Festival International De Jazz De Montreal Celebrates 30 Years
Montreal, Canada (Top40 Charts/ Festival International De Jazz De Montreal) - Ranked as the "world's largest jazz festival" by the Guinness Book of World Records, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year with an all-star lineup that promises world-class ...
| Concord Release 'The Very Best Of Prestige' CD
Cleveland, OH (Top40 Charts/ Concord Records) - The new 2-CD set 'The Very Best Of Prestige Records', hits stores this week (3.24.09) on CD & digitally. The new 'must have' compilation celebrates the 60th anniversary of Prestige Records. The track list features; John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, ...
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Cassandra Wilson To Release New Covers Collection 'Closer To You: The Pop Side' On April 7, 2009
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - Grammy-award winning jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson will release Closer To You: The Pop Side on April 7th via Blue Note/EMI. With her unmistakable honeyed husky voice, she has made intimate and personal statements with jazz, blues, R&B, country and ...
| Internationally Renowned Artists Herb Alpert & Lani Hall Sign With Concord Records
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Concord Records) - Concord Records is pleased to announce the signing of music icon and legendary trumpeter and bandleader, Herb Alpert, and his wife, the internationally renowned singer, Lani Hall. The celebrated duo's Concord debut Anything Goes is a live collection ...
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Jazz Legend Wynton Marsalis' New Album Available To Listen To For The Next 24 Hours Only On iLike
SEATTLE, WA. (Top40 Charts/ iLike) - Wynton Marsalis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, trumpeter and bandleader, and leading social music discovery service iLike announced that He and She, Wynton's new album of original music and spoken word, is available to listen to today in its entirety, only ...
| John Carrazzo's Defining Moment
White, GA (Top40 Charts/ Blue Canoe Records) - "Defining Moment" is a reflective, soulful EP that features the smooth melodies of John Carrozza. Mr. Carrazzo's pop sensibilities shine brilliantly throughout this collection on the keyboards, guitar and from the producer's chair. The opening track, "Defining ...
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Bill Wimmer Releases Live Testament To Jazz Project Omaha
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Wimjazz) - Bill Wimmer wanted to connect to longtime jazz associates and record an album. It all finally came together when he met with Dave Stryker (guitar), Victor Lewis (drums), Tony Guilzia (percussion), and Mark Luebbe (bass) to record a live set dubbed Project Omaha, ...
| Marcus Roberts Charts A Jazz Migration
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - For his new album 'New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1' (March 31 / J-Master Records), jazzman Marcus Roberts imagines a musical migration. In his eloquent liner notes, he writes, "We made this recording to show how New Orleans music impacted the music of ...
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Seamus Blake Quartet Release Double CD Set Live In Italy
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Seamus Blake Official Website) - Hailing from the hotbed of New York City's jazz scene can never hurt the chances of a musician getting some attention, especially if that musician plays like Seamus Blake. Blake is recognized as one of the finest and most creative young players ...
| Sara Wasserman Joins That Other Label/Pacific Coast Jazz
SAN DIEGO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Pacific Coast Jazz) - San Diego-based independent record label, That Other Label, a division of Pacific Coast Jazz, announces the signing of singer, Sara Wasserman. The agreement anticipates the release of her new CD, Solid Ground, slated for a street date of June 16, 2009. ...
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Diana Krall Live March 31st At The Winter Garden In The World Financial Center
New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - GRAMMY winner, multi-platinum seller and "jazz's premier female song stylist" (Billboard), Diana Krall in a rare performance with her quartet, Anthony Wilson, Jeff Hamilton, and Robert Hurst and a 30-piece orchestra conducted by Alan Broadbent. WHAT: ...
| Cagle & Nash 'Pick Up the Phone' and Release Highly Anticipated Multi-Genre Indie Album 'Soul Complete'
Charlotte, NC. (Top40 Charts/ Churchill-Nash Records) - Indie recording label Churchill-Nash Records announced today that the debut album from Cagle & Nash entitled "Soul Complete" is now available to purchase online and in music stores everywhere. Even before the launch of their initial album, Cagle ...
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New Instrumental Jazz/Funk Artist Alessandro Bottura Releases An Exclusive 'Morning Grooves' Album Available Now!
Modena, ITALY (Top40 Charts/ Alessandro Bottura Official Website) - Alessandro Bottura Lets Loose The Perfect Debut Album Of Instrumental Funk Songs In The New Morning Grooves CD. This album is full of wonderful surprises. The movements are complex and yet simple. All tracks are a delight to the ears. ...
| One Step Closer To 'One World' - Playing For Change Out April 28, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Hear Music) - Giving voice to an extraordinary effort to inspire peace through music and to connect diverse musicians worldwide, including those in conflict regions, Hear Music today announced the April 28 release of Playing For Change - Songs Around the World. The special ...
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Renowned Trombonist To Perform At Northwestern College, St. Paul
Roseville, MN (Top40 Charts/ Risdall McKinney Public Relations) - The Twin Cities Jazz Society and the Northwestern College Music Department present 'Jazz in the Heartland,' an evening of music featuring renowned trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. The evening starts out with a free master class by Gordon, ...
| Jazz Pianist Willie Daniels To Perform At The Sea Bird Jazz Lounge
Long Beach, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Sea Bird Jazz Lounge) - After a successful engagement with the Starlight Jazz Serenade, which featured the sounds and genius of leading jazz artists and award winning musicians, noted gospel and jazz pianist Willie Daniels and the 2-Jazzy Crew Band are back in rare form. ...
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J.P. DeLaire Releases Exclusive New Download-only Single 'The Game Of Love'
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Tender Girl Music) - Fresh on the heels of his critically acclaimed full-length CD "In My Life", Minneapolis singer/musician/producer J.P. DELAIRE is releasing an exclusive new single, "The Game Of Love". The soulful track with a touch of smooth jazz brings back that feel-good ...
| '1959 - Jazz's Greatest Year,' Classic Albums by Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck & Charles Mingus All Celebrate 50th Anniversaries In 2009
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Legacy Recordings) - Judging by the flow of jazz masterpieces recorded that year - among them, the Columbia Records classics Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis, and Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus - 1959 may indeed be described as the landmark ...
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'Dave Koz & Brian Culbertson Side By Side' U.S. Tour Launches In June 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol/ EMI) - Renowned instrumentalist/composer Dave Koz and jazz multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Brian Culbertson will hit the road together this summer, collaborating on one another's biggest hits as well as on songs from their latest albums. Dave Koz - Greatest ...
| The Rippingtons Release Modern Art
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Peak Records) - The Rippingtons' 18th release features an explosive lineup lead by founder Russ Freeman with special guests including smooth Jazz trumpet icon Rick Braun, Dave Karasony, Bill Heller, as well as new bassist Rico Belled and special guest, returning saxophonist ...
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