SOMI Debuts Music Video for “Brown Round Things,”
From Critically Acclaimed Album The Lagos Music Salon
Video Filmed on Location in Lagos’ Red Light District
About “Brown Round Things”
“The song was inspired by my reflection on the humanity of Africa’s sex workers. Like most cities in the world, I would see these women on the streets in Lagos at night and wonder how they got there.
Mosaic Records Releases Blue Note 75th Anniversary Portfolio
Featuring Seven Photo Series by Label Co-Founder Francis Wolff
Mosaic Records has made a profound impact upon the jazz marketplace with its unparalleled boxed sets, but there is another aspect of the Mosaic brand that is equally important. Mosaic Images maintains the complete collection of the art of the peerless photographer and co-founder of Blue Note Records, Francis Wolff.
Look Out for Cjazz Band “The Blu J’z” & New Project “Feeling The Moment”!
TAKE A LISTEN!
Within a year of continued promotion, The Blu J’z has already “created a buzz” in the Contemporary Jazz media circuit by means of airplay, recognition on magazines, and was recently asked to open up for Paul Taylor and Marion Meadows at the Tower Theater in Fresno, California (July 12, 2014).
Jazz St. Louis Opens to the World
$10 million jazz performance and education center celebrates grand opening
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Last night St. Louis was at the center of the jazz world, as jazz legends, community and corporate leaders, jazz enthusiasts and VIPs gathered at Jazz at the Bistro to celebrate the grand opening of the Harold and Dorothy Steward Center for Jazz. The grand opening celebration was underwritten by World Wide Technology and featured world renowned Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
The Urban Renewal Project:
New Album Drop, New Video & NYC Friday
New Video
We Big Tonight -The Urban Renewal Project ft. Elmer Demond & Aubrey Logan
WATCH BELOW!
Frank Lowe Quartet
“OUT LOUD”
2-LP, Vinyl-Only Set Containing Entirely Unreleased, Uncirculated 1974 Recordings
Frank Lowe – saxophones and miscellaneous instruments
Joseph Bowie – trombone & congas
William Parker – bass
Steve Reid – drums
Ahmed Abdullah – trumpet side D only
This hand-numbered, 2-LP set enshrines newly discovered music from the short-lived and hitherto invisible 1974 quartet of Lowe, Joseph Bowie, William Parker, and Steve Reid. The band is captured in an unpublished record session at Rashied Ali’s Survival Studios and in performance at Studio Rivbea, OUT LOUD presents every known recording from this fiery band. None of these sounds have ever been heard beyond the circle of Lowe’s closest associates.
AVAILABLE NOW on Justin Time Records:
Jane Bunnett Forms Exhilarating New All Female Band
Maqueque, Blending Afro-Cuban,
Soul and Jazz on Self-Titled Release
For more than thirty years, Canadian flutist and saxophonist Jane Bunnett has been bridging the gulf between Cuba and North America, introducing jazz audiences to some of the finest musicians that the island has to offer.
Good Day Music Lovers!
Talented contemporary jazz saxman Elan Trotman has been well known around the music circles with various releases from his 5 album discography and high energy concerts across the landscape. But Elan is now taking his skills to the next level…
Two previously-unreleased performances by the always-extraordinary saxophonist Charles Lloyd and the band he was leading in 1965–guitarist Gábor Szabó, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Pete La Roca–are showcased for the first time in this forthcoming Resonance Records set. “Manhattan Stories” features the pristine sound quality, extensive liner notes, and meticulously designed artwork that have become the label’s trademarks.
Richmond, CA (PRWEB) June 23, 2014
In the words of a classic TV show, there are eight million stories in the Naked City. Resonance Records uncovers a pair of long-untold tales from New York City’s fabled jazz past on “Manhattan Stories,” due for release on September 9.
Good Day Folks,
The team at T.U.M.S. is pretty excited about a special new advancement in our overall look of the website coming soon. Until recently, we had been notified of some major changes happening to our older blog platform through company GoDaddy.com that would immediately ‘retire’ our old content and site in a few days.
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