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Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz to Release New Project “We’re Still Here” on June 24th, 2022 | Announces New US Tour | LISTEN!


 
Carnegie Hall Announces Schedule for
NYO Jazz’s First US Tour Following June 24
Release of Debut Album We’re Still Here Led by
Artistic Director and Bandleader/Trumpeter Sean Jones
 
Carnegie Hall today announced the schedule for the first-ever US tour by its acclaimed NYO Jazz set to take place on the heels of the June 24, 2022 release of the ensemble’s first full-length studio album, We’re Still Here.

Saxophonist Nick Stefanacci Releases New Single “Dance Until Dawn” | LISTEN!


 
Saxophonist Nick Stefanacci introduces a new dimension to his repertoire
 
The smooth jazz single that he wrote with Billboard hitmaker Adam Hawley,
“Dance Until Dawn.”
 
NEW YORK CITY (19 May 2022): After having released seven solo albums constructed of sophisticated pop, funk and jazz fusion featuring guest vocalists, saxophonist Nick Stefanacci decided to throw a changeup by crafting a buoyant smooth/contemporary jazz instrumental,…

Yellowjackets to Release New Album “Parallel Motion” on Aug. 26th, 2022 | LISTEN to New Single “Resilience”!


 
Yellowjackets Enter Fifth Decade
Sounding as Fresh as Ever
on Parallel Motion
 
Available August 26 on
Mack Avenue Records
 
Maintaining a distinct group identity for 40 years is an exceedingly rare achievement, but what sets Yellowjackets apart isn’t their longevity so much as the consistently inspired quality of their music.

Organ Great Ronnie Foster to Release New Album “Reboot” on July 15th, 2022 | LISTEN to Title Track!


 
Ronnie Foster Returns to Blue Note with Reboot out July 15
Organ Great’s First New Album in 36 Years Arrives
50 Years After His 1972 Blue Note Debut Two Headed Freap
 
Listen to the Title Track “Reboot”
 
June 3, 2022: Organ great Ronnie Foster returns to Blue Note Records with the July 15 release of Reboot, his first new album in 36 years which arrives 50 years after his 1972 Blue Note debut Two Headed Freap.

Jazz Drummer Tony Williams’ 1980 Trio Album “Play Or Die” to be Released on July 22nd, 2022


 
Innovating Jazz Drummer Tony Williams’ Long Lost 1980 Trio Album, Play or Die, Rediscovered and Remastered for Release
 
Featuring Keyboardist Tom Grant
and Bassist Patrick O’Hearn
 
M.I.G. Music GmbH, an independent multi-genre recording label based in Hanover, Germany is set to release on July 22 on all digital platforms and CD (and a limited vinyl edition to be released in late 2022), an auspicious rare studio recording from the late legendary drummer Tony Williams while the imposing bandleader was on tour more than four decades ago.

Trumpeter Bill Ortiz to Release New Album “Points of View” on June 17th, 2022 | LISTEN!


 
FORMER LONGTIME SANTANA TRUMPETER BILL ORTIZ DRAWS FROM
HIS ECLECTIC, MULTI-GENRE 40-YEAR CAREER TO OFFER A MULTITUDE OF
POINTS OF VIEW
ON HIS THIRD SOLO ALBUM
 
Available June 17th, 2022
 
One of the Bay Area’s most dynamic multi-genre trumpeters for over four decades, BILL ORTIZ recorded and toured the world with Santana for 16 years – starting with the multi-Grammy winning Smooth album…

Roy Hargrove Documentary to Premiere at Tribeca Festival on June 12th, 2022 | WATCH NEW TRAILER!


 
Poplife Productions Presents
in Association with Folding Chair Productions
 
“World Premiere” at Tribeca Festival on Sunday, June 12, 2022 (8pm)
Produced by Eliane Henri & Dana Guerin
Executive Produced by Janine Sherman Barrois & Erykah Badu
 
HARGROVE, a vérité style documentary chronicling the last year of GRAMMY Award-winning trumpet legend Roy Hargrove’s life, will debut at the Tribeca Festival on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 8PM at Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place (230 Vesey Street, NYC).

Producer Vassal Benford Releases New Jazz Single “Melody Man” | LISTEN!


 
Multi-platinum “Melody Man” Vassal Benford steps into the spotlight
 
The R&B-jazz single from the multimedia mogul goes for adds on Monday.
 
LAS VEGAS (23 May 2022): With more than 57 platinum records to his credit working with a galaxy of stars in various music genres, over $150 million in movie box office receipts, and management duties for boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and the estate of fabled blues icon B.B. King, megaproducer Vassal Benford is returning to his roots determined to conquer jazz just like everything else he’s conquered throughout his unparalleled multimedia career.

Jazz Guitarist Tim Bowman Releases New Album “The 80’s 8.0” | LISTEN to 2 New Singles!


 
Contemporary Jazz Guitarist Tim Bowman Delivers a Treat for Music Lovers with the Release of New Album “The 80’s 8.0”
 
On Friday, May 20, award winning, chart topping, renowned guitarist TIM BOWMAN will be releasing his new project, The 80’s 8.0. Needless to say, this is a lover’s of 80’s music dream come true. Classic songs like “Rock With You,” “Careless Whisper,” “What’s Love Got Do With It,” and “The Biggest Part of Me.”

South African Pianist Nduduzo Makhathini Releases New Single “Emlilweni” | LISTEN! Announces U.S./International Tour


 
NDUDUZO MAKHATHINI RELEASES NEW SINGLE
“EMLILWENI” FEATURING JALEEL SHAW
FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN PIANIST’S LUMINOUS NEW ALBUM
IN THE SPIRIT OF NTU OUT MAY 27 ON BLUE NOTE AFRICA
 
VINYL RELEASE OF IN THE SPIRIT OF NTU ANNOUNCED FOR SEPT. 23
 
Nduduzo Makhathini has released “Emlilweni,” the third and final single to be revealed from the visionary South African pianist and composer’s luminous new album In the Spirit of Ntu, which comes out May 27. A 2-LP vinyl release of the album has just been announced for September 23.