The Chicago Soul Jazz Collective to Release New Album “No Wind & No Rain”
The Chicago Soul Jazz Collective returns with No Wind & No Rain, their fourth album and most fully realized artistic statement to date. The album will be released by Calligram Records on limited-edition vinyl, CD, and digitally on Friday, April 10.
The road to the success of soul and R&B artists has been transformed. Where radio rotation, live shows, and co-signs by good people formerly determined the level of breakthrough, nowadays the breakthrough may occur on a vertical screen. Such platforms as TikTok have turned into the new testing ground – where raw talent is paired with algorithmic amplification.
NEW ZEALAND PRODUCER SOULCHEF RETURNS WITH NEW INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, RAW SILK
A SOULFUL, BOOM-BAP-DRIVEN LISTENING EXPERIENCE BUILT FOR DEEP LISTENING, CREATOR CULTURE, AND LONG-TAIL DISCOVERY
[LOS ANGELES, CA] – New Zealand-based producer SoulChef returns today with Raw Silk, a new full-length instrumental album out now via Cinq Music Group, a division of GoDigital Music.
Keyboardist Charles A. Kelly Drops “Focus on Purpose,” a Transformational New R&B‑Jazz Single Now Impacting Radio
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (1 APRIL 2026): In the midst of writing and producing Transformation — the ambitious double album completing his trilogy — R&B‑jazz keyboardist Charles A. Kelly offers an early glimpse of what’s ahead with “Focus on Purpose,” the new Innervision Records single now picking up airplay and playlist adds.
GREGORY HUTCHINSON
KIND OF NOW – THE PULSE OF MILES DAVIS
Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Ron Blake (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Jakob Bro (guitar), Gerald Clayton (piano), Emmanuel Michael (guitar), Joe Sanders (double bass), Gregory Hutchinson (drums)
“Time isn’t the main thing, it’s the only thing”, Miles Davis once said. Whether you take his quote musically or philosophically, it’s a perfect maxim for Kind of Now – The Pulse of Miles Davis.
Jamile & Vinicius Gomes Bend Time, Genre and Geography on
Boundless Species, featuring Joe Martin,
Out on La Reserve Records – April 3, 2026
Two of the most prominent figures in the new wave of Brazilian musicians in New York, expanding the sound map beyond labels
On Boundless Species, vocalist Jamile and guitarist Vinicius Gomes — joined by bassist Joe Martin — take the rich lineage of Brazilian vocal–guitar artistry and push it into surprising new territories…
International Hitmaker Maxi Priest Serenades with “Touch By An Angel,” a Romantic Reggae Groove Arriving April 3
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — International hitmaker Maxi Priest ushers in the spring season with “Touch By An Angel,” a soulful new single arriving April 3 across all major streaming platforms via his Level Vibes Music imprint and distributed through Intercept Music.
BOBBY SANABRIA
MULTIVERSE BIG BAND
“ARSENIO AND BEYOND
Live at the BRONX MUSIC HALL”
BOBBY SANABRIA’S musical lineage reaches back to every major figure in the history of Latin Jazz. As a master drummer/percussionist, he has performed and recorded with luminaries like Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Chico O’Farrill, Candido, Marco Rizo, Francisco Aguabella, Patato, Paquito D’Rivera and more…
Mare finds her voice on Becoming — intimate, soul-rooted R&B
With her gospel roots, classical training, and powerhouse voice, Mare makes timelessly intimate R&B for the modern age. It’s a sound that’s taken her around the world, from the churches of Philadelphia — where she sang her first songs as a toddler — to shows alongside Lauryn Hill, Sam Smith, Lizzo, and the Bacon Brothers.
BLUE NOTE ANNOUNCES TONE POET VINYL EDITION OF
MILES DAVIS BIRTH OF THE COOL
IN CELEBRATION OF THE LEGENDARY TRUMPETER’S CENTENNIAL
Miles Davis’ earliest masterpiece Birth Of The Cool gets the royal treatment with a new Tone Poet Vinyl Edition to be released by Blue Note Records on May 22 in celebration of the legendary trumpeter’s Centennial.
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