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  1. 15 July 2016Steve Cole Single “Mirage” Poised To Top Billboard ChartNORFOLK (15 July 2016): When saxman Steve Cole takes the stage Friday night at the Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival in Norfolk, Virginia, he will celebrate the release of his eighth album, “Turn It Up,” while on the precipice of adding another No. 1 Billboard single to his burgeoning catalogue of hits. The Artistry Music release produced by long-time Cole collaborator David Mann arrives Friday as the first single, the riveting aural oeuvre “Mirage,” holds the second spot ready to claim the peak position from Cole’s Sax Pack colleague Marcus Anderson.Read more
  2. 1 July 2016Bob Baldwin Goes For Olympic Gold With The Brazilian-American SoundtrackATLANTA (1 July 2016): As the eyes of the world focus on Rio de Janeiro this summer, Red River Entertainment released a generous 26-song double disc of authentic Brazilian jazz rhythms and distinctly American R&B grooves on Friday from keyboardist Bob Baldwin entitled The Brazilian-American Soundtrack. The Grammy-nominated artist had a hand in writing twenty tunes for the collection that he produced in two movements, Movement I: Rio-Ipanema and Movement II: New York, that were recorded in Rio, New York City and Atlanta over a three-year period. The first single that will be serviced to radio stations for airplay is the pulsating club music meets sultry Latin music blend “Ipanema Fusion.”Read more
  3. 25 June 2016Lemon Aid: “Instrumental Magic 2” to benefit Lighthouse for the BlindContinuing the legacy of benevolence that began ten years ago when the late music industry legend Henry Stone discovered blind saxophonist Jeff Zavac and featured him on “Instrumental Magic,” generating over one million dollars in contributions to the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind – the organization that came to the aid of the renowned record pioneer when he lost his vision in his later years – Henry Stone Music released the second collection on Friday. “Instrumental Magic 2,” showcasing Zavac with the Lemon City Rhythm Section and produced by Stone’s son, Joe Stone, and guitarist Aaron Fishbein, spotlights the saxman rendering soul-jazz interpretations of ten hits written or made classic by sightless artists including Stevie Wonder, Ronnie Milsap, Jose Feliciano and Ray Charles, the last of whom was first recorded by Henry Stone in the 1950s.Read more
  4. 24 June 2016Lemon Aid: Henry Stone Music Album Instrumental Magic 2 To Benefit Lighthouse For The BlindMIAMI (24 June 2016): Continuing the legacy of benevolence that began ten years ago when the late music industry legend Henry Stone discovered blind saxophonist Jeff Zavac and featured him on Instrumental Magic, generating over one million dollars in contributions to the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind – the organization that came to the aid of the renowned record pioneer when he lost his vision in his later years – Henry Stone Music released the second collection on Friday. Instrumental Magic 2, showcasing Zavac with the Lemon City Rhythm Section and produced by Stone’s son, Joe Stone, and guitarist Aaron Fishbein, spotlights the saxman rendering soul-jazz interpretations of ten hits written or made classic by sightless artists including Stevie Wonder, Ronnie Milsap, Jose Feliciano and Ray Charles, the last of whom was first recorded by Henry Stone in the 1950s.Read more
  5. 20 June 2016Imagineer Corrado Rustici Explores Expressive Guitar Sonicscapes On AHAMSAN FRANCISCO (20 June 2016): Eager to emerge from the “trance” and “lack of imagination” plaguing electric guitarists for the past several decades, Corrado Rustici devoted six years to exploring sounds and expansive musical contexts utilizing only the guitar as his field of experimentation and expression. The imaginative results are the nine songs he composed that together form Aham, an audacious collection of ambient fusion, progressive jazz, ethereal rock, moody pop, and dramatic classical performed and produced by Rustici set for release in the U.S. on July 15.Read more
  6. 17 June 2016Jack Magnet Pushes To Redefine Global WarmingREYKJAVIK, ICELAND (17 June 2016): There is nothing in the ten new songs that make up Jack Magnet / Woodward Avenue Records’ debut, Global Warming, that will inflame naysayers who deny climate change or its impact on the environment. It’s not that kind of album. Iceland’s popular musical export is on an entirely different mission: to reset minds using instrumental tunes to bring back love, peace and understanding to the world. Reteaming with his collaborator and friend of more than four decades, two-time Grammy®-winning producer Paul Brown, the keyboardist also known as Jakob Magnusson reenters the U.S. marketplace with the first radio single, “Still Boppin’ Along,” a jazz-funk strut.Read more
  7. 16 June 2016Damian Draghici Helps Romanian Refugees Realize The American DreamWOODLAND HILLS (16 June 2016): A year before he escaped communism in his native Romania by walking through the mountains of Yugoslavia and into Greece, the seed of Damian Draghici’s dream was planted when he was just a 17-year-old teenager who snuck into a Bucharest nightclub to watch a set by an American jazz combo. Nearly 30 years later, his vision will finally come to fruition on July 8 when Century Jazz Records issues The American Dream, a 13-song disc of standards produced by Dan Siegel and Tom McCauley that showcases the pan flutist collaborating with nearly two dozen jazz, Brazilian and Latin music greats, Grammy winners, icons and top-shelf musicians. Preceding the album at jazz radio is the sultry bossa nova “Ceora,” an exquisite duet with trumpeter Chris Botti.Read more
