Brazilian Star Céu Releases Third Album and Receives Global Recognition for Caravana Sereia Bloom

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Céu, Female Vocalist

São Paulo-based Vocalist and Songwriter Focuses on Bohemian Journeys and Musical Relationships on New Conceptual Album

“FFFree,” a brief one-minute and seven-second interlude found on Céu’s new album, Caravana Sereia Bloom perfectly paraphrases and captures the spirit of this conceptual record. “There is a road inside of me. Don’t know where it’s going to lead. My eyes are closed. Only witness I have is the wind on my cheek, whispering FFFree.” The Brazilian singer envisioned the open road, the existential mythology of travel and the bohemian atmosphere while creating her third album, Caravana Sereia Bloom which is available today via Six Degrees Records.

Blues guitarist JOHNNIE BASSETT Reunites with celebrated Detroit band Brothers Groove for I Can Make That Happen

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African American, Guitar, Johnnie Bassett

AVAILABLE JUNE 19 ON SLY DOG RECORDS
“His guitar sound is the cleanest on the planet. No jive, no distortion, no tricks. He doesn’t waste a note, no flash–all content. It is a jazzman’s touch amidst the deeply felt blues sensibility that makes one think of another Detroit guitar icon, Kenny Burrell.” – Bob Porter, WBGO

Johnnie Bassett, I Can Make That Happen

LISTEN TO STREAMING TRACKS FROM I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN

Guitarist Johnnie Bassett is a special bluesman, possessing a certain inspired individuality and skill set rarely found these days. In a career dating back to the early 1950s, the spry 76-year-old has earned many accolades–just last year he copped Detroit Music Awards for “Outstanding Blues/R&B Instrumentalist” and “Outstanding Blues Artist/Group.” Well regarded in the Great Lakes region and blues America, yes, but arguably even more admired in Europe, where he’s a favorite of festival-goers. Bassett’s familiarity with jazz, R&B and soul is just as considerable as his blues knowledge; he’s held his own in the fast company of luminaries from various strains of great American music including Ruth Brown, Big Joe Turner, Smokey Robinson, Tina Turner, Dinah Washington, former neighbor John Lee Hooker and a young guitar fledgling named Jimi Hendrix.

Chick Corea’s MARIKA GROOVE to be released by Big Round Records on April 3, 2012

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Eddie Gomez, Mika Yoshida, Steve Gadd

Richard Stoltzman, Markia Groove

“Marika Groove” is a twelve-minute instrumental tour-de-force by Chick Corea written for virtuoso marimba soloist Mika Yoshida and Grammy®-winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. Drummer Steve Gadd and bassist Eddie Gomez join Yoshida and Stoltzman to capture Corea’s composition in a sprawling, ebullient track featuring finely-honed instrumental interplay, muscular rhythmic structures, and ceaselessly inventive melodies, which Yoshida delivers with her signature inspiration and aplomb. The track was recorded at Avatar Studios in New York NY, engineered by Jay Messina and produced by Gadd and Yoshika.

Gregory Porter “Be Good (Lion’s Song)”

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African American, Director, Gregory Porter, Male Vocalist, Pierre Bennu

Gregory Porter – “Be Good (Lion’s Song)” Official Video (Jazz, Soul Music)

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Riding high on the out of the box success of soul/jazz vocalist Gregory Porter’s sophomore release, Be Good, (6 weeks in the top 20 Billboard jazz album chart to date, #6 on the iTunes jazz album chart and Starbucks Pick of the Week from March 27-April 3rd to name a few) Motéma Music has just released a video of the CD’s title track, “Be Good (Lion’s Song).” The video, which was directed by Pierre Bennu of ExitTheApple Productions , features cinematography by Shawn Peters, who worked with Porter on the two videos from the singer’s Grammy nominated CD, Water (“Illusion” and “1960 What?”), and who has also shot videos and short films for Pharoahe Monch, Blitz The Ambassador, and Terence Nance.