JAZZ CHILL NEWS BITS: THIEVERY CORPORATION, MICHEL CAMILLO, HAROLD MELVIN'S BLUE NOTES, BRIAN SIMPSON, PHILLIPPE SAISSE, JONATHAN BUTLER & MORE...

JAZZ CHILL NEWS BITS…….…Thievery Corporation have made available their unreleased track, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, originally recorded back in January 2006. This AOL Music DJ Sessions exclusive release features the Govinda Remix version woven together with other gems from the ERSL music catalogue. The track is now available for download from iTunes and AOL MusicNow……….Upcoming March concerts: Harold Melvinss Blue Notes, Sharon Paige, Blue Magic, Frankie Morales and Timothy Wilson will appear at the New Jersey University, and Leon Ware will appear at the Temple Bar in Los Angeles……….Michel Camillo’s latest release, Rhapsody in Blue, features covers of George Gerswhin songs, along with backup by the 95-piece Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. The album is also available in a Hybrid SACD version on the Telarc label……….Jonathan Butler recently performed at the largest Black History Month event ever, the Pan African Film & Arts Festival. The festival, which kicked of on February 9th in Los Angeles, celebrated its 14th anniversary and featured more than 150 movies by filmmakers from around the world. The opening night festivities, at which Butler performed his current single Rio, began with the critically acclaimed new film from South Africa, Tsotsi, nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign film……….Warner Latina releases Italian diva Laura Pausini’s Live in Paris 2005 CD along with a bonus DVD of the concert………..Watch for new CD’s coming out in the next couple of months from Dionne Warwick, Billy Griffin, Karrin Allyson, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Take 6, The Yellowjackets, Maria Muldaur, Bugge Wesseltoft, Bobby Lyle, Anthony Braxton, Nestor Torres, Fela Kuti, Nelson Rangell, India.Arie, and Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore……….Smokey Robinson has joined the cast of the Broadway play Chicago. Robinson will appear in the role of Billy Flynn and has contracted to stay with the show through June 2006……….Phillippe Saisse has signed with Rendezvous Entertainment and will be releasing an album, The Body And Soul Sessions on April 18. Saisse’s first single, Do It Again, hit the radio airwaves last week and was the most added song on the Smooth Jazz playlists. The single has also made its debut on the Radio and Records national airplay chart……….Brian Simpson will be doing a series of free performances at Borders and Books and Music stores this month: March 13 at the Washington, D.C. Borders (1801 K Street NW); March 14 at the Baltimore Borders Timonium (170 W. Ridgeley Rd.); March 16 at the Philadelphia Borders (1. S. Broad); and March 17 at the New York Borders in Columbus Circle. Kirk Whalum will join Simpson for the March 16 and 17 performances……….Dionne Warwick has signed on to appear at the upcoming 10th annual St. Kitts Music Festival this June……….Ultra cool public radio station KCRW and KCRW.com present a Tina Dico performance at Boca in San Francisco on March 22……….Atlanta-based quartet, Jiva release their debut CD, Sun & Moon, presenting a mix of styles from soul to Brazilian jazz to house grooves. Rhonda Thomas and Alex Lattimore provide the vocals……….Apple has announced the iPod Hi-Fi, it’s an all-new high-fidelity speaker system that works seamlessly with the iPod to redefine the home stereo system. According to Apple, iPod Hi-Fi delivers breathtaking acoustic performance and room-filling sound unlike any other speaker system designed for the iPod in an innovative, all-in-one design that can be powered from a wall socket or by six D-cell batteries. iPod Hi-Fi is easily controlled by the Apple Remote for an amazing stereo experience in any room in the house.