NICOLE HENRY RELEASES
“TIME TO LOVE AGAIN’’
Friday, October 15, 2021- On TIME TO LOVE AGAIN, vocalist NICOLE HENRY performs an eclectic mix of jazz standards and reimagined pop tunes with the sweet yet powerful voice that has made her a world-wide favorite with audiences and critics alike.
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ PIONEERS PIECES OF A DREAM
RELEASE 25TH RECORDING WITH THE ANTICIPATED FIRED UP!
New CD Out Friday (10/15) Features Guests Justin Lee Schultz,
Alexander Zonjic & B.K Jackson
Plus a New Anthem For The City of Brotherly Love
After a year and a half of social distancing, virtual concerts and live streams, Contemporary Jazz pioneers Pieces Of A Dream is back with Fired Up! With their 25th new recording set for release on October 15, 2021,
Arnan Raz & Pablo Eluchans Release New 3-Track EP “Pal Viento”
Arnan Raz (Saxophone) and Pablo Eluchans (Drums) are releasing their duo EP (3 Songs), “Pal Viento” (“For/To the Wind”). The jazz record seeks to express a longing for, and attachment to nature and peace by bringing grooves and sounds from Arnan Raz’s upbringing in Kibbutz Merchavia in Israel and Pablo Eluchans’s Chilean roots.
AND NOW THIS!
THE NEW ALBUM FROM SAXMAN PAUL TAYLOR’
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
Taylor and Long Time-Collaborator and Producer Dino Esposito Back In High Gear
Over 25 years into a stellar, multi-faceted career that’s found him continually pushing the sonic boundaries of what’s possible in contemporary urban jazz, saxophonist Paul Taylor brings us his highly-anticipated new recording AND NOW THIS on Peak Records.
Jazz Artist José James Celebrates the Holiday Season with “Merry Christmas from José James”
Embarks on 13 date Holiday Tour on November 27th
Jazz artist José James (Rainbow Blonde Records) will release his first ever Christmas album Merry Christmas from José James on November 19th. The contemporary album celebrates the holiday season while honoring classic jazz and pop records of the 1950s.
Smoke Sessions Records to Release
Vibrant Recording of the Late, Great
Harold Mabern Performing the
Music of John Coltrane
Mabern Plays Coltrane, Due Out December 3,
Features All-Star Sextet Including
Vincent Herring, Eric Alexander, Steve Davis,
John Webber, and Joe Farnsworth
The late, great pianist Harold Mabern held a special reverence for John Coltrane. “He was very influential in my life and my playing, too,” Mabern once said. “After being around him and seeing what a great human being he was – man, I wish the whole world could have known John Coltrane.”
THE COOKERS’ GEARBOX RECORDS DEBUT LOOK OUT! (GEARBOX RECORDS), OUT LAST WEEK, SHINES AT PRESS AND STREAMING
BAND ELEVATES AFTER CLOSE TO A DECADE AND A HALF PLAYING TOGETHER
Formed for a one-off Freddie Hubbard tribute concert in New York, The Cookers—the band consisting of jazz veterans who have played in bands with the likes of Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, and Miles Davis—are still pushing one another to greater heights nearly a decade and a half later.
International contemporary jazz guitarist Marco Albani drops his first project in over a decade entitled Kallaama
He hails from Italy, but his musical canvases draw from the Mediterranean, Africa and South America and a few places in between. Guitarist/composer/producer Marco Albani drops an alluring ambience which calms the spirit yet graced with an uplifting acoustic guitar.
Guitarist Gerry Eastman revitalizes the classic organ trio with Greg Lewis and drummer Taru Alexander.
Trust Me features Eastman’s memorable originals along with consistently inventive solos.
Gerry Eastman has long had an original sound and style on the guitar. While there are moments where his tone may briefly recall George Benson or Wes Montgomery, his improvising is always adventurous without losing its bluesiness.
Intimate hangs inspire Brian Culbertson’s “Trilogy”
The first album in the series dropped Friday and was preceded by the single “Feel the Love.”
CHICAGO (24 September 2021): Hitmaker Brian Culbertson never imagined hanging with fans online would lead to something of a collaborative masterclass spawning an album trilogy, but that’s how “The Trilogy” was conceived.
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