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 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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BOB JAMES & DAVID SANBORN
PAY TRIBUTE TO DAVE BRUBECK & PAUL DESMOND
ON NEW ALBUM, QUARTETTE HUMAINE,
First Collaboration Between James & Sanborn Since Their
1986 Platinum-Selling, GRAMMY® Award-Winning Album, Double Vision
OKeh will release keyboardist-composer-arranger Bob James and alto saxophonist David Sanborn‘s new album, Quartette Humaine, on May 21, 2013.
“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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George Benson is scheduled to appear on QVC on May 21 at 10 PM (ET) to debut his new album Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole due for release nationwide on June 4, 2013. During the broadcast, Benson will perform a selection of songs from the new album while offering fans the opportunity to order the CD, which has been specially packaged for QVC with a bonus disc.
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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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WATCH New “Making of” Music Video for George Benson’s “Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole” Good Afternoon Readers, Legendary Guitarist/Vocalist George Benson‘s upcoming new project, “Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole” is slated for release on June 4th, 2013. The 13 track tribute features special guests Wynton Marsalis, …
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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LAS VEGAS, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ —Some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry celebrated the 80th birthday of Quincy Jones and Sir Michael Caine Saturday, April 13 at the 17th annual Keep Memory Alive Power of Love Gala at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Guitar Legend George Benson to Bring “Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole” to Music Lovers June 4th, 2013
After four years of touring and developing “An Unforgettable Tribute to Nat King Cole,” the legendary George Benson makes his most inspired album: Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole. The recording is one of the most meaningful of Benson’s career and is a testament to the spirit of Cole’s timeless body of work.