Cecile McLorin Salvant – “Dreams and Daggers” – Available September 29
GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant has had a remarkable rise to stardom in her professional career, and she’s taking another big leap forward with Dreams and Daggers, her third album for Mack Avenue Records, available September 29. “The songs on this album are of dreams and daggers. The daggers have been used at times…
Read MoreDouyé – “Daddy Said So” – Available July 7
After two successful and well-received classic R&B albums, singer Douyé is on a career path that has taken an unexpected but ultimately logical turn. Douyé (pronounced Doe-Yay) has re-emerged as a very talented jazz singer on her impressive new recording Daddy Said So. It may seem as if this is a radical change but, as Douyé…
Read MoreSummer of ’96 – “Splendid Things Gone Awry” – Available July 21
1996 was a watershed year for hip-hop. Considered by some to mark the end of the music’s Golden Age, ’96 saw the release of numerous albums that would go on to be considered landmarks in the genre: Nas’ It Was Written, The Fugees’ The Score, A Tribe Called Quest’s Beats, Rhymes and Life, OutKast’s ATLiens, and The Roots’ Illadelph Halflife.…
Read MoreHarold Mabern – “To Love and Be Loved” – Available August 25
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn,” Eden Ahbez wrote in “Nature Boy,” his classic song, “is just to love and be loved in return.” That may not be something that pianist Harold Mabern has taught in the classroom during his decades as an influential educator, but it’s certainly a lesson that he’s passed on time and again…
Read MoreAdam Rogers’ DICE – “DICE” – Available June 16
Adam Rogers’ DICE Conjures Electrifying Debut with Eponymous Album Featuring Fima Ephron and Nate Smith Rock, Funk, Blues, Country and R&B Displayed on in the Moment Masterpieces to be Heard at Maximum Volume DICE – Available June 16 via ADRAJ RECORDS Modern jazz virtuosity combusts with a raw, eclectic mixture of rock,…
Read MoreUri Caine – “Space Kiss” – Available June 23
When worlds collide the results can be cataclysmic, but Uri Caine makes the stars align in thrilling and harmonious fashion on his latest merger of jazz and classical music, Space Kiss. The album brings the eclectic, ever-(re)inventive pianist and composer together with Poland’s Lutosławski Quartet on a wide-ranging set that blurs the lines between jagged…
Read MoreYelena Eckemoff – “In the Shadow of a Cloud” – Available August 4
A self-described ‘old fashioned romantic,’ Moscow-born pianist-composer Yelena Eckemoff once again demonstrates uncommon lyricism and a gift for melody on In the Shadow of a Cloud, her 11th recording since transitioning from the classical world to jazz back in 2010 with the release of Cold Sun on her own L&H Production label. With a pristine…
Read MoreDonna E. Scott – “Carnival” – Available
Thinking of Carnival conjures colorful, festive images of masked revelers, frenetic rhythms, and dancing in the streets. But as the prelude to the season of Lent, it’s also a time for spiritual reflection and renewal. On her second album, Carnival, vocalist Donna E. Scott explores all the facets of the holiday, from the celebratory to the introspective,…
Read MoreThe Savory Collection Vol. 3 – “Honeysuckle Rose: Fats Waller and Friends” – Available May 26
Nothing defined the essence of swing-era jazz better than the spontaneity of live performances for appreciative audiences, whether in person or on the radio. And that is perfectly demonstrated with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s The Savory Collection Volume 3 – Honeysuckle Rose: Fats Waller and Friends, the latest entry in its outstanding series of historic…
Read MoreCatherine Marie Charlton – “I Dream About This World – The Wyeth Album” – Available July 14
What started as a fascination and appreciation of the paintings of Andrew Wyeth (1917 – 2009) and the creative legacy of his father, artist and illustrator N. C. Wyeth (1882 – 1945), went on to become an integral part of Catherine Marie Charlton’s daily existence, life, dreams, and role as a mother, after several years…
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