Parisian Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer and Producer Cédric Hanriot Returns With Time Is Color Vol. 2
Time is Color Vol. 2 is the new body of work from the versatile polymath Cédric Hanriot. A key contributor to multiple GRAMMY-winning projects, collaborating with luminaries such as Herbie Hancock, Robert Glasper and Terri Lyne Carrington to name just a few,…
Legendary New Orleans bassist George Porter Jr. (The Meters)
Announces New Instrumental Album
Porter’s Pocket with his Runnin’ Pardners band Available via Color Red on February 7, 2025
The Lead Single “Tito’s Dumpling Machine” is Out This Friday, November 22nd
Prolific New Orleans bassist George Porter Jr., will be releasing a brand new instrumental album entitled Porter’s Pocket with his longstanding quartet the Runnin’ Pardners available via Color Red on February 7, 2025.
Legendary Drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie Releases New Album ‘Testify’
Celebrated Drummer Behind Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, Hall & Oates, and More Unveils an Unforgettable Album Featuring All-Original Songs
New York, NY —November 13, 2024 – Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, the celebrated rhythm genius behind countless hit records, announces the release of his latest album, Testify, a vibrant collection that showcases the unmatched breadth and soul of his music career.
Igmar Thomas Taps Talib Kweli For Revive Big Band’s ‘Thelonius’, Preps Debut Album For October 25th Release
The new single contains a two-part suite, paying homage to J Dilla and Thelonious Monk
Artistic director, trumpeter, and composer Igmar Thomas was commissioned by SummerStage in 2016 for the Revive Big Band production A Journey Through The Legacy Of Black Culture. Taking place at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield in NYC on August 7, 2016, the performance took showgoers through the past and present of Black American music.
Latin Jazz Pianist Gino Amato Releases New Project “Latin Crossroads”
Pianist-arranger Gino Amato gathers together a large cast of jazz greats on Latin Crossroads to perform Latinized versions of a wide range of colorful material. Drawing themes from Broadway shows, the Beatles, the Great American Songbook, classical music, Steely Dan, and Thelonious Monk, Amato transforms the music into creative Afro-Cuban jazz.
MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO SHARES NEW SINGLE “LOVE”
FROM HER FORTHCOMING BLUE NOTE ALBUM
NO MORE WATER: THE GOSPEL OF JAMES BALDWIN
A STRIKING HOMAGE TO BE RELEASED AUG. 2
ON THE EMINENT WRITER’S CENTENNIAL
Meshell Ndegeocello has released the inspiriting new single “Love,” the second song to be revealed from her forthcoming Blue Note album No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin, a striking homage to the eminent writer and activist James Baldwin to be released Aug. 2 on his Centennial.
Aderemi Kabaka’s Roots Funkadelia: A Rediscovered Musical Marvel
Following the great success of BBE’s 2023 reissue of Remi Kabaka’s 1976 lost masterpiece ‘Son of Africa’ comes yet another neglected and hitherto-hidden slice of pure Kabaka goodness: 1980’s ‘Roots Funkadelia’.
OLATUJA RETURN WITH “IJO”
ACCLAIMED PROJECT FROM
BASSIST MICHAEL OLATUJA & VOCALIST ALICIA OLATUJA
HERALD LONG AWAITED NEW ALBUM WITH JOYOUS FIRST SINGLE
NEW ALBUM, OLATUJA,
ARRIVES VIA WHIRLWIND RECORDINGS ON FRIDAY, MAY 31
Olatuja – the acclaimed project from bassist/composer/bandleader Michael Olatuja and renowned vocalist Alicia Olatuja – has announced today’s premiere of the new single, “Ijo,” available today via Whirlwind Recordings.
Legendary Bassist/Composer Avery Sharpe and his
Double Quartet
to release new recording
“I Am My Neighbors Keeper”
A new recording will be released on JKNM Records by internationally renowned bassist/composer Avery Sharpe, “I Am My Neighbors Keeper” is schedule for release in June 2024.
Ethio-Jazz Vocalist, Songwriter
And Cultural Activist
MEKLIT
Announces New EP Ethio Blue
February 7, 2024: Today the visionary Ethiopian-American vocalist, composer, and cultural activist Meklit has announced the release of her new EP Ethio Blue, a prescient six-song collection attuned to inner landscapes.
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