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Kandace Springs to Release New Album “The Women Who Raised Me” on March 27th, 2020 | WATCH NEW VIDEO for Single “Pearls”!


 
Kandace Springs Announces New Album The Women Who Raised Me, Out March 27 on Blue Note Records
 
Pays Tribute To Billie Holiday, Lauryn Hill, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone + more
 
Today, Kandace Springs — an accomplished artist whose soulful jazz singing led her late mentor Prince to praise her “voice that can melt snow” — announces her newest project, The Women Who Raised Me, out on Blue Note Records on March 27.

Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery to Release New Album “The Humble Warrior” on April 10th, 2020


 
Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery Dedicates Expansive
New Album to Inspirations in Music and Life
 
The Humble Warrior, Available April 10
via Smoke Sessions Records
 
Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery is renowned for his fiery, muscular and virtuosic tenor playing, but his explosive sound is paired with a soft-spoken and thoughtful demeanor off the bandstand.

Guitarist Lawson Rollins Releases New Album “True North” | LISTEN!


 
Guitarist Lawson Rollins marks 20th anniversary by dropping “True North”
 
SAN FRANCISCO (21 January 2020): Undeniably different, invitingly familiar and as masterful as ever, guitarist Lawson Rollins heads “True North” on his tenth album, a collection that commemorates the Billboard chart-topper’s 20th anniversary as a recording artist.

Keyboardist Lisa Addeo’s New Single “Listen To This” Reaches #1 on Billboard’s Smooth Jazz Chart


 
Lisa Addeo’s ‘Listen to This’ Reaches #1 and Everybody’s Listening
 
The Title Track from the Fast-Emerging Keyboardist/Composer’s Latest Album Is the First New Title to Reach #1 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Chart in 2020.
 
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Jan. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Lisa Addeo said Listen To This – and now everybody is!

Jazz in Pink feat. Gail Jhonson Releases New Single “Joy, Joy” feat. Kim Waters | New Album Coming Summer 2020


 
The First Lady of Smooth Jazz
Grammy Nominated Keyboardist & Long-time Musical Director for Norman Brown
Gail Jhonson
Brings Some Much Needed “Joy Joy” Into the Universe With JAZZ IN PINK’S NEW SINGLE featuring Kim Waters
 
Hailing from the City Of Brotherly Love, Grammy nominated keyboardist Gail Jhonson adds to Philadelphia’s legacy of pioneering music luminaries.

Trumpeter Theo Croker Releases 3-Track EP “Understand Yourself” | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
PREMIERES NEW VIDEO AND EP FROM GRAMMY® AWARD-NOMINATED ALBUM
STAR PEOPLE NATION
UNDERSTAND YOURSELF (FEATURING CHRONIXX)
 
Life in the continuum is a communal thing. We all have a duty to honor those that preceded us, to acknowledge and add something new — something of value — to the history that anticipates our arrival in the now and do our part to extend the past into the future.

Vibraphonist Warren Wolf to Release New Album “Reincarnation” on Feb. 28th, 2020 | LISTEN!


 
Acclaimed Vibraphonist Warren Wolf Indulges
His Love for the R&B and Soul Music of His
Formative Years with New Album, Reincarnation
 
Through his three prior Mack Avenue Music Group releases and his attention-grabbing work with the likes of Christian McBride, Bobby Watson, Karriem Riggins, Jeremy Pelt, and the SFJAZZ Collective, Warren Wolf has established himself as the foremost straight-ahead vibraphonist of his generation, a bop torchbearer well equipped to carry the mantle of forebears like Bobby Hutcherson and Milt Jackson.

“Ella Fitzgerald: The Complete Piano Duets” (2CD Set/Digital) | Coming March 13th, 2020


 
Ella Fitzgerald’s Captivating, Intimate Duets with
Pianists Compiled for the First Time as
The Complete Piano Duets
 
Ella Fitzgerald was masterful in any musical format, but there was something especially luminous about her singing alone with a piano. This was clear when pianist Ellis Larkins was first asked to work with her for her 1950 album, Ella Sings Gershwin.

Saxophonist Paula Atherton Releases New Single “Can You Feel It” | LISTEN!


 
Independent smooth jazz veteran Paula Atherton continues to impress with her latest single, “Can You Feel It”
 
In 2018, Paula Atherton was named a Breakout Artist by Allen Keplers’ Smooth Jazz Network. However, the saxophonist/singer/songwriter has plugged away under her Dream On moniker since 2001, beginning with Let Me Inside Your Love.

Gregory Porter Returns with New Single “Revival” | New Album “All Rise” Coming April 17th, 2020 | Announces New Tour!


 
GREGORY PORTER IS BACK!
 
GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SINGING SENSATION RETURNS
TO HIS BELOVED ORIGINAL SONGWRITING WITH SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM
ALL RISE OUT APRIL 17 ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS
 
Undeniably one of the best voices of our generation, two-time GRAMMY Award winning singing sensation Gregory Porter has announced an April 17 release date for his sixth studio album ALL RISE (Blue Note),…