JEFF LORBER SIGNS WITH PEAK RECORDS

Keyboardist and producer Jeff Lorber as joined saxophonist Mindi Abair as the latest artist to sign a recording contract with Peak Records. The smooth jazz record label is co-founded by Russ Freeman of the Rippingtons. Peak is a subsidiary of Concord Records. Lorber joins a roster that in addition to Abair includes The Rippingtons, Marc Antoine, Gerald Albright, Paul Taylor, Norman Brown, Lee Ritenour, Will Downing, Eric Marienthal, David Benoit and Jessy J. Jeff’s most recent CD, He Had a Hat, which featured the smooth jazz hit “Anthem for a New America,” was released on Blue Note Records. The CD is nominated in the Best Contemporary Jazz Album category.