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Extending a tradition that stretches from Aretha Franklin to Sarah Vaughn, singer, songwriter, Vesta Williams contributed to the soulful mix of musical era and genres during her career. Simply put, Vesta Williams is a musical legend. Before her death in September 22, 2011, Vesta released 6 studio albums that has produced the hits “Congratulations” “Sweet Sweet Love” “4U” and “Special”. Her upcoming studio release “Seven” is completed and contains the wonderful vocals and arrangement that we have expected from her over the last 25 years. Vesta has sold over 2 million albums in her career that this effort will please all her fans.
Today, Vesta’s new single “Better Days” is available on Itunes. From Executive Producers Edwin Nicholas, Devon V. Collins and Kahlil I. Pedizisai, Vesta’s Album
The Japanese CD reissues from Atlantic and Blue Note are outstanding value giving you Japanese Quality mastering at regular prices. Choose from nearly 100 limed edition quality titles dating from the 60′s and 70′s . Many of these are on CD for the first time, or have been put of print for many years. Please order early to avoid disappoinment. You can see these and all recent Japanese imports at this link.
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I want to introduce to you the soulful sounds of Jayanti, an independent singer-songwriter from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Jayanti was 1 of 4 fresh faces of July on YouTube’s Music Tuesdays channel. Along with this feature on YouTube’s home page, Jayanti’s no-budget video “Girl from Mars” earned over 200,000 views! |
| In addition, I also wanted to share with you Jayanti’s beautiful rendition of “Inside My Love” - a tribute to songbird Minnie Riperton? More info can be found on Bandcamp and www.jayanti.me. Jayanti’s single “Girl from Mars” is now available for purchase on iTunes. | |
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YORK (AP) - Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery
hits "Mustang Sally" and "In The Midnight Hour," died of a heart attack
Thursday in a Reston, Va., hospital, according to his management
company. He was 64. Chris Tuthill of the management company Talent Source said Pickett had been suffering from health problems for the past year. Pickett lived in Ashburn, Va. . |
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 | Do I say more?Michael thanks.R.I.P. |
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Claim your FREE 13 track Smooth Jazz compilation ’13 for the holidays 2012'featuring Chris Standring, Marc Antione, Paul Brown , Shilts and other great artists when you purchase a smooth jazz album from Soul Brother whilst stocks last. Orders can be placed on line, over the phone or collected in store. limited to one FREE CD per customer. **Please mention the offer when you order**
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MUZU.TV is thrilled to present a World Premiere for “Sunlight” by Acid Jazz group The Brand New Heavies – exclusive to the MUZU.TV platform and partner network until 7th April, 2013.
‘Sunlight’ featuring N’Dea Davenport will be the first single released off the forthcoming album ‘Forward’. The track is an uplifting slice of absolutely classic Brand New Heavies with a contemporary edge. The lead single will be released on 15th April.
Pioneers of the London acid jazz scene, The Brand New Heavies are a British music institution whose unique mix of jazz, funk and soul has lit up the UK music scene for well over two decades. And now they are back with their first full studio album in over six years, ‘Forward’, featuring original vocal collaborator N’Dea Davenport and introducing new vocalist Dawn Joseph.
This afternoon I added around 1200 tracks in the database. Tracks from albums like Brass Construction, Brick, Chic, Mutiny, Chas, Delegation, Dayton, Cheryl Lynn, Starpoint and many more. I also upped about 30 samples.
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SOULBROTHER.COM have just had a couple of great jazz funk collections in, with some great titles in fantastic condition, including some that they have not seen for years.
All items are single copies so please order early to avoid disappointment. Records can be ordered though our site, over the phone on 020 8875 1018 or collected from our shop on Putney open 7 days a week 10- 7 (sun 11-5). Happy hunting.
Click this link to go to the vinyl selection.
On BBC Radio 2 a one hour radio documentary on Wilson Pickett will be broadcast. This Documentary features some of the main people in
his life such as Bobby Womack, Steve Cropper, Bobby Eli, Willie Schofield, Eddie Floyd, Sir Mack Rice, Rick Hall, Spooner Oldham and many more as well as
some archive footage that we came across from Wilson himself.
The whole thing is presented by Roger Daltry.
It is broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Monday 12th March at 10pm and will also be available on their listen again feature on their website for the following 7 days
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Funk's most recognizable bassist Bootsy Collins unveils plans for the world's first Funk University where he will serve as Professor Los Angeles, CA -- It began with a simple message on Bootsy Collins' twitter page to his more than 400,000 followers, which simply read "If You Build It, They Will Funk." Fans had no idea he was referring to the upcoming debut of Bootsy's Funk University, an online bass school for players around the planet to study under his direction. Bootsy’s Funk University begins its first semester on July 1, 2010 with enrollment based on a first come, first serve basis. Currently, interested players are encouraged to sign-up for exclusive information at www.thefunkuniversity.com. Registration for enrollment is set to begin in April for the summer launch. |
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