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Maxwell has artfully managed to transfix music lovers for more than two decades, releasing five studio albums, all in his own time and all duly anointed as classics. The soul singer redefined soul music in April of 1996 when he released his critically acclaimed debut on Columbia, 'Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite.' It earned Grammy nominations, double platinum status and RIAA gold for the single, "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)."The platinum albums 'Embrya' (1998) and 'Now' (2001) followed. In 2009, Maxwell’s 'BLACKsummers'night' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, earning two Grammy awards, including Best R&B Album. With a total of 4 platinum album certifications from the RIAA, Maxwell’s latest album, ‘blackSUMMERS’night,’ earned him a third Grammy (Best R&B Song for “Lake By The Ocean”), an NAACP Image Award (Outstanding Male Artist), and a Soul Train Award (Best R&B/Soul Male Artist). Recent accolades for Maxwell include the “Legend” Award at the 2021 Soul Train Awards and a performance at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, where he paid tribute to Michael Jackson with “The Lady in My Life”. His critically acclaimed ‘The Night Tour’ also made Pollstar’s 2022 list of “Top 20 Global Concert Tours,” determined by average box office gross and the average ticket price for shows worldwide.

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Anika Larsen And The Larsen/Maxwell Quintet Present Make You Feel My Love

Anika Larsen And The Larsen/Maxwell Quintet Present  Make You Feel My Love

Source: Dan Watt

Anika Larsen and The Larsen/Maxwell Quintet present Make You Feel My Love: The Musical Romance of a Jazz Cat and a Broadway Baby at 54 Below on Friday October 19th at 9:30 pm. Award winner Anika Larsen teams up with her husband and jazz trumpet player Freddie Maxwell for their Feinstein’s/54 Below and New York City debut of Make You Feel My Love: The Musical Romance of a Jazz Cat and a Broadway Baby. Best known for her Tony nominated ...

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Jazz this week: Shawn Maxwell's New Tomorrow, The People's Key, and more

Jazz this week: Shawn Maxwell's New Tomorrow, The People's Key, and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis features a couple of multi-artist performances of experimental music, an up- and-coming new contemporary jazz quintet from Chicago, plus some local favorites. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, August 2 This week's “Grand Center Jazz Crawl" has trumpeter T.J Müller at KDHX's Magnolia Cafe; the jam session with bassist Bob Deboo and friends at Kranzberg Arts Center; and trumpeter Kasimu Taylor at The Dark Room. Also on Wednesday, ...

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Maxwell Enlists Eclectic Lineup For Caribbean Cruise

Maxwell Enlists Eclectic Lineup For Caribbean Cruise

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions

Erykah Badu, Anthony Hamilton, Ledisi, Joe, Chrisette Michele, DL Hughley and more have been invited for the inaugural Maxwell + The 7 Seas, May 3-10, 2015. Phoenix, Arizona: On May 3, 2015, platinum soul star Maxwell will launch the maiden voyage of his own seven-day Caribbean cruise featuring a stellar lineup of R&B and contemporary jazz artists. Maxwell + The 7 Seas will sail on Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas from Port Canaveral, Florida to St. Thomas, St. Maarten ...

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David Maxwell's Maximum Blues Concert at Regattabar in Harvard Square on New Year's Eve

David Maxwell's Maximum Blues Concert at Regattabar in Harvard Square on New Year's Eve

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts

Blues master pianist David Maxwell is performing a Maximum Blues concert to usher in New Year's starting at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Winner of the 2010 Blues Music album of the Year award, Maxwell is joined by a high-powered band that includes Brian Templeton on vocals, Greg Piccolo on tenor sax, Tony Gonyea on guitar, Jon Ross on bass, Per Hanson on drums Tickets to the show ...

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Studebaker John and the Maxwell Street Kings - That's the Way You Do (Delmark, 2010)

Studebaker John and the Maxwell Street Kings - That's the Way You Do (Delmark, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland

Veteran bluesman “Studebaker" John Grimaldi assembled this band to honor the legacy of Maxwell Street, the location of the open air market in Chicago that played host to some of the city's finest blues musicians and created an enduring legacy of music. Composing all original material in the Maxwell Street tradition, Grimaldi plays guitar, harmonica and sings, supported by Rick Kreher on guitar and background vocals and Steve Cushing on drums. They play a gutsy brand of no-nonsense blues that ...

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Maxwell/Frenette/Gray @ Outpost 186 on 10/21

Maxwell/Frenette/Gray @ Outpost 186 on 10/21

Source: Kevin Frenette

Thursday—October 21, 2010 OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM David Maxwell's Quantum Mathematics David Maxwell (piano) Kevin Frenette (guitar) Luther Gray (drums) David Maxwell has amassed an enormous resume throughout the years playing piano with some of the greatest and well-known musicians in jazz and blues. David plays many styles of jazz, improvised music and blues, but he is best known for his soulful virtuosity ...

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Erykah Badu: Tour w/ ?uestlove N.E.R.D., Monae, Maxwell

Erykah Badu: Tour w/ ?uestlove N.E.R.D., Monae, Maxwell

Source: JamBase

“OUT MY MIND, JUST IN TIME" TOUR INCLUDES N.E.R.D., JANELLE MONAE, MAXWELL, ?UESTLOVE OF THE ROOTS

Hot on the heels of the headline-making video for “Window Seat" which resulted in a disorderly conduct charge, Erykah Badu has announced a North American summer tour in support of her new album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh). The “Out My Mind, Just In Time" tour will feature opening acts including N.E.R.D., Janelle Monae, Maxwell and ?uestlove ...

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Shawn Maxwell’S Ambitious Invention Puts a Bold Spin on Jazz Convention

Shawn Maxwell’S Ambitious Invention Puts a Bold Spin on Jazz Convention

Source: Mixed Media Promotion

It’s both interesting and revealing that Shawn Maxwell has decided to coin his new sophomore effort similarly to his debut. He called his first album back in 2005 Originals, and he’s labeled his brand new set, Originals: II. The title choice is revealing and logical; Maxwell is indeed an “original,” and his second woodwind-based, multi-instrumental work is as unique as the first and about as original as contemporary jazz gets.

It’s not often that jazz fans come across this kind ...

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Benefit for Mary Lou Karp at Maxwell's New Jersey

Benefit for Mary Lou Karp at Maxwell's New Jersey

Source: Just Roots PR

On September 23 at Maxwells in Hoboken, music lovers will get a glimpse of what the brotherhood of musicians is all about. Five national acts will donate their time and talent, and Maxwells the space, to raise money for the Karp family.

Marylou Karp, wife of Blind Pig recording artist and singer-songwriter Peter Karp, was diagnosed in June with stage 4 ovarian cancer. Marylou, 50, is the mother of two children, James and Courtney. Her illness was initially misdiagnosed as ...

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