Boney James | Send One Your Love

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African American, Boney James, Saxophone, Smooth Jazz

Boney James

Boney James | Send One Your Love [Concord, 2009]

Concord Records presents Send One Your Love, a 10-track album of seductive love songs from sax icon Boney James. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Boney has put together the ultimate “musical valentine.” Send One You Love includes new James originals as well as covers from Stevie Wonder, Barry White, the Stylistics and more. Send One Your Love is the third album James has recorded since signing with Concord Records. The album follows his Concord debut – Shine­ – which received rave reviews from the press and landed him at #1 on the Contemporary Jazz charts and #6 on the R&B chart.

Send One Your Love is a sensuous collection of nine instrumental tracks plus a stunning cover of James Taylor’s “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight”. On this track, Boney introduces the world to the incredible new R&B vocalist Quinn. Having previously done background vocals for the likes of Kelly Price and K-Ci & JoJo, Quinn was working as an Atlanta-based session singer. “I started asking friends if they knew a young singer who should be a star,” Boney says. “I got Quinn’s MP3 in an e-mail. The next day I flew him to L.A. and cut the track in two takes!”

Source: Concord Music Group

Release: 2/3/2009

A Taste of Cacao Música | Latin Jazz With A Venezuelan Flavor

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Culture, Jazz, Latin Music

Cacao Música

A Taste of Cacao Música | Latin Jazz With A Venezuelan Flavor [Latin Jazz/Cacao Música/2008] Latin Jazz

Cacao Música is a new music label based in Caracas, Venezuela. With a varied catalogue that includes Jazz, World and Latin Music, they have entered the North American Market in a big way. Founded by drummer and veteran broadcaster Omar Jeanton (owner of several radio sations in Venezuela), and Major League Baseball right fielder Bobby Abreu (also a passionate music fan), “Cacao’s mission is to produce and market internationally an eclectic catalogue of CDs and DVDs spanning diverse musical genres and styles including jazz, Latin-jazz, fusion, Afro-Venezuelan, pop, folk and instrumental music.” ~ Source: Latin Jazz Network/Danilo Navas

Chembo Corniel | For The Rest Of Your Life

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Culture, Jazz, Percussionist

Chembo Corniel

Chembo Corniel | For The Rest Of Your Life [Latin Jazz/Chemboro/2007] Nuyorican Jazz

Chembo Corniel has been on the front lines for over three decades – in the Salsa trenches of New York’s cuchifrito circuit where the competition is stiff. His rock-solid tumbaos and beautiful sound on the conga drums has made him one of the most in-demand sidemen and studio musicians in New York over the past three decades. But Chembo’s recently put on a new hat – that of the bandleader – and he’s come out of the gate hitting hard with his power-packed Latin Jazz ensemble, Chaworó, top shelf Nuyorican streetwise sabor, fresh and funky and respectful of its considerable roots.

In the city that invented the Latin percussionist/bandleader (Tito, Mongo, Candido, Ray Barretto, Kako, Orlando Marín, Willie Bobo, Joe Cuba, Orestes Vilato, etc.), you’ve got to come correct because the public expects no less. ~ Source: CDBaby.com