Kevin Hayden Trio -][- PARIS – [Kevin Hayden Music, 2012] –

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African American, Drums, Kevin Hayden

Kevin Hayden Trio, Paris

Kevin Hayden Trio -][- PARIS –MP3– [Kevin Hayden Music, 2012] –

Kevin Hayden is a drummer/producer/composer who is known to articulately translate speech through musical notes on the drums. Born in 1980, Fort Wayne IN, he began to take an interest in drums at the age of 2. Kevin comes from a long line of family drummers and was brought up in church where he was afforded the opportunity to play for various community choirs. When he was 13, he was noticed at his church by a well known choir director, Chris Ford, which led to his involvement in hundreds of local performances, a live recording with the Fort Wayne Youth Ensemble and tours in Georgia and Texas.

Justin Time Records Vocalist HALIE LOREN Signs with Wild West Management

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Female Vocalist, Halie Loren

Halie Loren

Wild West Artist Management is proud to announce the signing of internationally recognized jazz-pop vocalist Halie Loren. The announcement coincides with the March 6th release of Loren’s debut Justin Time Records album, Heart First.

“I feel very positive about the new and exciting things happening in my musical career this year, and my new management relationship with Jim West and Keith Altomare is making an already seemingly red-letter year even more promising,” said Loren. “Not only have they already begun to make things happen with my music around the world that I would have never dreamed of, but they are also fantastic human beings whom I respect immensely and like very much. I certainly feel that I lucked out.”

Snarky Puppy -][- Tell Your Friends – [Ropeadope, 2011] –

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Snarky Puppy

Snarky Puppy, Tell Your Friends

Snarky Puppy -][- Tell Your Friends –MP3– [Ropeadope, 2011] –

With the release of their live, 2-disc album/DVD “Tell Your Friends” (Ropeadope Records), Snarky Puppy has gone from an underground secret to one of the most internationally respected names in instrumental music.

The 3-time Dallas Observer Music Award winning group (“Best Jazz Act” 2008, 2009, 2010) has, over the last four years of touring, gained a reputation for putting on a live show unparalleled in energy, virtuosity, and musicianship. They seamlessly fuse a deep knowledge and respect for musical tradition with sonic and conceptual innovation in a way that is able to reach the most critical- or most carefree- audience.