Guitarist Blake Aaron has been
featured multiple times on SiriusXM over the past week as part of Jazz
Appreciation Month just as his vibrant new single, “VIVID,” is preparing to
bloom brightly. The third single issued in advance of his upcoming “Color and
Passion” album, Aaron wrote and produced the multihued bouquet of invigorating
instrumental dance music, power pop horns and glossy R&B grooves that
surround fragrant stems of fresh electric jazz guitar flourishes. On the way to
radio stations now with an April 24 playlist add date, the perfectly-timed
spring fling should happily satiate listeners until Blake’s sixth album streets
this fall on Innervision Records.
Recently, the national satellite radio broadcaster’s
Watercolors aired a live concert performance by Aaron recorded at the SiriusXM
studios in Washington, DC. Thereafter,, the guitarist who hosted his own
nationally syndicated radio show for seven years hung out on the “Dave Koz
Lounge” with the affable sax sensation. Two weeks ago, Aaron served as guest DJ on the Tuesday show and although he took command of the air waves, he didn’t sneak in the
new single before the official add date.
“No, not yet,” he chuckled. “’VIVID’ is my feel good track
of the spring/summer. With real Earth, Wind & Fire-style horns and tons of
energetic, bright melodic hooks, I am proud to say that this is one of my most
infectious grooves and most intense productions I've done to date. Vivid is how
I try to live my life and it is how I try to teach my kids to live their lives.
Be uniquely you - boldly and with passion. Be you - vividly.”
Aaron’s last collection, 2015’s “Soul Stories,” spawned five
Billboard Top 10 singles. “Color and Passion” aims to continue his run of chart
success with a chromatic and intense fusion of sounds and styles – funk,
R&B, soul, jazz, rock, blues and Latin music. While the first three singles
- “Summer Ride,” “Godfather Brown” and “VIVID” - are upbeat and full of life,
the disc will also include intimate ballads allowing Aaron to showcase his
lyrically expressive guitar on downtempo numbers.
Aaron recently plied his soulful fretwork on three songs for
urban-jazz chart-topper Najee’s forthcoming set. The in-demand session player,
sideman, producer and songwriter will celebrate his birthday with an April 29
concert at Southern California hotspot Spaghettini in Seal Beach where he will
be joined by two-time Grammy winner Bill Champlin, a singer-songwriter and
keyboardist who spent 28 years as a member of the legendary band Chicago. Aaron
will hit the road Memorial Day Weekend for performances at the Jacksonville
Jazz Festival in Florida (May 26), St. James Live! in Atlanta, GA on a bill
shared with saxophonist Tom Braxton and vocalist Kevin Whalum (May 27), and a headline
date with Braxton at The King Center in Melbourne, FL (May 28).
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