Keyboardist Greg Manning, the first
artist signed to Kalimba Music (www.kalimba-music.com), the newly re-launched
label owned by Earth, Wind & Fire's legendary founder Maurice White, is
truly "Cruisin' Down The Road" as his infectious debut single catches
fire on a variety of smooth jazz format charts.
The
track, from Manning's recently released debut album Dance With You, makes its
debut at #28 with a bullet on the Billboard Smooth Jazz chart while debuting at
#18 on the Smooth Jazz Top 20 with Allen Kepler. It also makes a major leap
from #15 to #6 with a bullet on the Mediabase Smooth A/C chart, just behind the
latest hits by Vincent Ingala (the chart-topping saxophonist who also appears
on "Cruisin' Down The Road"), Jonathan Butler, Richard Elliot and
Rick Braun and ahead of Mindi Abair, Paul Hardcastle and Brian Culbertson.
While
remaining on the Smoothjazz.com and SmoothIndieStar.com charts, Manning's
single hits the Top 5 (#5 with a bullet) on the Groove Jazz Music chart and
rises from #31 to #28 on the Radio Wave Internet Airplay chart.
In other
exciting Greg Manning news, the multi-talented performer will be performing on
the Alaska bound Dave Koz & Friends At Sea Cruise September 5-12. He will
also be making his first appearance as an artist on the main stage at the
Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival on October 19.
Kalimba
Music is also charting with Earth, Wind & Fire track "Never," the
lead single from the re-mastered collector's edition of the hit album The
Promise. The track is holding steady in
the Top 25 of the Billboard Smooth Jazz chart.
White,
who originally established Kalimba Music in 2003 as a vehicle to promote Earth,
Wind & Fire as well as up and coming performers, decided to re-launch based
on his passion and love for music and worthy artists.
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