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Monday, October 31, 2016

Smooth Jazz Chart - Weekly Top 20 - October 31, 2016 #jazz


TW - LW - Artist - Album - (Label)
1 - 1 - Euge Groove - "Still Euge" - (Shanachie)
2 - 5 - Richard Elliot - "Summer Madness" - (Heads Up/Concord)
3 - 4 - Paul Brown - "One Way Back" - (Woodward Avenue)
4 - 12 - Peter White - "Groovin' - (Heads Up/Concord)
5 - 9 - Paul Jackson Jr. - "Stories From Stompin' Willie - (Branch, Records Inc.)
6 - 2 - The Rippingtons - "True Stories" - (Peak/eONE)
7 - 6 - Marc Antoine - "Laguna Beach" - (Woodward Avenue)
8 - 10 - Chuck Loeb - "Unspoken" - (Shanachie)
9 - 15 - Nathan East - "Reverence" - (Yamaha Entertainment Group"
10 - 8 - Paul Taylor - "Countdown" - (Pike/eOne)
11 - 3 - John Novello - "Ivory Soul" - (529 Music)
12 - 19 - BWB - "BWB" - (Artistry/Mack Avenue)
13 - 11 - Gerald Albright - "Taking Control" - (Bright)
14 - 13 - Ken Navarro - "Bonfire" - (Positive Music Records)
15 - 7 - Keiko Matsui - "Journey To The Heart" - (Shanachie)
16 - 14 - Adam Hawley - "Just The Beginning" - (Kalimba)
17 - 24 - Lindsey Webster - "Back To Your Heart" - (Shanachie)
18 - 25 - Jazmin Ghent - "Chocolate Sunshine" - (jazmingent.com)
19 - 17 - James Day - "Repertoire" - (Song King)
20 - 26 - U-Nam - "Surface Level" - (Skytown Records)


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Monday, October 24, 2016

Smooth Jazz Chart - Weekly Top 20 - October 24, 2016 #jazz


TW - LW - Artist - Album - (Label)
1 - 1 - Euge Groove - "Still Euge" - (Shanachie)
2 - 2 - The Rippingtons - "True Stories" - (Peak/eONE)
3 - 3 - John Novello - "Ivory Soul" - (529 Music)
4 - 8 - Paul Brown - "One Way Back" - (Woodward Avenue)
5 - 4 - Richard Elliot - "Summer Madness" - (Heads Up/Concord)
6 - 7 - Marc Antoine - "Laguna Beach" - (Woodward Avenue)
7 - 5 - Keiko Matsui - "Journey To The Heart" - (Shanachie)
8 - 6 - Paul Taylor - "Countdown" - (Pike/eOne)
9 - 10 - Paul Jackson Jr. - "Stories From Stompin' Willie - (Branch, Records Inc.)
10 - 12 - Chuck Loeb - "Unspoken" - (Shanachie)
11 - 9 - Gerald Albright - "Taking Control" - (Bright)
12 - 55 - Peter White - "Groovin' - (Heads Up/Concord)
13 - 28 - Ken Navarro - "Bonfire" - (Positive Music Records)
14 - 14 - Adam Hawley - "Just The Beginning" - (Kalimba)
15 - 25 - Nathan East - "Reverence" - (Yamaha Entertainment Group"
16 - 11 - Nick Colionne - "The Journey" - (Trippin 'N' Rhythm)
17 - 16 - James Day - "Repertoire" - (Song King)
18 - 26 - Reza Khan - "Wind Dance" - (Painted Media)
19 - 33 - BWB - "BWB" - (Artistry/Mack Avenue)
20 - 13 - Chris Standring - "Ten" - (Ultimate Vibe Recordings)


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Monday, October 17, 2016

Smooth Jazz Chart - Weekly Top 20 - October 17, 2016 #jazz


TW - LW - Artist - Album - (Label)
1 - 1 - Euge Groove - "Still Euge" - (Shanachie)
2 - 2 - The Rippingtons - "True Stories" - (Peak/eONE)
3 - 5 - John Novello - "Ivory Soul" - (529 Music)
4 - 14 - Richard Elliot - "Summer Madness" - (Heads Up/Concord)
5 - 4 - Keiko Matsui - "Journey To The Heart" - (Shanachie)
6 - 3 - Paul Taylor - "Countdown" - (Pike/eOne)
7 - 7 - Marc Antoine - "Laguna Beach" - (Woodward Avenue)
8 - 11 - Paul Brown - "One Way Back" - (Woodward Avenue)
9 - 6 - Gerald Albright - "Taking Control" - (Bright)
10 - 19 - Paul Jackson Jr. - "Stories From Stompin' Willie - (Branch, Records Inc.)
11 - 15 - Nick Colionne - "The Journey" - (Trippin 'N' Rhythm)
12 - 8 - Chuck Loeb - "Unspoken" - (Shanachie)
13 - 16 - Chris Standring - "Ten" - (Ultimate Vibe Recordings)
14 - 31 - Adam Hawley - "Just The Beginning" - (Kalimba)
15 - 13 - Boney James - "Futuresoul" - (Concord Music)
16 - 17 - James Day - "Repertoire" - (Song King)
17 - 21 - Brian Culbertson - "Funk!" (BCM Entertainment)
18 - 12 - Michael Lington "Second Nature" - (Copenhagen Music)
19 - 18 - Philippe Saisse - "On The Level" - (Badar Log Music)
20 - 33 - Greg Manning - "Sugar & Spice" - (Kalimba)


