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April 24, 2017

Funk Band Phat Phunktion is Set to Release New Album “Live At The High Noon” on June 2nd, 2017 | WATCH VIDEO!


 
Award-Winning Nine-Piece Funk Band PHAT PHUNKTION To Release Fifth Album on June 2
 
Available Digitally, on CD, and Blu-ray, ‘Live at the High Noon’ Is the Group’s First Live Album. 75-Minute Concert Includes Exuberant Rendition of “Jupiter” by Earth Wind & Fire. Group Includes Oscar-Winning Arranger Tim Whalen.
 
MADISON, Wis. – April 17, 2017 – PRLog — As a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison music students who banded together in 1996, Phat Phunktion have built a loyal following of listeners throughout the United States and around the world.

WATCH NEW VIDEO! Saxophonist Elan Trotman Releases 7th New Album “Electro Sax” | Available NOW


 
Plugged In: Saxophonist Elan Trotman adds EDM beats to his Caribbean-jazz fusion
 
BOSTON (24 April 2017): Saxophonist Elan Trotman is unwavering in his committed to wave the flag high for Caribbean music, but after releasing six soul-jazz albums and more than ten chart-topping singles that made him a permanent fixture on radio playlists, the Barbados native is “shaking it up” by going electronic on “Electro Sax,” his seventh outing which was released last Friday (April 21) by Island Muzik Productions.

LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC! Trombone Shorty’s New Single “No Good Time” | Announces New Fall Headline Tour 2017


 
Trombone Shorty Announces Fall Headline Tour
 
Blue Note Debut Parking Lot Symphony Out This Friday 4/28
 
Trombone Shorty has released “No Good Time,” the third single from Parking Lot Symphony, the Blue Note debut by the beloved bandleader, singer, songwriter and horn-blower born Troy Andrews, which comes out this Friday, April 28.

Flautist/Singer Ragan Whiteside to Release 4th Album “Treblemaker” on May 12th, 2017 | LISTEN!


 
Flute And Vocal Maven
Ragan Whiteside
Has Some Treble Up Her Sleeve
 
Contemporary jazz’s most promising artist is set to release her fourth studio album.
 
(Atlanta, GA 4/20/2017) – Ragan Whiteside, the flautist-singer who catches the ear like few in the world of contemporary jazz can, is getting ready to make waves this May 12th with her fourth studio album, Treblemaker.

Afrobeat Pioneer Tony Allen to Release New EP, “A Tribute to Art Blakey” on May 19th, 2017 | LISTEN!


 
AFROBEAT LEGEND TONY ALLEN PAYS TRIBUTE TO JAZZ LEGEND ART BLAKEY
WITH NEW EP TO BE RELEASED MAY 19 ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS
 
Blue Note Records has announced the May 19 digital release of Tony Allen’s new EP, A Tribute to Art Blakey. On the 4-track EP the legendary Nigerian drummer and Afrobeat pioneer best known for his work with Fela Kuti pays tribute to his longstanding idol, the American jazz drummer and Blue Note legend Art Blakey.