BET J Explodes in June With a Sizzling Lineup of Hot Originals, Returning Shows and Music Specials
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ BET J) - BET J, the adult complement to BET, announced a new slate of shows for June 2007 which includes Black Music Month specials, returning BET J favorites, and BET Awards-related specials to name a few. The fresh menu of shows offers viewers a diverse mix of music ...
| Koch International Classics Releases Imani Winds 'Josephine Baker: A Life of Le Jazz Hot!'
PORT WASHINGTON, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Koch International Classics) - Koch International Classics is pleased to announce the release of "Josephine Baker: A Life of Le Jazz Hot!," the much-anticipated third recording from Grammy-nominated woodwind quintet Imani Winds. The group will kick-off this very special ...
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BET J Partners with the City Of Miami in the 'Joint Is Jumpin' Black Music Month Celebration
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ BET J) - BET J announced today its plans to partner with the City of Miami Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) in the special "This Joint Is Jumpin" Music Festival in celebration of June's Black Music Month. The music event will be produced by BET Event Productions from ...
| Chrysler Group Celebrates Toledo, Jazz and Decades of Heritage
TOLEDO, Ohio (Top40 Charts/ Chrysler Group) - The DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund today announced it will be the title sponsor of the annual Art Tatum Jazz Heritage Festival in Toledo for the fourth consecutive year. The fund and Chrysler Group donated $100,000 for this year's event. The yearly festival ...
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Suzanne Vega - Times Talks - Tues. June 19, 2007
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - The city that never sleeps has been inspiring musicians for decades - from Duke Ellington with "Take the A Train" to Jay Z and "The City is Mine" to They Might Be Giants with "Token Back to Brooklyn." Join four "hometown" talents - composer-performer ...
| VSA arts Brings Jazz Artist Melody Gardot to Washington
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ VSA arts) - VSA arts will bring up-and- coming jazz artist Melody Gardot to Washington for a series of performances in June as part of its annual Start with the Arts Family Festival. Melody Gardot and Quartet will perform on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage on June ...
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Patrick Yandall: New York Blues - This Recording Has A Good Mixture Of Vocal Tracks And Instrumentals
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Zangi Records) - Jazz and blues are kissin' cousins and nobody knows that better than Yandall, in fact he does a great job of combining both genres at times during the run of this CD. Although I am not accustomed to hearing any vocals on a Yandall release, I found it to ...
| Terence Blanchard's 'A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina)' Available On August 14, 2007
New Orleans, Louisiana (Top40 Charts/ Conway Studios/ Studio X) - Terence Blanchard's A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina), a beautifully haunting and impassioned song-cycle about the physical and emotional ravages incurred upon the City of New Orleans and its residents as a result of Hurricane ...
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Elisabeth Withers Nominated For Bet Award
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - The Black Entertainment Television channel has nominated R&B vocal sensation Elisabeth Withers for the BET J Cool Like That award, created to commemorate the 2006 re-launch of the former BET Jazz channel. Anthony Hamilton received the inaugural presentation ...
| Charles Mack in Chicago
CHICAGO, IL. (Top40 Charts/ Mack 9 Records) - Mack 9 Records' Charles Mack Band will appear at the following: Monday, May 28 Wise Fools Pub 2270 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 773-929-1300 9PM-10PM Show Mack is best known as Grammy Award Winner James Cotton's bassist and is a favorite at Chicago ...
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San Jose Jazz Announces Headliners for the 2007 Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival Presented by Southwest Airlines
SAN JOSE, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Southwest Airlines) - San Jose Jazz today announced the headlining artists for the 18th Annual Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival Presented by Southwest Airlines. Scheduled for August 8 - 12, 2007, the festival will feature hundreds of musicians on ten indoor and outdoor stages ...
| Diverse Artist Lineup Takes the Stage at Next Month's Indy Jazz Fest Presented by Kroger
INDIANAPOLIS, IN. (Top40 Charts/ Kroger PR) - Artists from around the world inspired by a wide variety of origins and genres will play in Military Park, downtown Indianapolis on June 15-17 at the 2007 Indy Jazz Fest presented by Kroger. Tickets are now available at any Kroger Store in Indiana for a ...
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Blue Note Records And Bonnaroo Team To Present 'Something Else'
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - Blue Note Records and Bonnaroo are proud to announce that they will team to present Somethin? Else, a dedicated Jazz club curated by Blue Note Records at the 2007 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The sixth annual four-day camping and music festival ...
| Vocal Sensation Sachal Vasandani Premieres New Music Video to Jazz and Soul Lovers Everywhere on BET J on May 21 at 1:00 P.M. ET/PT
WASHINGTON (Top40 Charts/ BET J) - BET J continues to be the leader in delivering black entertainment and lifestyle programming for the adult viewer and scores another hit with the special music video debut of captivating crooner Sachal Vasandani. The "Cool Like That" digital channel announced today ...
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Earth Wind and Fire, Boney James & Jonathan Butler Performing at PAETEC Jazz Festival
Baltimore, MD. (Top40 Charts/ PAETEC Jazz Festival) - PAETEC Jazz Festival Baltimore, (www.paetecjazz.com) presented by Merrill Lynch, has announced more artists in the lineup for the festival's exciting first edition August 9-11, 2007. R&B-ish pop jazz saxophonist Boney James and special guest Jonathan ...
| Jazz Great Michael Pedicin Continues to Amaze at The Jazz Hut in Atlantic City, New Jersey
NEW JERSEY (Top40 Charts/ Breakout Entertainment) - Michael Pedicin has always been a trend setter in the world of fine music and jazz. And now, with the emergence of The Jazz Hut he has created a venue not only for him, but other great musicians to play their music and sell their wares to an adoring ...
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Arthur Alexander's Rediscovery Chronicled On 'Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter,' Due on Hacktone Records, August 21
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Hacktone Records) - The only songwriter whose songs were covered by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley was Arthur Alexander. One of the greatest soul singers of all time, if not the best known, he penned "Anna," "Sally Sue Brown" and "You Better ...
| Michael Buble's New Album 'Call Me Irresponsible' Leaps To USA Albums No 1!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - You can call Canadian singing sensation Michael Buble a lot better than irresponsible. As of next week his "CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE" CD jumps to the number-one slot in the country and around the world, it was confirmed today by his record label, Warner/Reprise. ...
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Robben Ford Speaks The 'Truth' On His Latest Release, Out August 7, 2007 On Concord Records
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Concord Records) - The blues will never die is an axiom proven over and over again, but it does change shape. Robben Ford's latest Concord Records release, "Truth" presents blues as they are today: in a powerful setting only a master veteran like Ford could envision. "The blues ...
| Soul-Patrol Convention: Soul, Jazz, Funk, Hip Hop, Superstars Gather for 'Black Woodstock 2007' @ Black Heritage Festival
Philadelphia, PA. (Soul-Patrol Convention) - From May 25th - May 27 (Memorial Day Weekend), the award winning Soul-Patrol.com will partner with the Philadelphia Black Heritage Festival to bring the 2007 Soul-Patrol Convention to Philadelphia. "As we look at the current landscape, Black music/culture ...
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