Impulse! Records Celebrates 60 Years with Year-Long Campaign
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — For 60 years, the legendary Impulse! Records has been home to the greatest jazz artists of all time, including John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Quincy Jones, and more.
MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY’S
LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS
40TH ANNIVERSARY 2LP REISSUE
OUT FEBRUARY 19, 2021 VIA CAPITOL/UME
LOS ANGELES, CA — JANUARY 8, 2021 — MAZE Featuring Frankie Beverly, one of America’s best-loved R&B bands, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their acclaimed 1981 double album Live in New Orleans with a 2LP vinyl reissue and two special digital releases on February 19, 2021 via Capitol/UMe.
BLUE NOTE RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE CLASSIC VINYL REISSUE SERIES
A CONTINUATION OF THE LABEL’S ACCLAIMED BLUE NOTE 80 VINYL REISSUE SERIES
THAT WILL FEATURE ALL-ANALOG 180g VINYL PRESSINGS OF CLASSIC BLUE NOTE TITLES
Blue Note Records has announced the Classic Vinyl Reissue Series, a continuation of the label’s acclaimed Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series which was launched in celebration of Blue Note’s 80th anniversary in 2019.
Four Timeless Holiday Jazz Titles By Ella Fitzgerald, Kenny Burrell, Ramsey Lewis And Jimmy Smith Boxed Up For New Vinyl Set, ‘Verve Wishes You A Swinging Christmas’
Most Albums Repressed For First Time In More Than 50 Years
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This holiday season, Verve Records/UMe is boxing up some of the most classic jazz holiday titles and wrapping them in a new vinyl box set titled Verve Wishes You a Swinging Christmas.
Five Extraordinary Charlie Parker 10″ Records Packaged Together As New Vinyl Box Set, ‘The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection’
CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS VOLS 1 & 2, BIRD AND DIZ, CHARLIE PARKER PLAYS SOUTH OF THE BORDER & CHARLIE PARKER REMASTERED AND HOUSED IN LOVINGLY REPRODUCED PACKAGING WITH FOUR OUT OF FIVE TITLES REPRESSED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 60 YEARS
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Charlie “Bird” Parker, an architect of modern music nearly universally regarded as the greatest alto saxophonist who ever lived, released five 10-inch LPs via Mercury Records and producer Norman Granz’s pre-Verve label Clef Records in the early 1950s.
Jazz Legend Grover Washington, Jr. Commemorative Vinyl To Be Released
Studio City, CA – Lightyear Entertainment announces that it will release a commemorative double vinyl of beloved artist Grover Washington, Jr. on Black Friday for Record Store Day.
MARY J. BLIGE’S MY LIFE
TO BE RE-RELEASED ON 2CD, DOUBLE VINYL AND
A SPECIAL EDITION 3LP SET NOVEMBER 20
VIA GEFFEN/UME
THE QUEEN OF HIP-HOP SOUL’S PERSONAL, VULNERABLE 1994 SECOND ALBUM BEING RE-PRESSED FOR ITS ANNIVERSARY
LOS ANGELES, CA — AUGUST 18, 2020 — Mary J. Blige, the legendary singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist and honorary Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, will re-release her acclaimed 1994 sophomore album, My Life, on NOVEMBER 20 via Geffen/UMe.
Diana Ross’ ‘Supertonic’ Digital Release Due On May 29; CD And Vinyl Will Be Available On June 26
NEW REMIX ALBUM PRODUCED BY MS. ROSS FEATURES ERIC KUPPER MIXES AND TURNS NINE CLASSIC TRACKS INTO DANCEFLOOR MAGIC ON CD, DIGITAL AND CRYSTAL-CLEAR VINYL
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Supertonic is a special kind of Diana Ross magic. Absolutely authentic, it’s her voice, her electrifying sound.
Marvin Gaye’s More Trouble Out Now!
LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On April 2, 1939, Marvin Gaye, Motown’s “Prince Of Soul,” was born with a destiny to define the sounds of soul and R&B. To celebrate his life and legacy and an influential chapter in his inimitable discography, Motown/UMe has released More Trouble, a vinyl-only collection of alternate and extended versions of tracks from his 12th studio album, Trouble Man, the 1972 soundtrack for the cult film of the same name.
PIANIST BOB JAMES’ AVANT-GARDE & BEBOP ROOTS UNEARTHED ON RESONANCE’S SET OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SESSIONS “ONCE UPON A TIME”
Los Angeles (February 2020) – Resonance Records, the award-winning label home of acclaimed archival releases by Nat King Cole, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, and others, will break new ground with the April 18 LP release of Bob James’ “Once Upon a Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions”, a collection of important, previously unheard 1965 recordings by the pianist’s trio cut by Resonance’s founder and co-president George Klabin.