacy Celebrates the 90th Birthday of Miles Davis with Two Special New Releases:
MILES AHEAD – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Available Friday, April 1
 
EVERYTHING’S BEAUTIFUL, The Recordings of Miles Davis Reimagined by Grammy Award Winning Musician Robert Glasper with Guest Artists Erykah Badu, KING, John Scofield, Phonte, Bilal, Ledisi, Stevie Wonder, Laura Mvula, Hiatus Kaiyote & Others – Available Friday, May 27
 
New Track “Ghetto Walkin” Premieres Today During Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show only on Apple Music. Both albums are available for pre-order today on iTunes.
 
NEW YORK, March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Columbia/Legacy will commemorate the 90th birthday of globally renowned music innovator Miles Davis with the release of two very special new Miles Davis album projects:
 
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Marsha Ambrosius’ Single “Have You Ever” from Tribute Album “We Remember Dennis Brown” | LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC!

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VP RECORDS REVEALS FIVE NEW SONGS OFF
WE REMEMBER DENNIS BROWN
A DOUBLE DISC TRIBUTE ALBUM SLATED FOR LATE SPRING 2016
 
Romain Virgo (Feb 5), Raging Fyah (Feb 12), Jah9 (Feb 19), The Green (Feb 26) and Marsha Ambrosius (Mar 4) Recreate His Classics To Pay Homage to the Revered Jamaican Singer
 
February 1st, 2016, marked the late reggae and lover’s rock icon Dennis Brown‘s 59th birthday. During his birthday month, reggae’s leading distributor and label VP Records paid respect to Brown by releasing a tribute cover every Friday for five weeks in a row.

NEW VOICES! Jessica Jolia’s New Single “Make Room” feat. Lin Rountree

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Jessica Jolia – Make Room ft. Lin Rountree 
 
Make room for Jessica Jolia – New release by this multi talented artist
 
LOS ANGELES – March 8, 2016 – PRLog — Introducing multi talented singer Jessica Jolia‘s New Single “Make Room” featuring Trumpeter Lin Rountree, is a sample from this talented artist with a debut album coming in 2016 titled Water Colors.
 

2013 Thelonious Monk Competition Winner, Saxophonist MELISSA ALDANA to Release New Album “Back Home” on March 11th, 2016 | LISTEN!

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Tenor Saxophonist &
2013 Thelonious Monk Competition Winner
MELISSA ALDANA
Releases Fourth Album
BACK HOME
Out March 11th on Wommusic
 
Acclaimed tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana follows up her 2014 Concord release Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio with the explorative and deeply swinging Back Home, this time released on the Wommusic label. Pablo Menares, Aldana’s fellow native of Santiago, Chile, is again on bass. On drums is the in-demand Jochen Rueckert, bringing a supple and unpredictable rhythmic élan to the session.

LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC! Valerie Simpson Sings Terri Lyne Carrington’s Arrangement – “Somebody Told A Lie”

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Valerie Simpson Sings Terri Lyne Carrington’s Arrangement of “Somebody Told A Lie”
 
LISTEN to New Track by Clicking HERE!
 
“I have always loved the songs of Ashford and Simpson and have always been inspired by the genius of their musical contributions to American culture,” says Terri Lyne Carrington. “I knew I wanted to include something of theirs on this CD, as The Mosaic Project: LOVE and SOUL pays tribute to many male artists and composers that have inspired or influenced me.

Hezekiah Walker Releases New Single “Better” | New Album Coming in Summer 2016

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HEZEKIAH WALKER RETURNS WITH NEW MUSIC “BETTER” AVAILABLE ON MARCH 4TH AND TEAMS UP WITH ENTERTAINMENT ONE MUSIC
 
Nashville, TN (March 4, 2016) – Entertainment One Music (eOne Music) announces the signing of Gospel superstar, award winning beloved pastor and radio host Hezekiah Walker, as he prepares to release his fifteenth album. Hezekiah Walker delivers a highly-anticipated return with the release of his new smash hit single “Better,” ….