Nnenna Freelon Releases New CD - Homefree
New York, NY (TOP40 Charts/ On Target Media) -- The new CD from multi-Grammy nominated vocalist Nnenna Freelon, Homefree, hits stores today (CD & digital) via Concord Jazz Records. The new album is Freelon's 7th Concord release and is a soulful, swinging album that Freelon calls her "home brew." The ...
| 'Does Trombone Shorty Sleep During Jazz Fest' - The NY Times
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - When Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews plays the Gentilly Stage on May 2, the final day of Jazz Fest, it will cap over a week of thrilling activity for NOLA's leading young rock/funk/R&B superstar. On Monday, Apr. 19, Troy will be honored as Entertainer ...
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Acclaimed Jazz Musician Vijay Iyer Performs With Idyllwild Arts Orchestra At New Music Concert on May 9
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ J2 Communications) - Award-winning jazz musician Vijay Iyer, whose Historicity was hailed as the year's best jazz album by the Los Angeles Times, New York Times and other leading critics, will perform in the Idyllwild Arts New Music Concert at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 9, at ...
| Randy Weston, Claire Daly, The American Jazz Repertory Orchestra Featured In Berkshires Jazz 2010 Season
Pittsfield, MA (Top40 Charts/ Berkshires Jazz) - Berkshires Jazz, Inc., today announced the headline performers for the sixth annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, as well as a special Memorial Day weekend concert with jazz master Randy Weston. The group also announced two aspects to its growing commitment ...
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Sounds Of Jazz, Calypso, Brazilian And Gospel Music To Highlight Fourth Festival Of Universal Sacred Music
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Society for Universal Sacred Music) - A unique concert featuring jazz, calypso, gospel, and Brazilian music will highlight the Fourth Festival of Universal Sacred Music on Sunday, April 25, when composer/pianist and president of The Society for Universal Sacred Music (https://www.universalsacredmusic.org), ...
| First-Ever Lakefront Jazz And Blues Festival Launches With Jonny Lang And Other Top Performers
Prior Lake, MN (Top40 Charts/ Prior Lake Rotary Club) - Grammy-award winning musician and Midwest native Jonny Lang, along with an exciting lineup of musical talent, will launch the first ever Lakefront Jazz and Blues Festival in Prior Lake, Minn. on Saturday, July 10. The Lakefront Jazz and Blues ...
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Professor RJ Ross: Motor City Bred, Bay Area Based Soul-Jazz Singer/Songwriter Professor RJ
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ LUCK Media & Marketing) - Back in the day, when RJ Ross was a singer and keyboardist with various funk groups in his native Detroit, his seriousness about music and expertise at running rehearsals earned him the nickname �Professor.� Emerging as a solo artist after ...
| Nnenna Freelon To Release New Album 'Homefree'
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Concord Music) - Next week, Concord Jazz will release Homefree, the highly anticipated new album from esteemed jazz vocalist and multi-Grammy nominee, Nnenna Freelon. Homefree is a collection of contemporary interpretations of classic American Songbook tunes as well as a ...
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Legendary Jazz Icon David Sanborn Is Paid Tribute By Sax Great Alfonzo Blackwell And Many Other Music Stars For The Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards Show In 2010
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ One Creative Publicist) - The Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards is an annual awards event that is one of the hottest tickets in Canada. 2010 marks its sixth year in production. This year's recipient of the awards show's top honor, the George Benson Lifetime Achieve Award will be ...
| THE SONG PROJECT IN EUROPE
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Derek Lee Bronston Official Website) - Guitarist Derek Lee Bronston and trumpeter Mark Rapp are taking their online recording collaboration "The Song Project" live in Europe. The Duo will have their European debut in Geneva, Switzerland at Brasserie des Halles de L'Ile on ...
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Fresh-Faced Nikki Yanofsky Takes The 'A' Train To New Places On Spirited Debut 'Nikki,' Out May 4, 2010
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - When Nikki Yanofsky decided to lead off her debut studio album 'Nikki,' out May 4th on Decca, with her version of "Take The 'A' Train," she was inspired by Ella Fitzgerald, who recorded the tune many times. Montreal native Nikki idolizes Fitzgerald, and ...
| Grammy-Nominated Pianist Fred Hersch To Release 'Whirl' On Palmetto Records
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - "Hersch's music - luxurious, free-flowing, unashamedly gorgeous jazz - is idiosyncratically, unmistakably a creation of his own," David Hajdu wrote in a recent, riveting New York Times Magazine profile on Hersch's music and life (https://nyti.ms/c7jW2q). ...
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Christian Scott Releases New Album 'Yesterday You Said Tomorrow'
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ On Target Media) - The new CD from trumpeter Christian Scott, Yesterday You Said Tomorrow hits stores today (CD & digital) via Concord Jazz Records. Purchase Christian Scott's new album Yesterday You Said Tomorrow at a Borders store and receive an exclusive 5 track bonus ...
| Xerox To Present First Annual Jazz Talent Competition
Rochester, NY (Top40 Charts/ Xerox Corporation) - Building on the growing momentum of Rochester's world-renowned jazz festival, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) will present an 'American Idol' style music competition leading up to the 2010 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Dubbed 'Jazz Star: ...
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Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews: NOLA's Most Explosive Live Performer In A Generation
Destin, FL (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Without a nationally distributed album to his credit, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has toured the world many times over, played festivals like Bonnaroo and Jazzfest, even co-headlined the Fillmore in San Francisco. He's only 24, but he's already a veteran ...
| Feeling The Beat Of The City: Debut Disc From R&B-pop Saxophonist Michael J Thomas Winning Raves
Destin, FL (Top40 Charts/ Michael J Thomas Music) - A humble small town boy from the land of country music is paving his own path with the release of his critically-acclaimed debut album of sweaty, sultry and saccharine R&B-pop gems. Cecilia, Kentucky native Michael J Thomas roared into March with his ...
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Chris Botti Records At Ocean Way
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Ocean Way Recording) - Trumpet luminary Chris Botti stopped in at Ocean Way Recording to add his indelible touch to a new track from Grammy-winner Juan Luis Guerra. Studio owner and recording engineer Allen Sides engineered the session with Botti's manager, drummer/producer ...
| Michael Wolff On NPR JazzSet 4/1; West Coast Tour In May
Washington, D.C. (Top40 Charts/ Michael Wolff Official Website) - Acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Wolff's appearance at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. is confirmed for broadcast on NPR Jazzset on April 1st. The performance will air on 119 NPR stations nationwide, and via jazzset.npr.org. Airdates ...
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The 33rd Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival
Atlanta, GA (Top40 Charts/ Atlanta Jazz Festival) - Whether it's out-of-this-world improvisation or boogie-woogie notes of Big Band music that moves you, the 33rd Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival embodies the spirit of Jazz and will unite the City of Atlanta for 31 days of amazing music during the '31 Days ...
| For Fans Of Daptone, Booker T, Or Soulive
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Myron Walden's long had his jazz bona fides in order but his new project is different. If you're a fan of Booker T and The MGs, Soulive, Jimmy Smith, or the Dap-Kings, you've got to take a listen to Myron Walden Countryfied. The outfit brings elements ...
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