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AVAILABLE NOW: THE AMERICAN NEGRO | Adrian Younge | Jazz Is Dead & Amazon Music

ADRIAN YOUNGE’S THE AMERICAN NEGRO   Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer, Producer and Former Law Professor Shares Powerful New Album featuring Music & Spoken Word Out Now via Jazz is Dead: LISTEN HERE Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer, Producer and Former Law Professor Shares Powerful New Album featuring Music & Spoken Word Out Now Takes an Unapologetic Critique Detailing the Systemic &…

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Chucho Valdez Academy

Cuban Pianist and Composer Chucho Valdés Opens his Online Music Academy  Before devoting himself entirely to a career in music as a pianist and composer, Chucho Valdés studied to become a teacher. His admiration for his uncle Emilio’s vocation, who was an important educator in Cuba, led him to attend teacher training school with the goal of…

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Benito Gonzalez | “Sing to the World” | Available May 14th via Rainy Days Records

Emerging Piano Talent Benito Gonzalez Releases his Fifth Recording of Originals: the Inspired, Moving, Dancing Sing to the World  on St. Petersburg, Russia-based Rainy Days Records   With propulsive pulse and Afro-Latin percussive drive, Benito Gonzalez places rhythm at the core of his exhilarating new album, Sing to the World, set for a May 14 release. All of the ten songs…

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Keith Jarrett | “Sun Bear Concerts” | ECM: PRE-ORDER NOW

  AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER 40 Years after its Original Release,  Keith Jarrett’s Sun Bear Concerts is Recreated from Original Analog Sources for Limited Edition of 2000 Copies   Sun Bear Concerts, documenting five complete solo performances by Keith Jarrett in Japan, is a milestone achievement in the history of jazz recordings. As DownBeat wrote on the occasion of the original release, Jarrett’s…

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Lunar Octet | “Convergence” | Available May 7th via Summit Records

  A decades-long institution in Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan, and also the nearby Metro Detroit area, the Lunar Octet is back with a potent collection of originals inspired by such wide-ranging influences as mambo, samba, funk, Afrobeat and jazz on Convergence. The title itself suggests a confluence of rhythms and styles, and that is precisely…

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AVAILABLE NOW: Yohan Giaume | “Whisper of a Shadow”

AVAILABLE NOW: French Composer/Trumpeter Yohan Giaume Presents Whisper of a Shadow Opus 1, a Sonic Celebration that Traces the Musical Lineage Between Europe, Africa and America Through the Eyes of Romantic Composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk Whisper of a Shadow is a Cross Cultural Project Featuring Evan Christopher, Herlin Riley, Nicholas Payton, Roland Guerin, Aaron Diehl, and More   Whisper…

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Nik Bartsch | “Entendre” | Available March 19 via ECM

  Swiss Pianist/Composer Nik Bärtsch Explores Listening as a Dynamic Process with Solo Album, Entendre   Available March 19, 2021 via ECM   A fascinating solo album from the Swiss pianist and composer, Entendre offers deeper insight into pianist Nik Bärtsch’s musical thinking, illuminating aspects of his playing and the nature of his modular pieces. As its titles imply the…

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Pianist Christian Sands Receives Second NAACP Image Awards Nomination

  Pianist Christian Sands Receives NAACP Image Awards Nomination for Be Water in Outstanding Jazz Album Category Nomination Follows Sands’ First GRAMMY® Award Nomination as a Leader for Best Instrumental Composition   Mack Avenue Music Group’s Christian Sands has continued to receive critical acclaim for his 2020 album, Be Water. The pianist and composer was honored to receive a NAACP…

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