Reverend Zen Nominated for Best Song in the 2007 Los Angeles Music Awards
Katonah, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blakjak Music) - The New York based rock/jazz/R&B group Reverend Zen has just been nominated for Best Song in the 2007 Los Angeles Music Awards (AC/AAA Category) for their song "Dangerous Times." "Dangerous Times" is Reverend Zen's VH1 Song of the Year Contest Finalist track ...
| Vinson Valega Keeps The Dialogue Going With 'Awake'
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Consilience Productions) - The project—featuring the sextet of Terell Stafford (trumpet) Chris Bacas (trumpet), Jon Cowherd (piano), Josh Ginsburg (bass), Anton Denner (woodwinds) and Valega (drums)—reflects his strong belief that music and democracy are linked, ...
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Soul-jazz Saxophonist Jamie Williams 'Overjoyed' To Have Oscar Winner Jennifer Hudson On His Debut CD
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Jamie Williams Official Website) - "Dreams do come true" and "Timing is everything" are just a couple of time-honored clichés that come to mind when you hear Jamie Williams' story. Ever since he was a young teenager, the saxophonist dreamed of recording an album. In the ...
| Norah Jones To Attend 60th Cannes Film Festival
Sydney, AU. (EMI MUSIC Australia) - On May 16, Norah Jones will attend the 60th Cannes Film Festival, where acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar Wai's first English-language film 'My Blueberry Nights' is set to open the Festival. Jones stars in the film, joined by a cast that includes Jude Law, David ...
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The Saltman Knowles Quintet Has Something To Sing About
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Blue Canoe Records) - "It's About The Melody", by Saltman Knowles Quintet {Blue Canoe Records}, brings tight jazz harmonies and elegant lyrics together in a pleasing, sophisticated fashion. By combining compelling, interesting jazz arrangements and a sense of poetry in a friendly, ...
| Babysoul Is Born: Jackiem Joyner's Debut CD Finally Emerges
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ ARTizen Music Group) - It's rare for a musician still in their mid-20s to possess the depth of talent, maturity and vision that saxophonist-flutist-songwriter- producer Jackiem Joyner has. The buzz that began gestating late last year produced the birth of Babysoul, Joyner's ...
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Beck Is Back And Better Than Ever On Whaling City Sound Tri07
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Whaling City Sound) - It's hard to overstate the accomplishments of jazz guitar icon Joe Beck. But the amazing thing is, you don't have to know Beck's past to appreciate his splendid new album, Tri07, on Whaling City Sound. Applying the blindfold test, you know at the very least ...
| Studio Update - May '07
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - Al Green – was back in the studio in NYC last month recording the next installment of his exciting new album for Blue Note. The conceptualization for the record is a fresh take on vintage soul. A bridge between the legendary soul man's classic ...
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Charles Mingus Sextet With Eric Dolphy Cornell 1964 - Available On July 17, 2007
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - A remarkable never-before released concert from Cornell University in 1964 that captures the bass master at a creative peak with one of the finest ensembles of his career. The 2-disc set features inspired performances of Mingus classics such as "Fables ...
| New Miles Davis Remix Project Is Brewing: Evolution Of The Groove Set For Release This Summer Featuring Santana And Nas
Hollywood, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Sony/ Legacy) - A new Miles Davis re-mix project entitled Evolution of the Groove, featuring performances by Santana, Nas and Olu Dara (father of Nas), is set for release this summer (date tba). Davis nephew, Vince Wilburn, Jr., is co-executive producer of the 5-song EP, ...
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Fans of Soul Songstress Jill Scott Can Enter the VerizonSurround 'Love Rain' Music Video Contest to Win Tickets to Her Concert and Autographed CDs
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Verizon) - Fans of Grammy Award-winning soul and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter Jill Scott can enter a music video contest and win the opportunity to meet with Scott and attend one of her two concert performances next month at Radio City Music Hall, featuring special ...
| LeMel and Sharell Feature Keely Smith at 2nd Annual Concert for the Society of Singers June 22nd at the El Rey Theatre
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Society of Singers) - Following the success of last June's sold-out 3 Men and a Big Band benefit concert, the Society of Singers (SOS) will present 2 Men ... A Woman and a Big Band, a show at which longtime record executives and occasional singers Jerry Sharell and Gary ...
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New Orleans Jazz Festival Web Coverage Courtesy of High Tech Team
New Orleans, LA. (Top40 Charts/ Michael Murphy Productions) - Confidence Bay has teamed up with the AT&T Blue Room, Michael Murphy Productions, and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation to bring live coverage of the New Orleans Jazz Festival to the world via the website https://blueroom.att.com/mainstage/index.php ...
| Soulful Singing Of Jazz-Infused Pop And R&B On ALLISON CORNELL'S 'Pretty Colored Lights'
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Allison Cornell Official Website) - Allison Cornell is a seasoned singer who is no stranger to the stage. She has a Masters from Juilliard, continued her education in New York, and toured doing vocals, keyboards, viola/violin with Joe Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Shania Twain, ...
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Goodman Marketing Partners' Campaign for KCSM-FM Promotes World's Third Largest Collection of Jazz Recordings
SAN RAFAEL, CA. (Top40 Charts/ GMP) - Goodman Marketing Partners (GMP), a full service direct marketing company, has created a direct mail campaign for KCSM-FM in San Mateo, Calif., that promotes the little known fact that KCSM maintains the world's third largest collection of jazz recordings. Only ...
| Music Legend Maynard Ferguson's Final CD To Debut This Friday, May 4, 2007
ST. LOUIS, MO. (Top40 Charts/ Contemporary Productions ) - Contemporary Productions is pleased to announce the release of The One and Only Maynard Ferguson Legacy CD. Recorded at Bennett Studios in Englewood, NJ, following a sold out engagement in New York City at the famed Blue Note Jazz Club, this ...
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Frankie Valli/Edgar Winter Drummer Craig Pilo Releases Ehanced Jazz Fusion CD Today
Los Angeles, CA. (Top 40 Charts/ Rue De La Harpe Records) - 'Just Play' an enhanced jazz fusion CD is available today for immediate purchase. The CD features Mitch Forman and Ed Czach on Fender Rhodes, Tom Kennedy, Dave Enos, Keith Hubacher, Jim King, Bart Somolis, and Jonathan Pintoff on bass, Doug ...
| Patrick Yandall Releases New York City Blues
San Diego, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Zangi Records) - International recording artist/guitarist Patrick Yandall has released his eighth album titled New York Blues.The recording is a departure from what listeners have heard over the years from the versatile guitar wizard. Yandall has taken his music in a more ...
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Prepare For 'Mellowland'
Memphis, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Reggie Hamilton official website) - "When U Need A Love", "Mellowsmoothie Jazz Mix", "Spellbound", "Relax", "Liberation"...these are just some of the songs from the long awaited R&B/Neo Soul/Jazz CD release by Reggie Hamilton entitled "Mellowland". Reggie Hamilton is an artist ...
| Trumpet Player Thomas Heflin's 'Symmetry'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Blue Canoe Records) - "Symmetry", the debut of jazz trumpeter Thomas Heflin on Blue Canoe Records, explores the vast possibilities of contemporary post bop jazz through a carefully balanced program of original compositions and thoughtfully selected cover tunes. The self produced ...
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