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Jazz Vocalist Halie Loren Releases New Project “Butterfly Blue” on June 9th, 2015

AVAILABLE NOW on Justin Time:
Vocalist Halie Loren Explores Transformation and
Self-Realization on Soulful Release, Butterfly Blue

The butterfly has long been a powerful symbol of rebirth. The lowly caterpillar’s emergence from its cocoon into a thing of beauty in flight is a vivid embodiment of transformation and self-realization. The title of Butterfly Blue, the stunning and soulful new album by vocalist Halie Loren, evokes those poetic images, but tinged with a sense of bittersweet melancholy.

Lizz Wright Returns with Concord Records Debut Album “Freedom & Surrender” on Sept. 4th | Announces U.S. Tour 2015

LIZZ WRIGHT MAKES HER CONCORD RECORDS DEBUT
WITH THE POWERFUL FREEDOM & SURRENDER

Produced by Larry Klein, September 4, 2015 release
features collaborations with Klein, David Batteau, Maia Sharp,
J.D. Souther, Toshi Reagon and Jesse Harris

For Immediate Release – Five years after the release of her critically acclaimed, gospel-laden disc, Fellowship (Verve), Lizz Wright makes her Concord Records debut with the powerful Freedom & Surrender, set for release on September 4, 2015.

Pianist/Keyboardist Bob Baldwin Returns with New Album “MelloWonder: Songs in the Key of Stevie” on June 16th, 2015 | LISTEN!

Contemporary/Urban Jazz Keyboardist, Pianist and Songwriter Bob Baldwin Pays Homage to Music Legend Stevie Wonder with the Release of project “MelloWonder”: Songs in the Key of Stevie – Coming June 16th, 2015

One of the more consistent and long time purveyors of jazz music, Bob Baldwin, is getting set to step into the limelight again with the release of his 21st CD to date – “MelloWonder: Songs in the Key of Stevie,” from City Sketches Inc. on June 16th. The project celebrates the legacy of music legend Stevie Wonder and boasts over 14 tracks of great memorable covers…

Bay Area Vocalist Tiffany Austin to Release New CD “Nothing But Soul” on June 2nd, 2015

Bay Area Vocalist Tiffany Austin Debuts June 2 with “Nothing But Soul,” to Be Released by Con Alma Music

Richmond, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2015 – One of the fastest rising jazz singers in Northern California, with a tradition-rooted yet thoroughly modern style, Tiffany Austin brings a wealth of experience to her debut CD “Nothing But Soul,” scheduled for June 2 release by her Con Alma Music label.

Pianist Enoch Smith Jr. to Release “Misfits II: Pop” on May 19th, 2015 | WATCH VIDEO!

“Misfits II: Pop,” 3rd CD by Pianist/Composer Enoch Smith Jr., Due for Release by Misfitme Music, May 19

Pianist/composer Enoch Smith Jr.’s music doesn’t fit handily into any narrowly defined stylistic category. On his forthcoming third album, “Misfits II: Pop,” the Rochester, New York-born jazz and gospel musician delves into some of the pop and R&B songs that impacted him while he was growing up, shining new light on hits associated with the Beatles, Joan Osborne, Amerie, and the Roots.

Richmond, CA (PRWEB) May 01, 2015 – Pianist/composer Enoch Smith Jr. has embraced the “Misfit” mantle ever since his days at Berklee College of Music, when the self-taught musician realized he didn’t quite fit into the mold of his classmates and their daunting formal training.

Collaborative Group Heads of State Set to Release New Album “Search for Peace” on July 10th, 2015 | LISTEN to Single “Impressions”!

Gary Bartz, Larry Willis, Buster Williams, and Al Foster
Join Forces in Historic Configuration, Heads of State

Set to Release Search for Peace – July 10 on Smoke Sessions Records

Release Performances July 24 – 26 at Smoke Jazz Club

Gary Bartz, Larry Willis, Buster Williams and Al Foster–four of today’s most important and influential jazz artists–have joined forces as a collaborative group for the first time in their storied careers and the result is a quartet for the ages.

“Bessie” Official Soundtrack (Music from the HBO Film) to be Released on May 12th, 2015

Legacy Recordings Sets Digital Release of Bessie (Music from the HBO® Film) for Tuesday, May 12; CD Coming Tuesday, June 2

Bessie (Music from the HBO Film) Debuts “Gimme A Pigfoot and A Bottle of Beer (2015 Remix),” Pairing Bessie Smith’s Original Recording with New Vocals by Queen Latifah and Enhanced Instrumentation Produced by Adam Blackstone and Queen Latifah

Album Includes Historic Blues and Swing Recordings by Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Sippie Wallace, Kid Ory & Fresh Interpretations of Bessie Smith Classics Performed by Queen Latifah

Bessie, an HBO Film, Premieres May 16

NEW YORK, April 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is proud to announce the digital release of Bessie (Music from the HBO Film) on Tuesday, May 12. The official soundtrack for the upcoming HBO film will also be released on CD on Tuesday, June 2.

Jazz Vocalist Eugenie Jones to Release New CD “Come Out Swingin'” on May 12th, 2015 | LISTEN!

Seattle Jazz Singer Eugenie Jones Prepares to Release “Come Out Swingin'” May 12

With her lavishly praised 2013 debut album “Black Lace Blue Tears,” late-blooming jazz vocalist and composer Eugenie Jones immediately faced questions about whether she was a one-hit wonder or a real contender. But her even more impressive second album, “Come Out Swingin’,” makes a persuasive case for Jones’s status as a heavyweight talent.

Richmond, CA (PRWEB) April 23, 2015 – Eugenie Jones’s widely praised 2013 debut, “Black Lace Blue Tears,” introduced a late-blooming but fiercely original jazz vocalist and songwriter to the jazz world.

Jazz Trumpeter Lin Rountree Returns w/New CD “Soulfunky’ on May 19th, 2015 | LISTEN!

Urban/Contemporary Jazz Trumpeter Lin Rountree Returns with New CD Soulfunky on May 19th.

The wait is over!! SOULFUNKY, Lin Rountree‘s fifth studio CD is set to release May 19th on Cutmore Records. And for the first time ever Rountree will host a CD release event ironically at the venue where his career as a bandleader began; The Key Club. Situated just off of the Detroit River, the Key Club is where Lin’s first band “Up Close” made its debut and on June 3rd the Soul-Trumpeter is coming back home.

“Dee Dee’s Feathers”, A Collaboration feat Dee Dee Bridgewater and Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Coming Aug. 11th, 2015 | WATCH & LISTEN!

DEE DEE’S FEATHERS
FEATURING DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, IRVIN MAYFIELD & THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA
AVAILABLE AUGUST 11, 2015

A STUNNING HOMAGE TO THE PEOPLE AND CULTURE OF NEW ORLEANS
IN RECOGNITION AND HONOR OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA

Dee Dee’s Feathers, a journey through the history of New Orleans as told through song and the collaboration of Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), is set for release August 11th, 2015, via OKeh/Sony Music/DDB Records.

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