Mike Clark's Owl Studios Cd 'carnival Of Soul': 'among The Best New Jazz Albums To Be Released This Year' - Cd Jumps To #8 On Charts!
New York, NY (TOP40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) -- �Among the best new jazz albums to be released this year� �Mike Clark seems to create something new every time he sits down at the drums, and there is a tremendous sense of play on Carnival Of Soul. This is not just a first class jazz/fusion/funk album; ...
| Blue Note Records Signs Ravi Coltrane
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - EMI's Blue Note Records is proud to announce the signing of saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Ravi Coltrane. Coltrane will be entering the studio in December to record his debut as a leader for the label, which is due to be released in Spring 2011. ...
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San Francisco-based Jazz Vocalist Natasha Miller To Release New Album 'Spinvintage'
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Poignant Records) - Sooner or later, most singers get the urge to make a standards record. "And they always try to make it different," says Natasha Miller, the sterling Bay Area-based jazz singer prized for her rich sound, streamlined phrasing and unforced feeling. "I wanted ...
| Pianist Eden Brent Receives Mississippi Arts Commission Artist Fellowship
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The Mississippi Arts Council in association with the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Delta's boogie-woogie piano queen Eden Brent the Mississippi Arts Commission Artist Fellowship for her outstanding work as a recording artist. The honor ...
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Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music And Art Festival 9/11!
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Bonerama) - Bonerama will be performing at the Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival on Saturday, September, 11. The band is not your traditional brass band, they are more like BRASS FUNK ROCK. Recently acclaimed Best Rock Band at the Big Easy Awards 2010, Bonerama is ...
| The Herald De Paris Interviews Bass Legend Jeff Berlin
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Glass Onyon PR) - A new interview with bass legend Jeff Berlin, conducted by Al Carlos Hernandez of international news website Herald de Paris, has been posted today. The candid interview, which touches on every aspect of Berlin's illustrous career, can be accessed at www.heralddeparis.com/the-baddest-bass-player-in-the-world-jeff-berlin/101034. ...
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Isabel Rose Compared To Legends Ann-Margret, Patti Page On Upcoming 'Swingin' From The Hip'
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Isabel Rose) - “As overachievers go, Isabel Rose makes Oprah look like a slacker” - JAZZTIMES “She goes stiletto-to-stiletto with Ann-Margret” “Her playlist is remarkably wide-ranging, extending from early Gershwin through Tin Pan Alley, ...
| Latin This By Kayla Jazzmin
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Just After Dark Music) - Saxophonist/producer Kayla Jazzmin recently released the track "Latin This" from her upcoming jazz CD, Caring Is An Option. The album will be released in October, 2010 on her Just After Dark Music label. She wrote and produced all ten tracks on ...
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Mega Jazz Festival To Bring Some Of The Biggest Names In Jazz To Richmond, Va
Richmond, VA (Top40 Charts/ Richmond Jazz Festival) - City and corporate leaders announced the inaugural Richmond Jazz Festival at Maymont, featuring some of the biggest names in local, national and international jazz. The festival will be held August 14-15 at the 100-acre Maymont park and museum in ...
| European Group South Froggies Releases New Track And Video 'Paris' From CD Nu Jazz Universe
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Angel Sweet Records) - 'Paris' is the first track being released from the European Nu-Jazz group South Froggies' CD Nu Jazz Universe. Currently, the album is only available as an EP through the following online retailers: iTunes, Amazon.com, Napster and eMusic. A music ...
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Fingerprints, 'One Of The Best Kept Music Secrets In The South,' Releases Dream Life Album On Pacific Coast Jazz
Ojai, CA (Top40 Charts/ SV Media) - Fingerprints, known as "one of the best kept music secrets in the South," releases their long anticipated fifth CD, Dream Life, on August 10th on the Pacific Coast Jazz label. This project follows the enormous popularity of their last release, DNA, and proves this ...
| Berklee College Of Music And ParkARTS Presents Jazz At The Fort
BOSTON, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Berklee College of Music) - Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS present music outdoors in Roxbury's historic and enchanting Fort Hill neighborhood with Ron Reid & the Sunsteel Sextet and opener the Jazz Robertson Quintet. The annual Jazz at the Fort concert is free and ...
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'Time Stands Still' For Guitarist Norman Johnson's Distinctive Debut Contemporary Jazz Album Release
Ojai, CA (Top40 Charts/ SV Media) - If Time Stood Still, called "an album with a sumptuous groove... with a style in the best traditions of Wes Montgomery and George Benson," is the debut solo release from guitarist Norman Johnson slated to be released August, 10, 2010 on the Pacific Coast Jazz label. ...
| Jazz Saxophonist Kayla Jazzmin: Serving Her Country And Serving Up Jazz At The Same Time With The Release Of Her New Track 'Latin This'
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Just After Dark Music) - Saxophonist/producer Kayla Jazzmin recently released the track 'Latin This' from her upcoming jazz CD, Caring Is An Option. The album will be released in October, 2010 on her Just After Dark Music label. She wrote and produced all ten tracks on ...
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Notion Music Releases Jazz Samples For Notion3
Greensboro, NC (Top40 Charts/ NOTION Music, Inc.) - Notion Music Inc. has announced the release of the Jazz expansion set. Carrying on their tradition of high quality sample libraries such as The London Symphony Orchestra connected directly to their flagship music notation software, Notion Music is ...
| Myron Walden 'Soul-drenched' (Jazz Times) Countryfied In The Village 8/20
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Myron Walden Countryfied's album release party will be in the big city at Greenwich Village's Sullivan Hall August 20th. Fans of Daptone, Soulive and Booker T. will want to be on hand to celebrate the down-home sounds of the quartet on their July 27th ...
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Eden Brent, 'Sultry' (WSJ) Blues Pianist Of The Year, Plays NYC 8/19
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Eden Brent, winner of the 2010 Blues Music Award as Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year, will bring the whiskey-smoke voice and piano chops heard on her eclectic upcoming album 'Ain't Got No Troubles' (out September 7 from Yellow Dog Records) to New ...
| CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Reaches Over 23,000 Fans
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ CMPR / New Festival Productions) - Jazz reared her beautiful head June 17 - 26 and more than 23,000 people turned out to greet her when the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presented 45 concerts at 20 venues throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. "I can't ...
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Jazz Trumpeter Gary Grant Announces Release Of New Album 'don't Hold Your Breath,' Out On July 20, 2010
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Gary Grant Official Website) - Featured soloist and Grammy-nominated trumpeter Gary Grant, who has recorded with such notable artists as David Foster, Barbara Streisand, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion and Toni Braxton, releases his latest album, Don't Hold Your Breath, on ...
| Marimba Virtuoso Mika Yoshida Collaborates With Drumming Legend Steve Gadd On Latest Album, Mikarimba
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Mika Yoshida Official Website) - Mika Yoshida and legendary drummer Steve Gadd team up on Mika's newest release, Mikarimba, an eclectic collection of joyful jazz tunes. Mika's beautiful Marimba playing is enhanced on this album by Gadd, renowned bassist Eddie Gomez and ...
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