Friday, March 20, 2015

NEW RELEASES: MARLENA SHAW - MARLENA; BRAZILIKA: BRAZIL & BEYOND; MARCOS VALLE - '1985 / PREFIXO' (THEO PARRISH AND DAZ I KUE REMIXES)

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MARLENA SHAW - MARLENA A great lost treasure, and one of Marlena Shaw's most obscure albums – a really compelling batch of sop...

NEW RELEASES: ANTONIO SANCHEZ & OTHERS - BIRDMAN (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE); JOE LOVANO & DAVE DOUGLAS - SOUNDPRINTS: LIVE AT THE MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL: ; DAVID TORN - ONLY SKY

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ANTONIO SANCHEZ & OTHERS - BIRDMAN (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) "Birdman" is the 2014 film by visionary Mexica...

DONNA LEWIS DELIVERS AN INTOXICATING SET OF JAZZ-INFLECTED COVERS & ORIGINALS ON "BRAND NEW DAY"

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The Welsh-born singer Donna Lewis is one of those rare artists whose immense success on the pop radio charts disguises an exceptional an...

NEW RELEASES: BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB - LOST AND FOUND; JEFF GOLUB - THE VAULT; JAMES LLOYD - HERE WE GO

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BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB - LOST AND FOUND World Circuit Records is set to release Buena Vista Social Club’s Lost and Found on March 2...

NEW ALBUM FROM EXTRAORDINARY PIANIST JOEY ALEXANDER

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An extraordinary and uniquely gifted pianist from Bali, Joey Alexander marks his recording debut with the release of MY FAVORITE THINGS ...

MELODY GARDOT Returns With A Brand New Album, CURRENCY OF MAN

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International best-selling singer, songwriter and musician, Melody Gardot, is back with her 4th studio album, Currency of Man. The h...
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Thursday, March 19, 2015

David Sanborn To Release New Album, Time and the River, Produced by Marcus Miller, Featuring Randy Crawford and Larry Braggs

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After saxophonist David Sanborn recorded the well-received Quartette Humaine acoustic jazz album with pianist Bob James as a one-off for...

DANIELLE NICOLE makes her Concord Records solo debut with New Orleans-flavored blues-soul based EP

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Singer, bassist and songwriter Danielle Nicole oozes groove. There’s so much funky, bluesy soul coming out of her, you wonder if her hea...

POKEY LAFARGE to release SOMETHING IN THE WATER; Incorporating elements of early jazz, ragtime, country blues, Western swing, and beyond

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On Tuesday, April 7, 2015, Pokey LaFarge will release Something in the Water, his Rounder debut. The dozen-song set, produced by Jim...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

JOE LOCKE'S Most Personal & Emotive Work To Date LOVE IS A PENDULEM // Set For Release On Motema Music May 5, 2015

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Joe Locke is a musician's musician, an artist for the ages, a man who has been gracing stages and studios with his immense talent, a...

Smokey Robinson, The O'Jays, The Whispers, Stephanie Mills, Billy Ocean, Howard Hewett, Atlantic Starr, Sheila E., Deniece Williams, Tavares, The Dramatics featuring LJ Reynolds And More Confirmed To Appear On 2016 Soul Train Cruise

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On the heels of this year's sold-out Soul Train Cruise, StarVista  LIVE announces the star-studded lineup for a new voyage, Soul Tra...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

LARA DOWNES - A BILLIE HOLIDAY SONGBOOK

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When classical pianist Lara Downes was 8 years old, she wrote in her diary that her favorite song was Billie Holiday's I Cover the W...

TWIN DANGER will release their self-titled debut album April 21, 2015 on top of performances at SXSW, and in NYC and LA

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Twin Danger, the "dark, sexy" (VH1) new brainchild of Stuart Matthewman, GRAMMY-winning co-founder and multi-instrumentalist o...

Bassist/Composer Nilson Matta releases "EastSideRioDrive" // New recording features Cyro Baptista, Romero Lubambo, Edsel Gomez, Craig Handy, Anne Drummond, & Vince Cherico

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Brazilian jazz?   Yeah, me too.   I liked it the first 5,000 times I heard it.   But, like a lot of other things, it got to be a cliché ...