New Releases
Danilo Pérez
Providencia
Release: August 31st, 2010
“This record is based on the idea that whatever we do has an impact in the universe,” Pérez says. “The word ‘providence,’ for me, means standing up for the future of the next generation of children.”
Kirk Whalum
Everything Is Everything: The Music Of Donny Hathaway
Release: August 31st, 2010
The breadth and depth of Kirk Whalum’s Everything Is Everything: The Music Of Donny Hathaway on Rendezvous Music/Mack Avenue Records reflects everything he has been and is as an artist, and bumps it up a notch for a breathtaking, beautiful and breakthrough excursion.
Jackiem Joyner
Jackiem Joyner
Release: August 3rd, 2010
Jackiem Joyner is ready for his Hollywood close-up. It’s already been a big year for the multidimensional sax player both professionally and personally. Dramatic events offstage have inspired his work in the spotlight while his passion for movies has influenced the songs, sounds and textures used in the creation of his third album, a self-titled disc that arrives as Joyner is poised to become a top-of-the-marquee smooth jazz star.
John Brannen
Bravado
Release: July 20th, 2010
Bravado finds Brannen doing what he does best—channeling a segment of the American psyche. Given the complex nature of 21st century life and the detail and nuance Brannen brings to his work, Bravado is, not surprisingly, a project with real weight and scope.
Jonathan Butler
So Strong
Release: May 11th, 2010
An album bursting with hope, joy, romance and inspiration, including eleven songs penned or co-penned by Jonathan himself.
Hot Club Of Detroit
It’s About That Time
Release: April 27th, 2010
The blistering fretwork on the opening track of the group’s third CD, It’s About That Time, pays explicit homage to one of their six-string heroes – just not the one you might think.
Tia Fuller
Decisive Steps
Release: March 16th, 2010
Swing is the musical manifestation of forward motion. To achieve one’s goals, one must take giant steps. Today’s modern musicians at the change of the 21st century are moving miles ahead, advancing the jazz continuum, while remaining open and engaged in other musical inventions and dimensions. The astonishingly gifted, Colorado-born, alto / soprano saxophonist / flautist Tia Fuller is such an artist.
Kirk Whalum
The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter 3
2 CD set! - A DVD is also available.
Release: March 16th, 2010
The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter III, in all its breath and breadth, plaintive wailing saxophones, deep and rich harmonies, sensual romance, delightful humor, artful space, and awesome beauty tells Kirk Whalum's story in a way no other music can.
