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    Piano & A Microphone 1983 is set to be released in September.

    News, First Listen, Prince

    Jun 7, 2018 7:56 AM

    Unreleased Prince Recordings Set to be Issued

    Prince, who died April 21, 2016, would have been 60 today.

    Marking that, the musician’s estate and Warner Bros.…

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    Bernard “Pretty” Purdie returns with his first album, Cool Down, in almost a decade.

    News, First Listen, Bernard “Pretty” Purdie

    May 17, 2018 12:52 PM

    Premiere: Hear a Cut off Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie’s ‘Cool Down’

    Drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie has issued his first album in almost a decade—Cool Down (Sugar Road…

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    Leo P joins Grace Kelly in the new video for “Fish & Chips,” a cut of Kelly’s GO Time: Brooklyn.

    News, First Listen, Grace Kelly

    May 17, 2018 9:18 AM

    Premiere: Watch a Video from Grace Kelly’s ‘GO Time: Brooklyn’

    GO Time: Brooklyn, saxophonist Grace Kelly’s new video album out May 31, fully embraces the way musicians are making…

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    The Lao Tizer Band (Cheikh N’Doye (left), Ric Fierabracci, Munyungo Jackson, Tita Hutchison, Chieli Minucci, Lao Tizer, Gene Coye, Steve Nieves, Karen Briggs, Jeff Marshall, Eric Marienthal) recently issued Songs From The Swinghouse on Yse Records.

    News, First Listen, Lao Tizer

    Apr 27, 2018 9:11 AM

    Premiere: Watch a Video from Lao Tizer’s Latest Project

    The Lao Tizer Band recently issued Songs From The Swinghouse on Yse Records. A video for the lead-off track from the…

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    Allan Harris pays tribute to an esteemed vocalist on The Genius Of Eddie Jefferson (Resilience Music Alliance).

    News, First Listen, Allan Harris, Eddie Jefferson

    Apr 17, 2018 10:20 AM

    Premiere: Hear a Track From Allan Harris’ Tribute to Eddie Jefferson

    The Genius Of Eddie Jefferson, which is set for release April 27 on Resilience Music Alliance, finds Allan Harris…

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    On her upcoming album, Kait Dunton makes use of a variety of keyboards and effects.

    News, First Listen, Kait Dunton

    Apr 11, 2018 10:00 AM

    Premiere: Hear a New Cut from Kait Dunton’s ‘trioKAIT 2’

    Onetime Snarky Puppy member, Kait Dunton is set to issue trioKAIT 2 on May 11 through Real & Imagined Music.

    The…

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    Mike Casey’s ​Stay Surprising: Live At The Side Door will be posted piecemeal through November, when the album is set for released.

    News, First Listen, Mike Casey

    Apr 10, 2018 12:00 PM

    Premiere: Hear a Track from Mike Casey’s ‘Stay Surprising: Live At The Side Door’

    ​Stay Surprising: Live At The Side Door, which is set for a November release, is saxophonist Mike Casey’s follow-up…

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    Drummer Eric McPherson (left), pianist Fred Hersch and bassist John Hébert are set to release Live in Europe on Palmetto Records.

    News, First Listen, Fred Hersch

    Mar 9, 2018 9:00 AM

    Premiere: Hear a New Track from Fred Hersch’s ‘Live in Europe’

    Pianist Fred Hersch and his trio have a new disc, Live in Europe, set for release May 11 on Palmetto Records. Take a…

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    Kurt Elling’s upcoming album, The Questions, features songs combining the singer’s own writing with well-known poems.

    News, First Listen, Kurt Elling, Branford Marsalis, Marquis Hill

    Mar 7, 2018 9:00 AM

    Premiere: Hear a Track from Kurt Elling’s ‘The Questions’

    Vocalist Kurt Elling has a new disc, The Questions, slated for release March 23 on the OKeh imprint. Today, he debuts…

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    Pianist and vocalist Alina Engibaryan included only one cover on her recently released sophomore album, We Are.

    News, First Listen, Alina Engibaryan, Michael League, Chris Potter, Kendrick Scott

    Mar 1, 2018 12:29 PM

    Premiere: Hear a New Track From Vocalist Alina Engibaryan

    Pianist and vocalist Alina Engibaryan recently issued We Are on Feb. 16. And today, she debuts a video for a live…

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