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Bassist Nathan East to Serve as Judge in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest

Yamaha Artist Nathan East Joins Judges Panel for John Lennon Songwriting Contest

40 Year Career Offers a Wealth of Experience.

“As someone who is grateful for the incredible opportunities I’ve had in music, I’m looking forward to joining the judges panel, hearing some great original songs and watching those musical dreams come true,” said Nathan East, Yamaha Artist.

Buena Park, CA. (PRWEB) August 12, 2014

Chart-topping bassist and Yamaha recording artist Nathan East will serve as one of the judges for this year’s John Lennon Songwriting Contest (JLSC), which draws songwriters from around the globe to compete for $300,000 in prizes that include cash, other awards and the coveted top prize of Song of the Year.

George Benson’s “Breezin'” to be Released on Multichannel 5.1-Surround Sound Hybrid SACD

Audio Fidelity To Release Jazz Legend George Benson’s ‘Breezin’ On Multichannel 5.1-Surround Sound Hybrid SACD

“A landmark album that gave birth to a new form of jazz.”

Camarillo, CA – Jazz fans worldwide are buzzing with excitement over the release of ‘Breezin’ by legendary jazz singer and guitarist George Benson on Multichannel 5.1-Surround Sound Hybrid SACD from Marshall Blonstien’s Audio Fidelity. George Benson’s ‘Breezin’ is the best-selling jazz album of all time. It is a true virtuoso performance: a four-time Grammy nominee and two-time winner, the first album by a jazz artist to earn platinum certification.

Alternative Soul Vocalist Dominique Toney Releases New CD “A Love Like Ours” on Aug. 12th, 2014 | WATCH NEW VIDEO!

Singer/Songwriter Dominique Toney
Debuts with Eclectic & Confessional Alternative
Soul-Pop Song Cycle
A Love Like Ours

11-song CD Features Special Guests
Ray Parker Jr. and
Dominique’s Father Kevin Toney
(founding keyboardist of The Blackbyrds)

Prepare to see and hear a lot of the young, beautiful, multi-talented and far-from-ordinary Dominique Toney in the years to come. Her natural gifts and pro-honed skills in every facet of the performing arts have arrived at peak proficiency and are about to take flight on the wings of her debut album, A Love Like Ours, on which she wrote or co-wrote all but one of the 11 songs, sings, scats, plays keyboards, executive produced and handled vocal arrangements.

Bass Legend Stanley Clarke to Return with New Album “UP” on Sept. 30th, 2014 | WATCH NEW VIDEO!!

Bass Virtuoso STANLEY CLARKE Rallies Friends,
Old and New, to Revisit “School Days,”
Bass Folk Songs and More on UP

Available September 30 on Mack Avenue Records

Features Performances from Stewart Copeland,
Chick Corea, and Joe Walsh, Among Others

Legendary bassist Stanley Clarke considers his upcoming Mack Avenue Records release, The Stanley Clarke Band’s UP, to be the most energetic, rhythmic and upbeat album that he has ever done — and with more than 40 solo albums under his belt, that’s saying quite a lot.

WATCH NEW VIDEO! Kindred The Family Soul feat Valerie Simpson | “A Couple Friends”

INSPIRATIONAL HUSBAND AND WIFE DUO KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL RETURN WITH
MESSAGE-DRIVEN, TIMELESS R&B ON NEW CD A COUPLE FRIENDS

Watch New Video feat Soul Music Legend Valerie Simpson from Ashford and Simpson

Kindred The Family Soul album’s title track is a masterpiece and joins the dynamic duo with the legendary Valerie Simpson who stretches out and delivers some brilliant piano work. Fatin shares, “Aja’s verse is a tearjerker to me and so eloquently expressed. The song is special to us and to have Ms Valerie Simpson on it is the cherry on top.”

NEW VOICES: Cover of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” by Oyinkanade & Immaculate is Avail Now | WATCH NEW VIDEO!

Tee-Y Mix, Oyinkanade & Immaculate

The Best & Only African Rendition Of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” By Oyinkanade and Immaculate

Oyinkanade and Immaculate produced the best African cover of “Stay With Me” originally recorded by Sam Smith.

Lagos, Nigeria (PRWEB) August 07, 2014

Both Immaculate and Oyinkanade passionately express their talent in this love song which has been tagged as the best African cover of 2014. Tee-Y Mix, the super Nigerian music producer who recently signed Oyinkanade & Immaculate to his new label “Vivace Records” reproduced the sounds and vocals, as nothing was lifted from the original song.

Acclaimed Drummer Michael Carvin to Release New Project “Flash Forward” on Aug. 19th, 2014

MICHAEL CARVIN EXPERIENCE FLASHES FORWARD WITH NEW MOTEMA RELEASE

Acclaimed Drummer Introduces His New Band on Flash Forward (August 19, 2014), His First Release in Eight Years

Master drummer Michael Carvin waited eight years after releasing his last album (2006’s Marsalis Honors Series: Michael Carvin) to add another recording to his impressive catalog, for one simple reason. “I just didn’t feel like it. I wanted to take a break,” explains the 70-year-old Carvin, whose talents have been on display for five decades, through his work with such artists as BB King, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gilespie, Pharoah Sanders, Hampton Hawes, McCoy Tyner, Illionois Jacquet, Pat Martino, and Jackie Maclean, as well as on ten albums as a leader.

New Collaboration: Next Step, Kathy Sledge & The Aristofreeks to Release New Single “Everybody Get On Up” on Aug. 5th, 2014 | LISTEN!

Legendary Dance Divas Next Step (formerly Of Chic), Kathy Sledge (pictured) And Ibiza Producers The Aristofreeks Collaborate On New Disco Demolition Inspired Song “Everybody Get On Up” Set To Release August, 2014

Aristofreeks set to release new remix of Chic’s classic of ‘Le Freak’ out on August 5

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — ‘Everybody Get On Up’, the new single by Next Step comprised of former Chic singers Norma-Jean Wright, Luci Martin, Alfa Anderson and featuring Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge and Ibiza producers the Aristofreeks is set for August 2014 release on PEM (Pacific Electronic Music).

Saxophonist Frank Catalano and Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin To Release Tribute to John Coltrane on Love Supreme Collective | Coming Sept. 30th, 2014

Available September 30 on Ropeadope Records
Vinyl Release Set for November 11

Digital Release Debuts at #1 on iTunes Jazz Charts

Love Supreme Collective is the Ropeadope debut by Billboard chart-topping saxophonist Frank Catalano and longtime Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. Chicago-based Catalano and Chamberlin met in 1999 at the former Boulevard Cafe in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood during a jam session that Catalano was hosting.

Contemporary Gospel Artist Theresa Pinkney Debuts Music Video For Single, “You Are”

New Single Serviced To Gospel Radio

(Washington, DC) – August 5, 2014 – Contemporary Gospel Artist Theresa Pinkney has been singing Gospel music all her life but she didn’t catch the attention of the Gospel music industry until she dropped her debut solo effort, Me Against The World. The Gifts Of The Spirit Music CD release launched Theresa’s career and netted her the #1 song on Christian Jukebox Radio, the bouncy and inspirational track, “Count It All Joy”.

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