Sheila E. Returns with New Album, “Icon”
First Album Since 2001
Coming Nov. 25th, 2013
Fabled percussionist, brilliantly versatile musician, hitmaker of “The Glamorous Life,” “A Love Bizarre” and more, in-demand session player, member of an extraordinary musical dynasty, Prince collaborator and confidante — no wonder Sheila E’s long-awaited new album is called “Icon.”
NOMINEE NATALIE COLE
AND ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
FEATURING CURRENT NOMINEE
INDIA MARTINEZ SET TO PERFORM ON THE
14TH ANNUAL LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS®
MIAMI (Nov. 19, 2013) — Nominee Natalie Cole and Enrique Iglesias featuring current nominee India Martínez, are the latest performers announced for the 14th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® (#LatinGRAMMY) telecast.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Masterworks releases Gloria Estefan‘s The Standards on September 10, 2013. Celebrating great tunes from the American Songbook, The Standards reaches out to Estefan’s global fan base via international song classics sung in English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and French, some with new lyrics written by Estefan herself. The album also features collaborations with world class, award-winning artists like singer songwriter Laura Pausini, violinist Joshua Bell and saxophonist Dave Koz.
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St. Louis, Missouri (5 August 2013): Young musicians fantasize about one day being a hall of famer yet contemporary jazz artists were left only to dream. Until now. SiriusXM’s Watercolors, the leading satellite radio channel devoted to the genre, is forming the SiriusXM Watercolors Jazz Hall of Fame to honor the legacies of its pioneering artists.
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NATALIE COLE Will Celebrate The Cultural Richness Of Latin Music With The June 25th Release Of “Natalie Cole en Espanol”
Saluting The Pioneering Bilingual Legacy of Her Legendary Father, While Spotlighting The Most Romantic Songs Of The Great Spanish Language Composers… -Produced By Rudy Perez, And Featuring Special Guests Juan Luis Guerra & Andrea Bocelli
LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Multiple GRAMMY Award-winner Natalie Cole ‘s first Spanish-language album, ” Natalie Cole en Espanol” will be released June 25 on Verve/Universal.
The Special 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Coverage & Interviews on T.U.M.S. Continues with Latin Jazz Legend Poncho Sanchez! Good Morning Readers, Our special coverage of the 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival continues with a solid conversation between one of the baddest dudes on the conga – Latin Jazz Legend …
Join Us For The Special 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Coverage & Interviews on T.U.M.S.! 2013 Good Morning Readers and whats happening? T.U.M.S. kicks off the week with a slew of special interviews with yours truly slated to perform this weekend at the 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival. It’s happening …
NEW YORK & LONDON, JUNE 6, 2013 – Blue Note Records, the world’s premiere jazz label, has launched an iPhone and iPod touch version of its Blue Note by Groovebug App, which was introduced for iPad last year, both versions available exclusively on the App Store.
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ISTANBUL, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In an unprecedented series of events worldwide, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz joined together to celebrate jazz as a universal language of freedom on April 30th. With events taking place in every country on the planet, International Jazz Day 2013 culminated in an evening concert at Istanbul’s Hagia Irene that was viewed live by millions around the world and featured pianists Herbie Hancock, John Beasley (Musical Director), George Duke , Robert Glasper , Ramsey Lewis , Keiko Matsui and Eddie Palmieri ; vocalists Ruben Blades , Al Jarreau , Milton Nascimento , Dianne Reeves , Esperanza Spalding (who also played bass) and Joss Stone ; trumpeters Terence Blanchard , Hugh Masekela and Imer Demirer ; bassists James Genus, Marcus Miller and Ben Williams ; drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Vinnie Colaiuta ; guitarists Bilal Karaman , John McLaughlin , Lee Ritenour and Joe Louis Walker ; saxophonists Dale Barlow , Igor Butman , Branford Marsalis , Wayne Shorter and Liu Yuan ; clarinetists Anat Cohen and Husnu Senlendirici; violinist Jean-Luc Ponty ; Pedrito Martinez on percussion; tabla master Zakir Hussain ; trombonist Alevtina Polyakova ; and special guest Martin Luther King III.
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OYE!!! Album Release Coincides With
Four-Night Residency at SF Jazz May 30 – June 2
Featuring THE RHYTHM COLLECTIVE (May 30),
ALMA ADENTRO: The Puerto Rican Songbook (May 31),
IDENTITIES: Tales From The Diaspora (June 1) &
DUOS with LUIS PERDOMO & PAOLI MEJIAS (June 2)
Zenón Celebrates 10 YEARS with His Longstanding Quartet
In His VILLAGE VANGUARD DEBUT AS A LEADER – MAY 14-19
with Luis Perdomo, Hans Glawischnig & Henry Cole
The life of a jazz musician is often about fusing life experiences, creative coalitions, new ideas about rhythm, content, flow and innovative musical languages.
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