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New Jazz Release: Vibraphonist Warren Wolf | “Wolfgang’ (Coming Aug. 20th, 2013)

Rising Star WARREN WOLF Showcases the Beauty of the Vibes Through Classical and Blues Influences on New Mack Avenue Records Release,
Wolfgang
Available August 20



Album Features Benny Green, Christian McBride, Lewis Nash, Aaron Goldberg, Kris Funn, Billy Williams Jr., Aaron Diehl,
and Special Guest Vocalist Darryl Tookes

Wolf Follows in the Footsteps of Bobby Hutcherson
and Stefon Harris by Joining SFJazz Collective –
Currently Celebrating 10th Anniversary
and Gearing up for Fall Tour


 
Throughout its history, jazz has been revitalized with a continual evolution of style, fresh transformations in expression, bold leaps into the free improvisational sphere of the unknown, and most importantly, the arrival of young artists who, while steeped in the past, have an eye to the future of the idiom.

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Bassist Christian McBride Debut New Trio in New CD, “Out Here” | Coming Aug. 6th, 2013


 
CHRISTIAN McBRIDE DEBUTS NEW TRIO ON LATEST RELEASE,
OUT HERE,
AVAILABLE AUGUST 6
VIA MACK AVENUE RECORDS
 
Features Pianist Christian Sands and Drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr., Showcasing Swing, Blues and The American Songbook
 
Out Here Marks Bassist’s Second Album Release This Year,
Following Inside Straight’s Critically Acclaimed People Music
 
With Out Here, premier bassist Christian McBride’s fifth recording on Mack Avenue Records, McBride introduces his latest working group: a trio, fully embracing (at the soon-to-be age of 41) his role as standard-bearer and mentor.

Bassist Derrick Hodge Set to Release Debut CD, “Live Today” on Aug. 6th, 2013


 
BASSIST & COMPOSER DERRICK HODGE SET TO RELEASE HIS DEBUT RECORDING
“LIVE TODAY”
AUG. 6 ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS
 
On August 6, Blue Note Records will release Live Today, the debut recording from extraordinary bassist and composer Derrick Hodge. Hodge is perhaps best known as the anchor of the genre-bending, GRAMMY award-winning band Robert Glasper Experiment, but he has also spent time in the cutting-edge jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard’s group, and is currently the music director for the R&B star Maxwell.

Music Legend George Duke Dies at 67…

LEGENDARY KEYBOARD PIONEER GEORGE DUKE DIES AT 67

 

GRAMMY® Award-winning keyboardist/composer/arranger/producer George Duke has died in Los Angeles at age 67. He was battling and being treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

With almost a half a century career, Duke was one of the world’s most prolific jazz legends.

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TGT to Release New Album “Three Kings” on Aug. 20th, 2013 | WATCH VIDEO!

Tyrese, Ginuwine & Tank – Otherwise Known as TGT – to Release New Album, “Three Kings” on Aug. 20th, 2013 – Pre-Order Now on iTunes Good Afternoon Readers, After a slew of special engagements, interviews, tweets and specials, newly formed R&B group TGT is set to make it all pay …

Soul Singer Aloe Blacc to Debut Album, “Lift Your Spirit” | Internationally Fall 2013 & U.S./Canada Early 2014

Aloe Blacc Gearing Up For Worldwide Release Of Major-Label Debut Album, Lift Your Spirit, Due Out Internationally Fall 2013 And In The U.S. And Canada In Early 2014 On XIX Recordings/Interscope Records   



NO. 1 HIT “WAKE ME UP!” BY AVICII WITH VOCALS BY ALOE BLACC ALSO BECOMES THE FASTEST-SELLING SINGLE IN THE U.K. THIS YEAR


SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Soul singer and songwriter Aloe Blacc, best known for his international hit single “I Need A Dollar”, is gearing up for the worldwide release of his third album and debut for XIX Recordings/Interscope Records, entitled Lift Your Spirit. The album will be released in the fall internationally, where Blacc has amassed a devout following, and in the U.S. and Canada in early 2014.

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Earl Klugh’s “HandPicked” Debut at #1 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart

GRAMMY-winning guitarist Earl Klugh’s HandPicked debuts at #1 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart



New solo/duo release features special guests Vince Gill, Bill Frisell and Jake Shimabukuro


On July 30, Earl Klugh released HandPicked, a soulful, sixteen-track solo/duet recording featuring special guest guitarists Vince Gill and Bill Frisell and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro.

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Derrick Hodge Announces New Tour | Kicks Off August 6th, 2013

DERRICK HODGE ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES



HODGE STEPS OUT FROM THE ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT WITH
DIVERSE DEBUT “LIVE TODAY” TO BE RELEASED AUG. 6 ON
BLUE NOTE RECORDS
FEATURING COMMON, GLASPER, ALAN HAMPTON & OTHERS


Bassist and composer Derrick Hodge has announced a tour to kick off August 6 in New York City, the day that his extraordinary debut recording Live Today will be released by Blue Note Records. The tour will also bring Hodge to Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. A full list of tour dates is below. Live Today is now available for pre-order on Amazon.

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SiriusXM Watercolors Forms Jazz Hall of Fame

Saluting music legends with the formation of the SiriusXM Watercolors Jazz Hall of Fame



David Sanborn, Earl Klugh and Grover Washington Jr. are the first artists slated for induction during a ceremony aboard The Smooth Jazz Cruise in October

St. Louis, Missouri (5 August 2013): Young musicians fantasize about one day being a hall of famer yet contemporary jazz artists were left only to dream. Until now. SiriusXM’s Watercolors, the leading satellite radio channel devoted to the genre, is forming the SiriusXM Watercolors Jazz Hall of Fame to honor the legacies of its pioneering artists.

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The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #11 | Howard Hewett – I’m For Real

Howard Hewett - I Commit To love
 
Whats Happening Music Lovers, whats good with you?
 
The Top 100 R&B Slow Jams continues with a new entry this time around. Tonight, we remember R&B Crooner HOWARD HEWETT.
 
The former lead singer from soulful, hit dance group Shalamar broke out all the candles and wine bottles with a successful romantic recording, hit single, “I’m For Real” – released back in 1986 from his solo debut album, I Commit To Love,…