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Grammy Award-Winning Trumpeter Keyon Harrold’s Upcoming Album ‘The Mugician’ Set for Release on September 29th via Legacy Recordings/ Mass Appeal Records

New album by the internationally-acclaimed trumpeter from Ferguson, MO features Gary Clark Jr., Bilal, Big K.R.I.T., Pharoahe Monch, Robert Glasper and more – Pre-order ‘The Mugician’ by Clicking HERE.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Grammy Award winner, Keyon Harrold, one of the world’s most sought-after genre-bending trumpeters, will release ‘The Mugician’ on September 29th via Legacy Recordings/ Mass Appeal Records.

Long known as the artist’s artist – he has worked with Maxwell, Common, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Eminem and a long list of the world’s top musical icons – The New York-based musician now takes center stage with a captivating LP that ponders the fears and frustrations of a divided country while yearning for justice and peace.

As the word “Mugician” is an impromptu hybrid of words, this album is an accumulation of Keyon’s eclectic tastes, with stylistic twists and turns everywhere taking cues from jazz, hip-hop, blues, rock, reggae, and rap. The new LP features an all-star list of collaborators, including Gary Clark Jr., Big K.R.I.T., Bilal, Pharoahe Monch and Robert Glasper. From spiritual chants and soulful singing to bombastic expressions of frustration and melodic pleas for understanding, Keyon’s arrangements color the different ways to hear the world in 2017.

If there are echoes of Miles Davis in Keyon’s style and sound, it’s no mere coincidence; Keyon played the trumpet sound of Don Cheadle playing Davis in his 2015 biopic Miles Ahead and on its Grammy-winning soundtrack. Don reflects on this and the birth of “The Mugician”, the nickname that came from that project, in the liner notes, which he contributed to the album.

Themes of home and family loom large on ‘The Mugician.’ With nine brothers and seven sisters, several of whom are also accomplished musicians, Keyon considers family essential; the album opener “Voicemail” features Keyon’s own mother encouraging her son to stay true to himself and to never give up in the face of trials and tribulations. ‘The Mugician’ is Keyon upholding his mother’s wisdom.

Keyon Harrold has become one of the most sought-after trumpeters in the world having been featured on nearly 100 albums spanning jazz, R&B, pop, gospel, blues, and hip-hop. Harrold has recorded with the world’s leading artists from Maxwell to Keith Richards and has toured with music’s most bold-faced names including Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Common, Maxwell, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, D’Angelo and the Vanguard, and more. In 2016, Keyon released “Running (Refugee Song)” in collaboration with songwriting partner Andrea Pizziconi as part of their initiative Compositions for a Cause. The song, also featuring Grammy Award-winning rapper Common and Grammy Award-winning singer Gregory Porter was included on Billboard’s list of “6 Songs Offering Hope & Perspective During Immigration Ban” this past January.

Legacy Recordings and Mass Appeal have combined their creative and marketing resources in a first-of-its-kind collaboration on behalf of Keyon Harrold’s ‘The Mugician.’ “We couldn’t be more proud of signing Keyon Harrold and of the album he’s made,” said Adam Block, President of Legacy Recordings.”We’re especially excited by the record’s range of repertoire and the broadness of Keyon’s appeal. Working with Mass Appeal, who’ve long been champions of Keyon’s, exponentially expands our ability to reach fans with Key’s music and the creativity and channels with which we’ll do that.”

‘The Mugician’ track list:
1. Voicemail (ft. Shirley Harrold)
2. The Mugician (ft. Josh David Barrett)
3. MB Lament
4. When Will It Stop? (ft. Guy Torry)
5. Wayfaring Traveler (ft. Jermaine Holmes, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Robert Glasper)
6. Stay This Way (ft. Bilal and Big K.R.I.T.)
7. Lullaby
8. Her Beauty Through My Eyes (ft. Pharoahe Monch)
9. Ethereal Souls
10. Broken News (ft. Andrea Pizziconi)
11. Circus Show (ft. Gary Clark Jr.)
12. Bubba Rides Again

SOURCE Legacy Recordings

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