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UMe Celebrates B.B. King’s 90th Birthday With Release Of Three Classic Albums On Vinyl

BB King - Live at the Regal
 
UMe Celebrates B.B. King’s 90th Birthday With Release Of Three Classic Albums On Vinyl, remastered Classics For Digital Including Out Of Print Crown Catalog
 
Legendary ‘King of the Blues’ will be remembered with vinyl/digital reissues of Live At The Regal, Live In Cook County Jail and first-ever LP version of two — Deuces Wild, featuring famous collaborators, as well as early classics from Modern/Crown Records
 
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The world of music lost one of its all-time legends when the great blues guitarist B. B. King passed away on May 14, at the age of 89. Accolades and tributes came not only from fans but fellow musicians who were influenced by the Mississippi-born son of sharecroppers, who virtually popularized the genre that spawned rock ‘n’ roll.

“CHARLIE PARKER: THE COMPLETE SAVOY AND DIAL STUDIO RECORDINGS 1944–1948” to be Released on Vinyl Nov 13th, 2015

Charlie Parker
 
Savoy Jazz To Release “CHARLIE PARKER: THE COMPLETE SAVOY AND DIAL STUDIO RECORDINGS 1944–1948” On Vinyl November 13th
 
Seminal Recordings By Jazz Legend Available On 10 LP 180 Gram Vinyl Set
 
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Savoy Jazz will reissue their Grammy nominated collection of jazz pioneer Charlie Parker‘s seminal recordings from the 1940’s, “CHARLIE PARKER: THE COMPLETE SAVOY AND DIAL STUDIO RECORDINGS 1944–1948” on 180 gram vinyl in a 10 LP set.

Contemporary Jazz Supergroup FOURPLAY is Set to Release New Project “Silver” Nov. 20th, 2015 | LISTEN!

Fourplay - 2015
 
Fourplay celebrates their 25th anniversary with the November 20 release of Silver.
 
For two decades, the contemporary jazz quartet known as Fourplay has enjoyed consistent artistic and commercial success by grafting elements of R&B, pop and a variety of other sounds to their unwavering jazz foundations.

LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC! Lauryn Hill to Perform Nina Simone Tracks at Pier Six Concert Pavilion in Baltimore | Aug. 7th, 2015

Lauryn Hill
 
Ms. Lauryn Hill Performing Nina Simone And Her Own Hits At Pier Six Concert Pavilion
 
PRLog – Aug. 3, 2015 – BALTIMORE — Baltimore, MD (August 3, 2015) -Grammy-Award winning artist and hip-hop icon Ms. Lauryn Hill is performing her classic hits and songs from the new compilation album Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone the Pier Six Concert Pavilion in Baltimore on Friday, August 7, 2015. Ms. Lauryn Hill contributes six songs to the new album, which serves as the soundtrack for the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?
 

Legacy Recordings to Release Four Disc Collection “Johnny Mathis: The Singles” on Sept. 25th, 2015

Johnny Mathis - The Singles
 
Legacy Recordings and Columbia Records Celebrate Johnny Mathis’s 80th Birthday with Release of Johnny Mathis: The Singles on September 25, 2015
 
Definitive Four Disc Anthology Brings Together 87 Non-LP and Compilation-Only Tracks including Landmark Hits “It’s Not For Me to Say,” “Chances Are” and “The Twelfth of Never”
 
Pre-order available on Amazon.
 
NEW YORK, July 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and Columbia Records will celebrate the 80th birthday of legendary crooner Johnny Mathis with the release of Johnny Mathis: The Singles, a definitive four disc anthology, on September 25, 2015.

Amy Winehouse’s 1st Two Albums “Frank” & “Back To Black” Released Digitally

Amy Winehouse - 2015
 
Amy Winehouse’s First Two Albums, “Frank” And GRAMMY®-Winning “Back To Black,” Get Digitally Remastered By UMe
 
Rare Remixes from Back To Black tracks also available now
 
LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Amy Winehouse‘s career, though meteoric, was unfortunately cut short by tragedy, but the multi-GRAMMY® Award winner’s musical legacy can now be appreciated anew with Island Records/Universal Music Enterprises’ digital re-mastering of her first two albums.

The Luther Vandross Estate Teams Up with Hidden Beach Experiences & Marcus Miller to Create “The Power of Love” Tribute

Luther Vandross
 
The Luther Vandross Estate Teams Up with Hidden Beach Experiences & Marcus Miller to Create “The Power of Love” – A Musical Tribute to the Singer
 
Los Angeles, CA – July 1, 2015 – The Luther Vandross Estate announced a partnership with Hidden Beach Experiences and Marcus Miller today to create The Power of Love Experience – A Tribute to the Life of Luther Vandross.

R&B Legend Michael Henderson to Release 6 Classic Albums Digitally Via Sony Music on June 30th, 2015

Michael Henderson
 
Michael Henderson: 6 Albums Remastered/Expanded vers to be released Digitally via New Sony Ent Div
 
Michael Henderson via Legacy Digital, Premier Catalog div. Sony Music Ent. will open the LEGACY vaults to release 6 Michael Henderson albums for streaming/download available through All Major Digital Service Providers for the very 1st time 6.30.2015!
 
PRLog – June 28, 2015 – NEW YORK — We are happy to announce that Music ICON, 4 time Grammy Nominee MICHAEL HENDERSON will have six albums (6) released Tuesday June 30th 2015 making an incredible selection of classic albums and deep catalog Michael Henderson Music available for the first time in the digital realm from new Sony Music Entertainment Label, “Legacy Digital!”

Trumpeter Terell Stafford to Release New CD “BrotherLee Love” on June 16th, 2015

Terell Stafford - BrotherLee Love
 
Trumpeter Terell Stafford Pays Homage to Philadelphia Legend Lee Morgan on BrotherLee Love –
Available June 16 on Capri Records
 
Album Features Tim Warfield, Bruce Barth, Peter Washington, and Dana Hall
 
A love letter from one of Philadelphia’s favorite trumpet-playing sons to another, BrotherLee Love features Terell Stafford celebrating the soulful musical legacy of jazz legend Lee Morgan. The follow-up to Stafford’s acclaimed homage to composer Billy Strayhorn, BrotherLee Love (Available June 16 on Capri Records) again features the trumpeter’s regular band of brothers, his incredible quintet with saxophonist Tim Warfield, pianist Bruce Barth, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Dana Hall.

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