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Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band | “Presence” | Available September 21 via Smoke Sessions Records
Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band Returns with Raucous Live Recording, Presence Long-running Ensemble, Led by The Bad Plus’ New Pianist, Creates Family Vibe Onstage in Philadelphia For Third Album Available September 21 via Smoke Sessions The influence of the late playwright and educator Donald Evans has always loomed large over the…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Cyrille Aimée | “Cyrille Aimée Live” | Mack Avenue Records
AVAILABLE NOW via Mack Avenue Records: Cyrille Aimée Turns the Page with Live Finale of Longstanding Band While Looking to New Adventures in Music and Life with Cyrille Aimée Live The end of one chapter means the beginning of another. Like all the best cliffhangers, Cyrille Aimée Live leaves the audience wanting more…but also eager to…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Buster Williams | “Audacity” | Smoke Sessions Records
Iconic Bassist Buster Williams Marks New Chapter in His Career After Decade Long Studio Hiatus with Audacity Available Now on LP, CD, and Digital Formats Album Features Steve Wilson, George Colligan, and Lenny White Audacity. It’s a word that seems ideally suited to the bold and intrepid bassist Buster Williams. Whether supplying eminently tasteful but strong-as-steel backing for singers like Nancy Wilson…
Read MoreSteve Turre | “The Very Thought Of You” | Available August 24 via Smoke Sessions Records
Virtuoso Trombonist Steve Turre Displays Brilliant Artistry with Heartfelt Ballads on New Release, The Very Thought of You Available August 24 via Smoke Sessions Records on Double Vinyl LP, Deluxe 8-Panel Gatefold CD Digipak, and Hi-Res Download The thought of Steve Turre inevitably conjures the image of a dauntless virtuoso. Over the course of a…
Read MoreAvailable Tomorrow: Tia Fuller | “Diamond Cut” | Mack Avenue Records
Available Tomorrow on Mack Avenue Records: An Empowered Tia Fuller Returns After Six Year Recording Hiatus: Saxophonist Withstood Extreme Pressures, Came Out Radiating Pure Light Diamond Cut: Produced by Terri Lyne Carrington, Album Features: Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, James Genus, Adam Rogers, Bill Stewart, and Sam Yahel “An unimpeachable force on the alto is back,…
Read MoreSaxophonist Vincent Herring Announces Tour in Support of “Hard Times”
Saxophonist Vincent Herring Announces Tour in Support of Latest Album, Hard Times Tour to Feature Dave Kikoski, Yasushi Nakamura, and Carl Allen There’s no avoiding the hard times. Every human being that’s walked this Earth has had his or her share of the blues, from the personal to the political, the local to the global.…
Read MoreAvailable Now: Cameron Graves | “Planetary Prince: The Eternal Survival EP” | Mack Avenue Records
Available Now on Mack Avenue Records: Cameron Graves – The Planetary Prince – Advances Truth of Creativity with New Release, Planetary Prince: The Eternal Survival EP, feat. Stanley Clarke, Kamasi Washington, & Ronald Bruner, Jr. Who is the Planetary Prince? According to keyboardist and composer Cameron Graves, it’s him. The title and concept go back long before…
Read MoreAvailable Now: Christian Sands | “REACH Further EP” | Mack Avenue
Out Today on Mack Avenue Records: Christian Sands’ Digital-Only Live REACH FURTHER EP New Full-Length Album Scheduled for Fall 2018 After a dynamic 2017, filled with international touring and the release of his critically acclaimed Mack Avenue Records debut album REACH, singularly talented pianist, GRAMMY® Award-nominee, and Steinway artist Christian Sands is expanding on his…
Read MoreChristian Sands | “REACH FURTHER EP” | Available May 18 via Mack Avenue Records
Christian Sands Announces Ambitious Summer with Digital-Only Live REACH FURTHER EP, International Touring & Serving as Creative Ambassador to the Erroll Garner Project REACH FURTHER EP Available May 18 via Mack Avenue Records New Full-Length Album Scheduled for Fall 2018 After a dynamic 2017, filled with international touring and the release of his critically acclaimed…
Read MoreErroll Garner | “Nightconcert” | Available July 13 via Mack Avenue Records
Octave Music, in Partnership with Mack Avenue Records, to Release Erroll Garner: Nightconcert – Live Recording at Midnight Concert in November of 1964 at The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam Features Eight Never-Before-Heard Song Interpretations + Newly Discovered Original Song Available July 13 on Mack Avenue Records There are certain musical artists who have transcended genre…
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