Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble – PDP (Afrobomb) Al Wilson – Searching For The Dolphins – The Complete Soul City Recordings & More 1967-1971 (So...

Since 2000, Spanish Harlem Orchestra have established themselves as a standard bearer of contemporary Latin music. Lead by world-renowned p...

Music icon Herb Alpert will embark on a rare tour together this spring with wife, singer, Lani Hall, performing an intimate night of America...

It’s more bad news for the Smooth Jazz radio industry as yet another smooth jazz formatted radio station drops the format. Jacksonville rad...

ST. LUCIA JAZZ FESTIVAL Anita Baker, Jonathan Butler, Najee, Angie Stone, Dianne Reeves, Dionne Warwick, Michael Bolton, Air Supply, Alex Bu...

Smooth jazz radio host and noted pianist Ramsey Lewis has announced this year's Legends Of Jazz tour, based on the popular radio and PBS...

Saxophonist and smooth jazz radio favorite David Sanborn is preparing for a string of tour dates that start at the end of March and continue...

Grammy winner Natalie Cole has lined up a new series of tour dates. Natalie Cole’s most recent CD was 2006's Leavin', and kicked off...

Return To Forever, the classic jazz-fusion group from the ‘70’s has reunited for its first tour in 25 years. This amazing group features key...

Smooth jazz acoustic guitar virtuoso, EARL KLUGH, is releasing a long-anticipated ensemble recording, "THE SPICE OF LIFE," April 2...

Smooth jazz pianist Brian Culbertson is about to go off into a new direction with his new CD – Bringing Back The Funk. Funk music has been ...

Now comes the news that 95.7 KHJZ-FM in Houston, Texas has flipped formats to CHR (Contemporary Hits Radio). This now makes it four smooth j...

Live Nation, the world's largest live music company, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the majority of th...

Smooth Jazz guitarist Chuck Loeb is planning a series of 50th anniversary of the Bossa Nova concerts, and he’s enlisted the help of several ...

KOCH Records has announced the signing of jazz singer James Torme. Torme's new album will be released in late 2008. James Torme, son of...

eMusic, the world's largest retailer of independent music and the world's second largest music service after iTunes, announces that...

First it was James Taylor, Paul McCartney and Joni Mitchell, and now Carly Simon has joined the fold. Carly Simon is now on the roster of St...

The two-CD THIS YEAR'S MODEL - DELUXE EDITION (Hip-O/UMe), now available, adds 11 b-sides, demos, live tracks, and alternate takes to th...

Sony/ATV Music Publishing have announced that jazz composer/pianist Matt Savage have signed an international sub-publishing agreement, cover...

In an earlier post we asked what was happening to smooth jazz radio as both WQCD-FM in New York and WJZW-FM in Washington had flipped format...

Pulled from Sarah McLachlan's illustrious recording career, the Rarities, B-Sides 2 And Other Stuff, Volume 2 collection contains Sarah ...

SunFest, Florida's largest music, art and waterfront festival, will be held April 30-May 4, along one of the most scenic sections of Fla...

Given the recent demise of two major market smooth jazz radio stations in New York and Washington, one has to wonder what’s happened to the ...

DRG Records has announced the CD debut of the very first professionally-preserved Judy Garland concert recording -- her first official and l...

Steve Winwood has signed a new deal with Columbia Records. His label debut, "Nine Lives," will arrive April 29. The nine-track set...

The Weinstein Company has announced that they have acquired the rights to develop, produce and distribute the first ever biopic about the le...

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has just kicked off the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Music Festival. It’s the 2nd Edition of this eight-day jaz...

Frank Sinatra was a titan of 20th Century entertainment, with record-breaking successes in both music and film throughout his legendary care...

For the first time in 37 years, Eric Burdon and WAR will be performing together - for one night only - at London's historic Royal Albert...

This year the festival will include performances by Dave Koz, Terence Blanchard, John Pizzarelli and Poncho Sanchez, among others. Here’s t...

My Blueberry Nights Soundtrack The soundtrack for My Blueberry Nights will be released on the Blue Note label on April 1. The My Blueberry N...

Kenny G’s new album “Rhythm And Romance” is his first since signing a new deal with Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Records. The new CD...

Beginning this June, a reunited Return To Forever will be hitting the road for the first time in 25 years. The classic lineup of keyboardis...

Bill Cosby is set for the role of the master of ceremonies at the 30th annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. Among the artist...

Jazz FM in London and the North West are being revived by GMG Radio as a digital-only station. The relaunch comes just weeks after GCap Medi...

The Bobby in question is the enormously influential African- American singer Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, sometimes referred to as the ‘Lion of the B...