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Acoustic Sounds Celebrates Impulse! Records 60th Anniversary With Definitive Pressings Of Some Of The Label’s Best-Known Jazz Albums


 
Verve/UMe’s Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series Acoustic Sounds Celebrates Impulse! Records 60th Anniversary With Definitive Pressings Of Some Of The Label’s Best-Known Jazz Albums
 
IMPULSE 60 SERIES LAUNCHES MAY 14 WITH RAY CHARLES’ GENIUS + SOUL = JAZZ AND GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA’S OUT OF THE COOL AND WILL INCLUDE CLASSIC RECORDS FROM COLEMAN HAWKINS, CHARLES MINGUS, DUKE ELLINGTON, JOHN COLTRANE, OLIVER NELSON, ROY HAYNES AND SONNY ROLLINS
 
LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Verve/UMe’s acclaimed audiophile-grade all-analog vinyl reissue series Acoustic Sounds will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Impulse! Records and its incomparable and influential catalog this year with a series of high-end vinyl releases of some of the orange-and-black label’s most essential titles.

Music Group Butcher Brown to Release New EP “ENCORE” on June 4th, 2021 | LISTEN to New Single “Truck Fump”!


 
BUTCHER BROWN
ANNOUNCE NEW FIVE-TRACK EP, ENCORE,
SET FOR RELEASE ON JUNE 4, 2021
 
FOLLOW-UP TO THEIR CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED MAJOR LABEL DEBUT #KINGBUTCH OUT NOW ON CONCORD JAZZ
 
Butcher Brown, celebrated for their explosive live performances opening for such acts as Kamasi Washington, Galactic, Turkuaz and Lettuce, announce the June 4, 2021 release of their aptly titled new EP, ENCORE, on Concord Jazz.

Reel to Reel Recordings to Release Drummer Roy Brooks Album “Understanding” on 3-LP (July 17th, 2021) and Two-CD (July 23rd, 2021)


 
SUPERCHARGED 1970 ALL-STAR LIVE DATE BY DRUMMER ROY BROOKS, UNDERSTANDING, ARRIVES IN JULY FROM REEL TO REAL RECORDINGS
 
Understanding, a blazing 1970 concert recording featuring the Detroit-born master percussionist Roy Brooks leading a gifted quintet through its spirited paces at Baltimore’s Famous Ballroom, will be released by Reel to Real Recordings in June.

Blue Note Records Releases New Tony Allen Song “Stumbling Down (ft. Sampa The Great)” | LISTEN!


 
Blue Note Records Releases New Tony Allen Song
“Stumbling Down (feat. Sampa The Great)”
 
Second Single From Allen’s Posthumous Album
There Is No End out April 30th
 
April 9, 2021: Today, Blue Note Records released “Stumbling Down (feat. Sampa The Great),” a new song from the legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen.

Music Collective LIQUID SOUL Returns with New Project “Lost Soul, Vol. 1” | LISTEN!


 
LIQUID SOUL RETURNS WITH “LOST SOUL Vol. 1”
 
A Collection Of Unreleased Live And Studio Recordings Spanning Three Decades From The Critically Praised Chicago Jazz-Funk Collective
 
Liquid Soul, the Grammy-nominated collective led by innovative saxophonist/composer Mars Williams, has built its reputation on a compelling mix of jazz, hip-hop, funk, and world music.

Blue Note Records to Release Legendary Afrobeat Drummer Tony Allen’s Posthumous Album “There Is No End” on April 30th, 2021 | LISTEN!


 
Blue Note Records Announces Posthumous
Tony Allen Album There Is No End
Out April 30th
 
New Full-Length From The Legendary Drummer Featuring
Guest Rappers and Singers Including Danny Brown,
Sampa The Great, Lava La Rue, and more
 
March 12, 2021: Blue Note Records announced There Is No End, a posthumous album from the legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, who died last year at the age of 79.

Music Group Lunar Octet to Release New Album “Convergence” on May 7th, 2021 | LISTEN!


 
Lunar Octet Re-Emerges with First Album in 26 Years
Ann Arbor Ensemble Blends
Latin Jazz, Afrobeat, Samba and Funk on Convergence
 
A decades-long institution in Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan, and also the nearby Metro Detroit area, the Lunar Octet is back with a potent collection of originals inspired by such wide-ranging influences as mambo, samba, funk, Afrobeat and jazz on Convergence.

Impulse! Records Celebrates 60 Years with Year-Long Campaign | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Impulse! Records Celebrates 60 Years with Year-Long Campaign
 
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — For 60 years, the legendary Impulse! Records has been home to the greatest jazz artists of all time, including John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Quincy Jones, and more.

Hammond B-3 Organist Dr. Lonnie Smith to Release New Album “Breathe” on March 26th, 2021 | LISTEN to New Single “Bright Eyes”!


 
HAMMOND B-3 ORGAN LEGEND DR. LONNIE SMITH
TO RELEASE NEW BLUE NOTE ALBUM BREATHE ON MARCH 26
FEATURING HIS TRIO & SEPTET RECORDED LIVE AT JAZZ STANDARD IN NYC
PLUS TWO STUDIO COLLABORATIONS WITH ROCK ICON IGGY POP
 
On March 26, Blue Note Records will release Breathe, the third new album by legendary Hammond B-3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith since his 2016 return to the label where he first made a name for himself in the late-1960s.

Guitarist Eric Essix Releases New Album “Songs From The Deep” | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Contemporary/Urban Jazz Guitarist Eric Essix Releases New Album “Songs From The Deep”
 
For Eric Essix, the year 2018 marked two inspiring milestones in his multi-faceted career. In celebration of 30 years as a solo recording artist, the Birmingham, Alabama based, contemporary jazz guitarist released “More”, his 25th full length album.