Category Archives: Press Release

     VOCALIST ROBIN MCKELLE DEBUTS NEW WORKING GROUP, THE FLYTONES, ON LATEST ALBUM, SOUL FLOWER, AVAILABLE JUNE 11 VIA OKeh Album Available as a Digital-Only Release Projects Presents a Contemporary Blend of Soul and Rhythm & Blues Featuring Special Guest Appearances by Lee Fields and Gregory Porter      “Not since …
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     AVAILABLE NOW:  CHRISTIAN McBRIDE + INSIDE STRAIGHT RELEASES LATEST MACK AVENUE RECORDS ALBUM,  PEOPLE MUSIC   Three-Time GRAMMY® Award Winner’s First Inside Straight Project Since 2009 Inside Straight is: Steve Wilson, Warren Wolf, Peter Martin and Carl Allen, With Guests Christian Sands and Ulysses Owens, Jr.        …
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AVAILABLE TOMORROW: HARD-HITTING LIVING COLOUR DRUMMER WILL CALHOUN RETURNS TO HIS JAZZ ROOTS ON LIFE IN THIS WORLD, VIA MOTÉMA MUSIC    Album Features Ron Carter, Donald Harrison, Wallace Roney, Marc Cary, Charnett Moffett, John Benitez, and Cheick Tidiane Seck Album Release Performance May 17-19 at The Blue Note with Marc …
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  Vocalist CAROL DUBOC Celebrates New Album  Release, Smile, With Two Los Angeles Area Performances   Featuring Jeff Lorber and Jimmy Haslip     May 26 at Spaghettini Grill & Lounge – Seal Beach    May 29 at Catalina’s Jazz Club – Hollywood      Carol Duboc - vocals Jeff Lorber – keyboards Adam Hawley – guitar …
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MEDIA ALERT:  JAIMEO BROWN - Transcendence  Album Release at DROM, Tuesday, May 14 – Featuring JD Allen, Chris Sholar and Falu        “The album’s themes of religion and civil rights evoke past masters such as Max Roach and John Coltrane, and in following their lead Brown has delivered one of the …
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      YOUN SUN NAH -  Lento Album Release at  Rockwood Music Hall, Thursday, June 27 Youn Sun Nah – vocals Ulf Wakenius – guitar 196 Allen Street Phone: (212) 477-4155 Web: rockwoodmusichall.com “She has operatic range and amazing control, lacing a passage with  a sly twisted note, an edge of …
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    Available Now: OKeh Pays Homage to Italian Vocalist/Multi-Instrumentalist LUCIO DALLA with Dalla in Jazz   Album Available as a Digital-Only Release OKeh is proud to release Dalla in Jazz, a tribute to the late Italian vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Lucio Dalla (available now as a digital-only release). On March 1, 2012, Dalla, who had a lifelong affiliation …
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 BILL HORVITZ EXPANDED BAND – The Long Walk Album Release Performance at Roulette - Sunday, June 30 “The Long Walk is big, boisterous, complex, bold and ultimately gorgeous  . . . a wondrous musical eulogy.” - DownBeat   Stream “Astor Place” From The Long Walk  Guitarist/Composer Bill Horvitz is set to appear at Roulette in Brooklyn …
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    CÉCILE McLORIN SALVANT -  WomanChild Album Release at 54 Below, Tuesday, June 25   Presented as Part of the New 54 Below WBGO Jazz Series            Cécile McLorin Salvant – vocals Aaron Diehl – piano Paul Sikivie – bass Rodney Green – drums    Sets at …
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    GERI ALLEN & FRIENDS CELEBRATE THE GREAT JAZZ WOMEN OF THE APOLLO – SATURDAY, MAY 11 AT THE APOLLO THEATER     Directed by S. Epatha Merkerson, Narrative by Farah Jasmin Griffin   Featuring Geri Allen & The Timeline Quartet, Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tia Fuller, …
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