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Jazz Guitarist Steve Knight to Release New Album “For Years Gone” on April 11th, 2025 | LISTEN!


 
CHICAGO-BASED JAZZ GUITARIST STEVE KNIGHT
RELEASES FOLLOW-UP TO HIS ACCLAIMED DEBUT
FOR YEARS GONE
 
His 2nd Album, Coming April 11, 2025
 
Since releasing his 2022 debut album, Persistence, guitarist and composer STEVE KNIGHT has been on a roll. His calendar is packed with a weekly residency at a swanky Chicago restaurant, a weekly performance for the community in a high school courtyard, and another dozen or so gigs each month at clubs around the city.

Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist corto.alto Releases New Single “31.Bleep (01)” | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer, and Producer corto.alto
Releases New Single “31.Bleep (01)” via New Soil
 
Single Follows corto.alto’s Mercury Prize Shortlisted Debut Album
 
March 28, 2025: Today, corto.alto released his new single “31.Bleep (01)” via New Soil, a UK label for jazz and jazz adjacent music.

Jason Miles Releases Album “Cosmopolitan” (Remastered 2025) | LISTEN!


 
Jason Miles’ Cosmopolitan
 
Feat. Michael Brecker, Gerry Niewood,  Marcus Miller, Ricardo Silveira,  Jeff Williams, Badal Roy, Armen Halburian, Henry Castelanos, and Clarice Taylor
 
Jason Miles had a vision in 1979—an urban world project where electric keyboards, deep grooves, and strong melodies collided. Armed with his brand-new Prophet V synthesizer, he gathered a lineup of young, trailblazing musicians in a New York studio.

International Jazz Day 2025 in Abu Dhabi | April 30th, 2025


 
The Global Celebration of International Jazz Day 2025 Culminates in Abu Dhabi, a UNESCO Creative City of Music
 
PARIS and WASHINGTON and ABU DHABI, UAE, March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The 2025 edition of International Jazz Day will be celebrated in more than 190 countries on April 30, with Abu Dhabi selected as the Global Host City. Organized by UNESCO and the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, this celebration will feature concerts and educational and cultural initiatives.

Brittany Davis to Release New Project “Black Thunder” on June 13th, 2025 | LISTEN!


 
BRITTANY DAVIS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM BLACK THUNDER​
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A FULLY IMPROVISED, FULLY REALIZED WORK, BLACK THUNDER IS A POTENT JOLT OF SPIRITUAL JAZZ
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March 26, 2025: Black Thunder is the new album by Seattle-based artist Brittany Davis, arriving June 13 on Loosegroove Records, a label run by Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard. The album’s first single, “Amid The Blackout Of The Night” is out today.

Nathan & Noah East to Release New Project “Father & Son” on April 18th, 2025 | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
FATHER & SON / NATHAN AND NOAH EAST
 
Internationally Renowned Legendary Bassist & Rising Star Pianist Son Release Stunning Debut Recording
 
With special friends Eric Clapton, Hubert Laws. Merry Clayton, Seiko Matsuda, Billy Valentine, Jack Lee, Greg Phillinganes and more
 
­(March 25, 2025) With inspiring originals and beautifully re-imagined classics, FATHER & SON, the forthcoming debut collaboration by legendary bassist Nathan East and his wunderkind 24 year old pianist/organist son Noah is set for release April 18, 2025.

Bassist Rodney Jordan Releases New Project “Memphis Blue” | WATCH NEW EPK!


 
Bassist Rodney Jordan Sends a Love Letter to His Hometown with the March 14 Release of “Memphis Blue” on Baxter Music Enterprises
 
RICHMOND, Calif., March 21, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Rodney Jordan, born and raised in the city known as the “Home of the Blues,” rightly channels that heritage on “Memphis Blue,” his personal tribute to the “soulful people of Memphis,” due to release March 14th on Baxter Music Enterprises.

Lance Vantile Whitfield Releases New Single “Flowers” feat. Tim “Tio” Owens | LISTEN!


 
Bassist Lance Vantile Whitfield Releases New Track “Flowers” feat. Tim “Tio” Owens
 
Lance Vantile Whitfield, an exciting Los Angeles-based bass guitarist, continues to showcase the versatility of his music with “Flowers,” a song he wrote to celebrate his enduring love for his wife of over three decades.

Saxophonist Walter Beasley Releases New EP “Tribute to Soul” | WATCH VIDEO!


 
“Coming” in hot! Soul/Jazz saxophonist Walter Beasley pays homage to his roots on “Tribute to Soul”
 
“Hold On, I’m Coming,” the latest single from the project, is moving up the charts.
 
BOSTON, Mass. (21 MARCH 2025): Billboard chart-topping saxophonist Walter Beasley was driving across the country after one of his concerts when an idea popped into his head that caused him to delay his trip.

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