Donn Bynum - Former Commodores, Bootsy's Rubber Band and Brothers Johnson Saxophonist Releases Debut CD
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While other kids were making college plans, saxophonist Donn Bynum was creating a future with his horn. At the tender age of 18, Bynum joined the legendary Bootsy Collins Group for several shows before attending Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. After graduating, Bynum joined the world famous Commodores and ventured on several world tours of Europe, Asia, Africa, as well as the USA. Playing sax, flute, keyboards and drums, Bynum would also join the Commodores for concerts in Bermuda, Nassau Bahamas, and the Virgin Island with an appearance on the "Motown 25th Anniversary" television show.
Bynum performed for several years with international recording artists The Brothers Johnson, and appeared on the TV show Motown Live. Later, Bootsy's Rubber band called him back for more international touring and recording. During this time, he played on Bootsy's CD entitled Bootsy's New Rubber Band Live in Japan.
As a studio musician, Bynum was featured on the song "Make My Funk The P-Funk", along with funk master keyboardist Bernie Worrell. Bynum has also recorded and performed with stellar award-winning gospel artist Kenny Smith and many other artists.
Do You Feel Me is his solo debut.
Chicago's Chris Greene Releases New CD
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Chris Greene Releases Soul and Science 2: Electric Boogaloo "Straight Ahead Jazz with an Edge"
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Track Samples:Amalgasantos(Chris Greene Quartet)
Ed Motta
Adamantium (Pt. III)(Chris Greene Quartet)
Take Care of Yourself(Chris Greene Quartet)
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G John Martin Releases Debut CD
Airborne Releases New CD
“Winds of Change” the new CD by Airborne the “Musical Peacemakers”
of Contemporary Jazz sends out a Inspirational Message of Hope
Airborne has just released another CD “Winds of Change” on Tilt Records. The band is still riding high on the wonderful success of the 2007 release of Turbulence. The new CD, Winds of Change, was created by the band in response to the current state of global affairs. The band explains that the title, compositions, and even the emotion of this new project was inspired by their concern for world events. In essence, they are proclaiming, "We are musicians, but with deep humanitarian thoughts. The world needs to change and to take action now, but we must be unified first."
Winds of Change is the 6th CD from Airborne, the multi-cultural contemporary jazz group from New Haven, Connecticut. Airborne, the proclaimed “Musical Peacemakers” of contemporary jazz, are focusing their talents in a harmonious atmosphere for change. Their music transfigures a spirit of love and compassion to the world. Their message is simple: "Be well, be happy, and really enjoy life but remember to reach out your hand and ride the Winds of Change. Together, we can make this earth a better place to live...no matter what faith, race, color, or wealth you have. We are all children of this world. Help save our planet. Reach out your hand and ride the Winds of Change!"
Link to YouTube Video - click here
Current radio singles: Track One - "Better Days Ahead" and Track Two -"Winds of Change"
Vibes Alive Releases New CD
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Vibist Dirk Richter and guitarist Randall Crissman continue their collaboration as Vibes Alive, accompanied by an all-star cast of guest musicians including Jeff Lorber, Luis Conte, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jimmy Johnson, Gary Meek, Bob Summers and Putter Smith. After Hours is the second release by Vibes Alive, on Swingding Records. Powered by Peer Pressure Promotion
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Vibes Alive Releases After Hours
Los Angeles, CA/July 9, 2008
Vibist Dirk Richter’s story is about discovery and passion. Before Dirk was even old enough to go to school, he was hanging out at the local music store. At the tender age of four, Dirk was intensely studying music on a daily basis. By the time he was five, Dirk was gigging as a sideman with other youngsters in a band called the Tax Exemptions.
Influenced by Jean Luc Ponty, Jeff Lorber, George Duke and Lionel Hampton (because of swing music), Dirk became a serious mallet player by the age of eight. After high school, he studied at Pasadena City College w/Gary Foster (who had a Monday night big band), thoroughly immersing himself in the local Pasadena jazz scene.
It was in Pasadena that Dirk would meet his future partner in songwriting crime, Randall Crissman, a guitar playing television and movie composer with a string of credits that includes the likes of MTV, CBS, FOX and Nickelodeon for shows like Oprah, Dancing with the Stars, Joe Millionaire, Access Hollywood and The View.
Together, they would pen their first album, Vibes Alive (1997-Syndrome Records), which featured the stellar cast of Jeff Lorber, Luis Conte, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Haslip and Carlos Vega. Jonathan Widran of All Music Guide would declare, “…Richter takes charge, carrying cool melodies atop those trademark Lorber rhythms and harmonies on 70's throwbacks like the Hammond B-3 and the Wurlitzer Electric piano.”
Following the release of the Vibes Alive album Dirk Richter and Randall Crissman would form a band named after the album and would head to the studio to record a second album. Scheduled to be released in 2008 via Swingding Records, After Hours combines the stellar cast of the 1997 release with a few new all stars for a hot sound that will sizzle the airwaves.
