MAYA AZUCENA - BLACK BUTTERFLY
To begin with, Maya’s remake of
Black Butterfly is clearly inspired by Trayvon Martin. As such, 100% of the
proceeds will go to support the Trayvon Martin Foundation and mission – in
particular, “to create awareness of how violent crime impacts the families of
the victims, and to provide support and advocacy for those families…(and) to
increase public awareness of all forms of racial, ethnic and gender profiling”
and build sustainable solutions. Maya’s truest desire for this song is for it
to reach the ends of the earth and have the greatest possible exposure to do so.
She intends for this song to impact all listeners to know their value and to
strive for their greatest potential. She also thinks this song, Black
Butterfly, has the potential to promote healing around the loss of Trayvon, and
healing for other families with lost loved ones, as well as to set focus and
energy toward nurturing the positive growth of young boys like Trayvon. At times circumstances feel very
bleak, and hope is a powerful tool for impacting social change. We move when we
are inspired. Black Butterlfy is a remake of the song intially recorded by Deniece Williams back in the early '80s.
RICHARD ELLIOT - NUMBER ONES
This 2013 collection is from the Scottish-born Smooth
Jazz saxophonist and former Tower Of Power member. Number Ones features 12
tracks, taken from six top-selling albums. Making his solo debut in 1986, the Scottish
born saxophonist blew into the 1990s with several releases that sold over
100,000 copies and he landed his fourth #1 album with 1997's 'Jumpin' Off.' In
addition to the studio recordings of "Island Style" and "Inner
City Blues", Number Ones includes live versions of both tracks. Elliot was still on the road with Tower of Power when he released his debut
album Trolltown in 1986. Embarking upon one of instrumental music’s most
dynamic and multifaceted careers, he has scored four #1 albums (On The Town,
Soul Embrace, After Darkand Jumpin’ Off) and a growing number of #1 airplay
singles. In addition to his participation in all-star tours like Groovin’ For
Grover and Jazz Attack, in the mid-‘90s he helped launch another of the genre’s
annual franchises, the Guitars & Saxes tours, which he has participated in
on and off ever since. At his peak, Elliot was doing over 100 tour dates a
year, but he has scaled it back as his family has grown to include five
children over the years.
CHRISTIAN ROBINSON - ON THE C SIDE
"On The C Side" is the
debut album release of the multi-talented Guitarist, Writer, Producer Christian
Robinson. This project features 10 melodic smooth jazz hits written and
performed by Christian Robinson on the indie label Digital Phunc Entertainment.
The album fuses an array of musical styles including Dance, Hip-Hop, Jazz,
Funk, Blues and R&B. With Christian’s very unique and different style of
playing the album is the essence of smooth jazz and contemporary jazz music.
This album gives you a cross between up-tempo, upbeat dance tracks, to slow,
mellow and mid tempo lounge music.~ amazon.com
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