Friday, January 05, 2007

CHILL GROOVES & SMOOTH JAZZ NEWS: JAZZMASTERS, CHRIS BOTTI, SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, ED TAYLOR, DAVE KOZ & MORE...

Chris Botti and Chuck Loeb are featured on The Magic Touch, a track from saxman Donald Harrison’s 3D album. Harris is an alumnus of Art Blakely’s Jazz Messengers.

Trippin 'N' Rhythm Records has announced the recent signing of the Jazzmasters 2007 tribute tour to Variety Artists with their first confirmed concert date at Art Good's new Indian Wells Jazz Festival in Palm Springs in late March. The band will feature Gregg Karukas, Chris Standring and Shilts. Many more dates to be announced. Also, the Jazzmasters tribute was chosen by Art Good as Best Live performance of the year and picked, Jazzmasters V as one of his top ten albums of 2006 as well as attaining #1 status on both the national radio and billboard retail charts.

Capitol Records will release a deluxe edition of the title debut CD from Corinne Bailey Rae on Feb. 6.

Mindi Abair, Candy Darling, and the music of Paul Hardcastle & The Jazzmasters featuring Paul Shilts, Chris Standring, Gregg Karukas and Ray Parker Jr. will headline the upcoming JazzTrax Festival. The concerts are set for March 30, 31 and April 1 in Indian Wells, California.

Former Motown session guitarist and singer Ed Taylor has released a collection of Smooth Jazz tracks on his new CD - Taylor Made. He’s accompanied on this project with Dennis Blackman on keyboards, Kevin England on trumpet and flugelhorn, Willy Fisher on drums, and John Roberts on bass.

Dave Koz’s new album, At The Movies, is a lush, inspired collection of 12 timeless movie themes. Guests appearing on the CD include India.Arie, Anita Baker, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Chris Botti, Donna Summer, and Vanessa Williams. The collection was produced by Phil Ramone and features a full orchestra.

Sly & The Family Stone’s first seven studio albums are being remastered for release by Epic/Legacy for release on March 20. Each album will include several bonus tracks and new liner notes. Bonus tracks include previously unreleased songs including instrumental versions of You Better Help Yourself, Positive, Sorrow, My Brain (Zig-Zag), as well as other edits and alternate mixes of other tracks.

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