Noted New York Jazz Composer brings the new 'Nu-Jazz' sound to Atlanta
Atlanta, GA (PhattGroov Entertainment) - With almost 30 years of musical experience under his belt, New York producer and CEO of PhattGroov Entertainment, Donovan "Phattgroov" Henderson seeks to take the urban Atlanta market by storm. 'It's a movement.' PhattGroov says. 'I call it Nu-Jazz. A collaboration ...
| Empressario Announces Trumpet Artist Paul Cacia's Newly Released CD 'Legacy: The Last Sessions'
Las Vegas, NV (Empressario/ www.paulcacia.com) - Empressario is proud to announce the new CD release of Trumpet Artist Paul Cacia. 'Legacy - The Last Sessions' is a monumental achievement for Paul Cacia, 15 years in the making, it features "The Paul Cacia Jazz Orchestra" and 25 legendary jazz guest ...
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Jazz Vocalist Patricia Adams and Piano Legend, Berklee Professor Ray Santisi Headline Main Stage At Ryles Jazz Club On May 18, 2006
(Patricia Adams Ensembles) - Ryles Jazz Club proudly presents an evening of jazz and blues standards featuring Patricia Adams [vocals], Ray Santisi [piano], Greg Loughman [bass] and Gary Johnson [drums]. This is the quartet whose been playing to standing room only every month at Ryles Sunday brunch. ...
| Sunset Jazz Festival At Southland Kicks Off May 20 With Grammy Award-Winning Drummer Sonny Emory
ATLANTA, GA (ADA CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS) - The Sunset Jazz Festival at Southland will kick off an exciting evening of smooth jazz from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 20, at Southland Country Club (5726 Southland Drive) in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The concert's featured performer is Grammy award-winning ...
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The Bradley Leighton Band Makes Hawaii Debut
Honolulu, Hawaii (PACIFIC COAST JAZZ) - On Friday, May 5, 2006 and Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. on both nights, the acclaimed jazz flutist Bradley Leighton will be debuting in Hawaii Public Radio's Atherton Performing Arts Studio with a series of two concerts. The Seattle native, who now makes ...
| It's Wonderful To Be Tammy Allen
Atlanta, GA (Tammy Allen Official Website/ www.tammyallen.com) -Vocalist Tammy Allen caught the music bug at age 13 at a B.B. King concert. She explains, 'I never heard anything with that kind of a pocket.' About a week later, Allen decided that was her destiny in life. After the weekly grind of working ...
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Smooth Jazz Vocalist Anders Holst Releases Single 'Until The End of Time' On May 1, 2006
New York, NY (Unheard Of Music) - UOM, Unheard of Music recording artist Anders Holst is set to release "Until The End of Time" from his CD, Five, on May 1st, 2006. Invitingly sexy, "Until the End of Time" is a sweet breezy valentine to a loved one featuring the very smooth jazz friendly harmony sax ...
| Jazz Vocalist and Composer Michael Franks Delivers Long-Awaited Studio Recording 'Rendezvous in Rio,' on June 27th, 2006
NEW YORK, NY (KOCH Records) - Michael Franks, a mainstay in the contemporary jazz scene since the '70s, is back with "Rendezvous in Rio," his new album featuring 10 new original songs with distinctive arrangements from long-time collaborators Jeff Lorber, Jimmy Haslip, Russell Ferrante, Chuck Loeb and ...
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DHL's 'Jazz Quest' and the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation Kick Off Jazz Fest 2006 by Bringing Music Back to a New Orleans School
NEW YORK, NY. (DHL) - DHL will be delivering $25,000 worth of musical instruments to the Sophie B. Wright Charter School in New Orleans. The instruments were donated by DHL and the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation as part of DHL's "Jazz Quest," an effort to preserve musical heritage and support small businesses ...
| Mindi Abair Tops Billboard's 'Contemporary Jazz Album' Chart At No 1 With Her New Verve/GRP CD 'Life Less Ordinary'
LOS ANGELES (By Sandy Friedman/ Rogers & Cowan) - Pop-influenced saxophonist, composer and vocalist MINDI ABAIR continues to rock the contemporary jazz world as she enters this week's Billboard "Contemporary Jazz Album Chart" at No 1 with her third Verve/GRP release, LIFE LESS ORDINARY. With the album's ...
