New Jazz Releases, Page 47

 
SAXOPHONIST AND COMPOSER WALTER SMITH III
MAKES HIS BLUE NOTE DEBUT WITH APRIL 7 RELEASE OF
return to casual
 
LISTEN TO THE LEAD SINGLE “CONTRA”
FEATURING TAYLOR EIGSTI, MATT STEVENS, HARISH RAGHAVAN & KENDRICK SCOTT
 
Saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III has signed with Blue Note Records and enters a new era of his band leading career with the April 7 release of his remarkable label debut return to casual, the long-anticipated follow-up to his self-released 2014 recording still casual.

 
Rodney Block/Trumpeter, a Dumas, Arkansas native has been thriving in the regional music scene for the past ten years.
 
Block has been featured and performed in various festivals and venues across the globe ranging from corporate to social, has built a niche in the genres of jazz and hip hop.

 
Soul-Jazz saxophonist Shawn Raiford mixing romance and legacy
 
Grammy winner Derek “DOA” Allen produced the sensual new single “Forever.”
 
SACRAMENTO (1 February 2023): Taking an ambitious approach to recording his second album, urban-jazz saxophonist Shawn Raiford is already thinking about legacy early in his recording career.