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The Rippingtons Release Modern Art
The new album from The Rippingtons, Modern Art; out today (3.10) on Peak Records (Concord Music Group).
Wynton Marsalis To Release New Album March 24th
On March24, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, trumpeter and bandleader Wynton Marsaliswill release his fifth Blue Note recording, Heand She - an ambitious new album of 22 tracks that combines spoken word andWynton's signature Jazz style.
Posted February 26th, 2009 by GlennHStax issues "Soul of Hip-Hop"
Fourteen-track collection due March 31, 2009 - includes original Stax hits of the ‘60s and ‘70s later sampled by contemporary hip-hop artists
All-Star Set Includes Isaac Hayes, Booker T & The MGs, The Emotions, William Bell, David Porter, The Bar-Kays, The Dramatics, Rufus Thomas, Little Milton and many more
The Rippingtons To Release New Album March 10th On Peak Records
Smooth Jazz pioneers The Rippingtons will release their latest album, Modern Art, on March 10th via Peak Records (Concord Music Group).
The Rippingtons' 18th release features an explosive lineup lead by founder Russ Freeman with special guests including smooth Jazz trumpet icon Rick Braun.
Posted February 17th, 2009 by GlennHDefinitive Ray Charles Anthology to be released
Posted February 10th, 2009 by conqueroo
Chick Corea Collaborates With Japanese Pianist Hiromi On Duet
Grammy-award winning pianistChick Corea released Duet,a 2-CD live performance with up-and-coming virtuosic Japanese pianist Hiromi, this week via Concord Records.
Originallyreleased in Japan in 2007 on Universal, Duetbecame the top-selling jazz album of theyear. The 12-track, 2-CD release marks Chick Corea's first recorded pianoduet album since 1978's An Evening WithHerbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert.
Posted February 3rd, 2009 by GlennHIsrael Houghton Releases "The Power Of One" March 24th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ISRAEL HOUGHTON RELEASES THE POWER OF ONE MARCH 24
Multiple GRAMMY, Stellar, Dove Award Winner Returns to Solo Artist Roots; Album Features Special Guest Vocalists tobyMac, Martin Smith, Mary Mary, Chevelle Franklin
Posted January 29th, 2009 by MalaikaPeter Cincotti Releases New Album
Singer-songwriter-pianist PeterCincotti released East Of Angel Town thisweek via Warner Bros.
Posted January 27th, 2009 by GlennHPBS Showing Film On 1967 Stax European Tour
Motown may be fifty years old this year but in those formative years of soul, there was another musical dynasty taking shape 700 miles to the south. Raw and hardworking, yet dapper too with influences rooted deeply in gospel and blues, the brash Southerners at Stax Records that forged Memphis soul were song-and-dance men who knew how to bring an audience to its feet. Stax stars like Otis Reading oozed sensuality while the band that backed them (Booker T.
Posted January 25th, 2009 by jeffrEliane Elias Releases New Album on Blue Note Records
Posted January 14th, 2009 by GlennH
