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Vocalist Mark Kibble & Guitarist Steve Khan Release New Single “Island Letter” | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Vocalist Mark Kibble and Guitarist Steve Khan Releases Collaborative Single “Island Letter”
 
When two legendary artists decide to collaborate on a very special one-song project, the results are expected to be magical. So the pairing of vocalist Mark Kibble, the 15 time Grammy award winning singer known for his brilliant work as the lead arranger of Take 6, along with guitarist Steve Khan gave good reason for such excitement.

“Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook” to be Released on June 24th, 2022 | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
UNRELEASED LIVE CONCERT OF ELLA FITZGERALD PERFORMING SONGS FROM HER BELOVED IRVING BERLIN SONGBOOK WITH A FULL ORCHESTRA AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN NORMAN GRANZ’S PRIVATE COLLECTION
 
FULL PERFORMANCE MIXED FROM ORIGINAL ANALOG TAPES BY GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER GREGG FIELD FOR RELEASE AS ELLA AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL: THE IRVING BERLIN SONGBOOK
 
LOS ANGELES, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On August 16, 1958, just a few months after Ella Fitzgerald recorded her now-classic album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook, The First Lady Of Song performed selections from that album live at the Hollywood Bowl to an adoring, sold-out crowd.

Jazz Guitarist Pasquale Grasso to Release New Album “Be-Bop!” on June 17th, 2022 | LISTEN! Announces New U.S./European Tour Dates for 2022


 
Guitar Virtuoso
Pasquale Grasso
Pays Tribute to Bird and Diz on Be-Bop!
 
Available June 17 on Sony Music Masterworks | Pre-Order Now
 
U.S. & European Tour Dates Announced
 
Following the extraordinary success of guitar virtuoso Pasquale Grasso’s digital showcase series, which launched in 2019 and includes Solo Standards, Solo Ballads, Solo Holiday, and tributes to jazz royalty Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Sony Music Masterworks is set to release Be-Bop!,

Brian Culbertson Releases New Album “The Trilogy, Part 3: White” | LISTEN to New Single “Step Into Love”!


 
Brian Culbertson completes “The Trilogy” with hope
 
The R&B-jazz multi-instrumentalist drops “The Trilogy, Part 3: White” this Friday,
his 25th album that was prefaced by the single “Step Into Love.”
 
CHICAGO (6 May 2022): The three-phase arc of a longtime relationship serves as the muse of R&B-jazz hitmaker Brian Culbertson’s trilogy of instrumental albums that he wrote, produced and performed with creative input from the 800-plus members of his Hang Club.

Saxophonist/Flautist Najee Returns with Anticipated New Album “Savoir Faire” on May 13th, 2022 | LISTEN to 2 New Singles!


 
GRAMMY AND NAACP AWARD-WINNING MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING
SAXOPHONIST/FLAUTIST NAJEE
CELEBRATES THE ART OF ELEGANCE ON ANTICIPATED NEW RECORDING SAVOIR FAIRE
 
The Billboard #1 Artist’s New CD is a Pan-American Journey Traversing The US & Brazil Featuring An All-Star Line-Up with Alyson Williams, Frank McComb, Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Barry Eastmond, Robert Herbert & Adam Hawley Among Others
 
“My life has been a series of pivotal events and circumstances that have gotten me to where I am,” reflects the fearless chart-topping Contemporary Jazz pioneer Najee. In a business where trends and artists come and go, the genre-bending saxophonist’s staying power is a rare blessing.

Jazz Flutist Ragan Whiteside to Release New Single “Thrill Ride” on May 6th, 2022 | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Contemporary Jazz Flute Phenomenon Ragan Whiteside Releases New Single, ‘Thrill Ride’
 
(Atlanta, GA – May 5, 2022) – Flute-playing soul-jazz phenomenon Ragan Whiteside releases a brand-new single, “Thrill Ride,” the title track from her forthcoming album, on her label, Randis Music.

Canadian Jazz Songstress Katie Ditschun Releases New EP “One Voice” | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Canadian Jazz Songstress KATIE DITSCHUN Captures A Lonely Sense of Melancholy in Stunning “One Voice”
 
Song is the Title Track to the New 2022 EP, One Voice — Both Available Now
 
In the age of social media, we are theoretically more connected than we’ve ever been, but that connection can prove tenuous when there’s bullying, anger, or unkind words, and Canadian jazz songstress Katie Ditschun captures the sadness around having one’s voice drowned out in her new single, “One Voice” — available now.

Acoustic Sounds to Deliver Definitive Pressings of Some of the Label’s Best-Known Jazz Albums


 
ACOUSTIC SOUNDS, VERVE/UMe’s ACCLAIMED AUDIOPHILE VINYL REISSUE SERIES, TO DELIVER MORE DEFINITIVE PRESSINGS OF SOME OF THE LABEL’S BEST-KNOWN JAZZ ALBUMS AS IT ENTERS ITS THIRD YEAR
 
RELEASES SCHEDULED FOR 2022 INCLUDE CLASSIC RECORDS FROM BILL EVANS, COLEMAN HAWKINS, DUKE ELLINGTON, ELLA FITZGERALD, JOHN COLTRANE, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, OSCAR PETERSON, PHAROAH SANDERS, AND ROY HAYNES
 
LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Since launching in 2020, Verve/UMe’s all-analog vinyl reissue series, Acoustic Sounds, has provided definitive, best-in-class audiophile grade pressings of some of the most important and beloved jazz records of all time, each mastered from the original tapes and produced with the utmost care

Pianist Joey Alexander to Release New Album “Origin” on May 20th (Digital) and June 24th (Vinyl), 2022 | LISTEN to New Single “Winter Blues”!


 
Pianist, Bandleader and Composer Joey Alexander
to Release Origin, First Album Featuring
All Originals on Mack Avenue Records Debut
 
Available May 20 Digitally and on CD;
Available June 24 on Vinyl
 
It’s no coincidence two of the titles on pianist, bandleader and composer Joey Alexander’s inspirational debut on Mack Avenue Records, Origin, contain the words “rise” and “rising.”

Renowned Musician Stix Hooper to Release New Album “Orchestrally Speaking” on April 28th, 2022 | LISTEN!


 
RENOWNED MUSICIAN STIX HOOPER, FOUNDER OF “THE CRUSADERS” DROPS HIS LATEST ALBUM, “ORCHESTRALLY SPEAKING,” APRIL 28TH, 2022
 
LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Internationally renowned musician Stix Hooper, best known as one of the founding members of the seminal group The Crusaders, (which garnered numerous platinum and gold albums during their amazing 30-year career) will release his latest album, Orchestrally Speaking, on Thursday, April 28th.