THE JAZZ CHILL CORNER NEW RELEASES - JENNIFER HOLLIDAY, JEF GILSON, ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT |  |
- NEW RELEASES - JENNIFER HOLLIDAY, JEF GILSON, ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT
- CARLOS SANTANA ANNOUNCES THE CORAZON 2014 TOUR DATES
- BRIAN CULBERTSON RELEASES INTIMATE VERSION OF 'THE CHRISTMAS SONG'
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Posted: 09 Dec 2013 09:46 AM PST
 JENNIFER HOLLIDAY - THE SONG IS YOU
Renowned R&B, Jazz and Broadway chanteuse Jennifer Holliday, who created and defined the role of Effie "Melody" White in the smash hit musical Dreamgirls, is set to release her first studio effort in 23 years! Over the years, Holliday has made waves as a singer and actress, as well as scoring Tony and Grammy Awards, performing at the White House multiple times and collaborating with a plethora of greats such as Barbra Streisand, Paul Simon, Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross and more. Now, Holliday is set to unveil her master work, The Song Is You, on January 21, 2014 on Shanachie Entertainment. The album, titled after Holliday's rendering of a Jazz Standard made famous by Frank Sinatra, is the consummate example of passion, class, and musical excellence. Featuring Jennifer's soaring, emotive vocals cascading over lush horns and strings, The Song Is You navigates through a tasteful selection of Jazz, Broadway and R&B standards, as well as some lesser-known but equally beautiful numbers. Having won legions of fans throughout her illustrious career, Jennifer Holliday is poised to make her indelible mark on the music world once more.
Since Jef Gilson's passing in 2012, Jazzman Records have surveyed the substantial personal archive of his acetates, test pressings and reel to reel tapes with the kind permission of his widow, Geneviève. The task has not been easy, it's taken numerous trips to France and the generous assistance of a small army of translators, advisors, musicologists, amateur enthusiasts and record collectors, as well as the surviving members of Gilson's musical entourage, for Jazzman to gather together the information required to make this album. In it you will find music Jazzman have chosen from having listened to literally hundreds of hours of alternate takes, rehearsals, live recordings, unissued sessions and personal recordings made from the '50s to the '70s; none of which has been officially released before. Despite the limitations afforded by mastering some of these recordings from anonymous reels of twisted, buckled tape and scratched, dusty old acetate discs, Jazzman hope that the music contained herein affords a fascinating and otherwise impenetrable insight into the workings of one of the great unsung creative forces of European jazz. The record contains early experiments in Oriental and Ethnic Jazz with Lloyd Miller, unissued alternate takes of Gilson's classic repertoire, long-lost live performances from 1960s European jazz festivals and rehearsals and jam sessions that developed into a lifelong creative obsession.
ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT - PORTER CHOPS GLASPER
Great music, a great package, and a cool little record that really makes it worth owning a vinyl version of this great little track! Jill Scott's vocals are wonderful on the main version of "Calls" – remixed here by Mr Porter with added Pharoah Monche rhymes. The remix has these cool spacey touches – almost like someone's cutting the keyboards live – and these shine even more on the instrumental. The flipside has "Porter Chops Glasper" – a totally great 12 minute mix by Porter of grooves from Robert Glasper – keyboards, beats, and lots of sweet little touches all swirled together. And hey, the whole thing's on red vinyl too! ~ Dusty Groove
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Posted: 09 Dec 2013 07:14 AM PST
Carlos Santana has announced the tour dates for the Corazon Tour 2014.
January 22 - House of Blues Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
January 24 – House of Blues Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
January 25 – House of Blues Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
January 26 – House of Blues Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
January 29 – House of Blues Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
January 30 – House of Blues Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
January 31 – House of Blues Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
February 1– House of Blues Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
February 21nd, 2014 - Dubai Jazz Festival
February 25th, 2014 - Grand Arena, Cape Town, South Africa
February 26th, 2014 - Grand Arena, Cape Town, South Africa
February 27th, 2014 - Grand Arena, Cape Town, South Africa
March 1st, 2014 - FNB Stadium - Johannesburg, South Africa
April 23rd, 2014 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
April 26th, 2014 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre
April 27th, 2014 Saint Augstine, FL Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
April 29th, 2014 Clearwater, FL Ruck Eckerd Hall
May 2nd, 2014 Hollywood, FL, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
May 3rd, 2014 San Juan, Puerto Rico, Coliseo de Puerto Rico
The first single from Santana's forthcoming superstar-packed album CORAZÓN entitled "La Flaca" featuring multi-platinum recording artist Juanes was recently unveiled at a Latin Grammy's press conference in Las Vegas at the House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino. It was also announced at the press conference that HBO Latino and HBO Latin America have signed on to broadcast ten-time Grammy Award-winning, three-time Latin Grammy Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Santana's once-in-a-lifetime "CORAZÓN, LIVE IN MEXICO: LIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT" concert event in Guadalajara, Mexico in Santana's native state of Jalisco. The concert will air on the HBO networks in spring 2014.
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Posted: 09 Dec 2013 07:05 AM PST
With the holiday season on his mind, contemporary jazz-R&B star Brian Culbertson recently took a break from recording his forthcoming "Another Long Night Out" album, sat down at the Mason & Hamlin grand piano in his studio and played a stark, emotionally stirring rendition of "The Christmas Song." Enjoying his newfound freedoms as an independent recording artist, Culbertson recorded the seasonal classic and put it on iTunes (http://bit.ly/BCChristmasSong), Amazon (http://bit.ly/bcChristmasSong) and other major digital outlets..
"It is a solo piano piece of an arrangement I did many years ago. I have performed it on my Christmas tours, but had never recorded it until recently," said Culbertson of the heartfelt, contemplative beauty. "Being able to spontaneously record and then swiftly release something new for fans is one of the energizing perks of the new music industry."
Culbertson's first full-length indie release and 14th album overall, "Another Long Night Out" is slated for release in late February. The project is a reimaging of his debut album, "Long Night Out," which will mark its 20th anniversary in February. Culbertson, a multi-instrumentalist who wrote the eleven songs and played most of the instruments on the original album that he recorded in his crowded Chicago apartment while he was a 20-year-old student at DePaul University, is producing the set featuring performances by Lee Ritenour, Russ Freeman, Jonathan Butler, Rick Braun, Candy Dulfer, Eric Marienthal, Chuck Loeb, Steve Lukather and Paul Jackson Jr. along with a stellar collective of contemporary jazz musicians and a 33-piece orchestra playing arrangements by David Benoit.
Additional information about Culbertson, who will bring in the New Year on stage with his band at a New Year's Eve Gala at the Hyatt Regency in Huntingdon Beach, Calif., is available at www.BrianCulbertson.me.
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