New Music – 2014, Page 16

 
Legendary bassist who played the iconic bass line from Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rappers Delight!” steps out on his new single “Truth Be Told” featuring Marion Meadows from the soon to be released full CD “How I Live”.
 
Jul. 22, 2014 – ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — Los Angeles based, North Carolina native Chip Shearin may not be a household name but you’ve felt his presence and heard his bass playing as the original bass player who played the iconic bass line for Sugar Hill Gangs, “Rappers Delight!”, The bass line that American Band Stand’s, Dick Clark said …”you may not know the rap but they’re singing the bass line all over the world!”…
 

 
Very few artists can be proficient behind the scenes as a studio musician, and then break out with a successful career as a solo artist. Gerald Albright is one such artist. He has worked with musicians across the board in all genres, which has prepared him well for his own journey as a bandleader and solo artist.
 

 
Album Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Mack Avenue Records
 
Celebrating his 10th anniversary with Mack Avenue Records, internationally acclaimed composer/trumpeter Sean Jones views his seventh album, im.pro.vise = never before seen, as “a reintroduction of who I am.” Although he has clearly established himself as a formidable leader through recordings and live performances, this album reflects his “conscious decision to approach this latest step in my artistic evolution as a trumpet player, a composer and a leader.”