Verve Recording Artist Brian Culbertson Nominated at 2013 NAACP Image Awards for “Outstanding Jazz Album”

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Brian Culbertson

(Los Angeles, California – December 17, 2012) On Friday, February 1st, NBC will air the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards at 8pm/EST, celebrating accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film. Contemporary jazz artist and multi-instrumentalist Brian Culbertson has been nominated for Outstanding Jazz Album alongside Jeff Bradshaw, Marcus Miller, Kenny Garrett and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

Philippe Saisse -][- Dorian’s First Christmas – [Dorian 2000 Music, 2012] –

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Phillippe Saisse, DORIAN’S FIRST CHRISTMAS

Philippe Saisse -][- Dorian’s First Christmas –Mp3– [Dorian 2000 Music, 2012]

No other Christmas celebration will ever have as big an impact on our family as Christmas 2004. Its particular significance was due to the fact that it was the first that our son Dorian really became aware of Santa Claus, making the list, checking it twice, mailing it.

The look on his face come Christmas morning was out of this world: his expression of total disbelief at the sight of all the gifts he had on his list was truly something that no other Holiday Season will ever inspire. We will never see that look of utter bewilderment. That moment was so moving that I strolled down to my studio (which in those days was in the basement of our house) and started playing the piano, tunes inspired by the feeling of Christmas as seen through our son’s eyes.

Sean Wayland -][- Click Track Jazz : SLAVE TO THE MACHINE (Vol 1 & II) – [Seed Music, 2012] –

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sean wayland, slave to the machine

Sean Wayland -][- Click Track Jazz : SLAVE TO THE MACHINE (Vol 1 & II) –Mp3– [Seed Music, 2012] –

In this ambitious double release Sean Wayland utilizes synthesizers along with acoustic piano in a way few jazz musicians have dared. Featuring: Mark Guiliana (drums), Keith Carlock (drums), Donny McCaslin (tenor sax), James Muller (guitar), Wayne Krantz (guitar) Nate Wood (guitar), Jeff Hanley (bass) and many more.

Lonnie Liston Smith -][- Cosmic Funk & Spiritual Sounds: The Flying Dutchman Masters – [Ace Records, 2012] –

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Lonnie Liston Smith, COSMIC FUNK & SPIRITUAL SOUNDS

Lonnie Liston Smith -][- Cosmic Funk & Spiritual Sounds: The Flying Dutchman Masters –Mp3– [Ace Records, 2012] –

“I came to London in the 70s and was so pleasantly surprised to see the kids dancing to ‘Expansions’,” recalled Lonnie Liston Smith to me back in 2004. “‘Expansions’ was the first time I really thought about writing lyrics,” he revealed. “I said well, okay, let’s come up with some really enlightening lyrics and at the same time the people can dance to it if they want to.” Regarded as his signature song, ‘Expansions’ – which features lead vocals from Smith’s younger sibling, Donald, over an intoxicating bass-propelled groove – was quickly adopted as an anthem by the UK jazz-funk club scene and appropriately kicks off BGP’s new anthology focusing on the Virginia keyboard player’s Flying Dutchman output.

Black Radio Recovered –The Remix EP Drops October 9th! Plus 15% Off the Robert Glasper Store

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Black Radio Recovered – The Remix EP is out October 9th!
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each track from the remix album BEFORE next week!
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Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio Recovered The Remix EP

Verve/Universal Artist Brian Culbertson Nominated for 2012 Soul Train Music Award – Best Contemporary Jazz Artist

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ALONGSIDE CASSANDRA WILSON AND ESPERANZA SPAULDING

Brian Culbertson

This past summer, award winning R&B musician and Smooth Jazz multi-instrumentalist Brian Culbertson debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Selling Jazz Albums with his thirteenth album Dreams, featuring the lead singles “Your Smile” and “Still Here” f/ Vivian Green which found themselves in Top 10 at Smooth Jazz and Urban Adult Contemporary radio.

