Greg Manning’s new radio single is ‘Your Love Is Good’ and was inspired by some of the great songs by the legendary Earth Wind & Fire. In fact Greg called Morris O’Connor, who is a touring guitarist with the EWF entourage, to sprinkle some retro magic over this choice cut. It’s the sort of detail
Now for some brand new music from saxophonist and Berklee graduate Ellis Hamilton who is about to take the world of smooth jazz by storm with the mellifluous ‘My Heart is Yours’. Leaping in short order into the number two position of most played on radio it’s a track that has already caught the attention
Sax-man Michael J Thomas has been releasing songs one at a time since December of 2021. It started with the original Holiday song ‘It’s Christmas’ that featured two-time Grammy-nominated vocalist Maysa and was followed by ‘The OG Bounce’, a brass driven spectacular that really had a Parliament, Funkadelic, Tower Of Power thing going on. Then
Butcher Brown 2023 Solar Music World Tour Dates:Aug. 4 – Newport, RI – Newport Jazz Festival Aug. 5-6 – Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon Aug. 11-12 – Telluride, CO – Telluride Jazz FestivalAug. 24 – Virginia Beach, VA – Elevation 27Aug. 25 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Pour HouseAug. 26 – Asheville, NC – Salvage StationSept. 2
Acclaimed jazz and hip-hop fusionists Butcher Brown announce its latest single “This Side Of Sunshine,” an imaginative reinvention of Roy Ayers’ masterful but lesser-known cut. The single is the band’s first offering from its forthcoming album Solar Music, which is set to release digitally, on CD and double-sided LP on October 6 via Concord Jazz.In support of
What: Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise #41Where: Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Aruba & CuracaoWhen: Oct. 26~Nov. 2, 2024Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise #41Southeastern Caribbean • Oct. 26~Nov. 2, 2024Sailing on Holland America’s ms Eurodamfrom Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Aruba & Curacao.A $500 per cabin (not per person) fully-refundable deposit holds your space in line to book a cabin once the bands are announced
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Cindy Bradley is back with a new album. It is called Promise, and it is her first set of new music in four years. Bradley always stays current with her sounds and the production is always first class. Greg Manning produced and mixed the ten track effort, which are all originals. Let’s check out the
Vocal sensation Veronica Swift took the jazz world by storm with her critically acclaimed 2021 release This Bitter Earth, landing on the cover of DownBeat, topping the year end lists for vocal releases and wowing audiences with her eclectic stage show at the Hollywood Bowl and beyond. For her new album – aptly entitled Veronica Swift – the versatile artist stretches