HERB ALPERT REMINDS US OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S ENDURING OPTIMISM IN TROUBLED TIMES WITH NEW “WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD” VIDEO
Herb Alpert has unveiled an imaginative visual component to his recent cover of good friend and American legend Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World.”
Saxman Dante Lewis Releases New Album “A Sweet Love: Tribute to Anita Baker” – Available NOW on CDBaby, and ReverbNation
Hailing from Columbia, SC, is urban contemporary saxophonist Dante Lewis. The up-and-coming jazz artist shared his love for music legend Anita Baker recently with the release of tribute album “A Sweet Love: Tribute to Anita Baker” – available NOW at fine online retailers.
An Empowered Tia Fuller Returns After Six Year
Recording Hiatus: Saxophonist Withstood
Extreme Pressures, Came Out Radiating Pure Light
Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Tia Fuller uses the process of diamonds forming under four levels of extreme pressure and heat as a metaphor for the time she spent honing her artistic craft.
ROBERT GLASPER X KAYTRANADA
THE ARTSCIENCE REMIXES
NEW EP OUT NOW DIGITALLY ON BLUE NOTE;
RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE VINYL OUT APRIL 21
3-time GRAMMY-winner Robert Glasper joins forces with the innovative Montreal-based producer KAYTRANADA on Robert Glasper x KAYTRANADA: The ArtScience Remixes, an 8-track EP that reimagines the songs on Robert Glasper Experiment’s acclaimed 2016 album ArtScience.
KENNY BARRON TO RELEASE HIS BLUE NOTE DEBUT
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES ON MAY 4
In 2018, the esteemed pianist, composer, bandleader and educator Kenny Barron will celebrate his 75th birthday and mark the 50th year of a remarkable recording career that shows no signs of slowing down.
Iconic Bassist Buster Williams Marks New Chapter in
His Career After Decade Long Studio Hiatus with Audacity
Audacity. It’s a word that seems ideally suited to the bold and intrepid bassist Buster Williams. Whether supplying eminently tasteful but strong-as-steel backing for singers like Nancy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan, or venturing into uncharted new territory as a member of Herbie Hancock’s groundbreaking Mwandishi band, Williams’ playing has always evidenced that fearless willingness to leap without hesitation into the unknown.
Javier Santiago Muses on Bi-Coastal Life,
Shedding Inhibitions, and Rising From the Ashes
on All Original New Album, Phoenix
“All throughout my life, I feel like I have gone through a series of personal deaths. I begin something new, a new life or a new community, then at some point there is an inevitable crash or fall — one that cleanses, renews and marks a turning point of change and growth.
Justin Brown Makes His First Statement
As Bandleader With
NYEUSI
Drummer Justin Brown makes his much awaited bandleader recording debut with Nyeusi on Biophilia Records to be released June 29, 2018.
Drummer/Composer Reggie Quinerly Reveals a New Aspect of His Musicianship with the April 20 Release of “Words to Love,” His 3rd Recording as a Leader
RICHMOND, Calif. (PRWEB) March 26, 2018 – Reggie Quinerly is just the kind of drummer to take on a first-time challenge—like writing an album’s worth of songs featuring vocalists.
MUSIC FOR THESE TROUBLED TIMES:
TERENCE BLANCHARD TO RELEASE “LIVE”
NEW ALBUM FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE
OUT APRIL 20 ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS
2018 USA Fellow and five-time Grammy-winning trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard has been a consistent artistic force for making powerful musical statements concerning painful American tragedies – past and present.