The 41st Montreux Jazz Festival is scheduled for July 6-21, 2007 and we can easily bet that Montreux favorites Nile Rodgers and Chic will return once again for a sizzling performance.
Elektra Records has announced that they will release Love Songs by Natalie Cole on January 30, 2007. This collection from both Elektra and Rhino will include Cole’s two hit duets with Nat King Cole, Unforgettable and When I Fall In Love.
A number of major artists, including Richard Elliot, Peter White, Rick Braun, Nick Colionne, Hiroshima, Dazz Band, and George Duke have signed up for the 15th Annual City Lights Jazz Festival 2007. Other performers include Stone Soul Picnic, BarKays, Jonathan Butler, Urban Jazz Coalition, and Philippe Saisse. The event is scheduled for April 20-21, 2007 in Las Vegas.
Toto will headline the 5th edition of the Annual Dubai International Jazz Festival 2007 in Dubai. Toto recently released their latest album, Falling In Between, after nearly seven years of studio inactivity.
Joe Sample and Randy Crawford team up for an upcoming album due for release in early 2007. The pair are currently on tour together.
Upcoming 2007 CDs are due from Maxwell, Ronny Jordan, Jason Miles with Candy Dulfer, Keiko Matsui, Norman Brown, Dave Koz, Acoustic Alchemy, Chuck Loeb, Walter Beasley, Freddie Ravel, and Chieli Minucci with Special EFX.
The Second Annual Valentine’s Day Weekend with Phil Perry Fan Cruise sets sail February 16-19, 2007. Click to www.jazzfesttravel.com/perry_cruise.htm for more information.
Bassist Marcus Miller will host the North Sea Jazz Cruise, July 5-17, 2007. Originating in Copenhagen, the ship will make stops in Oslo, Stockholm, and Munich.
Emmy-award winning singer/songwriter Melissa Manchester returns to radio with a beautiful, brand new Christmas song, co-written with Canadian songwriter, James Collins, My Christmas Song For You. This moving, jazzy tune was recently released on Sony-BMG Canada's Platinum Christmas III. The song is now available worldwide on iTunes, Pure Tracks, and Rhapsody. Also, check out Manchester’s latest album, When I Look Down That Road.
Earth, Wind & Fire return with another brilliant release, In The Name Of Love, which features the band’s core line up of Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson. As is the case with the best of their 70's recordings, this project is filled with commanding, dazzling romantic ballads (Bailey can still hit the high notes to send shivers up and down the spine) and old-school horn driven funk that will have you groovin'. Co-written by Maurice White and Brenda Russell, Change Your Mind is the first single and is the very definition of "smooth vocal." Round and Round and Cruising are also flawless radio-friendly ballads.
World famous BBC1 radio DJ Gilles Peterson can be heard on the 24/7 chill music station broadcasting out of Santa Fe, New Mexico - blu 102.9 (KLBU) every Sunday night at 5 pm. Here’s a sampling of some the tracks played on the December 3 broadcast: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Jupiter; Exploding Star Orchestra – Cosmic Tomes part 3; El Michels Affair – Duel Of The Iron Mic; Menahan Street Band – Karina; Saroos – During This Course; Riton – Hungry Ghost ; 4Hero – Sink Or Swim; and Sunshine State – Day Job (Alister Johnson mix). In case you can’t listen on Sundays, there is a rebroadcast every Wednesday at 9 pm and they also stream via the Internet.
Rafe Gomez of The Groove Boutique has been added to the roster of the Berks Jazz Festival (Reading, PA) in March 2007, and to the Seabreeze Jazz Festival (Destin, FL) in April 2007. The Groove Boutique originates out of New York’s Smooth Jazz WQCD-FM (101.9) and is syndicated around the country. For more information click to www.grooveboutique.com
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones will perform at the 34th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in June 2007. Bela Fleck will also collaborate with jazz piano master Chick Corea, and he will also perform with the new quartet formed by Abigail Washburn, the Chinese-influenced Sparrow Quartet.
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