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Author James Arena Releases Tell-All Book, “First Legends of Disco” | Avail NOW.

Disco Celebrities Share the Highs and Lows of the Era in New Book “First Legends of Disco”



Author James Arena interviews 40 prominent disco stars in new tell-all.


I was privileged to share the personal stories of many disco legends, such as Alfa Anderson (formerly of the Nile Rodgers group Chic), Randy Jones (formerly with the Village People), George McCrae (“Rock Your Baby”) and France Joli (“Come To Me”).


New York (PRWEB) February 26, 2014

Forty years after the first disco songs topped the U.S. pop charts and launched an exciting new era in music, author James Arena asks: where are these stars today?

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Music Legend Gloria Gaynor to Release 1st Gospel CD and Book “We Will Survive” on Nov. 26th, 2013 | TAKE A LISTEN to New Single!


 
Legendary R&B/Disco Queen GLORIA GAYNOR Prepares For First Gospel CD and Companion Book WE WILL SURVIVE
 
GLORIA GAYNOR Releases Gospel Radio Single “YOU’RE RIGHT ON TIME”
 
Grammy Award-winning singer GLORIA GAYNOR took the music world by storm in the 1970s, striking platinum with her disco hit “I Will Survive”.   “I Will Survive” was the only song to earn a Grammy for Best Disco Recording and was one of only twenty-five songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2012.

Background Singer Kevin Owens to Release New Book “So Amazing” This Fall 2013

Kevin Owens - so amazing
 
SUCCESSFUL BACKGROUND SINGER KEVIN OWENS CHRONICLES
32-YEAR JOURNEY ON STAGE AND BEHIND THE SCENES OF
THE LATE GREAT SUPERSTAR LUTHER VANDROSS and RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN WITH THE RELEASE OF “SO AMAZING”
 
A NEW BOOK SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE THIS FALL
 
Compelling Memoir Takes a Look at Life in the Music Industry through
The Eyes of KEVIN OWENS who toured with the iconic LUTHER VANDROSS for over Two Decades as one of his key Background Singers
 
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 1, 2013 – Over seven years in the making, SO AMAZING: Through The Eyes of Kevin Owens (My 32 Years On The Road With Luther Vandross and Ray, Goodman & Brown), a compelling new memoir written by R&B singer KEVIN OWENS, makes its highly anticipated book release debut this Fall.

New Book: “Jazz Conversations” by JaRon K. Eames” (Available Now)

JaRon K. Eames Releases New Book, “Jazz Conversations” | Featuring Interviews with Nancy Wilson, Oscar Peterson, Chuck Mangione, Ahmad Jamal & More |
Available NOW

Jazz Conversations with JaRon K. Eames is a compilation of more than 400 pages of delightful, insightful conversations with some of the most renowned musicians, producers and promoters in the jazz world. Noted jazz writer Nat Hentoff wrote in the book’s Foreword: “Although I have chronicled jazz musicians for more than 60 years now, I learned a lot more about why this music lifts so many spirits throughout the world by being present at these conversations … JaRon himself becomes a valuable part of jazz history.”

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New Book Release: “Whitney: Tribute to an Icon” | Available NOW

Whitney: Tribute to an Icon


Visit The Official Whitney Houston website for purchase by clicking art cover above!
 
New Hardcover Book by Pat Houston, Clive Davis &
Randee St. Nicholas
Available NOW


Whitney Houston’s extraordinary voice made her a star. Her beauty, style, and spirit made her an icon.

In
this magnificent collection, more than twenty of the world’s top
photographers have joined together to celebrate the brilliant woman they
were privileged to capture through their camera lenses.

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New Jazz Release: Fusion Group Return To Forever | “The Mothership Returns” (Coming June 19th, 2012)

THE MOTHERSHIP RETURNS ON JUNE 19


 
EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT TO RELEASE 3-DISC SET BY PIONEERING FUSION GROUP
RETURN TO FOREVER


New York, NY (May 14, 2012)—On June 19, get ready for a landing that will shake the foundations of progressive jazz/rock fusion forever. In 2011, keyboardist/pianist Chick Corea, acoustic and electric bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White welcomed legendary acoustic and electric violinist Jean Luc-Ponty and acoustic and electric guitarist Frank Gambale into Return To Forever, the band that took what Miles Davis taught to jump-start the jazz/rock fusion genre in 1973 (along with Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report) with their album, Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy. To continue, please click “MORE”!

80’s R&B Group TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB is BACK!

80’s R&B group TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB – AVAILABLE FOR DATES – 2012


80’s R&B group Timex Social Club is back with a new book release and available for booking



United States of America —
Free-Press-Release.com– May 2, 2012 — Timex Social Club, the group
that brought you one of the best selling 12-inch singles of all time “Rumors”, is back performing again.

Formed in Berkeley, California in 1982; TSC climbed the Billboard
R&B charts in the summer 1986 and reached#1 with their runaway smash
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The Autobiography of Trumpeter Clark Terry (New Book) | Available NOW

Iconic Trumpeter And Trailblazer Clark Terry’s New Autobiography Remarkably Told In His Own Words



Trumpeter and trailblazer Clark Terry has written his autobiography in his own idiosyncratic language, chock-full of period slang of the jazz musicians of his generation. Terry played with Count Basie’s and Duke Ellington’s bands among many others and in 1960 broke the color line at NBC as a member of the Tonight Show’s band under Jack Paar and Johnny Carson. He tells stories about not only the greats, but performers such as Stump & Stumpy and Peg Leg Bates that haven’t been told in the pages of any other book.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 13, 2012

Trumpeter, flugelhornist, trailblazer and teacher, Clark Terry can now, with his autobiography Clark, add memoirist to his long list of accomplishments. With high-profile friends like Quincy Jones writing the preface and Bill Cosby penning the foreword, you have some idea of the high esteem in which Terry is held. To Continue, Please click “MORE”!

Bassist Russel Blake Partners with N.D.V.R. | Releases New Book, “Proverbs 31: The Virtuous Black Woman Vol. 1”

Jazz Bassist Russel Blake Partners with National Domestic Violence Registry Positioning his Book,”Proverbs 31: The Virtuous Black Woman Vol. 1,” to Elevate the Plight of All Women


Los Angeles – When Russel Blake creates, he taps deep into his inner most God source. It is evidenced by music the renowned music producer and jazz bassist has gifted the planet with, including three CD’s and over 432 compositions within his repertoire encompassing classical, Spanish classical, traditional jazz, Brazilian, opera, Latin and blues music idioms. It rings apparent in the eloquence he embodies as an author penning “Proverbs 31: The Virtuous Black Woman Vol. 1,” where he communicates the precious and priceless value of all women. To continue, please click “MORE”!

“Smokin’ Soul: The Story of Daptone Records” by Sarah Perry (Story of Soul Singer Sharon Jones) | Available Now

Smokin’ Soul: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Daptone Records

Award-winning author Sarah Perry
tells the inspiring story behind soul singer Sharon Jones’s rise from
corrections officer to world-touring artist and the small record label
startup -Daptone Records- that put her on the map. Article published by
The Atlas Society.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 19, 2012

Highlights:

Sharon Jones, and the indie record label that put her on the
map, Daptone Records, are at the forefront of a soul/funk revival –a
growing interest in new music, artists, art, and dance moves that
recapture the classic feel of soul/funk records of the 60s and 70s, yet
offer original artistry. Daptone Records is now celebrating its 10th
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