EoJ 1st Look ☞ Al Jarreau - "My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke"

This love-infused project includes guest artists Gerald Albright, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Miller, Lalah Hathaway, Jeffrey Osborne, Kelly Price, Dr. John and more! Plus, a special performance by George Duke. :)

The world of music was forever changed in 2013 with the passing of legendary keyboardist, composer and producer George Duke. This year, Al Jarreau, famed vocalist and long-time friend of Duke, re-interprets some of Duke's renowned catalog of post-bop, jazz-fusion, R&B and Brazilian jazz with My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke set for release August 5, 2014.

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GRAMMY Award Winner Robert Glasper Experiment In Concert! [2+ hours of video]

Did you have a great week? Do you need to unwind? Check out the following four videos of the Robert Glasper Experiment performing at London's iTunes Festival in September 2012. 

Piano: Robert Glasper 
Drums: Mark Colenburg 
Bass: Derrick Hodge 
Sax/vocoder: Casey Benjamin

Special guests include Lionel Loueke, Bilal, Lalah Hathaway, Alan Hampton, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, Phonte and MF Doom.

The first video (Part 1 of 4) is below. You have to hit Click to read more... to view the other three vids. Thank you!

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The Quintessential Acapella Sextet TAKE 6 Celebrate 25th Anniversary With "One"!

PRESS RELEASE

 

With the popularity of televised vocal competitions like the explosive a cappella show The Sing Off and the mania over singing driven comedy dramas like Glee, Take 6 is the original torchbearer for the first instrument. The ten-time GRAMMY and ten-time Dove winners, Take 6, (Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley) celebrate their 25th Anniversary this year and have a lot to be grateful for. The distinguished Gospel/Jazz vocal group, heralded by Quincy Jones as the “baddest vocal cats on the planet!’ are the quintessential acapella group and model for what vocal genius is. 

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