Marcus Roberts Picks Top Jazz Albums
New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - With his new album 'New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1' scheduled for March 31 release on J-Master (via TuneCore), we asked pianist Marcus Roberts for his five favorite classic jazz CDs. 1. "Monk's Dream" (Thelonious Monk Quartet) This 1962 recording ...
| Songstress Mycah Chevalier Performs Live For Her CD Release Party At Leftbank
Washington, DC. (Top40 Charts/ Silver Starr Art Studios) - Vocalist and songwriter Mycah Chevalier celebrates the recent release of her debut CD, Roux's Fantasy, on Sunday, February 15th at LeftBank in Adams Morgan. This can't-miss affair will feature a live performance by the beautiful Mycah and her ...
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Steinway Artist Kevin Kern Releases New CD
Minneapolis, MN. (Top40 Charts/ Real Music Records) - Pianist and composer Kevin Kern has just released his latest CD, Endless Blue Sky, on the Real Music label. The new collection from this Billboard charting master of melody contains 13 original compositions comprising nearly an hour of exquisite ...
| Giorgio Costantini - Venetian Maestro Takes On The World
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Giorgio Costantini Official Website) - Giorgio Costantini is a Venetian pianist with an ear for sound that is rare amongst musicians of any kind. But when you realise that this is a classical artist who understands the complexities and nuances of dance music, it is clear that ...
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Diana Krall & 'The Look Of Love' Arranger Claus Ogerman Reunite For 'Pretty Wild' 'Quiet Nights' (Out 3.31 From Verve)
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - When Diana Krall and arranger Claus Ogerman teamed up for the first time in 2001, the result was Krall's multi-platinum, chart-topping, GRAMMY-winning album 'The Look of Love.' The two have come together again for the first time since for Krall's new ...
| Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard Receives Grammy For Best Large Jazz Ensemble
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Official Website) - As the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra was getting ready for the downbeat at the Village Vanguard in New York City, Douglas Purviance (the VJOs bass trombonist) was accepting the Best Large Jazz Ensemble GRAMMY award for their critically acclaimed ...
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Capitol/EMI Releases Nat King Cole 'Voices Of Change, Then & Now' Digital EP Via All Major Digital Service Providers
HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol/ EMI Records) - As the United States welcomes President Barack Obama to the White House and Black History Month begins, Capitol/EMI is proud to present a musical salute to universal hope and progress. A new digital EP of songs by the incomparable and unforgettable ...
| Doug Astrop Releases Audio Visual, Film And Television Instrumental Music Re-Imagined
Atlanta, GA. (Top40 Charts/ Lion Eagle Productions) - Atlanta-based pianist/keyboardist Doug Astrop (https://www.dougastrop.com) has released Audio Visual, a new instrumental album, on which he re-makes (or re-imagines) well-known songs from the world of film and television. These new recordings are ...
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Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of Davis' Kind Of Blue And Coltrane's Giant Steps
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Jazz At Lincoln Center) - Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates the 50th anniversary of two seminal albums: Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and John Coltrane's Giant Steps with music director Mulgrew Miller leading his trio consisting of Ivan Taylor on bass and Rodney Green on drums. ...
| Trumpet Great Claudio Roditi's Love Letter To Brazil
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Resonance Records) - In a unique two-day venture, trumpet/flugelhorn player Claudio Roditi has created Brazilliance x 4, a stunning tribute album to the land he loves, celebrating with colleagues that he's known and worked with for many years, all of them fellow Brazilians. 'How ...
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Paul Jackson Jr. Returns To The Spotlight
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ By Rick Scott/ Great Scott Productions) - It's been nearly six years since Paul Jackson Jr. scored a No 1 single at contemporary jazz radio with his version of the Motown classic, "It's A Shame." Since then you've seen him deploy his chameleon-like "guitarisma" on American ...
| Greg Skaff Releases Instrumental Jazz CD East Harlem Skyline
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Zoho Music) - Greg Skaff brings the harmony of life and expertise to every song he creates. Just as they were on his previous release on Zoho Music, Ellington Boulevard, the spirits of guitar and organ trios of the past are honored with the new release East Harlem Skyline. ...
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Lift Every Voice Recording Celebrates Black History Month And Carnegie Hall's Honor! Festival
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Masterworks) - As Black History Month 2009 is being celebrated Sony Classical releases Lift Every Voice - Honoring The African American Musical Legacy, a newly compiled two-CD anthology of seminal performances of more than 60 years of recordings drawn from a variety ...
| Washington, DC Area Based - 76 Degrees West Band - Celebrates South Bay Music Award Nomination
Washington, DC. (Top40 Charts/ Viola's Babygirl's Ventures) - If the snow and ice storm in Washington, DC, on January 27, 2009 didn't stop their countless number of local fans from selling out their performance at Blues Alley, then one may safely conclude that there's absolutely nothing that will stop ...
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Columbia Records Set To Release 'Chris Botti In Boston,' The New Live CD & DVD Collection!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - On Thursday, September 18 and Friday, September 19, 2008, American jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, one of the world's top-selling instrumental artists, invited an extraordinary variety of musical artists - including Sting, Josh Groban, Steven Tyler, Yo-Yo ...
| Join SFJAZZ For Its 2009 Gala Celebration: 'The Real McCoy'
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ SFJAZZ) - As America fully enters the 21st Century, jazz continues to sing its eclectic, democratic, improvisational song. More than any other art form, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King '�(jazz) has strengthened us with its sweet rhythms when courage began to ...
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Singer Sherrie Keys Takes Baseball Fans Out To The Ball Game In Song
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sherrie Keys Official Website) - You know it's the start of another baseball season when the smell of hotdogs is in the air and a jazzy rendition of 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' shows up on hundreds of myspace music players. In anticipation of another great baseball season, ...
| Now Is The Time!
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Everyday Records) - Now Is The Time EP is the debut release from UK indie jazz trio - Now Is The Time The trio comprises Helen Walker (Piano), Dave Bundy (Bass) and Mike Walker (Drums) Playing quirky, jazz influenced, cover versions of some of their favourite pop songs during ...
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NPR To Feature Steve Wilson, '09 Tour Hits NY, D.C., More
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ NPR) - NPR to Feature Steve Wilson's Kennedy Center Performance on JazzSet Non-Stop '09 Activity Includes a Week at The Village Vanguard with Michael Wolff, Blue Note Anniversary Tour and Spring Headlining Concerts Saxophonist Steve Wilson continues to develop his reputation ...
| Aguilar Amplification Announces Master Class With Gerald Veasley
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Aguilar Amplification) - Aguilar Amplification, maker of high-quality bass amplifiers, speaker cabinets and accessories for bassists is pleased to announce the continuation of their Artist Series Master Classes on Saturday, March 7, 2009 with endorsing artist, Gerald Veasley. ...
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