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Recent Headlines - Music Genre: Jazz & Blues

SpiralFrog(TM) Partners with BFM Digital to Increase Music Collection: Free and Legal Music Destination to Make Available Nearly 80,000 Tracks SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, and BFM Digital, a leading digital music aggregator and distributor of independent music, today announced a licensing agreement to make nearly 80,000 tracks available on the SpiralFrog Web site. BFM Digital's featured labels include Sounds True, Spirit Voyage, APM Music, Point Classics, Laughing Hyena, SoulFood, Sound Ideas and Chacra Music Licensing. - 2008-04-03

WOOZYFLY Launches Contest for Bands to Win a $150,000 Recording, Promotion, and Distribution Deal The music media and social-networking website WOOZYFLY.com will be hosting an unsigned band contest entitled WOOZY IDOL, offering all unsigned bands a chance to win a RECORDING, DISTRIBUTION, and PROMOTION contract valued at up to $150,000. - 2008-04-02

NuGroove Saxophonist Michael Lington Becomes American Citizen NuGroove Records is proud to announce that contemporary jazz superstar Michael Lington became an American citizen on March 20, 2008. This Danish-born saxophonist arrived in the United States in 1990 and has since taken the music scene by storm. - 2008-03-29

Boyz II Men World Tour Announces Competition to Win a Gold Disc - Exclusive Free Video Attached to This Release Boys II Men, one of the most successful R&B male vocal groups of all time, are going on a world tour. An exclusive behind the scenes video is also available to download free (attached to this release and also available to download from www.boyziimenhitsville.com ). - 2008-03-28

Trackbacks Available SpiralFrog(TM) Now Third Largest Legal Music Download Site: SpiralFrog Continues Growth with 850,000 Registered Users and More Than Two Million Uniques in North America SpiralFrog, Inc., (www.spiralfrog.com) the free, ad-supported Web-based music experience, today announced it crossed a major threshold with almost 850,000 registered users. Based on reported user numbers, SpiralFrog is now positioned as the third largest legal music download site in U.S. and Canada behind only iTunes and Rhapsody. The company also demonstrated further growth with traffic already surpassing two million unique monthly visitors for March. - 2008-03-27

"The Way I Play (Live in Chicago)" New Trio CD from Guitarist Bobby Broom, Due April 22 Jazz guitarist Bobby Broom has accrued stellar credentials as a sideman with Sonny Rollins, Kenny Burrell, Dr. John, and Charles Earland. But since the mid-1990s he's been focusing much more on his own music, culminating with the release next month of a superb live CD with his working trio. - 2008-03-25

Royal Crown Revue appears on Gene Simmons' "Family Jewels" Gangster big band Royal Crown Revue will appear on three brand new episodes of Gene Simmons' much ballyhooed reality show, starting this week on the A&E Network. These episodes of "Family Jewels" find Simmons headed to Las Vegas, where he steps out from his role as KISS lead singer to front a full-scale rhythm and blues big band revue - 2008-03-25

Justo Almario Joins Talents of Super-Star Proportions Highlighting Globalization at its Best Legendary saxophonist Justo Almario recently joined fellow Colombian Juanes and American superstar Fergie on the new album, by Sergio Mendes, Encanto, to be released in stores June 10, 2008. - 2008-03-25

Get Down to Get on Up at SXSW - Superfly Soul Party II in Austin TX on Mar 13 2008 Showcasing five of Austin's Top Funk, Soul, Rare Groove Bands at SXSW. Greyhounds, Flyjack, T Bird & The Breaks, Chicken Strut, Akina Adderley and The Vintage Playboys. - 2008-03-13

Amber Ojeda to Perform at The Temple Bar in Santa Monica and Anthology in San Diego at Last Hip-Hop Gains Style, Soul, and Jazz Overtones A & R Managements artist Amber Ojeda www.amberojedamusic.com has teamed up with Sellaband www.sellaband.com/amberojeda allowing the consumer to invest directly with artists. - 2008-03-12

Passionate Tradition of Authentic Flamenco Will Ignite the Senses in a Production of "Cuerpo Y Alma" at the Clifton Center, in Louisville, Kentucky A dazzling showcase of styles in sensual movement and fiery footwork, primal pulse of rhythms, passion, and intoxicating music will be the features of the authentic flamenco production "Cuerpo Y Alma" scheduled to run on April 11, at 8pm and April 13, at 2pm at the Clifton Center in Louisville, Kentucky. International cast of musicians and dancers, featuring guest dancer and choreographer Antonio Hidalgo, singers Chayito Champion and Vicente Griego, among others, will celebrate the power and glory of flamenco, the hauntingly beautiful and complex art form of Southern Spain. - 2008-03-11

Trackbacks Available Delirium Blues Project, Co-Led by Kenny Werner and Roseanna Vitro, Debuts on CD March 25 Pianist Kenny Werner and vocalist Roseanna Vitro, longtime friends and musical colleagues, have collaborated on a new band (Delirium Blues Project) and a new CD (Serve or Suffer). Werner's arrangements for the nine-piece ensemble give the funk, blues, and roots repertoire a progressive spin.** - 2008-03-11

New Ray Brown Jr. CD: All-Star Duets Plus One With Mom & Dad Ray Brown Jr., the son of legendary jazz performers Ray Brown and Ella Fitzgerald, is being joined by some of his friends and other artists he has admired to create a truly unique album put out by SRI Jazz with veteran producer Shelly Liebowitz at the helm. All-star guests from the CD have also signed the "Green Piano" used in making the CD, which will then be sold at auction, the proceeds of which will help rebuild eco-friendly homes to musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina. - 2008-03-06

Sonic Bear Music, Va. Beach, VA, releases "Follow The Mist" by Stephen Peppos, a Virginia Artist/Composer, Release Date August 1, 2008 Composer Stephen Peppos' FOLLOW THE MIST debuts at # 3 on the New Age Reporter TOP 100 Charts. Receiving high accolades from industry reviewers. - 2008-02-23

Benevento/Russo Duo and Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Team Up for Spring Break Two of the hottest young touring acts around, the Benevento/Russo Duo and Grace Potter & the Nocturnals team for 10-date tour in March. - 2008-02-16

Jazz Pianist Eldar Wins $20,000 SPA Get-A-Way Package Courtesy of Perfect Earth Tours Eco Spa & Resort Grammy nominated jazz virtuoso Eldar wins top prize at 'Green with Music,' the luxury eco gifting retreat and spa during the Grammys. - 2008-02-15

Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces Line-up for the 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Annual Labor Day Festival, August 29-31, 2008, includes Terence Blanchard, Dianne Reeves, Eliane Elias, Marian McPartland, Donal Fox, Edmar Castaneda, Joe Locke, Eddie Daniels, Mark O'Connor, Jane Monheit and more. - 2008-02-15

Sexy Soulful Songstress Amber Ojeda to appear at The House of Blues in Hollywood FEB 21ST New Voice, New Star Amber Ojeda performing live at House of Blues Free music downloads available at www.myspace.com/amberojeda - 2008-02-13

Jazz Vocalist Denise Thimes At The White House For Valentine's Day Jazz vocalist Denise Thimes' international impact continues with an invitation to perform at The White House on Valentine's Day. Joining her in the February 14, 2008 show will be Washington, D.C. musicians Robert Redd on piano, Herman Birney on bass and Lenny Robinson on drums. - 2008-02-06

VideoPoke Now Available on Facebook New widget from Singing Fool puts music back into Valentine's Day. - 2008-01-31

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