New Jazz Releases, Page 26

 
Joey Alexander Releases Rendition of Bonnie Raitt’s
“I Can’t Make You Love Me”
 
New Album Continuance
Out November 3rd via Mack Avenue Records
 
October 13th, 2023: Today, GRAMMY®-nominated Joey Alexander released his rendition of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” the second single from Alexander’s upcoming album Continuance (out November 3rd via Mack Avenue Records).

 
Saxophonist Curtis Haywood Releases New Single “City Lights”
 
Curtis Haywood was born and raised in Brooklyn, with an affinity for his namesake, famed r&b saxophonist King Curtis. Haywood’s early love for music eventually led to his being chosen from some 5,000 candidates to attend New York’s prestigious high school for the performing arts. He went on to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied audio engineering.

 
Blue Engine Records Shares Studio Performance Video for New Single “Lullaby”
 
Sean Mason’s Debut Album The Southern Suite
Out October 27th Via Blue Engine Records
 
October 6, 2023: Blue Engine Records, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s in-house record label, announces the release of the new track “Lullaby” from pianist and composer Sean Mason.

 
A legacy of “Happiness”
 
Contemporary jazz saxophonist Michael Paulo honors his late father on the new single he produced with two-time Grammy winner Paul Brown.
 
MURRIETA (For Immediate Release): It was a number one hit for his father in 1962, becoming “Hawaii’s Favorite and Most Famous Pianist” Rene Paulo’s signature tune.

 
Contemporary jazz saxophonist Carl Cox uses music to connect “In Time of Need”
 
Two new songs will be added to the “Universal Language” album, arriving October 13.
 
TURNERSVILLE (23 August 2023): Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote that “Music is the universal language of mankind,” and during recent Ukrainian bombing raids, a man named Yuri found solace listening to contemporary jazz saxophonist Carl Cox’s music on an old cell phone.

 
Black Music Innovator
NICHOLAS PAYTON
CELEBRATES
His 50th Birthday Today +
Releases
DRIP
September 26, 2023
 
New Orleans, LA–Today, trumpeter, keyboardist and composer Nicholas Payton, who also celebrates his 50th birthday today, unveils a new album on his own label, Paytone Records. It’s entitled “Drip,” and it’s a new take on six previously recorded original compositions.