BWB - Great Scott P.R.oductions

Sherman Oaks, Calif. (29 April 2016): It’s a musical event worthy of celebration whenever three premier recording artists who individually and collectively have amassed dozens of No. 1 singles, a catalogue of chart-topping albums and a couple of GRAMMY®’s get together to make a record. Putting solo careers on hold in favor of a collaborative outing as a trio known as B.W.B. for only the third time in 14 years, trumpeter Rick Braun, saxophonist Kirk Whalum and guitarist Norman Brown released a self-titled disc on the Artistry Music label last Friday (April 22). This home-cooked feast of Memphis soul, dance party jazz and garage band funk is their first set comprised entirely of original songs written by the powerhouse combo and produced by Braun. “BWB” quickly stormed up to No. 3 on the Billboard singles chart and is virtually a lock to take possession of the top spot.

SHERMAN OAKS, CALIF. (23 March 2016): You can almost smell the tangy barbecue sauce dripping from the forthcoming self titled album B.W.B. by chart-topping trio B.W.B., who throw down like a sweaty garage band at a Memphis backyard house party on their debut for the Artistry Music label arriving April 22. It’s the first time the band made up of GRAMMY® winners Norman Brown (guitar, vocals) and Kirk Whalum (saxophone, flute, vocals) and Rick Braun (trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone, vocals) cooked up a festive, sticky-fingered feast of ten new contemporary jazz, R&B, soul and funk joints. Braun produced the session in his suburban Los Angeles-area home studio where the band moved in with their families and lived together for an entire week. The result is a collaborative disc celebrating brotherhood and live music. The tantalizing title track is the first radio cut, which enters Billboard’s Top 10 on next week’s singles chart and appears to be ticketed for the top spot.