Wednesday, February 13, 2008

JAZZ CHILL CORNER NEWS BITS: ARETHA FRANKIN, NICK COLIONNE, JEFF KASHIWA, TAKE SIX...

Atlantic Records will release a ‘best of’ for Aretha Franklin called The Very Best of Aretha: The ‘70s. This is slated for issue on February 26.

Saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa, who established the popular Sax Pack package tour with fellow saxophonists Kim Waters and Steve Cole, has gathered the trio in the studio to record the very first Sax Pack album project. The new Sax Pack project will be issued in April on Shanachie.

Grammy-winning vocal sextet Take 6 announced January 14th that it has signed to Heads Up International for its next album release, an unnamed project due in August 2008. The set will be a collection of jazz standards. Take 6's most recent CD was Feels Good, a return to their all a cappella roots that was released on their own independent imprintThe group has earned eight Grammy Awards over the course of its career.

Grammy winner George Benson will perform a special one-off concert, "A Tribute To Nat 'King' Cole." The show, part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic jazz series, is set for February 15th at Walt Disney Hall in L.A. Tickets for the event range from $35 to $135.

Nick Colionne has singed tol record his next CD for the Koch Entertainment label. The artist's Koch debut, titled No Limits, is due this summer. No Limits will be the follow-up to Colionne's 2006 hit Narada release Keepin' It Cool. The album featured the smooth jazz hits "Keepin' It Cool" and "Thinking Of You."

Earl Klugh has announced the lineup for his fifth annual Weekend Of Jazz, to be held April 3-5th, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Performing at this year's event will be pianist Ramsey Lewis, saxophonist Boney James, saxophonist Mindi Abair, and vocalist Sophie Milman.

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