Afro Jazz Funk, Page 8

 
First Lady of Smooth Jazz Gail Jhonson
Presents Jazz In Pink’s Anticipated Shanachie Entertainment Debut Joy! Out October 30, 2020
 
Long-time Musical Director For Norman Brown Is Joined On New CD By
Labelmates & Special Guests Kim Waters, Marion Meadows & Paul Jackson Jr.
 
“Music has healing power, it can change your mood, put a smile on your face, or render up a dance move,” exclaims keyboardist and Jazz In Pink founder, Gail Jhonson.

 
ALFA MIST REWORKS EDDIE HENDERSON’S “GALAXY”
 
NEW SINGLE FROM BLUE NOTE RE:IMAGINED
A FORTHCOMING ALBUM OF CLASSIC BLUE NOTE TRACKS
RE-IMAGINED BY THE UK’S SHARPEST TALENTS
 
Jazz harmony meets alternative hip-hop and soul in the music of self-taught pianist and producer Alfa Mist.

 
Three-Time GRAMMY-Nominated
Chief Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
and His Septet to Release New Live Album AXIOM
on August 28th
 
August 20, 2020: Though it feels like a lifetime, March 10th, 2020 was only five short months ago. At that moment GRAMMY-nominated bandleader Chief Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah was in a familiar place during an unfamiliar circumstance — about to play New York City’s famed Blue Note Jazz Club as COVID-19 uncertainty gripped the world.

 
Trumpet Great Eddie Henderson Turns up a
Winning Hand with a Brilliant All-Star Quintet featuring
Kenny Barron, Donald Harrison, Gerald Cannon and Mike Clark
 
It’s never been wise to bet against Eddie Henderson. Not that the trumpet great is a gambling man, despite what the jackpot ride and shades-masked poker face on the cover of his invigorating new album, Shuffle and Deal, might imply. “I play War, but that’s about it,” Henderson jokes. “I’m not sophisticated enough for more than ‘high card wins.’”