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Vocalist Alan Leatherman Interprets Jazz in Self-Released, “Detour Ahead” | Avail Now

Vocalist Alan Leatherman “Takes Five” For Some Jazz On Self-Released Detour Ahead


New York, NY (October 21, 2011) — On vocalist Alan Leatherman’s self-released Detour Ahead, he interprets Cole Porter, Lerner & Lowe, Billy Strayhorn, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington (and six others) with a natural-born feel for the lyric, making these classic American songs come totally alive under his stewardship. The voice is pure, in service to the song. As he says, “it’s all about the lyric.” The pristine beauty of Leatherman’s voice, in track after track, is organic and elegant. No auto-tune required. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Jazz Vocalist Gregory Porter Releases New Video & Remixes of “1960 What?” on Oct 25th, 2011

Gregory Porter - 1960 What The Remixes
 
RAPIDLY RISING STAR GREGORY PORTER RELEASES NEW VIDEO & REMIXES OF “1960 WHAT?,” THE INCENDIARY TRACK FROM HIS GRAMMY NOMINATED DEBUT, WATER
 
Remixes by Opolopo, Peas, and Wicked Jazz Sounds Available Digitally on October 25
 
Gregory Porter, whose 2010 Motema Music debut, Water, was nominated in the 2011 54th Annual Grammy Awards as Best Jazz Vocal Album, will release a powerful cinematic treatment of one of the CD’s most powerful and popular tracks, “1960 What?”.

Chicago Born Vocalist Lenora Zenzalai Helm Releases, “I Love Myself When I’m Laughing” | Avail Now

Lenora Zenzalai Helm Releases New CD
I Love Myself When I’m Laughing
 … And Then Again When I’m Looking Mean and Impressive

Available Today on Zenzalai Music at CDBaby.com


NEW YORK, NY, October 5, 2011 – There comes a point in an artist’s life when she Lenora Zenzalai Helmhits her stride: when all of the musical, artistic and emotional elements align themselves perfectly in that artist’s orbit; making her shine brighter than she ever did before. With the release of her new CD, I Love Myself When I’m Laughing … And Then Again When I’m Looking Mean and Impressive (Zenzalai Music), the award-winning, Chicago-bornvocalist, composer, lyricist, arranger, educator and former U.S. Jazz Ambassador Lenora Zenzalai Helm brilliantly illuminates the jazz world with this soulful and spectacular 13-track CD. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Jazz Release: Grover Washington Jr.- The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Avail Now)

Grover Washington Jr.- The Complete Columbia Albums Collection



The most complete package to date of Grover Washington Jr.’s Complete Columbia Albums Collection!

    9 great albums on 9 CDs!
    Each individual album is packaged in a replica mini-LP sleeve reproducing that album’s original cover art.
    The most beloved of all Smooth Jazz artists, and one of its very best sellers, in his most prolific period


Whether he was playing R&B-infused jazz pop or straight-ahead swing, saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. always made one thing clear: he knew how to blow his horns. A thoroughly schooled musician who later learned to play genuine funky jazz with such masters as Johnny “Hammond” Smith and Charles Earland, Washington perfected a saxophone style that blended melodic elegance with soulful grit.  His work on alto, tenor and soprano was a model of authentic communication; when he played, you listened, entranced by his from-the-heart tone and singing phrasing. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Jazz Release: Kim Waters | This Heart of Mine (Coming Oct. 25th, 2011)


 
Coming October 25th, 2011 is the Arrival of The New Kim Waters Project, “This Heart of Mine” from Shanachie Entertainment!
 
Kim Waters is about to drop a new CD called “This Heart of Mine” on October 25th. Waters is the king of smooth urban jazz and one the first instrumentalists to really hit big in the quiet storm radio world.

New Music Release: Diz Crown | Basement To The Boulevard (Avail Now)

Check out the legendary Jazz Soul & R&B Sounds of Diz Crown | New Disc “Basement to the Boulevard” Available Now!



“Basement to the Boulevard”
is an incredible journey in modern northern soul music. From the opening
metronome of the first track “Soul Cafe”, it’s clear that you’re set
to take a wonderful ride with Diz Crown! Diz has become an inspiration
to all those who know him and is paving new ground with his unique
sound; one that recognizes the past but fully represents the future of
Chicago R&B/Urban Jazz. To continue, please click “MORE”!

UK Singer Charlie Green to release debut EP ‘Release Me’ on Beadle Music this summer.

Charlie Green to Release Debut Album this Summer After Edinburgh Festival Preview


Charlie Green to release debut EP ‘Release Me’ on Beadle Music this summer.

Upcoming
UK-based singer Charlie Green has finished recording her debut EP – a
short-player showcasing her staggering voice, which is powerful and at
the same time intimate, drawing you in to the subjects of the
beautifully-written songs. Her voice reminds you of classic singers such
as Etta James and Billie Holliday with a nod to Joss Stone, Carole King
and most recently, Adele. To continue, please click “MORE”!

“Body & Soul” – Amy Winehouse Final Recording with Tony Bennett to be Released in Sept. 2011

Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett – Body
and Soul – Single From Star’s Last Recording to be Released in Aid of
the Amy Winehouse Foundation

  

NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — “Body and Soul,” Amy Winehouse’s final recording, a
duet with her hero Tony Bennett, will be released by Columbia Records in
September in aid of the Amy Winehouse Foundation. The song was recorded
in March of this year at Abbey Road Studios in London for Tony Bennett‘s upcoming Duets II album.

The Foundation will be set up by her family to help a number of charities connected with children and young people. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Trumpeter Rick Braun Changes His Game with a New Vocal CD, “Sings With Strings” | LISTEN to Exclusive Streaming Tracks!

AVAILABLE NOW: RICK BRAUN SINGS WITH STRINGS ON ARTISTRY MUSIC

LEGENDARY JAZZ TRUMPETER TEAMS WITH CELEBRATED PRODUCER/ARRANGER PHILIPPE SAISSE FOR HIS FIRST FULL VOCAL ALBUM


LISTEN TO EXCLUSIVE STREAMING TRACKS FROM THE NEW ALBUM
By Clicking Here!


Rick Braun has been playing trumpet since he was a kid. No news there for the legions of fans his richly melodic playing style has attracted since the release of his first album, Intimate Secrets in 1993. Less known is the fact that he’s been a singer, and a good one (backing Rod Stewart and Sade among others, with vocals as well as his stellar trumpet) for most of his life, as well. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Jazz Guitarist Stanley Jordan To Release Collaborative Album, “Friends” on Sept. 27th, 2011

GUITAR VIRTUOSO STANLEY JORDAN & “FRIENDS”
PRESENT STELLAR COLLABORATIONS ON NEW ALBUM,
SET FOR SEPTEMBER 27 RELEASE ON MACK AVENUE RECORDS


 

FEATURING REGINA CARTER, KENNY GARRETT, CHARLIE HUNTER,

RONNIE LAWS, RUSSELL MALONE, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE,

NICHOLAS PAYTON, BUCKY PIZZARELLI, MIKE STERN

AND LONGTIME RHYTHM SECTION

CHARNETT MOFFETT & KENWOOD DENNARD

        


In a career that took flight in 1985 with both immediate commercial and critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has
consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness,
imagination, versatility, respect and maverick daring. Be it bold
reinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through
pop-rock hits, to blazing straight ahead jazz forays and ultramodern
improvisational works-solo or with a group-Jordan can always be counted
on to take listeners on breathless journeys into the unexpected. To continue, please click “MORE”!

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