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PIANIST AND COMPOSER DARRELL GRANT BUILDS ON THE FAR-REACHING LEGACY OF THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET WITH OUR MR. JACKSON
 
AVAILABLE FROM LAIR HILL RECORDS
Release Date: OCTOBER 6, 2023
(CD, vinyl and all digital platforms; preorder now live on Bandcamp)
 
In 2013, when pianist Darrell Grant was approached by the Portland Jazz Festival to plan and perform a tribute concert to the Modern Jazz Quartet, he rose diligently to the occasion.

 
Sean Mason Announces Debut Album
The Southern Suite
Out October 27th Via Blue Engine Records
 
September 8, 2023: Today, Jazz composer, pianist and bandleader Sean Mason has announced the upcoming release of his debut album The Southern Suite. Assembled with the help of Branford Marsalis, Mason’s debut signals the emergence of a guiding luminary, with an album that distills the essence of the genre for our time even as it points the way forward.

 
Contemporary Jazz Saxophonist Dee Lucas Releases New Single “On The Verge’”
 
Saxophonist Dee Lucas has released a brand new single titled “On The Verge’”. In this offering, the soprano saxman delivers both a catchy and infectious hook combined with a story-telling melody spreading inspiration and optimism as the overall message.

 
There’s no place like home: R&B-Jazz saxophonist Shawn Raiford taps Grammy-winning producer Derek “DOA” Allen to honor “Vallejo.”
 
SACRAMENTO (1 September 2023): Home sweet home. Using his lyrically expressive horn to pay homage to his hometown, R&B-jazz saxophonist Shawn Raiford teamed up with Grammy-winning producer Derek “DOA” Allen (Lionel Richie, Janet Jackson, Tyrese) to create a musical love letter to the Bay Area city located thirty miles north of San Francisco.

 
COMPOSER/TENOR SAXOPHONIST JD ALLEN REFORMATS HIS TRIO SOUND WITH THE ADDITION OF ELECTRONICS TO HIS MUSIC FOR THE FIRST TIME, GIVING US “THIS” TO BE RELEASED ON THE SAVANT LABEL (SCD2209) OCTOBER 20, 2023
 
RECORDED IN SOUTH LONDON’S LIGHTSHIP 95 STUDIO WITH JD’S U.K. BAND FEATURING ALEX BONNEY ON ELECTRONICS AND GWILYM JONES ON DRUMS
 
Time was when the use of any electronically-generated effects in an artist’s work, would immediately brand you as a member of the avant-garde. Your creations, particularly musical ones, were imagined to be overly technical and exhaustingly cerebral – somewhat akin to advanced mathematics.