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Special Concert: Jonathan Batiste to Receive Louis “Satchmo” Legacy Award | Jan 31st, 2014 | Feat Lalah Hathaway, Regina Belle, Alex Bugnon & More

The National Jazz Museum’s Jonathan Batiste to Receive Louis “Satchmo” Legacy Award at
the Apollo Theater

 
Dear Friends,
 
We are thrilled to announce that the National Jazz Museum in Harlem‘s Artistic Director at Large Jonathan Batiste has been awarded the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Legacy Award by our friends at The Apollo Theater. We invite you to celebrate with us on January 31st at 7pm for the award ceremony…
 
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Gregory Porter’s “Liquid Spirit” Wins Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album

GREGORY PORTER’S BLUE NOTE DEBUT
LIQUID SPIRIT
WINS THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM


 
2014 TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED INCLUDING
VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT AT NYC’S TOWN HALL
 
WATCH PORTER’S PERFORMANCES ON ABC JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE

 
Jazz and soul singer Gregory Porter won his first-ever GRAMMY Award yesterday when his Blue Note Records debut Liquid Spirit was awarded Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles.

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Queen Latifah to Sing “America The Beautiful” At Super Bowl XLVIII

Queen Latifah To Sing “America The Beautiful” At Super Bowl XLVIII On FOX


NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — QUEEN LATIFAH will sing “America The Beautiful” as part of Super Bowl XLVIII pregame festivities at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, February 2, the NFL and FOX announced today. The performance will be televised live on FOX prior to kickoff.

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The 3rd Annual “For The Love of R&B” in Hollywood | Jan 22nd, 2014

Tank & Jason Lee to Host Third Annual
“For the Love of R&B” Live Music Event
in Hollywood



This year’s iconic event will celebrate Tank’s GRAMMY® nomination with TGT for “Best RnB Album of the Year”


HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The third annual “For the Love of R&B” live music event will celebrate R&B trailblazer Tank and his GRAMMY® nomination with TGT in the “Best RnB Album of the Year” category this year. The exclusive, invitation-only event, co-hosted by Celebrity Blogger & Personality Jason Lee, will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 22nd at The Sayers Club, located at 1645 Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood.

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Earl Bynum & The Mount Unity Choir Wins Stellar Award for Contemporary Choir of the Year | 2014

Earl Bynum and The Mount Unity Choir Take Home Stellar Award For
Contemporary Choir of The Year



Debut Release For Virginia’s Bishop K.W. Brown Presents Earl Bynum and The Mount Unity Choir Continues To Capture Major Awards and Recognition


Chesapeake, VA — The Gospel Music industry celebrated its most outstanding vocalists, musicians and creative individuals and groups in Nashville, TN last week.  The 29th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards were handed out during a live show at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium and broadcast on UP TV.  Mount Lebanon Baptist Church in Chesapeake, VA took home one of those prestigious awards. 

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CD Release Party: R&B Group Club Nouveau LIVE in Sacramento | Feb. 15th, 2014

Club Nouveau
CD Release Party
and No, Its Not a Rumor!
 

Club Nouveau’s
New Single
“That Ain’t Love”
#1 on KRMP
Oklahoma City 
 
Club Nouveau LIVE at
Pins N Strikes Saturday, February 15, 2014
Door Open at 10PM

 
New York, NY January 16, 2014 – Pins N Strikes announced they will host a Saturday, February 15th LIVE performance of the legendary Pop/R&B group Club Nouveau to celebrate the release of the group’s new CD “Consciousness.”
 
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The 75th Anniversary of Blue Note Records Kicks off Jan. 8th, 2014

BLUE NOTE RECORDS KICKS OFF 75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
WITH JAN. 8 TOWN HALL CONCERT FEATURING ROBERT GLASPER & JASON MORAN



LEGENDARY JAZZ LABEL WILL BE HONORED THIS YEAR WITH LIVE EVENTS, GRAMMY M– — USEUM EXHIBITION, BOOK RELEASES, CATALOG INITIATIVES & MORE

NEW FACEBOOK APP LETS FANS HAVE FUN PERSONALIZING BLUE NOTE ARTWORK BY PUTTING THEIR FACE INTO CLASSIC COVER DESIGNS


Today marks the 75th Anniversary of Blue Note Records, the most-respected and longest-running Jazz label in the world, which was founded when a German immigrant and passionate Jazz fan named Alfred Lion produced his first recording session on January 6, 1939 in New York City.

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New Jazz CD Release: Trombonist Nick Vayenas | “Some Other Time” (Avail Now) | CD Release Event Feb. 7th, 2014 | WATCH VIDEO!


 
Trombonist, Trumpeter & Vocalist
NICK VAYENAS
New York Debut of
Some Other Time
CD Release Event at ShapeShifter Lab
 
Trombonist-trumpeter-vocalist NICK VAYENAS will debut music from his new CD release, Some Other Time (Whirlwind Recordings), at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn on February 7, 2014. His band will feature guitarist Doug Wamble, pianist Dan Kaufman, bassist Peter Slavov and drummer Paul Wiltgen.

Our Conversation with The One and Only Bobby Womack | T.U.M.S. Exclusive

Check out our Conversation with Music Legend Bobby Womack Exclusively on The “Interviews” Blog Whats Happening Readers! As the Christmas holiday approaches, T.U.M.S. wanted to share his special treat to you, all coming from one of the finest music legends in the industry. Our music editor A. Scott Galloway took …

SoBe Entertainment Releases Tribute Track to Nelson Mandela | “Mandela: We Thank You” | LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE!

SoBe Entertainment Releases Tribute Song to Nelson Mandela, 
“Mandela: We Thank You”



In honor of Nelson Mandela, SoBe Entertainment releases tribute song “Mandela: Father of a Nation: We Thank You” to the world.
Miami, FL (PRWE December 08, 2013

On the day after the passing of the iconic leader Nelson Mandela, Cecile D. Barker, Chairman and Chief Executive of SoBe Entertainment International, sat down for an interview. Barker stated: “In 1968 I had the privilege of visiting South Africa and promoting an ‘American R&B Tour’…

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