The Morrison Hotel Gallery & Sony Music Entertainment's Icon Collectibles Announce 'The Genius Of Miles Davis... The Columbia Years'
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - On November 20, 2008 the Morrison Hotel Gallery and Sony Music Entertainment's ICON Collectibles will present "THE GENIUS OF MILES DAVIS...The Columbia Years," a photographic exhibition celebrating one of the 20th century's most profoundly influential ...
| 'Then And Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock' Features Classic Tracks Selected For Preservation In The Library Of Congress
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Each year the Library of Congress selects a small number of audio recordings to preserve for all time in the National Recording Registry, based on their historical, artistic or cultural importance to our society. Herbie Hancock's 'Head Hunters' was recently ...
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Inside Latin Jazz Brings To You: An Unforgettable 2-Day Series With International Saxophonist Justo Almario At The Shannon Center!
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ KJAZZ 88.1 FM) - Inside Latin Jazz is the Ruth B. Shannon Center's newest series-and is set to debut with International Saxophonist Justo Almario on November 13th and 14th. Inside Latin Jazz will offer fascinating and penetrating onstage interviews and a concert. Moderated ...
| The Hani Naser Band
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Top 40 Charts/ Hani Naser Official Website) - The Hani Naser Band plays an "in the now" kind of music. These four musicians from different parts of the world mix their roots with contemporary rhythms and melodies. Masters of improvisation, their jams are full of folklore, and listeners ...
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Project Grand Slam Hits It Out Of The Park With Play
Hollywood, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Project Grand Slam Official Website) - Project Grand Slam promises to hit plenty of homeruns with the October 28 release of their debut album Play. With five of its thirteen tracks and the band having already been prominently featured on the hit NBC Series 'Lipstick Jungle,' ...
| Grammy Winners Pinetop, Honeyboy, America's Last Original Delta Bluesmen Set To Make History In Dallas
Dallas, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Shoe Project) - On November 7, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. two of America's greatest treasures, Blues legends and Grammy Award winners Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, 95, and David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 93, will perform for over 4,000 students as part of The Blue Shoe ...
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Sista 'O' And D'Vine Praize Prove Their Faith With Meditation
Sacramento, CA. (Top40 Charts/ R.N.L.G.) - Meloding classic traditions with pop sensibility, Sista 'O' and D'Vine Praize find salvation through music with their debut release Meditation. The album deftly mixes jazz, soul, and gospel to convey hopeful messages of faith and worship, succeeding musically ...
| Hope Is Born: Desmond Pringle's Ode To The Election Season
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Desmond Pringle Official Website) - Inspired by this historic election season that has seen the first viable black presidential candidate and a new sense of hope throughout the nation, Chicago-based gospel balladeer Desmond Pringle has released a new single "Hope is Born" as ...
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Top Billboard Charting Artist Ryan Farish Independently Releases New Album 'Wonderfall'
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ RYTONE ENTERTAINMENT) - Top Billboard Charting Composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Farish recently announced the Independent release of his sixth full-length album "Wonderfall." The album, features 16 new original compositions by the Dove award-winning ...
| Rebecca Martin Brings Together Songcraft, Motherhood, And Activism For 'Stellar' Release
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Rebecca Martin - singer-songwriter, mother and activist - has brought all of her strengths together for 'The Growing Season' (Sunnyside). Jazz and pop critics alike are praising this album, not just for its "exhibition of craftsmanship" (Downbeat), but ...
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Michael Wolff Readies 'Joe's Strut' For Feb '09
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Wrong Records) - Pianist Michael Wolff delivers his most accomplished, nuanced and forthright jazz album to date, with the February 10, 2009 release of 'Joe's Strut' on Wrong Records. The upcoming CD, Wolff's first new recording of straight-ahead, original, instrumental jazz ...
| Lori Bell - The Music Of Djavan
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Resonance Records) - From American jazz vocal royalty Carmen McRae and Al Jarreau to Brazilian singing stars Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso, the songs of Brazilian singing/songwriting pop star Djavan have been sung and heard round the world. To a lesser extent, the music of ...
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Bill Cunliffe - The Blues And The Abstract Truth, Take 2
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Resonance Records) - With his new album, The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2, pianist Bill Cunliffe doesn't so much reinvent a modern jazz classic as open it for incisive interpretation. Working with clean, uncluttered arrangements and a stellar cast of improvisers, Cunliffe ...
| What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? Mix Love And Alchemy On New CD 'And Other Stories' At The Lizard Lounge In Cambridge, MA On November 15, 2008
Boston, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Rounder Records) - Boston neo-cabaret band What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? plays with love, identity, sexuality, and alchemy on its latest CD, "And Other Stories." The band has been a staple in the Boston underground cabaret scene since the early 2000's, sharing stages with bands ...
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Boz Scaggs On Tour To Promote 'Speak Low'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Decca Records) - Five years after his first volume of standards, But Beautiful, debuted at No 1 on the Billboard Jazz chart, GRAMMY award winning musician Boz Scaggs offers his second volume of standards and ballads, aptly titled Speak Low (out September 30 on vinyl and wide ...
| Grammy Award Winners Among 20 Notable Artists To Perform In Settlement Music School's 'Jazz All-Stars'
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Top 40 Charts/ Settlement Music School) - They have one thing in common. They were all taught at Settlement Music School and on Sunday, November 16 at 3pm, these 20 well-respected and well known jazz artists will come together for the first, and perhaps only time to honor their alma ...
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Molly McFadden Announces Her New CD 'Live From Molly's'; Launch Party On November 2, 2008
MIDLAND, MI (Top40 Charts/ Robin Plous Lapins Public Relations) - Molly McFadden (nee Scates) was once called "the future of New York Cabaret" by such icons of song as Sylvia Sims and Margaret Whiting. Today, the musician turned restaurateur has released a CD "Live From Molly's" recorded in the bistro ...
| Jazz Violinist Christian Howes Breaks Out With Heartfelt
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Resonance Records) - After releasing a string of potent CDs as a leader, a majority of which flew under the radar of most jazz critics, violinist Christian Howes is set to make a big splash with Heartfelt, his spectacular debut on Resonance Records. Rather than exhibiting ...
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Eric Van Aro Releases Independent Desert Motel EP
Lugano, Switzerland (Top40 Charts/ ERAKI Records) - It has been three years since Eric Van Aro released new music but as they say, good things come to those who wait. Friends was released in 2005 to worldwide acclaim and the new EP Desert Motel is a sure bet to follow in the wake of that success. The ...
| Miraflores' Miget To Tour With Dr. Anthony Brown And The Asian American Orchestra
San Francisco, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Miraflores Music) - On Thursday, November 6, 7:30 pm North Bay saxophonist Marcia Miget will perform with Dr. Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra as part of the Marquee Jazz Series at University of Illinois Champaign Urbana's Foellinger Great Hall. A mutual ...
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