5th Annual Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival
New York (Top40 Charts/ Jazz At Lincoln Center PR) - Diet Coke, the world's leading diet soft drink, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, the not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to inspiring and growing audiences for jazz, announced the 5th Annual Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. ...
| Smokey Robinson Unveils Music Video For 'Don't Know Why'
New York (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The legendary Smokey Robinson has unveiled a new video for "Don't Know Why," the first single from his new album. 'Time Flies When You're Having Fun' is out August 25 on Robso/ADA and features guest appearances from Joss Stone, Carlos Santana and India.Arie. ...
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Stefon Harris & Blackout To Release Urbanus On Concord Jazz August 25, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ SpecialOps Media) - Concord Jazz today announced the release of vibraphonist-composer Stefon Harris's 7th album as a bandleader and Concord debut, Urbanus. The new release picks up where 2004's Evolution left off in that it features Blackout, his scintillating ensemble that's ...
| Jazz Diva Dena Taylor - Determined Vocalist Produces Masterpiece In The Face Of Adversity
DALLAS, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Dena Taylor Official Website) - Texan jazz diva Dena Taylor has today received glowing acclaim from online music website MyMusicSuccess.Com for her recent album release 'Round Midnight'. This collection of classic jazz tracks features a number of all time favourites from ...
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Meijer Supports 30th Anniversary of Detroit International Jazz Festival
DETROIT, MI. (Top40 Charts/ Detroit International Jazz Festival) - Education is at the heart of the Detroit International Jazz Festival's programming and outreach, and Meijer, a Michigan based company celebrating 75 years, has stepped up to the plate to support it at the 30th Annual Festival, September ...
| Jon Secada Returns To His Roots With Release Of 'Expressions: The Jazz Album' On September 22, 2009
New York (Top40 Charts/ Caprio Media Design) - The voice is unmistakable. That velvety croon, with tinges of R&B and jazz that can swiftly go from humor-one can almost hear the smile-to unabashed, suave romance, have become trademarks for Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter, Jon Secada. On September ...
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'QSF Plays Brubeck,' New CD from Grammy-Nominated Quartet San Francisco, Features the Music of Dave Brubeck
New York (Top40 Charts/ Terri Hinte PR) - Grammy nominees for their 2006 "La'tigo" and 2007 "Whirled Chamber Music," Quartet San Francisco pays homage to the legendary pianist and composer Dave Brubeck on its new ViolinJazz Recordings CD, "QSF Plays Brubeck." The acclaimed cross-genre string quartet ...
| Legendary Bassist 'Ready' Freddie Washington Finds His 'Moment' On Debut Release
New York (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The legendary bassist Freddie Washington has played on sessions or on tour with a "dazzling" (AllMusic) list of notables, including Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Leonard Cohen, and is now touring worldwide with Steely Dan. ...
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Darrell Nulisch Just for You Oct. 20
Gloucester, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Severn Records) - Severn Records announces an October 20 release date for Just for You, the latest CD from blues/soul singer and harmonica player Darrell Nulisch. This is Nulischs fifth album for Severn, which is independently distributed by City Hall Records, and follows ...
| Soulful Jazz Artist, Harold Little, Releases Dynamic Project 'Daddy's Groove'
New York (Top40 Charts/ Harold Little Official Website) - Simply put, Harold Little knows jazz. With an education at D.C.'s renowned Duke Ellington School of the Arts and additional study at the University of District of Columbia's Jazz Studies Program, Little honed his craft for the improvisational ...
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Patrick Yandall Hits The Top Of The Smooth Jazz Charts With 'Urban Flight' Single
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Patrick Yandall Official Website) - Veteran jazz guitarist Patrick Yandall's tenth indie release A New Day, delivers the goods once again. It has become commonplace at this point in Yandall's career for him to release a new album of excellent smooth jazz that makes an immediate ...
| Terence Blanchard, Bilal And Dr. Cornel West - 'Choices'
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Concord Jazz) - Concord Jazz is proud to announce the signing of three-time Grammy award winning trumpet player and composer Terence Blanchard. With more than 29 albums to his credit, Blanchard has established himself as one of the most influential jazz musicians and film ...
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George Benson's 'Songs And Stories' In Stores August 25, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Concord Records) - National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master and 10X Grammy-winning, legendary musician George Benson will release his new album on August 25th entitled Songs and Stories, his second for Concord Records / Monster Music. The album is a collection of tunes penned ...
| Chris Pasin Releases Detour Ahead On H2O Records
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ H20 Records) - Chris Pasin's love affair with the trumpet began at the age of nine. After many years of frustration trying to survive as a creative musician he left music to take on different occupations to support his family. As his family grew they gradually pulled him back ...
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Your Songs, The New Harry Connick Jr. Album, Available On September 22, 2009
New York (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - Columbia Records recording artist, singer and pianist Harry Connick Jr., just barely out of his thirties, has released 24 albums under his own name, which have sold 25 million copies around the world. Although he has recorded various genres of music, from ...
| Tickets Selling Fast For Kenny G's August 22 Performance
Indiana (Top40 Charts/ French Lick Resort) - Kenny G, the biggest-selling instrumental musician of all time and best-selling jazz musician of the modern era, will bring his soulful sounds to French Lick Resort for one very special show Saturday, August 22 at 8 p.m. Tickets are priced from $29 to $89 ...
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The Russ Spiegel Jazz Orchestra Live In NYC
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Redwood Entertainment) - The Russ Spiegel Jazz Orchestra will perform live at The Gershwin Hotel in NYC on Tuesday August 11th, 2009, featuring music from their CD, 'Transplants.' Recently voted as one of the Top 10 Jazz Albums of the Year by Michael Valentine, Music Director ...
| Harlem In Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Hits All The Right Notes On PBS' Great Performances Series
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ WNET.ORG) - Beloved American jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway once said, 'You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmy Luncefords, the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only built in the minds of the great ones, but on the backs of the ...
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AUGUST 4: LOUIS ARMSTRONG
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Tuesday, August 4th. One of the most revered figures in the history of jazz, Louis Armstrong - nicknamed "Satchmo" - was born in New Orleans on this date in 1901. His worldwide fame was such that one of his nicknames was "Ambassador Satch." While the exact date of Armstrong's ...
| 'Flights and Sounds of Summer' to Sizzle With Cuban Dance Rhythms and New Orleans Jazz
IRVINE, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Orange County Great Park) - The Orange County Great Park's "Flights and Sounds of Summer" is set to sizzle this weekend with two red hot music and dance performances guaranteed to get you shaking your hips. Come cha-cha-cha to the dynamic Latin music of Nachito Herrera ...
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