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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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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 …

Sly & The Family Stone 4 CD Box Set, “Higher!” Coming Aug. 27th, 2013

Sly & The Family Stone’s Career Celebrated With Deluxe 4-CD Box Set,
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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Bob James & David Sanborn to Collaborate on New Album, “Quartette Humaine” | Coming May 21st, 2013


 
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.

New Jazz Release: Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (7 CD Collection) | Coming June 4th, 2013

MOSAIC RECORDS CELEBRATES
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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George Benson is Scheduled to Appear on QVC May 21st to Debut New Release, “Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole”

LEGENDARY JAZZ ARTIST GEORGE BENSON IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE A SPECIAL APPEARANCE ON QVC TUESDAY, MAY 21 AT 10PM (ET) TO DEBUT HIS MUCH-ANTICIPATED NEW RELEASE INSPIRATION: A TRIBUTE TO NAT KING COLE


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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Legacy Recordings Celebrate Miles Davis as Artist of The Month | May 2013

Legacy Recordings Celebrates Miles Davis As Artist Of The Month For 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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WATCH New “Making of’ Music Video for George Benson’s “Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole”

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, …

Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” to Receive Award @ Songwriters Gala

“A CHANGE IS GONNA COME” TO RECEIVE TOWERING SONG AWARD
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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Stars Celebrate Quincy Jones & Sir Michael Caine’s 80th Birthday

STARS CELEBRATE QUINCY JONES AND SIR MICHAEL CAINE’S 80TH BIRTHDAY AT KEEP MEMORY ALIVE’S 17TH ANNUAL “POWER OF LOVE” GALA IN LAS VEGAS



Event Honored Entertainment Icons and Raised Funds for Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health


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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