Jazz label Concord Records is celebrating Black Music 24/7,
365 and June is a special month though and to mark the occasion, as they are
proud to share a complimentary annual Black Music Month album. There truly is
some special music included on this year's compilation. Whether it's Cannonball
Adderley serenading all the "Gemini's" or Kris Bowers "Waking
the Neighbors," they cover the spectrum of Black Music with sound, style and
of course.. SOUL! The artist lineup includes tracks from: N’Dambi, Mindi Abair
featuring Trombone Shorty, Isaac Hayes, Kris Bowers, Lonnie Jordan, Dianne
Reeves featuring Gregory Porter, Al Jarreau featuring Kelly Price, Harvey Mason
featuring Christian Scott & Corey “CK” King, Pleasure, Dave Koz, Gerald
Albright, Richard Elliot, Kenny Wayne Shepherd featuring Keb’ Mo & Rebith
Brass Band, Billy Porter, Cannonball Adderly, Nat Adderly & Yusef Lateef,
and Mel & Kim. Here is the link for the FREE DOWNLOAD: http://www.concordblackmusicmonth.com/
Concord
Records is a family of labels that includes several key partnership and
imprints, Concord has amassed a catalog of over 1,000 albums and 10,000
recordings of individual songs from an expanding roster of world-class vocal
and instrumental artists. In 1999, entertainment veterans Norman Lear and Hal
Gaba purchased the label, helping the company to attract such artists as Barry
Manilow, Peter Cincotti, Ozomatli, Ray Charles, and Maurice White.
In 2004
Concord Records acquired Fantasy, Inc., owner of Prestige, Fantasy, Milestone,
Riverside, Specialty and Stax Records. Concord then combined with Fantasy to
form the independent Concord Music Group. That same year, Concord first
partnered with Starbucks to release Ray Charles’s Genius Loves Company – which
won 8 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. In 2005, the company acquired
the classics and jazz label Telarc International. On December 18, 2006, Concord
announced the re-launch of the soul label Stax.
In 2007, Concord Music Group and Starbucks jointly founded the Hear Music
label. Hear Music’s initial release,
Paul McCartney’s Memory Almost Full, was released in June of ‘07. Hear Music has since released albums by
artists that include Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, John
Mellencamp and more. In 2008, Village Roadshow Pictures Group (VRPG) and
Concord completed their merger resulting in the creation of the new diversified
entertainment group, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group.
In April 2010 it was
announced Paul McCartney has transferred distribution rights to his
post-Beatles output to Concord from EMI. Concord purchased Rounder Records in
2010. Distribution is mainly handled by Universal Music Group. In smaller
markets, such as those in Africa and Eastern Europe, local independent labels
that represent Universal license the catalogue. Since 2010, Concord Music Group
is divided into 3 umbrellas: Concord Records Group, Fantasy Records Group &
Telarc Records Group. It is now the 5th largest record group in the world.
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