Enter to Win a Pair of Tickets to the 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival | June 15th & 16th, 2013! Click Poster above to Enter Drawing! Good Afternoon T.U.M.S. Readers! On behalf of Nina Gordon Public Relations and the team here at T.U.M.S., we are giving away 2 tickets (1 …
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 iKhan Project: Alive Now Scheduled for Release This Fall
(Los Angeles, CA – June 6, 2013) – Chaka Khan Enterprises announced today that Khan has had to cancel four concert dates in June due to extended vocal rest ordered by her doctor. The concert dates include, The Capital Jazz Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD (Saturday, June 8); the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, held outdoors in the downtown Cultural District in Pittsburg, PA (June 9); an appearance with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra at Columbus Commons in Columbus, OH (June 14) and Joni: A Portrait in Song at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada (June 18 and 19).
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Contemporary Jazz Group
BWB
Returns with New Album,
“HUMAN NATURE”
on June 18th, 2013
Individually, they are three titans of contemporary music: Rick Braun, the gifted trumpeter/flugelhornist with the golden voice; GRAMMY Award-winning tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum, the Memphis-born wunderkind who mixes Beale Street, gospel, the blues and bop; and Norman Brown, the GRAMMY-winning guitarist who brings a Louisiana lilt to his Wes Montgomery/George Benson influenced six-string soulful strut.
CHRISTIAN McBRIDE + INSIDE STRAIGHT
RELEASES LATEST MACK AVENUE RECORDS ALBUM,
PEOPLE MUSIC
Inside Straight is: Steve Wilson, Warren Wolf, Peter Martin and Carl Allen,
With Guests Christian Sands and Ulysses Owens, Jr.
It’s not simply his abundant virtuosity that has made Christian McBride the most in-demand bassist of his generation. McBride consistently combines his deft musicianship with an innate ability to communicate his enthusiasm to an audience-a warm showmanship that transforms his own passion into infectious joy. It comes across whether he’s leading his own bands; sharing the stage with jazz legends like Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock or Pat Metheny; accompanying pop giants like James Brown, Sting or The Roots; or collaborating with classical masters like Kathleen Battle, Edgar Meyer or the Shanghai Quartet.
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Coming June 11th is the Collaborative Project by Dave Koz & Friends,
“Summer Horns”
feat Mindi Abair, Richard Elliot & Gerald Albright
The concept is perfect, and perfect for summer. Dave Koz is joined by a front line of top-notch horn players – Mindi Abair, Richard Elliot & Gerald Albright – to re-interpret an array of horn-heavy songs made famous by Tower of Power, Chicago, EW&F, James Brown, Sly & The Family Stone, Ronnie Laws, Blood Sweat & Tears and others.
Bobby McFerrin Surprises Us Again, Bringing It All Back Home With New Album spirityouall
Honors Legacy of Bobby’s Father, the Great Metropolitan Opera Baritone Robert McFerrin, Sr.
Re-imagines Americana, Combining Classic Spirituals and Original Tunes Available May 14, 2013 On Sony Masterworks
NEW YORK, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — For decades, Bobby McFerrin has broken all the rules.
(New York, NY – May 6, 2013) — GRAMMY® nominated, multi-talented entertainer Deborah Cox will play her final performance of the Broadway production of JEKYLL & HYDE on Sunday, May 12, 2013, when the musical, which also stars Constantine Maroulis, ends its limited Broadway engagement after 15 previews and 30 regular performances at the Marquis Theatre.
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ISTANBUL, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In an unprecedented series of events worldwide, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz joined together to celebrate jazz as a universal language of freedom on April 30th. With events taking place in every country on the planet, International Jazz Day 2013 culminated in an evening concert at Istanbul’s Hagia Irene that was viewed live by millions around the world and featured pianists Herbie Hancock, John Beasley (Musical Director), George Duke , Robert Glasper , Ramsey Lewis , Keiko Matsui and Eddie Palmieri ; vocalists Ruben Blades , Al Jarreau , Milton Nascimento , Dianne Reeves , Esperanza Spalding (who also played bass) and Joss Stone ; trumpeters Terence Blanchard , Hugh Masekela and Imer Demirer ; bassists James Genus, Marcus Miller and Ben Williams ; drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Vinnie Colaiuta ; guitarists Bilal Karaman , John McLaughlin , Lee Ritenour and Joe Louis Walker ; saxophonists Dale Barlow , Igor Butman , Branford Marsalis , Wayne Shorter and Liu Yuan ; clarinetists Anat Cohen and Husnu Senlendirici; violinist Jean-Luc Ponty ; Pedrito Martinez on percussion; tabla master Zakir Hussain ; trombonist Alevtina Polyakova ; and special guest Martin Luther King III.
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Smokie Norful
OAK BROOK, Ill., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Three generations of gospel music’s finest are teaming with McDonald’s to give back to communities nationwide through the McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour. Headlined by Grammy-winning gospel sensation Smokie Norful, the concert series offers an assortment of soulful sounds through contemporary gospel with Tamela Mann, hip-hop with Lecrae and traditional/contemporary gospel with John P. Kee and Vickie Winans. McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour kicks off May 9 and runs through August 30.
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