AVAILABLE NOW: Gary Burton | “Take Another Look: A Career Retrospective” | Available via Mack Avenue Music Group
Mack Avenue Music Group Proudly Presents the First-EverCareer-Spanning Retrospective of the Remarkable andGround-Breaking Career of NEA Jazz Master Gary Burton Take Another Look: A Career Retrospective,Available Now, Spans More Than 50 Years with35 Definitive Tracks on Five 180-gram Vinyl LPs Featuring an All-Star Cast of Jazz Greats IncludingChick Corea, Pat Metheny, Jim Hall, John Scofield,Julian…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Christian McBride | “Christian McBride’s New Jawn” | Brother Mister Productions
AVAILABLE NOW: Christian McBride’s New Jawn Releases Eponymous Debut Album on Bassist’s New Mack Avenue Music Group Imprint, Brother Mister Productions Band Features Trumpeter Josh Evans, Saxophonist Marcus Strickland, and Drummer Nasheet Waits Jawn [jän]: noun. A slang terminology from Philadelphia. All-purpose term for a person, place or thing. Sure, Christian McBride could have called…
Read MoreIvo Perelman | “Strings 1” & “Strings 2” | Available November 16 via Leo Records
Ivo Perelman Reaches Into Distant & Recent Past, Exploring Newly Forged Collaboration With Violist Mat Maneri On Strings 1 & Strings 2 Double Disc Set Available November 16 via Leo Records In recent years, the irrepressible and inexhaustible tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman has forged a special relationship with violist Mat Maneri, with whom he has…
Read MoreMack Avenue Music Group Celebrates Magnificent Year with Rebranding and New Logo Leading into 20th Anniversary in 2019
Mack Avenue Music Group Celebrates Magnificent Year with Rebranding and New Logo Leading into 20th Anniversary in 2019 More Than 25 Projects Released in 2018 – CDs, EPs and Vinyl – Alongside Announcement of Brand New Imprint Under Christian McBride’s Direction, Brother Mister Productions Mack Avenue Music Group is celebrating a magnificent year which included…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Unreleased Historic Recordings: “Dexter Gordon Quartet Espace Cardin 1977” & “Woody Shaw Quartet Live in Bremen 1983”
Elemental Music Continues Landmark Series of Previously Unreleased Historic Recordings Dexter Gordon Quartet’s Espace Cardin 1977 and Woody Shaw Quartet’s Live in Bremen 1983 Both Available on CD and Vinyl, October 19 Elemental Music is pleased to announce the release of two recently discovered, previously unreleased live recordings: Dexter Gordon Quartet, Espace Cardin 1977 and…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Connie Han’s “CRIME ZONE” | Mack Avenue Records
AVAILABLE NOW: 22-Year-Old Pianist Connie Han Brings Jazz into Neo-Noir Territory On Mack Avenue Records Debut CRIME ZONE “This 22-year-old pianist is the rare musician with fearsome technical chops, a breadth of historical knowledge and enough originality to write tunes that absorb your ear easily.” – The New York Times “She’s already a crazy-good player,…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: “Ice on the Hudson” | Songs by Renee Rosnes & David Hajdu | SMK Jazz
Available Now via SMK Jazz Pianist/Composer Renee Rosnes and Author/Lyricist David Hajdu Release First Album of Songwriting Collaborations, Ice on the Hudson Album Release Performance Tonight at NYC’s Birdland Ice on the Hudson features vocalists René Marie, Janis Siegel, Darius de Haas and Karen Oberlin and an all-star ensemble interpreting diverse songs about the emotional complexities…
Read MoreAVAILABLE NOW: Brazilian Composer & Vocalist Manu Lafer’s “Gimme 5”
AVAILABLE NOW: Brazilian Singer-Songwriter Manu Lafer Celebrates Two Decades of Composing with the Rhythmic Brazilian Sounds of Gimme 5 Album Melds Afro-Carribean, Brazilian Bossa Nova & Baião, Jazz, Pop & Rock Fusion Influences With Gimme 5, prolific Brazilian singer-songwriter Manu Lafer offers listeners a joyful slap of the hand, an enthusiastic greeting to audiences around…
Read MoreLisa Hilton | “OASIS” | Available December 7 via Ruby Slippers Productions
Lisa Hilton Forges Safe Haven During Tumultuous Times with New Release OASIS Album Available December 7 via Ruby Slippers Productions “Hilton’s melodies frequently blend the two-handed punch of Horace Silver with the moodiness of McCoy Tyner…” – Stereogum “Hilton’s music is picturesque and impressionistic…the pianist has excellent technique.” – Downbeat An enticing oasis pulsing with West…
Read MoreAlicia Olatuja Signs with Resilience Music Alliance
Resilience Music Alliance Announces Signing of Vocalist Alicia Olatuja New Album, Intuition: Songs From the Minds of Women, Coming in February 1, 2019 Resilience Music Alliance is proud to announce the addition of critically acclaimed and versatile vocalistAlicia Olatuja to the label’s growing eclectic roster. Praised by The New York Times as a “singer with a strong and luscious tone and…
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