  8. 6 June 2016Steve Cole Previews New Album With Mesmerizing “Mirage”MINNEAPOLIS (6 June 2016): Known for consistently cranking out chart-topping singles that deploy big vibrant pop hooks, contemporary jazz saxophonist Steve Cole conjures a sonic escapade with the hypnotic “Mirage,” the first single from his forthcoming eighth album, Turn It Up, which will be released July 15 by Artistry Music. Radio programmers were instantly spellbound, making the track from the David Mann-produced set of R&B grooves and soul-powered sojourns the No. 1 most added single on the Billboard BDS chart.Read more
  9. 29 April 2016Home Cooking Is Winning Recipe For Super Trio B.W.B.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.Read more
  10. 12 April 2016Third Barbados Jazz Excursion adds exotic encounters to provide intimate experiences on the Caribbean islandSoul-jazz saxophonist Elan Trotman has always taken great pride in his Barbadian roots. A few years ago, the Boston-based artist leapt at the opportunity to showcase the cozy Eastern Caribbean locale by creating and hosting a Columbus Day Weekend jazz festival on the island, inviting a handful of contemporary jazz chart-toppers to share the marquee. This October 7-10, the native son returns home for his third annual Barbados Jazz Excursion at the plush Crane Resort with perhaps the strongest talent lineup yet, a fresh itinerary of unique excursions and a golf tournament to benefit Trotman’s newly formed Never Lose Your Drive Foundation, which raises funds for a local music program that provides students with regular music instruction from local tutors and quarterly faculty visits from the prestigious Berklee College of Music and other college professors. After all, it was the government of Barbados that awarded Trotman a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music where he launched his own music career.Read more
  11. 11 April 20163rd Barbados Jazz Excursion Adds Exotic EncountersBOSTON (11 April 2016): Soul-jazz saxophonist Elan Trotman has always taken great pride in his Barbadian roots. A few years ago, the Boston-based artist leapt at the opportunity to showcase the cozy Eastern Caribbean locale by creating and hosting a Columbus Day Weekend jazz festival on the island, inviting a handful of contemporary jazz chart-toppers to share the marquee. This October 7-10, the native son returns home for his third annual Barbados Jazz Excursion at the plush Crane Resort with perhaps the strongest talent lineup yet, a fresh itinerary of unique excursions and a golf tournament to benefit Trotman’s newly formed Never Lose Your Drive Foundation, which raises funds for a local music program that provides students with regular music instruction from local tutors and quarterly faculty visits from the prestigious Berklee College of Music and other college professors. After all, it was the government of Barbados that awarded Trotman a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music where he launched his own music career.Read more
  12. 24 March 2016Shannon Bryant “Light” captures hearts and mindsSAN FRANCISCO (24 March 2016): Even before Shannon Bryant “Light” was released, CBC Radio Canada’s “Fresh Air” made the ten-song singer-songwriter session mixed by multiple GRAMMY® winner Joe Chiccarelli (Jason Mraz, Alanis Morissette, U2, Elton John, Frank Zappa) a “Top Pick” for February. Midwest Record hailed the intimate collection issued on the Belle Estrela Music label as “one of the best confessional singer/songwriter sets,” a sentiment echoed by Exclusive Magazine’s emphatic confirmation “Yep, this album of tracks completely written and produced by Shannon Bryant is just that damn good.”Read more
  13. 23 March 2016Super trio B.W.B. is in the mood to party Memphis styleSHERMAN 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.Read more
  14. 24 February 2016Hitman Darren Rahn seeks maximum impact with “Sonic Boom”DENVER (24 February 2016): The saxophonist’s fifth album, due March 4, will have an exclusive world premiere on February 27; dynamic first single, “D-Luxe,” explodes onto radio playlists.Read more
  15. 23 February 2016Bonk Breaker® Introduces Two Refreshing Flavors of Real HydrationSANTA MONICA (23 February 2016): Thirsty for something Real? Bonk Breaker® introduces solution to quench thirst with two refreshing flavors of Real Hydration made with real fruitRead more
  16. 17 February 2016Anne Walsh: “Brand New” set to blossom with the arrival of springLONG BEACH (17 February 2016):Read more
  17. 10 February 2016Matt Von Roderick Bringing “Hero’s Journey” to lifeLOS ANGELES (10 February 2016): Alternative jazz alchemist Matt Von Roderick to perform his new album live at an immersive multimedia concert production at The Sayers Club in Hollywood on March 10 & 17.Read more
  18. 13 January 2016Shannon Bryant shines a philosophical “Light” on new album, due February 26San Francisco, CA. (13 January 2016):Read more
  19. 12 January 2016Bonk Breaker® teams with CTS to fuel the journey of athletes at all levelsSANTA MONICA (12 January 2016):Read more
  20. 11 December 2015Matt Von Roderick boldly embarks on a transcendent “Hero’s Journey”LOS ANGELES, Calif. (11 December 2015): Experimental pop trumpeter-rapper, Matt Von Roderick, audacious album arrives digitally Friday exclusively on BandcampRead more
  21. 9 December 2015Jazz keyboardist Mark Etheredge “Connected,” due February 26Overcoming connectivity issues: jazz keyboardist Mark Etheredge connects with GRAMMY®-winning producer Paul Brown to create “Connected,” due February 26.Read more
  22. 1 December 2015Guitarist Rob Tardik to celebrate “Moments” back home in TorontoTORONTO, Ontario (December 1, 2015): Following the successful launch of his fifth album in the U.S., the award-winning contemporary jazz artist turns his attention to his native Canada with Tuesday night’s CD release concert.Read more
  23. 30 October 2015Might Santa Claus bring Mariea Antoinette a GRAMMY® nomination?SAN DIEGO (30 October 2015): Urban-jazz harpist will release a funky disco rendition of “Gloria” for the holiday season as GRAMMY® voters consider her “Straight from the Harp: Special Edition” for nominations in five categories.Read more
  24. 13 October 2015Darren Barrett: Jamaican roots color “Trumpet Vibes”BOSTON (October, 13 2015):Read more