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San Jose Jazz Society Announces Headline Acts for 2006 Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival, Presented by Southwest Airlines
SAN JOSE, CA.(Anne Smith Marketing Communications) -17th Annual Festival in Downtown San Jose to Feature Tribute to New Orleans Jazz; Neville Brothers, Dr. John, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Bud Shank and Eldar Scheduled to Perform The San Jose Jazz Society (www.sanjosejazz.org) today announced headliners ...
| Dave Brubeck to Receive the First Ever High Note of Achievement Award From the Gramercy Brass Orchestra of New York
NEW YORK (Gramercy Brass Orchestra of New York) - Today the Gramercy Brass Orchestra of New York will honor jazz great and American music icon, Dave Brubeck, by presenting him with the first ever High Note of Achievement Award. Mr. Brubeck, an equally distinguished composer and jazz pianist, is being ...
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Re-Bop: The Savoy Remixes in Stores May 9, 2006
LOS ANGELES (Savoy Jazz) - Duke Jordan meets Jazzy Jeff? Cal Tjader meets Large Professor? Curtis Fuller meets A Tribe Called Quest? Absolutely! Although it's been half a century since the heyday of Savoy Records – the celebrated home of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Cannonball Adderley, ...
| South African Smooth Jazz King, Jonathan Butler, to be Honored at a South African Freedom Day Event to be Held in Santa Monica
LOS ANGELES (www.carselevents.com) - Carsel Events and The Immigrant Magazine is proud to announce a new series of events the "Los Angeles International Music Series" - or L.A.I.M.S a monthly get together celebrating the music and dance of the many different international communities living in and around ...
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BLUE NOTE STUDIO UPDATE: APRIL 2006
NEW YORK (Blue Note Records) - Amos Lee has recently begun recording his sophomore release for Blue Note. The Philadelphia native is tracking in his home city with the assistance of producer Barrie Maguire. A prolific writer at 27, Lee is in the process of whittling down a wealth of great new material ...
| LONNIE PLAXICO'S CD RELEASE OF 'WESTSIDE STORIES'
LOS ANGELES (www.lonnieplaxico.com) - The April 24, 2006 release of Lonnie Plaxico's "Westside Stories" is a collage of artfully arranged music influences ranging from jazz, funk, and beyond. An eclectic stew of contemporary jazz that modern music listeners crave, this compact disc features special ...
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Tony Adamo & Mic Gillette
LOS ANGELES (UrbanZone Productions) - Their musical friendship sparked in 1999 when a member of the group, Cold Blood, arranged for Mic Gillette and Skip Mesquite, Tower of Power (TOP) originals, to record with singer/songwriter, Tony Adamo. Since then, they've both played on Adamo's previous CD, DANCE ...
| Columbia Records Announces the Release of New Harry Connick, Jr. Collection 'Harry On Broadway, Act I'
NEW YORK,NY (Columbia Records) - Columbia Records is set to release Harry On Broadway, Act I, a two CD collection of Broadway music performed by Harry Connick, Jr. The new collection includes separate discs devoted to The Pajama Game Cast Album and Thou Shalt Not and will be in stores on Tuesday, May ...
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Concord Records To Release Jazz Vocalists - Hear & Now Two-Disc Set Featuring The Vocal Elite Of The Jazz World
LOS ANGELES (Concord Records) - In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, the Jazz Alliance International (JAI) is releasing Jazz Vocalists - Hear & Now on April 25, 2006. This two-disc set, produced by JAI and released on Concord Records contains 36 standards and contemporary classics by today's top vocalists. ...
| Pittsburgh Jazz Society Accepting Applications for PJS/Mellon Jazz Scholarship
PITTSBURGH, (Pittsburgh Jazz Society) - Mellon Financial Corporation and the Pittsburgh Jazz Society today announced that applications are being accepted for the 2006 Pittsburgh Jazz Society/Mellon Jazz Scholarship. The recipient of the one-year, $5,000 award will be selected by a panel of nationally ...
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