Jazz News

ONErpm Launches Facebook App to Help Musicians Connect with and Sell Music to their Fans

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 18, 2011

ONErpm.com announces the debut of its Facebook App, ONErpm, a robust social commerce application enabling musicians and labels to market and sell their music globally to fans right from their Facebook page. Artists can sell by territory, set pricing tiers, and offer free downloads in exchange for an email address. Emphasizing globality, ONErpm also supports multiple currencies and languages including English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

The ONErpm application features a one-click install with no restriction on the number of albums, making ...

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"Toot That Flute Tour" by Composer/Musician Cheryl Lynne Skinner

Source: Cheryl Lynne Skinner
July 18, 2011

Louisville, KY—-Not to be missed! Composer-Musician Cheryl Lynne Skinner will be featuring contemporary flute music in several unique and intimate venues in the Louisville area on the “Toot That Flute Tour" during the month of July 2011. Skinner a triple threat performing on keyboard, flute and vocals presents an inspirational program of contemporary M.U.S.E. (music unleashed from soul experience). Skinner's compositions defy classification as she combines a myriad of styles, including Jazz, R&B, Latin-American, African and classical to achieve her ...

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Laura Ainsworth's Secret Is Out: "Keep It To Yourself" Hits The Charts

Source: Laura Ainsworth
July 18, 2011

Dallas-based singer Laura Ainsworth titled her debut CD “Keep It To Yourself," but word seems to be spreading out of her control. The indie release, with virtually no advertising or PR budget, is garnering rave reviews and airplay across America, as well as in Brazil, Australia, France, Italy, South Africa and other nations. And Ms Ainsworth was happily stunned to learn that it has just entered Jazz Weekly's Top 200 Radio Airplay Chart, tied with such venerable artists as Herbie ...

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Shhh...Jazz Musician Kenny Love's CD Is CAsE SEnSiTiVe

Source: Kl Ma
July 18, 2011

Kenny Love, who after having an independent music career, spent a subsequent twenty-year period as a radio/video promoter and media publicist representing fellow musicians, has now returned to his creative Jazz artistry and released cAsE sEnSiTiVe. cAsE sEnSiTiVe is a 10- song experience that engages the listener through musical peaks, lyrical valleys, and poetic arrangements. Opening with a driving upbeat selection titled Glide, the release has been entered into the International Music Awards. It will also be entered in seven ...

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New Blossom Dearie Songbook from Hal Leonard!

Source: Jim Smith
July 18, 2011

Hal Leonard has produced a lovely new personality folio featuring the music of Blossom Dearie. From her years at Verve in the 50s, Fontana in London in the 60s through the most important songs on Blossom's own label, Daffodil Records, this folio is definitive. A new biography starts out the songbook and the following songs are included: Bring All Your Love Along, Bye-Bye Country Boy, Deed I Do, I Like You, You're Nice, I Won't Dance, I'm Shadowing You, Inside ...

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Leron Thomas CD Release Party at 92Y Tribeca on August 6th

Source: Michael Ricci
July 18, 2011

Leron Thomas delivers volume 3 of his Dirty Draws series with a CD Release Party at 92Y Tribeca—Saturday, August 6th at 9pm. Bringing his signature style of genre crossing antics, this new music will make for an incredible live show fusing humor and compositional prowess. Featuring; Yayo Serka-drums, Mark Kelley-bass, Theo Hill- keys, Jean-Christophe Milliard-guitar and Leron Thomas- vocals/trumpet. Tickets are $10 online and $12 at the door with ALL attendees receiving a free download of Dirty Draws Volume 3. ...

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Pianist Richard Eisenberg soothes a soul's melancholic ache on new album 'Song of Healing'

Source: Lauren Rogers
July 18, 2011

Death is silent. It is the quiet afternoon that used to be filled with talk and laughter; the empty stillness in a once boisterous living room. Pianist Richard Eisenberg's latest album, Song of Healing, echoes the hushed days following a loved one's passing. Dedicated to his late father, Dr. Samuel Eisenberg, M.D., Song of Healing carries the emotional weight of a profound loss in its every whispered confession. On “A Reader's Melody," Eisenberg captures a soul's melancholic ache as it ...

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Lost Recordings By Louis Armstrong & The Dukes Of Dixieland Now Available

Source: Shelly Liebowitz
July 18, 2011

Lost Recordings By Louis Armstrong & The Dukes Of Dixieland Now Available For some time SRI Jazz president, Shelly Liebowitz has been in discussions with the Estate of Frank Assunto the owners of most of the recorded material by The Dukes of Dixieland. Through an agreement these legendary recordings by the greatest Dixieland jazz group of all times will finally be digitally re-mastered and available on the SRI Jazz website http://www.srirecords.com and on iTunes, Amazon and all other major digital ...

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