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Legendary Percussionist Pete Escovedo Releases New CD, “Live From Stern Grove Festival” | Available NOW

LEGENDARY PERCUSSIONIST
PETE ESCOVEDO AND HIS BAND CAPTURED LIVE FROM STERN GROVE FESTIVAL

“What’s up, San Francisco? Are you ready to have a good time?” asks timbales player and band leader Pete Escovedo at the beginning of Live From Stern Grove Festival, his terrific new album that captures a live show he played earlier this year at the legendary 75-year-old San Francisco cultural venue and institution.
 
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Digital Music Service Rdio Increases Catalog to over 18 Million Songs

Rdio increases catalog to over 18 million songs; adds new partners TuneCore and
CD Baby

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Partnerships with top independent music aggregators connect over a quarter-million artists to fans in 13 countries


SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Rdio (www.rdio.com), the digital music service started by the creators of Skype, today announced two landmark music deals with CD Baby and TuneCore, the largest aggregators of independent music, bringing Rdio’s catalog to over 18 million songs.

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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”!

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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New Jazz Release: Bob Minzter Big Band | “For The Moment” (Coming June 19th, 2012)

Bob Mintzer Big Band’s “For the Moment”: New MCG Jazz CD Due June 19

Big bands and the music of Brazil:
For Bob Mintzer, these two limitless creative reservoirs have fed his
musical imagination since he was emerging as a prodigiously gifted
teenage saxophonist. His latest MCG Jazz album, “For the Moment,”
combines these formative forces with an ingenious program of Brazilian
jazz for the Grammy Award-winning Bob Mintzer Big Band.

Richmond, CA (PRWEB) May 29, 2012

The Grammy Award–winning Bob Mintzer
Big Band has explored diverse styles of music in its illustrious
25-year recording history—from New York and Afro-Cuban to Count Basie
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J.J.A. Announces Nominees for 16th JJA Jazz Awards

Jazz Journalists Association Announces Nominees
for 16th Annual JJA Jazz Awards

 
Finalist nominees for the 16th annual Jazz Awards presented by the Jazz Journalists Association have been announced at www.JJAJazzAwards.org. The nominations demonstrate the rich diversity of music that may have been overlooked by mainstream media and other music industry-generated Awards programs. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Jazz Release: Hendrik Meurkens/Gabriel Espinosa with Anat Cohen & Antonio Sanchez | “Celebrando” (Coming April 10th, 2012)

ZOHO’s 100th CD Release! Hendrik Meurkens / Gabriel EspinosaWith Anat Cohen & Antonio Sanchez“Celebrando”  ZM 201204Street Date April 10, 2012 Celebrando (which means “celebrating” in Portuguese and Spanish) is a joyous event on several fronts. First, the CD celebrates Brazilian jazz and the resounding impact it’s had and has on …

New Latin Music Release: “Chico & Rita (Soundtrack)” – Available Now!

Chico & Rita (Soundtrack)

2012 Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Feature Film

Featuring Songs Written and Performed by Bebo Valdés 

 

  View/Post Chico & Rita Trailer


Chico & Rita is an animated film directed by Spanish Oscar-winner Fernando Trueba, along with Javier Mariscal and Tono Errando. An exquisitely drawn story of love inspired by the life of Cuban maestro Bebo Valdés, Chico & Rita takes audiences from the famous Tropicana club in Havana to the Pleyel club in Paris, to Radio City Music Hall in New York to Village Vanguard and Palladium. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Esperanza Spalding Debuts New Single, “Black Gold” Feat. Algebra Blessett | TAKE A LISTEN!


ESPERANZA SPALDING DEBUTS “BLACK GOLD” FEATURING ALGEBRA BLESSETT // RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY DROP ON MARCH 20TH // SPRING TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED



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Eclectic jazz songstress and upright bass virtusuo Esperanza Spalding is back with “Black Gold”, the vivacious first single from her upcoming album, Radio Music Society. Unveiled just in time for the beginning of Black History Month, the song is triumphant testimony of empowerment, and is bound to become a celebatory anthem for people from all walks of life. “Black Gold” features guest vocals from neo-soul songbird Algebra Blessett. The track will impact urban radio shortly. To continue, please click “MORE”!

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