The 10th Annual McDonald’s 365Black Awards Honors Gladys Knight and More!
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Our Special Playboy Jazz Festival Coverage/Interviews Continues with Poncho Sanchez | 2013
The Special 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Coverage & Interviews on T.U.M.S. Continues with Latin Jazz Legend Poncho Sanchez! Good Morning Readers, Our special coverage of the 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival continues with a solid conversation between one of the baddest dudes on the conga – Latin Jazz Legend …
Our Special 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Coverage/Interviews | 2013
Join Us For The Special 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Coverage & Interviews on T.U.M.S.! 2013 Good Morning Readers and whats happening? T.U.M.S. kicks off the week with a slew of special interviews with yours truly slated to perform this weekend at the 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival. It’s happening …
New Soul Music Release: “FUNKY PARTY 2” Compilation | Available NOW
“FUNKY PARTY 2”
Featuring Some of The Funkiest R&B/Soul Music Artists In The Game
The compilation Funky Party is a melting pot of greats Funky Grooves that are coming from a bunch of talented FunkSoul Brothers: The leaders of the new school Uptown Funk Empire, Cool Million and Los Charly’s Orchestra and Fatback 4Way, Confection from Australia, Uraz Kurt from Istanbul and a brilliant newcomer from France: Moonshoes. They are backed by a dream team of vocalists: The Maestros Rotimo Soul, The Supa Soul Brotha Del of the Neutronics, and Don Dolla, the Divas Cagri Ultay, Me’lisa Morgan, Diane Marsh and Janice & Ange. It’s absolutly essential modern Funk business here !!!
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Sly & The Family Stone 4 CD Box Set, “Higher!” Coming Aug. 27th, 2013
Higher!
Features 17 previously unreleased tracks; box set offers the chance to experience the songs you know and love but often in alternate versions, including mono singles, demos, instrumental tracks, live concert and television recordings, and more
NEW YORK, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The music of Sly & The Family Stone is celebrated with a new 4-CD box set, Higher!, available everywhere August 27th through Epic/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
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New Jazz Release: Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (7 CD Collection) | Coming June 4th, 2013
WOODY SHAW WITH
THE COMPLETE M– — USE SESSIONS
7-CD Limited Edition Collection, Available June 4
“There’s a great trumpet player…he can play different
from all of them.” – Miles Davis
“The thing about Woods is that he’s done his homework. He’s hip to
Louis Armstrong, plays intervals, and runs backwards so to speak. He breaks it down, plays atonal, and then comes back and plays real trumpet.
Woods covers the whole spectrum!” – Dexter Gordon
Mosaic Records is set to release Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions on June 4, 2013. “Through a wide variety of styles, personnel, repertoire, and forms of instrumentation, this 7-CD limited edition box set presents a complete narrative of iconic trumpeter Woody Shaw’s musical and artistic growth over a 13-year period with Muse Records, from 1974 to 1987,” after having moved from San Francisco to New York.
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The Blind Boys of Alabama Sign to Sony Masterworks
New Album Coming in the Fall Produced by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Featuring Special Guests
NEW YORK, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Blind Boys Of Alabama have signed a worldwide deal with Sony Masterworks, and the label will release the band’s next album this Fall. Produced by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, the release will feature an array of unexpected special guests to be announced soon.
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Jazz Vocalist Carline Ray Release Debut CD, “Vocal Sides” | Available NOW
Carline Ray
Releases Debut CD
“Vocal Sides”
produced by her daughter, award-winning
vocalist Catherine Russell
New Release
Carline Ray
“Vocal Sides”
(Carlcat Records)
Street Date: June 4, 2013
featuring
Carline Ray – vocals
Catherine Russell – vocals
Yuka Aikawa – piano
Mark Shane – piano
Atsundo Aikawa – bass
Greg Skaff – guitar
Mark McLean – drums
Akua Dixon – cello
Frank Anderson – organ
April 21, 2013 marks jazz artist Carline Ray’s 88th birthday. What better way to celebrate than with the release of “Carline Ray – Vocal Sides”, a project lovingly put together over several years by Carline and her daughter, vocalist Catherine Russell.
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Legacy Recordings Celebrate Miles Davis as Artist of The Month | May 2013
Legendary Jazz Artist Born May 26, 1926
Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2 Hits #3 on Billboard Jazz Charts
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Honoring Miles Davis at Medallion Ceremony at Davis’ Upper West Side Brownstone on May 16 at 3pm
NEW YORK, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, celebrate the genius of Miles Davis , honoring the 20th century jazz avatar as Legacy’s Artist of the Month for May 2013.
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Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” to Receive Award @ Songwriters Gala
AT SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME GALA
Previously Announced Inductees Include Tony Hatch, Mick Jones & Lou Gramm, Holly Knight, JD Souther, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry
New York – April 22 – The 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame Towering Song Award will be presented to “A Change Is Gonna Come” at the 44th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner slated for Thursday, June 13th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, SHOF Chairman Jimmy Webb announced today. The song, written and originally performed by the legendary Sam Cooke, is published by ABKCO Music.
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