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The Playing For Change Band Releases Debut Album “The Real Revoution” | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Playing For Change Band Debut Album
The Real Revolution
 
Out Now
 
(Los Angeles, CA) – Playing For Change is proud to release The Real Revolution featuring the Playing For Change Band! The new album is a purpose-driven record with a compelling message of connecting the world through music.

Percussionist/Composer JoVia Armstrong to Release New Album “The Antidote Suite” on July 15th, 2022 | LISTEN!


 
Percussionist and Composer JoVia Armstrong Wants Listeners to Look Inward on The Antidote Suite; A New Chapter in Afrofuturist Music.
 
Her First Recording is the debut of Nicole Mitchell’s new Black Earth Music Label and features Isaiah Sharkey (bass), Leslie DeShazor (Violin), Jeff Parker (guitar), and Mitchell (flute).
 
JoVia Armstrong’s new music builds on many classic and contemporary sounds and molds them into a dynamic of the moment presentation.

South African Pianist Nduduzo Makhathini to Release New Album “In the Spirit of Ntu” on May 27th, 2022 | WATCH VISUALIZER for New Single “Senze’Nina”!


 
SOUTH AFRICAN PIANIST & COMPOSER NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI RETURNS
WITH LUMINOUS NEW BLUE NOTE ALBUM IN THE SPIRIT OF NTU OUT MAY 27
 
On May 27, the visionary South African pianist, composer, and healer Nduduzo Makhathini will release In the Spirit of Ntu, his milestone tenth studio album, his second album to be released on Blue Note Records in partnership with Universal Music Group Africa following Modes of Communication,…

The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble Releases New Album “Step Down” | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble Release New Album
Step Down via Colemine Records
 
Watch the Music Video For the Title Track
 
April 1, 2022: Today, The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble released their fourth full-length Step Down via Colemine Records. The new full-length follows the band’s 2019 LP Build Bridges, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart.

Funk-Jazz Bassist Mitchell Coleman, Jr. Releases New Single “Glide” | WATCH NEW VIDEO! New Album “Dedication” Coming June 2022


 
WANT SOME FUNK IN YOUR JAZZ?
 
Bassist Mitchell Coleman Jr. Simultaneously Kicks Instrumental Remix of 70s Funk Classic “Glide” PLUS Teases Sensual Collabo with Freda Payne
 
(March 30, 2022 / Los Angeles) Last year, modern Funk-Jazz bassist Mitchell Coleman, Jr. threw down the gauntlet by daring to rerecord the Funk classic “Glide,” originally recorded in 1979 by the Portland band Pleasure.

The Chicago Soul Jazz Collective to Release New Album “On the Way to Be Free” feat. Vocalist Dee Alexander on May 13th, 2022 | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Chicago Soul Jazz Collective and Internationally Acclaimed Vocalist Dee Alexander Team Up on the Group’s Third Album, On the Way to Be Free
 
Available May 13 on JMarq Records
 
The name of this band tells you what you need to know about its purpose and history. Chicago, where Louis Armstrong moved to make his first records, is also the birthplace of gospel music, which gave rise to its secular cousin, soul; and few cities grooved harder to the post-bop soul-jazz revolution of the 1950s and ‘60s than Chicago.

Guitarist Eric Krasno Releases New Single “Lost Myself” | WATCH NEW VIDEO! New Album “Always” Arrives Feb. 4th, 2022 | Announces New Tour Dates for 2022


 
Grammy-Award Winning Guitarist Eric Krasno Enlists Jazz Mafia For Funky Track About The Joy Of Losing Yourself
 
“Lost Myself” Is Featured On Krasno’s New Solo Album ‘Always,’
Out February 4th via Mascot Label Group
 
The idea of “losing yourself” may seem negative, but to Grammy-award winning guitarist Eric Krasno, the phrase has a deeper meaning. “It’s about losing your ego when you find someone who works for you,” he explains.

Le Coq Records Presents ‘The Jazz All Stars Vol. 2’ | Coming Jan. 21st, 2022 | LISTEN!


 
Le Coq Records Kicks Off its
Second Star-studded Year with an
Amazing Ensemble of Virtuoso Musicians on
Le Coq Records Presents
The Jazz All Stars Vol. 2
 
Few jazz labels are able to launch with as impressive a roster already in place as Le Coq Records did when it released The Jazz All Stars Vol. 1 last January.

Producer/Multi-Instrumentalist CARRTOONS Releases New Single “Frontline (Remix)” | LISTEN!


 
PRODUCER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST CARRTOONS
REIMAGINES BUTCHER BROWN’S TRACK “FRONTLINE,” FROM THEIR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM #KINGBUTCH
 
For Immediate Release – It’s been a busy year for Butcher Brown. Hot on the heels of their August run at the Blue Note NY, the September 30 release of a new single, Patrice Rushen’s “Remind Me” featuring vocalist Alex Isley, on the GRAMMY-winning composer’s birthday, and a successful 3 ½-week European tour in October…

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