More on After Hours by Vibes Alive:
The collection of tunes in After Hours is a tapestry of kinetic exchanges between an incredible cast of musicians. These sessions capture the essence and spirit of the music in its most uninhibited form. A master conductor, Richter uses the vibes as a paintbrush that accentuates the communication between each gifted artist. According to Richter, the music is about “going back to the basics of creating music.” It’s about making music without boundaries.
With all the format changes in the industry, the time is ripe for musical change and that fans are eager to have music that is fresh and alive. The team of Dirk Richter and Randall Crissman offer up a sound that is unique, spirited and passionate. Add in solid songwriting and a stellar cast and you have a winner.
After Hours Musician List:
Dirk Richter: vibes, keyboards
Randall Crissman: guitar, synth bass
Jeff Lorber: synthesizer,Wurlitzer electric piano
Gary Meek: sax & flute
Luis Conte: percussion
Vinnie Colaiuta: drums
Jimmy Johnson: bass
Putter Smith: acoustic bass
Bob Summers: trumpet
Written and arranged by Dirk Richter and Randall Crissman
Produced by Randall Crissman
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nuGroove Uncovers Chartbuster with De'Nate'
nuGroove Records President David Chackler discovered genius keyboardist\producer, Nate Harasim over a year ago, after listening to Nate’s self produced debut release, Next in Line.
Impressed by his unique ability to create memorable, funky rhythms, he believed that Nate could become one of the top artist\producers in the contemporary jazz genre. In early 2007, Chackler signed Nate Harasim to nuGroove and began developing his talents. He hooked Nate up with other nuGroove talents such as Jay Soto, and hit-making producer/artist Darren Rahn among others. Thriving in this atmosphere, Nate rose to the challenge, and within a very short time was ready to produce his second CD, entitled Love’s Taken Over.
During this same period, Chackler had been developing the very talented singer\songwriter Deborah Connors. Deborah was one of the top vocal coaches in Chicago, and had been producing and writing jingles, commercials, and songs for film and TV shows. Deborah was a veteran of the Chicago music scene and had worked at the legendary Chicago Trax Recording Studios with talents such as R Kelly, Ministry’s Al Jorgenson, George Harrison, Liz Phair, Trent Reznor, as well as some of the great Chicago House artists such as Farley “Jackmaster Funk”and Joe Smooth, among others. Deborah had honed her talents with these superstars while recording two of her own albums, doing commercials and producing her own dance music album, Midnight Affair. After writing and co-producing her own music with writer/producer, Michael Powell in Chicago, Chackler felt she was ready as a soloist; he was just waiting for the perfect partner with whom she could produce and create.
Enter, Nate Harasim, who was in the midst of creating his Love’s Taken Over album, and was in need of a vocalist with a very unique sound to add to one of his tracks, “Feel the Love.” It was a match made in heaven…Chackler recommended that Nate connect with Deborah, and the rest is history. “Feel the Love” was the beginning of the new De’Nate’ sound. The track received great attention at radio, and was hailed by format stalwarts Carol Archer of Radio and Records Magazine, and Sandy Shore of Smoothjazz.com as “a hit” and “one of the best smooth jazz tracks of 2008."
Never one to miss an opportunity, Chackler asked Harasim and Connors to team up and record a new album together for nuGroove, an album which would combine their singular talents, and create a new sound to invigorate the contemporary jazz format, as well as R&B, soul and even pop. The combination of Deborah Connors uniquely intricate vocal styling’s, on top of Nate’s incredibly haunting rhythms became Reminisce.
Reminisce will be available at all U.S. retail and e-commerce locations on August 19, 2008…don’t miss the experience.
David Buchbinder - Odessa/Havana
David Buchbinder
Album: Odessa/Havana
Label: Tzadik Records
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Website: www.davidbuchbinder.ca
Trumpet/flugelhorn player David Buchbinder and classical jazz pianist Hilario Duran show that the union of Klezmer/Sephardic jazz and Latin music is a marriage that beams with joy for musicians and audiences alike. The duo’s latest collaboration Odessa/Havana, which is produced by the band’s bass player Roberto Occhipinti, crafts a fusion of traditional music from North Africa, South America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East making Odessa/Havana into an expressive form of cultural arts. The album is much more than an academic study of cultural music, the songs move audiences through customary Jewish dance patterns, emotive laments and soulful phrasing juxtaposed by lines of Afro-Cuban rhythms and Latin jazz wonderment. The song “Cadiz” is emblematic of a beautiful Jewish-influenced melody, and “Rumba Judia” pulls out all the stops on the excitement that Cuban jazz stirs. The compilation is made up of compositions written by Buchbinder and some written by Duran, and then there is one track “Colaboracion” which is written by both that creates an epicenter of charming nightclub jazz revelry. Taking its name from the seaport of Odessa located along the Black Sea in the Ukraine and the Cuban city of Havana, Odessa Havana has figuratively brought together these two homesteads and made the album a virtual metropolis.
- Susan Frances, 2008