RICK BRAUN'S "GET UP AND DANCE!" ENTERS TOP 5 ON BILLBOARD CHART

The boisterous party tune “Get Up And Dance!” by contemporary jazz stars Rick Braun (www.RickBraun.com) and Dave Koz has rapidly risen into the Top 5 on the Billboard chart ahead of Braun’s new album release next Tuesday (July 8). The energizer powered by Braun’s trumpet and fervent flexing from the muscular horn section is an infectious R&B/funk jam beckoning to become the instrumental song of the summer. It will definitely be another No. 1 single added to Braun’s lengthy list of chart-toppers that are radio playlist staples and fan favorites.  

Braun produced “Can You Feel It,” his sixteenth album that revisits the spirit of his twenty-year-old breakthrough album, “Beat Street.” It’s his first contemporary jazz foray in five years, the album his worldwide fan base has eagerly anticipated. On the new set, for which he wrote or co-wrote most of the material, Braun surrounded himself with friends such as fellow luminaries Brian Culbertson, Euge Groove, Jeff Lorber, Philippe Saisse, Elliot Yamin and some of the best sidemen in contemporary jazz. The up-tempo collection recalls Braun’s past playing in War and invokes the potent horn-ignited fun of the mighty Tower of Power.