Drummer Will Calhoun Pays Tribute to a
Profound Influence on Celebrating Elvin Jones –
Available August 19 on Motéma Music
Although he’s best known as the hard-driving, groove-oriented drummer for the pioneering rock group Living Colour, Will Calhoun has played in a staggering variety of styles and traditions over the course of his eclectic career.
GOSPEL SINGER SHIRLEY CAESAR TO BE HONORED WITH
STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
AS SHE CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY AS A SOLO ARTIST
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that living legend Shirley Caesar will be honored with the 2,583rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. PDT. The star in the category of Recording will be dedicated at 6126 Hollywood Boulevard in front of The Fonda Theatre.
Hard-Bop Jazz Masters The Cookers Make
Smoke Sessions Records Debut with
The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart –
Available September 9
The Cookers returns with its fifth and most exhilarating album to date, The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart. After nine years together, The Cookers have evolved from a summit of swinging road warriors to become simply one of the most burning and hardest-hitting bands on the scene.
GRAMMY®, STELLAR AND DOVE AWARD-WINNING
GOSPEL ICON FRED HAMMOND
TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM WORSHIP JOURNAL LIVE
ON SEPTEMBER 30TH,
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
LEAD SINGLE “FATHER JESUS SPIRIT” RELEASED TO RADIO
NEW YORK—June 17, 2016—Fresh off of a packed live recording for his new album in Houston earlier last month in May, with a high-energy night of performing that had the crowd on its feet, award-winning gospel superstar and producer Fred Hammond will deliver his much-anticipated new album WORSHIP JOURNAL LIVE this fall. The album is available for pre-order now at all digital retailers.
11-TIME GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING LEGEND SHIRLEY CAESAR GARNERS #1 DEBUT WITH
NEW ALBUM FILL THIS HO– USE
Pastor Caesar to Perform at Emanuel AME Church Tribute Ceremony in Charleston, SC
NASHVILLE, TN (June 16, 2016) – The Reigning Queen of Gospel, Shirley Caesar has garnered a stellar debut with her powerful new album FILL THIS HO– USE, debuting at #1 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums Chart.
“House of Love” presents family history in the making when three siblings connect for the first time in music, in collaboration with dance producers FOMO
Available NOW on iTunes!
After all these years when Chaka Khan and her talented siblings, Taka Boom and Mark Stevens (Aurra) had established their own careers, the thought never crossed any of their minds to work together. Yet this scenario slowly changed when Boom and production duo FOMO (Jamie Petrie and Mark Bell) were piecing together a single for FOMO’s upcoming CD.
T-Ran Gilbert Striving to Leave a Mark with Debut Album, The Imprint
June 14, 2016/Nashville, TN–After having a song featured in a made-for-tv movie and over a million views on YouTube, Alternative R&B artist T-Ran Gilbert is finally releasing his first full-length body of work to the world. T-Ran Gilbert released his debut album, The Imprint, via digital outlets worldwide. The album is available on iTunes now.
ORGANIST DR. LONNIE SMITH NAMED 2017 NEA JAZZ MASTER
NEW BLUE NOTE ALBUM EVOLUTION IS HIS FIRST FOR ICONIC LABEL SINCE 1970
The legendary organist Dr. Lonnie Smith has been named one of the National Endowment for the Arts 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Fellows, the nation’s highest honor in jazz. Smith—along with bassist Dave Holland, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, keyboardist Dick Hyman, and writer Ira Gitler—have been recognized for their lifetime achievements and exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz.
HEZEKIAH WALKER
TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM
AZUSA THE NEXT GENERATION 2 – BETTER
JULY 22, 2016
ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW!
Nashville, TN (June 10, 2016) – Today, Entertainment One Music (eOne Music) announced that GRAMMY®-winning Gospel music superstar Hezekiah Walker’s new album, Azusa The Next Generation 2 – Better, will be released on July 22, 2016. The album, which is Walker’s 15th, is available for pre-order today via Amazon, iTunes and Walmart.com.
Verve/UMe to Reissue Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Mack the Knife: Ella In Berlin’ and Jimmy Smith’s ‘Root Down: Jimmy Smith Live!’ on 180-gram Vinyl LPs
Available June 24 as Part of Verve’s 60th Anniversary Celebration
LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Verve/UMe is proud to announce, as part of Verve’s 60th anniversary celebration, new vinyl reissues on June 24 for two long unavailable live performance classics by a pair of jazz legends – the peerless Ella Fitzgerald’s Mack The Knife: Ella In Berlin and funk-master Jimmy Smith’s Root Down: Jimmy Smith Live!.
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