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New Jazz Release: “Herbie Hancock – The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988” | Coming Nov. 12th, 2013

Herbie Hancock
 
Legacy Announces Herbie Hancock:
The Complete Columbia Album Collection
1972-1988
 
Deluxe box set features all 31 albums (across 34 CDs) released by Columbia Records; Includes first U.S. release of 8 albums which originally appeared on CBS/Sony (Japan)
 
NEW YORK, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Herbie Hancock: The Complete Columbia Album Collection 1972-1988 brings together, for the first time, the master musician’s complete Columbia Records and CBS/Sony Japan catalog. The deluxe 34-CD box set arrives in stores November 12, 2013, through Columbia/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

The Destiny’s Child Video Anthology (16 Short Music Films) on DVD | Coming June 4th, 2013

Music World/Columbia/Legacy Recordings Announce The Release Of The Destiny’s Child Video Anthology, A Career-Spanning Collection Of 16 Iconographic Short Music Films That Define An Era



The First-Ever Destiny’s Child Video Anthology Arrives Tuesday, June 4


NEW YORK, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Music World Entertainment, Columbia Records, and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, proudly announce the upcoming release of the Destiny’s Child Video Anthology, the first-ever career-spanning collection of sixteen iconic short music films that define the look and sound of a pivotal era (1998-2004) of musical and cultural history.  The DVD will be available starting June 4, 2013.

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Sly & The Family Stone 4 CD Box Set, “Higher!” Coming Aug. 27th, 2013

Sly & The Family Stone’s Career Celebrated With Deluxe 4-CD Box Set,
Higher!

  
Features 17 previously unreleased tracks; box set offers the chance to experience the songs you know and love but often in alternate versions, including mono singles, demos, instrumental tracks, live concert and television recordings, and more

NEW YORK, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The music of Sly & The Family Stone is celebrated with a new 4-CD box set, Higher!, available everywhere August 27th through Epic/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

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New Jazz Release: Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (7 CD Collection) | Coming June 4th, 2013

MOSAIC RECORDS CELEBRATES
WOODY SHAW WITH
THE COMPLETE M– — USE SESSIONS



7-CD Limited Edition Collection, Available June 4

“There’s a great trumpet player…he can play different
from all of them.” – Miles Davis

“The thing about Woods is that he’s done his homework. He’s hip to
Louis Armstrong, plays intervals, and runs backwards so to speak. He breaks it down, plays atonal, and then comes back and plays real trumpet.
Woods covers the whole spectrum!” – Dexter Gordon

Mosaic Records is set to release Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions on June 4, 2013. “Through a wide variety of styles, personnel, repertoire, and forms of instrumentation, this 7-CD limited edition box set presents a complete narrative of iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw’s musical and artistic growth over a 13-year period with Muse Records, from 1974 to 1987,” after having moved from San Francisco to New York.

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International Superstar Gloria Estefan Returns to Sony Music Entertainment

Gloria Estefan Reunites With
Sony Music Entertainment



One of The Most Successful and Influential Global Recording Artists Returns to Her Longtime Home


MIAMI, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Music Entertainment is proud to announce the return of international superstar Gloria Estefan to her longtime label home.

The globally renowned seven-time Grammy award winning singer, songwriter and actress is resuming her incredibly successful, time-tested alliance with Sony Music via a multi-album agreement to develop a diverse array of new projects.

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The Newport Jazz Festival® Gala Recording (CD) 2012 is Available Now

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ Announces Release of
Newport Jazz Festival® Gala Recording 2012 Powered by ArtistShare®


Dianne Reeves

First-ever CD Produced by Newport Jazz Festival® Features

Dianne Reeves, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Anat Cohen, Steve Wilson, Lewis Nash, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Lionel Loueke, Edmar Castañeda, Ingrid Jensen and Peter Martin

NEWPORT, RI, April 2, 2013 – George Wein and the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™ today announced the release of the Newport Jazz Festival® Gala Recording 2012 powered by ArtistShare®.

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Smokey Robinson Signs with Verve Music Group | To Release Duets Album in Fall 2013

Legendary Singer-Songwriter Smokey Robinson Signs With Verve Music Group To Release First-Of-Its-Kind Duets Album In Fall Of 2013 

 

ROBINSON SIGNED TO LABEL BY GRAMMY®-WINNING SONGWRITER DAVID FOSTER

AMERICAN IDOL HIGHLIGHTS ROBINSON’S NEW RECORD ON 3/27 BROADCAST


LOS ANGELES, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Legendary Motown icon and Grammy® award-winning songwriter, Smokey Robinson , has signed a record deal with Verve Music Group.  Robinson was signed to the label by its Chairman, David Foster , to release his 29th career LP, a special duets album, due out this coming fall.

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New Book: “Jazz Conversations” by JaRon K. Eames” (Available Now)

JaRon K. Eames Releases New Book, “Jazz Conversations” | Featuring Interviews with Nancy Wilson, Oscar Peterson, Chuck Mangione, Ahmad Jamal & More |
Available NOW

Jazz Conversations with JaRon K. Eames is a compilation of more than 400 pages of delightful, insightful conversations with some of the most renowned musicians, producers and promoters in the jazz world. Noted jazz writer Nat Hentoff wrote in the book’s Foreword: “Although I have chronicled jazz musicians for more than 60 years now, I learned a lot more about why this music lifts so many spirits throughout the world by being present at these conversations … JaRon himself becomes a valuable part of jazz history.”

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Legacy Recordings Honors Sly & The Family Stone as Artist of the Month | March 2013

Sly & the Family Stone Honored As Legacy Recordings’ Artist of the Month for
March 2013



  
SLY STONE’S 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED ON MARCH 15TH; BEGINS YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION OF SLY & THE FAMILY STONE

MULTI-DISC CAREER RETROSPECTIVE BOX SET ARRIVES LATER THIS YEAR

NEW YORK, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — On the occasion of Sly Stone’s 70th birthday on March 15th, his life and the music of Sly & the Family Stone will be commemorated as the Artist of the Month for March 2013, by Legacy Recordings, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.  Legacy’s celebration of Sly & the Family Stone will continue throughout the year.

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The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #12 | Quincy Jones feat El DeBarge, Al B. Sure, James Ingram & Barry White – The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)

Quincy Jones - Back On The Block
 
Yes….We come back at you this evening readers with our #12 selection into the Top 100 R&B Slow Jams. And this one was waaaaaayyy overdue:
 
You see, Music legend Quincy Jones KNEW what it meant to create a slow jam composition. At the right place – At the right time – With the RIGHT PEOPLE.

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