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Damion Murrill Set to Release New CD, “Take A Stand” Spring 2014 | Announces New Tour Dates

New Artist & GRAMMY Award Nominee Damion Murrill Begins Multi-City Promotional Tour


 
Tour With Ensemble, Siloam, Culminates With Release Of Debut Album

 
Wilmington, NC – February 25, 2014 – Damion Murrill, a member of the Billboard charting and GRAMMY and Stellar Award Nominated family, The Murrills, is prepping his debut release with his group, Siloam.  Known as a protégé of multiple award-winning producer, songwriter, and choir director Donald Lawrence and a former member of The Tri-City Singers, Damion Murrill is putting the finishing touches on the upcoming release, the highly anticipated album Take A Stand, slated to release in early spring.
 
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Blue Note Records Continues 75th Anniversary Celebrations with Special Events & Releases | 2014

Blue Note Records Continues 75th Anniversary Celebrations


The 75th Anniversary of Blue Note Records, the most-respected and longest-running Jazz label in the world, is being commemorated throughout 2014 and beyond with a broad range of special releases and events. Blue Note is pleased to announce a new vinyl reissue series of 100 essential remastered Jazz albums spanning both the classic and modern eras of the label. The series will launch on March 25 with five iconic LPs: Art Blakey Free For All, John Coltrane Blue Train, Eric Dolphy Out To Lunch, Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil, and Larry Young Unity. On the same date, the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles will launch Blue Note Records: The Finest In Jazz, a one-of-a-kind exhibit offering visitors an in-depth look at the legendary record label. On the evening of March 25, the museum will host a special public event, “An Evening With Blue Note Records, ” featuring a Q&A with Blue Note Records President Don Was.

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Robert Glasper Experiment Releases New 3 Track EP, “Porter Chops Glasper” | Announces New Tour Dates

ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT RELEASES PORTER CHOPS GLASPER DIGITAL EP;
RGX ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES + U.S. TOUR WITH LEDISI;

 
Robert Glasper Experiment has released Porter Chops Glasper, a digital EP that is available today through all digital music retailers and streaming services. The 3-track EP—which was originally released as an exclusive 10” for Record Store Day’s Back To Black Friday—features remixes of Glasper’s work by Mr Porter (aka Denaun Porter), an avid Glasper fan who is best known as Eminem’s right-hand hype man and founding member of the Detroit rap collective D12.
 
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Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire to Release, “the imagined savior is far easier to paint” on March 11th, 2014 | Announces Tour Dates

AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE ANNOUNCES TOUR BEHIND RELEASE OF
“the imagined savior is far easier to paint”



NEW BLUE NOTE ALBUM OUT MARCH 11


On March 11, trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire will return with the release of the imagined savior is far easier to paint, an impressive and expansive new album that broadens the palette of his quintet with the addition of guitarist Charles Altura, the OSSO String Quartet, and vocalists Becca Stevens, Theo Bleckmann, and Cold Specks.
 
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Special Concert: Jonathan Batiste to Receive Louis “Satchmo” Legacy Award | Jan 31st, 2014 | Feat Lalah Hathaway, Regina Belle, Alex Bugnon & More

The National Jazz Museum’s Jonathan Batiste to Receive Louis “Satchmo” Legacy Award at
the Apollo Theater

 
Dear Friends,
 
We are thrilled to announce that the National Jazz Museum in Harlem‘s Artistic Director at Large Jonathan Batiste has been awarded the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Legacy Award by our friends at The Apollo Theater. We invite you to celebrate with us on January 31st at 7pm for the award ceremony…
 
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The 3rd Annual “For The Love of R&B” in Hollywood | Jan 22nd, 2014

Tank & Jason Lee to Host Third Annual
“For the Love of R&B” Live Music Event
in Hollywood



This year’s iconic event will celebrate Tank’s GRAMMY® nomination with TGT for “Best RnB Album of the Year”


HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The third annual “For the Love of R&B” live music event will celebrate R&B trailblazer Tank and his GRAMMY® nomination with TGT in the “Best RnB Album of the Year” category this year. The exclusive, invitation-only event, co-hosted by Celebrity Blogger & Personality Jason Lee, will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 22nd at The Sayers Club, located at 1645 Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood.

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CD Release Party: R&B Group Club Nouveau LIVE in Sacramento | Feb. 15th, 2014

Club Nouveau
CD Release Party
and No, Its Not a Rumor!
 

Club Nouveau’s
New Single
“That Ain’t Love”
#1 on KRMP
Oklahoma City 
 
Club Nouveau LIVE at
Pins N Strikes Saturday, February 15, 2014
Door Open at 10PM

 
New York, NY January 16, 2014 – Pins N Strikes announced they will host a Saturday, February 15th LIVE performance of the legendary Pop/R&B group Club Nouveau to celebrate the release of the group’s new CD “Consciousness.”
 
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The 75th Anniversary of Blue Note Records Kicks off Jan. 8th, 2014

BLUE NOTE RECORDS KICKS OFF 75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
WITH JAN. 8 TOWN HALL CONCERT FEATURING ROBERT GLASPER & JASON MORAN



LEGENDARY JAZZ LABEL WILL BE HONORED THIS YEAR WITH LIVE EVENTS, GRAMMY M– — USEUM EXHIBITION, BOOK RELEASES, CATALOG INITIATIVES & MORE

NEW FACEBOOK APP LETS FANS HAVE FUN PERSONALIZING BLUE NOTE ARTWORK BY PUTTING THEIR FACE INTO CLASSIC COVER DESIGNS


Today marks the 75th Anniversary of Blue Note Records, the most-respected and longest-running Jazz label in the world, which was founded when a German immigrant and passionate Jazz fan named Alfred Lion produced his first recording session on January 6, 1939 in New York City.

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Violinist Regina Carter to Release New Album, “Southern Comfort” on March 4th, 2014 | Announces New Tour Dates

Regina Carter - Southern Comfort
 
Violin Virtuoso Regina Carter Takes Listeners On A Musical Exploration Of Her Family History On New Album Southern Comfort
 
AVAILABLE MARCH 4, 2014 ON SONY MUSIC MASTERWORKS
 
NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Violinist Regina Carter is considered the foremost jazz violinist of her generation – a designation which doesn’t quite paint the picture. As a result of her curiosity, passion, and quest for beauty brought to every stop taken on her full musical journey, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (a “genius grant”). Those are more apparent than ever on her upcoming debut Southern Comfort (Sony Music Masterworks), in which she explores the folk music of the South. The album will be released on March 4, 2014 and coincide with an international tour.

Our Conversation with The One and Only Bobby Womack | T.U.M.S. Exclusive

Check out our Conversation with Music Legend Bobby Womack Exclusively on The “Interviews” Blog Whats Happening Readers! As the Christmas holiday approaches, T.U.M.S. wanted to share his special treat to you, all coming from one of the finest music legends in the industry. Our music editor A. Scott Galloway took …

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