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New DVD Release: The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (Coming Nov. 5th, 2013)

Bette Midler, Aretha Franklin, Norah Jones, Daryl Hall, Willie Nelson, Barry Gibb, Chaka Khan and Phil Collins, Among Others Featured In

The Long Awaited Grammy Nominated Film

 

The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story

Arriving on DVD and Digital Platforms on November 5, 2013 from Shelter Island

“Amazing is an Understatement. He was Brilliant”
–Aretha Franklin

 
NEW YORK – September 17, 2013—Hailed as one of the music industry’s greatest producers, arrangers and composers, Arif Mardin created musical magic that won him countless awards as well as great friendships with illustrious talents such as Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Chaka Khan, Phil Collins and the Bee Gees, among many others.

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Legendary Producer/Composer to R&B Music Bobby Martin Passes…

Bobby Martin’s Wife Continues Her Husband’s Philadelphia R&B and Soul Music Legacy

  


PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Bobby Martin, legendary producer, arranger, and composer, best known for his contributions to R&B music and the Sound of Philadelphia as well as arranging the theme song to “Soul Train” has passed away, but his legacy continues through the efforts of his wife, Bessie Martin, and Martin’s grandson and Personal Manager, Miguel Martin.

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New James Brown Biopic to Be Filmed in Natchez, Mississippi


NATCHEZ, Miss., Sept. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A new film on the life of legendary performer James Brown will start shooting in Natchez, Mississippi this fall, say producers and state officials.  Mississippi native Tate Taylor, who also directed the Oscar-nominated film, “The Help,” will be leading the film for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.

George Duke: An Appreciation by A. Scott Galloway

From Adderley to Zappa…and All the Space Between:
An Appreciation of George Duke
 
by A. Scott Galloway
 
Some losses leave unfathomable fissures in the foundation of family, community and industry. The transition of George Duke at age 67 from Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is such a loss. The proof lies in the first 48 hours of homage that swept across social media – emanating as much from the hearts of folks who knew him as among the warmest, funniest and most generous of men to walk the earth as from musicologists who strained to mainline the panoramic palette of his musical breadth and depth. The passing of George Duke demands that one ponder long and hard of the experience, wisdom, perspective and personality that has ascended. Yet voluminous traces have been left behind for generations to study and enjoy long into the future. It is “the future” that the electric keyboard and synthesizer wizard always had his third eye locked on…heart anchored in ancient reveries of Afro-acoustic ivories…and The Spirit ever in it.
 
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Music Legend George Duke Dies at 67…

LEGENDARY KEYBOARD PIONEER GEORGE DUKE DIES AT 67

 

GRAMMY® Award-winning keyboardist/composer/arranger/producer George Duke has died in Los Angeles at age 67. He was battling and being treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

With almost a half a century career, Duke was one of the world’s most prolific jazz legends.

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SiriusXM Watercolors Forms Jazz Hall of Fame

Saluting music legends with the formation of the SiriusXM Watercolors Jazz Hall of Fame



David Sanborn, Earl Klugh and Grover Washington Jr. are the first artists slated for induction during a ceremony aboard The Smooth Jazz Cruise in October

St. Louis, Missouri (5 August 2013): Young musicians fantasize about one day being a hall of famer yet contemporary jazz artists were left only to dream. Until now. SiriusXM’s Watercolors, the leading satellite radio channel devoted to the genre, is forming the SiriusXM Watercolors Jazz Hall of Fame to honor the legacies of its pioneering artists.

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The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #11 | Howard Hewett – I’m For Real

Howard Hewett - I Commit To love
 
Whats Happening Music Lovers, whats good with you?
 
The Top 100 R&B Slow Jams continues with a new entry this time around. Tonight, we remember R&B Crooner HOWARD HEWETT.
 
The former lead singer from soulful, hit dance group Shalamar broke out all the candles and wine bottles with a successful romantic recording, hit single, “I’m For Real” – released back in 1986 from his solo debut album, I Commit To Love,…

The City of Chicago Honors Chaka Khan with Street Naming

The City of Chicago Honors Ten-Time GRAMMY® Award Winner Chaka Khan with Street Naming


 
July 28, 2013 Declared “Chaka Khan Day” in Her Hometown
 
(Los Angeles, CA – July 29, 2013) – The City of Chicago honored ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner Chaka Khan with a Street Naming of “Chaka Khan Way” on Saturday, July 27, and declared Sunday, July 28, 2013, “Chaka Khan Day” in Chicago, her hometown. The weekend-long celebration also included a free outdoor concert in Millennium Park.
 
The music icon, who was honored for her stellar 40-year career in music and entertainment, participated in the ceremonial unveiling of Chaka Khan Way on S. Blackstone Avenue, between 50th and 51st Streets, with her family, including her mother Sandra Coleman, her sister, Tammy McCrary, and a host of other relatives in the Chicago area.

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MOTOWN THE MUSICAL to Perform on PBS’ A CAPITOL FOURTH

Broadway’s Smash Hit MOTOWN THE MUSICAL to Perform on PBS’ A CAPITOL FOURTH, America’s National Independence Day Celebration, Live From the U.S. Capitol 



WASHINGTON, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The 33rd annual broadcast of A CAPITOL FOURTH on PBS will feature over thirty cast members, including Tony Award® nominee Brandon Victor Dixon, Saycon Sengbloh and 2013 Tony Award® nominee Valisia LeKae, from Broadway’s new smash hit MOTOWN THE MUSICAL.

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Pianist Marc Cary Releases “For The Love of Abbey” – Tribute to the Late Abbey Lincoln | Available NOW

AVAILABLE NOW:
Pianist MARC CARY Releases
For the Love of Abbey,
a Sterling Piano Tribute for Mentor and Longtime Employer, the Late Abbey Lincoln, via Motéma Music



Marc Cary has gained a reputation as one of the most creative pianists of our time, a bandleader with musical interests that encompass jazz, go-go, hip-hop, electronic music, Indian classical music and more. But Cary is also an incisive and sought-after accompanist, a fact famously borne out by his 12-year tenure (beginning in 1994) with the great vocalist, songwriter and jazz icon Abbey Lincoln.

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