Gerald Clayton Releases Life Forum
Pianist Gerald Clayton has released his debut recording with Concord Jazz, Life Forum. This 12-song set combines Clayton’s highly skilled trio members, bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Justin Brown with saxophonists Logan Richardson and Dayna Stephens and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. Vocalists Gretchen Parlato and Sachal Vasandani and poet Carl Hancock Rux complete the ensemble. As...
Gospel Jazz Artist Petula Beckles Uses Crowd Funding For Her Upcoming Sophomore Album.
New York April 9, 2013 – Gospel Jazz artist Petula Beckles who blessed audiences with her debut album “My Song Of Jesus,” is at it again, working on her sophomore project entitled “Blue Notes.” This time around she’s using a type of funding called Crowd Funding or Crowd Sharing, where fans and followers can take...
Michael Gallant releases “Completely.”
Whether performing, composing, or interviewing world-famous musical figures, Michael Gallant relies on a potent combination of guts and musicality, learning and improvisation to see him through — and his first album with the Michael Gallant Trio is no exception. Released on February 12, the album features Gallant on piano and keyboard, DownBeat Critics Poll winner...
NEXT COLLECTIVE’S COVER ART DELIVERS A NEW GENERATION OF MODERN MUSICIANS
Album Features Stellar Musicians – Logan Richardson, Walter Smith III, Matthew Stevens, Gerald Clayton, Kris Bowers, Ben Williams, Jamire Williams and Special Guest Christian Scott (aka Christian aTunde Adjuah) Concord Jazz, a division of Concord Music Group, releases an exciting new project by NEXT Collective titled Cover Art — an ensemble recording by...
GRAMMY® WINNER TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON PAYS HOMAGE TO DUKE ELLINGTON’S MONEY JUNGLE
Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue marks 50th anniversary of release of historic Ellington-Mingus-Roach recording Featuring Gerald Clayton and Christian McBride, with guests Clark Terry, Lizz Wright, Herbie Hancock and others In 1962, Duke Ellington recorded a trio date with bassist Charlie Mingus and drummer Max Roach that is today considered one of the...
HIROMI TRANSCENDS JAZZ WITH “A SOUNDTRACK FOR A DAY”
Move features contra-bass guitarist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips On her 2011 album, Voice, Hiromi sought to capture people’s “inner voices” and strove to create what she called a “three-dimensional sound.” For that album, the Japanese composer/pianist assembled a trio that included herself and two veteran players – contra-bass guitarist Anthony Jackson (Paul Simon,...
American Dad! Star Rachael MacFarlane Releases Debut album Hayley Sings
Concord Records is pleased to announce the release of Hayley Sings, the debut album from American Dad! star Rachael MacFarlane. MacFarlane voices the beloved animated character of Hayley Smith on the Emmy nominated television show, American Dad!, currently in its seventh season. Hayley will be introduced as a vocalist in the series’ eighth season premiere,...
CONCORD MUSIC GROUP GARNERS 7 LATIN GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS
Arturo Sandoval’s Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) earns 4 nominations The Concord Music Group, one of the world’s largest independent record companies, has received seven Latin GRAMMY® nominations. Nominations for the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards® were announced yesterday at the Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles. All nominations were for recordings...
Icy Sunset Jazz… On the Roof
Jazz and Art came alive at the Brooklyn Terrace Rooftop Lounge on Sunday evening July 15th 2012. It was a fusion soiree of jazz, calypso, R&B, reggae, poetry and art. The host of event was Ashlei Stevens of Time Warner’s African American talk show, “Born to Shine.” Creators and producers – Sue Bowen and E. Barclay...
Radio Music Society: Song descriptions by Esperanza
Commentary By: Esperanza Spalding RADIO SONG – This song speaks to an experience we’ve all had at one time or another: when for whatever reason, you turn on the radio and a fragment of a song just grabs you, everything in the world seems to stop, and you sit mesmerized and uplifted by the music....
ESPERANZA SPALDING RELEASES RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY, A KALEIDOSCOPIC COLLECTION CELEBRATING THE POWER OF SONG
It has not taken Esperanza Spalding long to emerge as one of the brightest lights in the musical world. Listeners familiar with her stunning 2008 Heads Up International debut, Esperanza, and her best-selling 2010 release Chamber Music Society, were well aware that the young bassist, vocalist and composer from Portland, Oregon was the real deal,...
Jazz fireworks Ivanov Brothers (Russia)
A brilliant Alliance honored artists of Russia Ivanov brothers – pianist Mikhail and bassist Andrew – has long been a worthy place in the musical Olympus Moscow, never ceasing to amaze innovative projects in simfodzhazovom format. After performing at the prestigious festival in Montreux (Switzerland), critics called the Ivanov Brothers “discoverers of a new style...
