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Smoke Sessions Records Releases New CD’s by Jimmy Cobb & Louis Hayes

Jimmy Cobb - The Original Mob - 2014
 
The Quintessential Sound of New York Jazz,
Smoke Sessions Records Releases New Albums by
Veteran Drummers
Jimmy Cobb and Louis Hayes
 
Photo Credit: Jimmy Katz
 
Smoke Sessions Records, the new imprint of New York City’s influential uptown club Smoke which is also serving as a studio incubator and live happening for documenting the classic New York jazz sound, embarks on their second series of new releases by two legendary drum warhorses, the age-defying Jimmy Cobb and timeless time-keeper Louis Hayes.

The 2014 JJA Jazz Awards Winners Are Announced

The Jazz Journalists Association Announces Winners for 2014 JJA Jazz Awards


NEW YORK – The Jazz Journalists Association today announced winners of 2014 JJA Jazz Awards in 32 categories of musical achievement. Herbie Hancock — the man behind International Jazz Day (April 30) as UNESCO Ambassador for Intercultural Dialog and Chairman of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz – is being honored for his Lifetime Achievement in Jazz. Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Hancock’s frequent collaborator, has been voted Musician of the Year.
 
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Keyboard Legend Bernie Worrell’s Classic CD, “Elevation – The Upper Air” Released | Available NOW

Bernie Worrell’s First Ever Solo Piano CD Released On M.O.D. Technologies –
Elevation, The Upper Air


Bernie Worrell, keyboard legend, founding member and essential collaborator / composer / arranger in George Clintonʼs Parliament/Funkadelic, has worked with an extremely diverse array of artists -Talking Heads, Bootsy Collins, The Rolling Stones, Lee ”Scratch” Perry, Black Uhuru, Fela Kuti, Burning Spear, Pharoah Sanders, Buddy Guy, Sly & The Family Stone, Mos Def, Albert King, Sly & Robbie, etc. He is among the most influential and emulated electronic keyboardists in modern music. His synthesizer work defined 80ʼs and 90ʼs West Coast Hip Hop and is still recognized in the pop hits of today.

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New Jazz Release: Kendrick Scott Oracle – “Conviction” (Avail NOW) | WATCH NEW VIDEO

KENDRICK SCOTT ORACLE MANIFESTS THE DEEPER PURPOSE ON
CONVICTION



KSO’s Debut Concord Jazz Release Explores Individual Values and One’s Character

Available NOW


With the 2007 release of The Source – his debut recording as a leader – drummer and composer Kendrick Scott established a reputation right out of the gate as an explorer, someone with a generous measure of wisdom and insight to counterbalance his youth and newcomer status.

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Funk Instrumentalists Connie Price & The Keystones Release 3rd Album, “Lucas High EP” feat Zach Lucas, Son of Jazz-Funk Trumpeter Doug Lucas

A Father’s Day Reunion: Son Samples Late Father’s Groundbreaking Jazz-Funk Music on Unforgettable New EP
‘Lucas High’  

 

Features such legendary hip-hop acts as The Pharcyde and Big Daddy Kane


LOS ANGELES, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A son reunites with his late father’s music in a tribute record that brings together live instruments with acclaimed hip-hop artists including The Pharcyde, Big Daddy Kane, Guilty Simpson and Lady of Rage. Deep funk instrumentalists Connie Price & The Keystones release their third album “Lucas High EP” with featured guest musician Zach Lucas, son of Doug Lucas, a pioneering composer and trumpet player in the European jazz-funk scene of the 1970s. Using samples from Lucas’ rare and diverse catalogue of jazz, funk, progressive, and afro-disco compositions, the new recordings create a unique conversation between father and son.

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Our Special 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Coverage/Interviews | 2013

Join Us For The Special 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Coverage & Interviews on T.U.M.S.! 2013 Good Morning Readers and whats happening? T.U.M.S. kicks off the week with a slew of special interviews with yours truly slated to perform this weekend at the 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival. It’s happening …

The 17th Annual JJA Jazz Awards Winners Announced

17th Annual JJA Jazz Awards Winners Announced

Musical Achievements Honored in 28 Categories


Veteran saxophonist Wayne Shorter, longtime creative music trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, and newcomer Ryan Truesdell were top winners of the 2013 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards announced today online at the website www.JJAJazzAwards.

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Jazz Pianist Eric Vaughn to Release CD, “Minor Relocation” on Aug. 7th, 2012

Bay Area Jazz Pianist Eric Vaughn to Release First Nationally Distributed CD, “Minor Relocation,” on August 7


During his more than three decades in
jazz, pianist-composer Eric Vaughn has played with some of the genre’s
leading lights. He has performed up and down the West Coast, in Europe,
and in North Africa, where he fondly remembers having played “A Night in
Tunisia” in Tunisia. But his own music has largely fallen under the
jazz radar screen–a situation sure to be rectified with the release of
“Minor Relocation,” his first nationally distributed recording.

Richmond, CA (PRWEB) July 20, 2012

Eric Vaughn
has devoted most of his life to jazz, but recognition for his
distinctively personal music has long eluded him. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Esperanza Spalding Releases “Radio Music Society” on March 20th, 2012 | WATCH VIDEO for “Black Gold!”


 
ESPERANZA SPALDING RELEASES RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY, A KALEIDOSCOPIC COLLECTION CELEBRATING THE POWER OF SONG
 
Companion Release to the Bassist/Composer/Vocalist’s Chart-Topping Chamber Music Society is Accompanied by 12 Music Videos
 
It has not taken Esperanza Spalding long to emerge as one of the brightest lights in the musical world.

Cuban Group Tiempo Libre Releases “My Secret Radio” on May 3rd, 2011

Cuban Music Group Tiempo Libre Celebrates the Thrill of American Radio in New Timba Album, My Secret Radio


 
 

Available May 3, 2011

NEW YORK, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — SONY MASTERWORKS announces the new album My Secret Radio by three-time Grammy nominated Cuban music group Tiempo Libre, available May 3, 2011.  Featuring the group’s signature timba music – an intense, sophisticated mix of Latin jazz and danceable Afro-Cuban rhythms – My Secret Radio conjures the seven musicians’ teenage years in Havana
when they secretly listened to forbidden American music. Through lyrics
which capture both sides of the immigrant experience – from the secret
radio sessions which fueled dreams of life in America to the
perplexities of starting life in a new country – Tiempo Libre pays
tribute to magic of American radio and the profound influence it had on
their lives and music.  The project reunites Tiempo Libre’s founder, Jorge Gomez, with the legendary Cuban songstress Albita and includes a guest vocal by Rachelle Fleming.  My Secret Radio was produced by Jorge Gomez and Juan Cristobal Losada at Sonic Projects Studios@peermusic in Miami. To continue, please click “MORE”!

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