(Los Angeles, California – September 25, 2012) On November 25th at 9pm Centric TV will air the 2012 Soul Train Music Awards from Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. Contemporary jazz artist and multi-instrumentalist Brian Culbertson has been nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Artist/Group alongside Esperanza Spaulding, Cassandra Wilson, Ben Tankard and Peter White.

Mark Adams -][- LOVE & DANCE – [Leemar Music Inc., 2012] –

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Mark Adams, LOVE & DANCE

Mark Adams -][- LOVE & DANCE – [Leemar Music Inc., 2012] –

When your performance credits include the likes Roy Ayers, Hugh Masekela, Eryka Badu, Bobbie Humphrey, Maysa, Ronnie Laws and legendary bassist Ron Carter, great things are expected of you. Keyboardist Mark Adams lives up to those expectations with the upcoming release of his new CD “Love and Dance” , featuring the sexy
radio single “Silk Dress”, written and produced by Gerey Johnson.

For those who don’t know, Gerey co-wrote the smooth jazz classic “When I Think of you” with Brian Culbertson and saxophonist Steve Cole for Steve’s debut album.

Rising Young Keyboardist, Composer, and Producer Jesse Fischer To Make ObliqSound Debut with “Retro Future,” Featuring Soul Cycle, His Tight-Knit Working Unit – Available October 30

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Ambitious Project Ties Together Jazz, Electronic, Soul, Classical, Psychedelia, and World Music

Jesse Fischer & Soul Cycle, RETRO FUTURE

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What did the future used to look like? The space-age exploration of the Mad Men era? The free love and flower power of the hippies? The technological utopia of the early Internet pioneers? The promise of today’s era of global interconnectedness? With each new generation of dreamers, a new future is imagined, and when the future actually arrives, it ends up both stranger and more interesting than we could have imagined.

Sean Haefeli -][- RISE – [Sean Haefeli, 2012] –

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Sean Haefeli, RISE

Sean Haefeli -][- RISE –Mp3– [Sean Haefeli, 2012] –

Sean Haefeli is a forward-thinking musician, skilled as a pianist, vocalist, lyricist and composer. His music represents a convergence of sensibilities and aesthetics, as jazz, soul, and poetic lyricism intersect, creating a distinctively modern sound.

Throughout his youth, Sean trained as a classical pianist, and later, a vocalist, while primarily listening to hip-hop and r&b. He continued to navigate seemingly disparate worlds, entering Depaul University as an opera major, and graduating with a degree in English literature. He cultivated an appreciation for a diverse range of poets, and regularly appeared on Chicago’s spoken word scene. After graduation, he immersed himself in jazz and improvisation, working in a range of performance mediums and styles, while further widening his listening sphere. -[Excerpt | Biography]-

The Kevin Toney 3 -][- NEW AMERICAN SUITE – [K-Tone Enterprises, 2012] –

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Music aficionados, I’m positive at some point you’ve heard “Walkin’ in Rhythm, Happy Music and Rock Creek Park.” I’ve enjoyed keyboardist Kevin Toney’s music since his days with The Blackbyrds a cross-over band from D.C. Due to his spiritual transformation, as a composer Toney clearly approaches his compositions with more distinct lyricism that’s mature, captivating and sophisticated artistically. “NEW AMERICAN SUITE” is the latest in his current trilogy of recordings encompasses a cluster of sublime moods, textures and intricate melodies I sure music lovers will adore more and more with repeated spins. –Rob Young | Urban Flux Media

The Kevin Toney 3, NEW AMERICAN SUITE

The Kevin Toney 3 -][- NEW AMERICAN SUITE –Mp3– [K-Tone Enterprises, 2012] –

In recent years America has seen a paradigm shift toward the manifestation of real, forward thinking change – especially in the minds of people of faith. Keyboard master and composer Kevin Toney was already in the midst of a personal metamorphosis when these positive changes began to take shape. The fruits of Kevin’s and his country’s evolution are both in beautiful, vibrant evidence on his latest recording, New American Suite. This dynamic music also marks the debut of his new band The Kevin Toney 3: Kevin Toney on piano, Michael Bradford on bass and Chris Coleman on drums.