Soulful Newcomer Kristina Train To Release Her Blue Note Debut Spilt Milk On October 20, 2009
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - kristina Train - who was born in New York City and raised in Savannah, Georgia - has made an urbane, soulful, and lush debut that showcases her stunning voice. As a vocalist, Train alternates between gentle balladeering and powerful belting, her bluesy vibrato ...
| THE SOUND OF A NEW WORLD RISING - WITH ECHOES OF THE PAST
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Visionsound) - World Rising, to be released by Visionsound on August 11, is an innovative and vibrant jazz project from keyboardist Ben Dowling featuring a cast of famous friends from the jazz, funk and world music spheres. A gifted pianist with solid straight ahead jazz, ...
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Song Selections Revealed For Love Is The Answer, The Avidly Anticipated New Studio Album By Barbra Streisand
New York (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - The final song selections for Love Is The Answer, the eagerly awaited new studio collection of intimate jazz standards performed by Barbra Streisand, are being revealed in anticipation of the album's release on Tuesday, September 29. The first full-length ...
| 50th Anniversary of Kind of Blue celebrated with limited edition commemorative package
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Music Entertainment UK) - 2009 sees the 50th anniversary of Miles' masterpiece Kind of Blue. To celebrate this landmark a limited edition 50th anniversary package is being released. The package will retail at about �80, and will include 2 tickets to the Tower Festival ...
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Toulouse Engelhardt With Lee Ritenour At The Coach House, San Juan CapistranoOn July 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Lost Grove Arts) - After his recent two-year exercise composing, arranging, perfecting and recording his latest work, "Perpendicular Worlds," guitar virtuoso Toulouse Engelhardt will return once more to the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday, July 30th, 2009 for ...
| Manhattan Transfer To Perform Benefit Concert For The Society of Singers
New York (Top40 Charts/ Society of Singers) - The legendary vocal group Manhattan Transfer is performing a benefit concert for the Society of Singers (SOS), which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The show will take place on the evening of September 11, at the El Portal Theatre in North ...
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Mark Rapp Set To Play WC Handy Festival
New York (Top40 Charts/ Mark Rapp Official Website) - This weekend (July 24 & 25), trumpeter and composer Mark Rapp and his NY-based band will come back for a second year in a row bringing his original sounds of contemporary/modern Jazz to Florence, Alabama at the 28th annual WC Handy Festival. Past ...
| Spyro Gyra Bassist Gets Exotic On New Dark Chocolate Release, 'Unwrapped'
OAKS, PA. (Top40 Charts/ MVD Entertainment Group) - Megawave and MVD Audio are proud to announce the CD release of Dark Chocolate "Unwrapped" on September 8th, in North America. One of the most respected modern day jazz outfits is undoubtedly Spyro Gyra, whose free-flowing yet instrumentally complex ...
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'2009 Jazz Artist Of The Year,' Earl R. Johnson Jr.
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Earl R. Johnson, Jr Official Website) - Bursting out on the Jazz landscape in a big way, Los Angeles-based pianist/composer Earl R. Johnson, Jr. won '2009 Jazz Artist of the Year' at the recent 5th Annual South Bay (Los Angeles) Music Awards in Southern California. Additionally, ...
| San Jose Jazz & Capitol Corridor To Bring Bay Area Music Fans To AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival
SAN JOSE, CA. (Top40 Charts/ San Jose Jazz) - San Jose Jazz wants to remind music fans they don't have to drive to Downtown San Jose to enjoy the 20th AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival on August 7-9, 2009. Capitol Corridor's passenger train service is a fast and affordable way to get to the show. With 16 ...
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MANHATTAN TRANSFER MAKE LONG-AWAITED RETURNS TO THE STUDIO!
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Manhattan Transfer Official Website) - Award winning jazz vocal group, MANHATTAN TRANSFER, are currently in the studio finalizing their new release - THE CHICK COREA SONGBOOK, a record inspired by the classic work of jazz great CHICK COREA. The CD features fresh and exciting ...
| Jazz Pianist Marcus Roberts 'Clearly At An Artistic Peak' (Jazz Times), Plays Six Nights At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Jazz At Lincoln Center), July 21-26
New York (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Marcus Roberts returns to the city that inspired his latest record, 'New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1,' for a six-night run, July 21-26, at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Jazz at Lincoln Center). While in NYC Roberts will appear on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show for ...
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AL BASILE SETS SEPTEMBER 22 RELEASE DATE FOR NEW ALBUM 'SOUL BLUE 7,' ON SWEETSPOT RECORDS
New York (Top40 Charts/ Sweetspot Records) - Sweetspot Records announces the September 22 release of Soul Blue 7, the new CD from singer-cornetist Al Basile, which will be distributed nationally by City Hall. Produced by Duke Robillard and recorded at Duke's Mood Room studio in Pawtucket, Soul Blue ...
| Maxmus: Nu Jazz Project Brings Artists Together From Across The Globe
New York (Top40 Charts/ Maxmus Official Website) - Composer and collaborator Max Makin's music project 'Maxmus' brings together a wealth of musical talent from across the world. This accomplished guitarist and composer from Luzern, Switzerland has created a number of unique works which can be sampled ...
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'Jazz On The Ave' Summer Concert Series Showcases East Downtown Dearborn
New York (Top40 Charts/ East Dearborn Downtown Development Authority) - The East Dearborn Downtown Development Authority (EDDDA) has partnered with Smooth Jazz V98.7 to present a free summer concert series on Wednesday evenings in July and August. The "Jazz on the Ave" outdoor concerts will be held ...
| Jim Peterik's Lifeforce Brings 'Jazz That Rocks' To The Abbey
New York (Top40 Charts/ QZQ Creative) - Chicago music legend JIM PETERIK will bring his latest project, the smooth jazz group "LIFEFORCE" to Chicago's Abbey Pub for a special one-night-only appearance on Saturday, July 25th at 8pm. Peterik's career has spanned five decades as a platinum hit songwriter ...
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Cuban Rhythms Meet The African Skies
New York (Top40 Charts/ Blue Canoe Records) - "African Skies" is the electric sophomore release from jazz piano prodigy Joel Holmes. Mr. Holmes has been lighting up the Eastern United States for years and has recently been touring the world with Grammy-nominee Nnenna Freelon. Somewhere in between ...
| Emma Alabaster Releases Her Debut Release In The Third Generation The Daughters Are Free
New York (Top40 Charts/ Proliferate Music) - Proliferate Music announced their debut release, Emma Alabaster's In the Third Generation the Daughter's Are Free. The release is being distributed digitally through popular online retailers such as iTunes, eMusic, Amie Street, Amazon, and others. Alabaster's ...
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AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival Continues Tradition Of Great Music, Family Fun And Affordability
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Pacifico) - San Jose Jazz today announced the annual AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival to be presented August 7-9 in downtown San Jose. From Friday afternoon to Sunday evening, music lovers will converge on the heart of Silicon Valley to enjoy three days of jazz, blues, salsa, Latin, ...
| George Benson Returns With 'Songs And Stories' On August 25, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Apropos Management & Marketing) - New Collection is NEA Jazz Master's Follow-Up to 2006's Grammy Winning 'Giving It Up' National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master and 10X Grammy-winning, legendary musician George Benson will release his new album on August 25, 2009 entitled ...
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