New Jazz Releases, Page 56

 
Guitar Virtuoso
Pasquale Grasso
Pays Tribute to Bird and Diz on Be-Bop!
 
Available June 17 on Sony Music Masterworks | Pre-Order Now
 
U.S. & European Tour Dates Announced
 
Following the extraordinary success of guitar virtuoso Pasquale Grasso’s digital showcase series, which launched in 2019 and includes Solo Standards, Solo Ballads, Solo Holiday, and tributes to jazz royalty Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Sony Music Masterworks is set to release Be-Bop!,

 
Brian Culbertson completes “The Trilogy” with hope
 
The R&B-jazz multi-instrumentalist drops “The Trilogy, Part 3: White” this Friday,
his 25th album that was prefaced by the single “Step Into Love.”
 
CHICAGO (6 May 2022): The three-phase arc of a longtime relationship serves as the muse of R&B-jazz hitmaker Brian Culbertson’s trilogy of instrumental albums that he wrote, produced and performed with creative input from the 800-plus members of his Hang Club.

 
GRAMMY AND NAACP AWARD-WINNING MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING
SAXOPHONIST/FLAUTIST NAJEE
CELEBRATES THE ART OF ELEGANCE ON ANTICIPATED NEW RECORDING SAVOIR FAIRE
 
The Billboard #1 Artist’s New CD is a Pan-American Journey Traversing The US & Brazil Featuring An All-Star Line-Up with Alyson Williams, Frank McComb, Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Barry Eastmond, Robert Herbert & Adam Hawley Among Others
 
“My life has been a series of pivotal events and circumstances that have gotten me to where I am,” reflects the fearless chart-topping Contemporary Jazz pioneer Najee. In a business where trends and artists come and go, the genre-bending saxophonist’s staying power is a rare blessing.

 
Contemporary Jazz Flute Phenomenon Ragan Whiteside Releases New Single, ‘Thrill Ride’
 
(Atlanta, GA – May 5, 2022) – Flute-playing soul-jazz phenomenon Ragan Whiteside releases a brand-new single, “Thrill Ride,” the title track from her forthcoming album, on her label, Randis Music.

 
RENOWNED MUSICIAN STIX HOOPER, FOUNDER OF “THE CRUSADERS” DROPS HIS LATEST ALBUM, “ORCHESTRALLY SPEAKING,” APRIL 28TH, 2022
 
LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Internationally renowned musician Stix Hooper, best known as one of the founding members of the seminal group The Crusaders, (which garnered numerous platinum and gold albums during their amazing 30-year career) will release his latest album, Orchestrally Speaking, on Thursday, April 28th.

 
Brooke Alford
The Artist of the Violin
 
When you think of the violin you may immediately think of orchestras and symphonies, yet the violin has been a very prominent instrument in the world of Jazz. Artists like Regina Carter, Noel Pointer, Eddie South and the first lady of Jazz Violin Ginger Smock (among others) have shown just how Jazzy you can get with a violin.

 
RENOWNED CONTEMPORARY GUITARIST/COMPOSER CHRIS STANDRING
REFLECTS ON SECOND CHANCES WITH
SIMPLE THINGS
 
Available May 20, 2022
 
Sometimes it takes a potentially life altering event to make you stop and re-evaluate what is truly important to you. In March 2021, guitarist, composer, and arranger CHRIS STANDRING found himself in the emergency room after experiencing chest pains.