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Look For New Release from Band The Urban Renewal Project, “Go Big or Go Home” | Coming Sept. 18th, 2012

New Release:
The Urban Renewal Project
“Go Big or Go Home “
Release Date 09/18/2012



THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT
NOT YOUR GRANDDADDY’S BIG BAND
 NEW ALBUM FROM LOMBARDY RECORDS COMING SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 – “GO BIG OR GO HOME”

THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT’S FAT HORNS AND FUNKY BASS GROOVES F– — USE WITH THE GLISTENING VOCAL TALENTS OF KEN NEELY AND FRESH RHYMES OF LOGIC THE TOPIC TO CREATE A VEIN-MELTING BLEND OF JAZZ, FUNK, POP, & HIP-HOP THAT GETS HEADS SHAKING AND TOES TAPPING. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Urban Jazz Saxophonist J. White Continues to Groove with New Release, “A New Jazz Swagger Reloaded” | Avail NOW!

Urban Jazz Saxophonist J. White Continues to Groove with New Release, “A New Jazz Swagger Reloaded” | Available NOW!


Forced by his mother to join the elementary school band, deciding on a single instrument grew difficult to choose when surrounded by so many for JWhite. But when asked which would he like to play, unknowingly JWhites answer would unlock an incredible future.​

“I guess that one I like the way its shaped”
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Super Group Souljazz Orchestra Drops New CD, “Solidarity” on Sept. 18th, 2012

Souljazz Orchestra Return With ‘Solidarity’
Featured Guests Join To Explore Caribbean, Latin & African Influences
Souljazz Orchestra – Solidarity
(September  18th)



http://www.strut-records.com • www.souljazzorchestra.com

Canada’s hardest working super-group, The Souljazz Orchestra, return at full throttle this September with Solidarity, a new collaborative album featuring a range of unique artists from their country’s vibrant underground groove scene. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Bassist Marcus Miller Gears Up For New Release “Renaissance” | Coming Aug. 7th, 2012

MARCUS MILLER EVOKES MUSICAL, CULTURAL & SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION WITH “RENAISSANCE”



Includes 8 richly inspired original compositions with inspired interpretations of songs by WAR, Janelle Monáe, The Jackson 5, Ivan Lins and more


A generation is roughly defined as a period of about 30 years. 30 years ago – in the early ‘80s – America was rolling with Ronald Reagan at the wheel and his conservative “back to family values” tenets. A similar traditionalism was also being adopted by several prominent up-and-coming jazz musicians. While most of the then-young flock was looking back, Marcus Miller was looking ahead. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Guitarist Frank Gambale and Singer BOCA Brings Us New CD “Soulmine” | Available NOW

Guitarist Frank Gambale and Sultry Vocalist BOCA releases “Soulmine” | Available NOW!

When something emerges from the soul of an
artist, it’s honest, personal and meaningful.  It is more than a passion
project.  For Grammy winning guitar innovator Frank Gambale (www.frankgambalesoulmine.com),
his forthcoming album, “Soulmine,” is a soul-realized endeavor that has
ruminated in his consciousness for 30 years.  The maverick musician
whom jazz giant Chick Corea called “one of the most incredible guitarists on the planet” found the missing piece when he met and married his soulmate, BOCA. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Randy Crawford and Joe Sample’s New Release, “LIVE” is coming July 31st, 2012

PRA Records To Release Randy Crawford & Joe Sample – LIVE

Featuring Steve Gadd on Drums and Nicklas Sample on Bass

Watch “LIVE” Performance of “Street Life” by clicking HERE!


Randy Crawford and Joe Sample have been making music together in one form or another for nearly 36 years. From their first hit together in 1979, “Street Life” (which Randy sang with Joe and The Crusaders) to “One Day I’ll Fly Away,” “When Your Life Was Low” and “Last Night at Danceland,” to their recent duo collaborations on the GRAMMY®-nominated CDs Feeling Good (2006) and No Regrets (2008), they’ve made music that people remember. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Jazz Release: Project Grand Slam | “Spring Dance” (Coming July 3rd, 2012)

IT’S ANOTHER CONTEMPORARY JAZZ HOME RUN FOR PROJECT GRAND SLAM WITH THE JOYFULLY MELODIC AND GROOVING
‘SPRING DANCE’



June 19, 2012
(Los Angeles, CA)


When is the last time a jazz ensemble named after the nefarious scheme of a James Bond villain packed such a solidly melodic and grooving punch?

Project Grand Slam, named by leader Robert Miller as a play on “Goldfinger”‘s plan to steal all the gold from Fort Knox, is probably the first—and he and PGS are up to plenty of melodic and grooving wonder this summer on Spring Dance, their explosive new album on Cakewalk Records. To continue, please click “MORE”!!

Jazz Singer Gregory Generet Releases New CD, “(re) generet-ion” on June 19th, 2012

Gregory Generet - (re) generet-ion
 
Mosaic Records Releases New Project from Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist Gregory Generet | “(re) generet-ion on June 19th, 2012
 
A native of New York City, Gregory Generet’s love of music was fueled by the
legendary Motown sound that filled the streets and gave voice to a new generation.
But it would be the ever present music of the elders, Jazz, that would fully capture
his imagination and propel his desire to one day become a singer.

Beasley, Jones & Chancler Come Together to Form 3 BRAVE SOULS | New Jazz CD Dropping June 12th, 2012

Beasley, Jones and Chancler Form Funk Power Triumvirate 3 Brave Souls Scheduled for June 12th Release on BFM Jazz

Three generations of Miles Davis alumni join forces in a formidable new funk trio called 3 Brave Souls.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 12, 2012

Three generations of Miles Davis alumni having fun playing progressive
roots music – keyboardist John Beasley, bassist Darryl Jones and master
drummer Ndugu Chancler – join forces in a formidable new funk trio
called 3 Brave Souls.

Harnessing Beasley and Ndugu’s hometown earthy undertones of New
Orleans and Jones’ Chicago street-funk 3 Brave Souls are knee-deep in
the groove on their self-titled debut for BFM Jazz. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Jazz Release: Veronneau | “Jazz Samba Project” (Avail Now)

NEW RELEASE CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS OF SAMBA AND BOSSA NOVA
Veronneau Releases Jazz Samba Project

 
This is the second CD from a band of wildly popular international artists, hailing from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. In 2011, Veronneau and exciting guest musicians drew critical acclaim and won fans from around the globe for Joie de Vivre – Joy of Living. With hefty airplay in North America and beyond, that album rose to No. 9 in JazzWeek’s World Music chart, made the Top 10 on many stations and attracted a huge Internet following. The Virginia based band toured their countries of origin and gave numerous interviews, with live performances on BBC Radio and Radio Canada.



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