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Brian Culbertson Releases New Album “The Trilogy, Part 3: White” | LISTEN to New Single “Step Into Love”!


 
Brian Culbertson completes “The Trilogy” with hope
 
The R&B-jazz multi-instrumentalist drops “The Trilogy, Part 3: White” this Friday,
his 25th album that was prefaced by the single “Step Into Love.”
 
CHICAGO (6 May 2022): The three-phase arc of a longtime relationship serves as the muse of R&B-jazz hitmaker Brian Culbertson’s trilogy of instrumental albums that he wrote, produced and performed with creative input from the 800-plus members of his Hang Club.

Saxophonist/Flautist Najee Returns with Anticipated New Album “Savoir Faire” on May 13th, 2022 | LISTEN to 2 New Singles!


 
GRAMMY AND NAACP AWARD-WINNING MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING
SAXOPHONIST/FLAUTIST NAJEE
CELEBRATES THE ART OF ELEGANCE ON ANTICIPATED NEW RECORDING SAVOIR FAIRE
 
The Billboard #1 Artist’s New CD is a Pan-American Journey Traversing The US & Brazil Featuring An All-Star Line-Up with Alyson Williams, Frank McComb, Chris “Big Dog” Davis, Barry Eastmond, Robert Herbert & Adam Hawley Among Others
 
“My life has been a series of pivotal events and circumstances that have gotten me to where I am,” reflects the fearless chart-topping Contemporary Jazz pioneer Najee. In a business where trends and artists come and go, the genre-bending saxophonist’s staying power is a rare blessing.

Jazz Flutist Ragan Whiteside to Release New Single “Thrill Ride” on May 6th, 2022 | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Contemporary Jazz Flute Phenomenon Ragan Whiteside Releases New Single, ‘Thrill Ride’
 
(Atlanta, GA – May 5, 2022) – Flute-playing soul-jazz phenomenon Ragan Whiteside releases a brand-new single, “Thrill Ride,” the title track from her forthcoming album, on her label, Randis Music.

Canadian Jazz Songstress Katie Ditschun Releases New EP “One Voice” | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Canadian Jazz Songstress KATIE DITSCHUN Captures A Lonely Sense of Melancholy in Stunning “One Voice”
 
Song is the Title Track to the New 2022 EP, One Voice — Both Available Now
 
In the age of social media, we are theoretically more connected than we’ve ever been, but that connection can prove tenuous when there’s bullying, anger, or unkind words, and Canadian jazz songstress Katie Ditschun captures the sadness around having one’s voice drowned out in her new single, “One Voice” — available now.

Acoustic Sounds to Deliver Definitive Pressings of Some of the Label’s Best-Known Jazz Albums


 
ACOUSTIC SOUNDS, VERVE/UMe’s ACCLAIMED AUDIOPHILE VINYL REISSUE SERIES, TO DELIVER MORE DEFINITIVE PRESSINGS OF SOME OF THE LABEL’S BEST-KNOWN JAZZ ALBUMS AS IT ENTERS ITS THIRD YEAR
 
RELEASES SCHEDULED FOR 2022 INCLUDE CLASSIC RECORDS FROM BILL EVANS, COLEMAN HAWKINS, DUKE ELLINGTON, ELLA FITZGERALD, JOHN COLTRANE, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, OSCAR PETERSON, PHAROAH SANDERS, AND ROY HAYNES
 
LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Since launching in 2020, Verve/UMe’s all-analog vinyl reissue series, Acoustic Sounds, has provided definitive, best-in-class audiophile grade pressings of some of the most important and beloved jazz records of all time, each mastered from the original tapes and produced with the utmost care

Pianist Joey Alexander to Release New Album “Origin” on May 20th (Digital) and June 24th (Vinyl), 2022 | LISTEN to New Single “Winter Blues”!


 
Pianist, Bandleader and Composer Joey Alexander
to Release Origin, First Album Featuring
All Originals on Mack Avenue Records Debut
 
Available May 20 Digitally and on CD;
Available June 24 on Vinyl
 
It’s no coincidence two of the titles on pianist, bandleader and composer Joey Alexander’s inspirational debut on Mack Avenue Records, Origin, contain the words “rise” and “rising.”

Renowned Musician Stix Hooper to Release New Album “Orchestrally Speaking” on April 28th, 2022 | LISTEN!


 
RENOWNED MUSICIAN STIX HOOPER, FOUNDER OF “THE CRUSADERS” DROPS HIS LATEST ALBUM, “ORCHESTRALLY SPEAKING,” APRIL 28TH, 2022
 
LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Internationally renowned musician Stix Hooper, best known as one of the founding members of the seminal group The Crusaders, (which garnered numerous platinum and gold albums during their amazing 30-year career) will release his latest album, Orchestrally Speaking, on Thursday, April 28th.

Jazz Violinist Brooke Alford Releases New Single “New Day” feat. George Freeman | LISTEN!


 
Brooke Alford
The Artist of the Violin
 
When you think of the violin you may immediately think of orchestras and symphonies, yet the violin has been a very prominent instrument in the world of Jazz. Artists like Regina Carter, Noel Pointer, Eddie South and the first lady of Jazz Violin Ginger Smock (among others) have shown just how Jazzy you can get with a violin.

Contemporary Jazz Guitarist Chris Standring to Release New Album “Simple Things” on May 20th, 2022 | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
RENOWNED CONTEMPORARY GUITARIST/COMPOSER CHRIS STANDRING
REFLECTS ON SECOND CHANCES WITH
SIMPLE THINGS
 
Available May 20, 2022
 
Sometimes it takes a potentially life altering event to make you stop and re-evaluate what is truly important to you. In March 2021, guitarist, composer, and arranger CHRIS STANDRING found himself in the emergency room after experiencing chest pains.

Jazz Saxophonist Mike Phillips Releases New Single “City Lights” | WATCH NEW VISUALIZER!


 
Internationally Renowned Saxophonist, MIKE PHILLIPS Releases New Single, “CITY LIGHTS”, Lifted From His Upcoming New Album
 
“CITY LIGHTS” was written by Claude Villani and produced by Hamilton Hardin. “I had the melody for City Lights in my head for years and one day I played it for Mike and he really connected with it and well, the rest is history,” mentions Claude Villani.