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LateNights With Brad Schrader - Bringing Back Cocktails, Cole Porter And Classy Evenings!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
September 28, 2025

Album LateNights I make it my goal to carry the torch of the American Songbook to a new and younger audience, to keep this great music alive among us. For LateNights we wanted to bring an easy, night-out-with-a-cocktail vibe to our listeners—something we try to bring to our live shows. We bring a cross-section of standards—and not-so-standards—with fresh arrangements to make things easy and interesting. Our superb band of jazz veterans builds a chill groove under and around the vocals, ...

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Hiroko Mina, Ron Carter And Nanny Assis - Beyond The Silk Road - Exciting New Age!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
August 30, 2025

Japanese pianist and composer Hiroko MINA unveils her latest album, Beyond The Silk Road, an extraordinary sonic journey released today, August 25. Inspired by the legendary cultural route that connected East and West, the album blends ancient traditions, contemporary composition, and world-class jazz performance into one breathtaking experience. One of the album’s most remarkable moments comes in its opening track, “Wings of Celestial Maiden," which features jazz legend Ron Carter. His deeply resonant bass lines intertwine with Japan’s highest form ...

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Burnin' Hot New Release - The Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra - Live At Dizzy's

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
August 12, 2025

For nearly 15 years the Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra (SOLJO) has been one of the most precious hidden treasures of the Bronx, NYC’s majority Hispanic borough. SOLJO was founded by trumpeter-educator Oquendo, who has performed alongside Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, Eddie Palmieri, Cuco Peña, Wynton Marsalis, & many others. It started as a rehearsal band comprised of a diverse assortment of some of NYC’s most talented musicians that soon found itself with a weekly residency in the Throgs Neck ...

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Bassist And Composer Wink Winkelmann - Debut Release - Be It Known

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
August 1, 2025

Be It Known marks the long-anticipated debut of bassist and composer Wink Winkelmann—a bold and genre-defying statement from an artist whose musical path has been anything but conventional. After a 15-year hiatus spent studying medicine and practicing dermatologic surgery, the Venice, California–based Winkelmann quietly cultivated his sound as a self-taught composer. His breakthrough moment came with the hauntingly evocative score for the critically-acclaimed film by Duane Hansen Fernandez, “A Place to Fall Down.” Building on that momentum, Winkelmann assembled a ...

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Lenore Raphael Releases Several Singles Of Standards And Other Beautiful Music

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
June 28, 2025

Lenore Raphael is an internationally renowned jazz pianist, Steinway artist, radio host and jazz teacher and has been critically acclaimed as one of the best pianists in the jazz mainstream today. Critics, jazz hosts and jazz lovers all agree that she is one of the most swinging mainstream pianists. Influenced by Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell and Bill Evans, she has taken these influences and created her own recognizable sound. Featured in top jazz clubs like Dizzy’s at Jazz At Lincoln ...

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'Basie Rocks' Tops Traditional Jazz Chart At #1 With Vocalist Deborah Silver!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
May 22, 2025

Basie Rocks! debuted at #1 on the Current Traditional Jazz Album Sales chart and #12 on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz Albums chart. The album, released May 2nd on Green Hill Records, was the highest debut for the week's Billboard Traditional Jazz chart. Triumphantly bridging the worlds of rock and jazz, Silver seamlessly swings classics with some of the biggest and most respected names in music today. From her collaboration with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Peter Frampton on “Baby, I ...

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Julieta Rada: New Album 'Candombe' Showcase June 4th At Nublu!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
May 11, 2025

Latin Grammy-nominated artist Julieta Rada continues to remind listeners everywhere why she is one of the most unique and innovative artists in Latin music. Today, she released her highly anticipated fourth studio album, Candombe, which is now available to stream on all digital music platforms. “Candombe” is a definitive project in the Uruguayan artist's career and one with which she respectfully honors the musical traditions of her native country. As the essence of Uruguay, the candombe style connects people to ...

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Matthew Alec And The Soul Electric - New Release Of Modern Jazz Fusion!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
May 7, 2025

Nominated as Cleveland's “best jazz" for 2024 by the Cleveland Music Awards, explosive fusion supergroup Matthew Alec and The Soul Electric bring old school swagger to their fresh, exciting, and innovative blend of jazz, pop, and funk. Led by All About Jazz's #19 “Favorite Living Jazz Saxophonist" for 2024 Matthew Alec, the 7-piece collective is blazing new paths in modern jazz fusion. The group's debut studio album Cleveland Time featuring former SNL Musical Director Tom “Bones” Malone was released in ...

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