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Friday, October 14, 2016

Anna Danes - "Find Your Wings" - Release October 28th #jazz

Breast Cancer Awareness Month has an entirely new meaning this year for jazz singer Anna Danes (www.AnnaDanes.com). As the positive-minded chanteuse plotted with her team for the release of her empowering “Find Your Wings” album, an intimate acoustic jazz collection of standards and original love songs that will be released on October 28, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Turning to her own encouraging messages of hope and inspiration, she has not missed a beat and is using her health challenge to educate others by journaling her experience on a cancer blog and as source material for her upcoming book, motivational speaking engagements and personal growth products.
 
Danes’ second album, produced by Dave Darling, is about breaking free of whatever is holding you back from doing what you love. It’s her own story as the San Diego-based former lawyer and stay-at-home mother who escaped communist Poland with her family as a child only began singing three years ago. By believing in herself, she has completely transformed her life. Unimaginably, Danes found herself in the iconic Capitol Records Studios recording “Find Your Wings” where two of her role models, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, recorded.
 
Influenced by the starkly-produced vocal jazz albums made by Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, Darling adorned Danes’ grand and expressive voice with sparse accompaniment from an astute jazz trio consisting of piano, upright bass and drums. Half of the date is composed of five gems from the Great American Songbook plus a mesmerizing, emotionally-baring tune from blues singer Janiva Magness (“When You Were My King”). The other half is songs co-authored by Danes: the uplifting title track and five songs chronicling her most recent relationship, including its painful conclusion.          
 
In addition to her recording career, Danes created a production company to bring live jazz events to the San Diego market. She produces the area’s popular Jazz on Cedros series that will host her album release concert on the release date. Have you listened to “Find Your Wings” and considered Danes for an interview, feature, performance, record review or an appropriate roundup piece? Please let me know if you need anything on our end. Thanks for your open ears.

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“Moving On”: Jazz fusion guitarist Tyler Reese rediscovers his creative muse on “Reminiscence,” arriving November 4.

Guitarist Tyler Reese found that being a busy Nashville session player all week and touring in a country band every weekend left little time to explore his own musical creativity. The 23-year-old, once summoned to Paisley Park to play for Prince and who studied at the feet of jazz guitar legend Pat Metheny, re-immersed himself in the music that first sparked his passion and imagination: jazz fusion. Carving time to revisit his roots resulted in the varied guitar-driven, jazz odyssey titled “Reminiscence,” featuring ten of his original compositions. The platter, produced by Jeff Silverman (Rick Springfield, Hiroshima, The Allman Brothers Band, Tim Weisberg) and Reese, will be released on November 4 and is prefaced at radio by the spirit-lifting, sweetly melodic acoustic guitar sojourn “Moving On.”      
 
Reese composed “Reminiscence” to be an ambitious and intrepid expedition through vast jazz terrain. Most tracks slash through thickets of electric guitar-powered fusion, horn-highlighted funk and sprawling progressive rock. Others present delicate bouquets of acoustic guitar expressions, fragrant stems of gypsy jazz and new age meditations. Whether gracefully strumming gentle harmonies or dexterously plucking frenetic runs at dazzling speed with turn-on-the-dime precision, Reese’s fretwork primarily serves his engaging compositions, enabling his fingers to communicate evocatively and emote vividly.
 
“The seed of my inspiration for ‘Reminiscence’ came from needing a creative change and a musical recharge - something fresh and new - so I delved into writing and found myself back at my jazz roots and renewed my love of fusion. It has rekindled my musical soul. I hadn’t realized that I had so many ideas floating around in my head. The writing and production process was fun and inspiring, but challenging and liberating at the same time. The body of work is truly no holds barred, which is exactly what I was going for,” said Reese, a Fredericksburg, Virginia native who will return to the area to perform on November 20 at the Riverside Center and November 23 at The Tin Pan in Richmond. “I was never too much into songwriting, but after moving to Nashville and spending the past few years playing so many gigs, traveling extensively and going through certain life experiences, I was inspired to write. ‘Reminiscence’ encompasses all those experiences and places I’ve gotten to see, all of which are reflected in the writing.”
 
Reese studied classical piano for 14 years beginning at age three and started studying jazz guitar when he turned twelve. He cranked out his first album at age 15, “Risus21,” an energetic, moody and heavy progressive rock foray. Two years later, his “Because I Can” disc put a contemporary funk, rock and blues spin on a collection of straight-ahead jazz standards. He recorded a duets project two years ago with longtime Prince backup singer Elisa Fiorillo-Dease titled “Life in 20,” which is how he came to the attention of the late purple icon. Impressed, Prince flew the guitarist to Minneapolis for a jam session and carefully studied the young prodigy’s technique. Reese attended a master’s guitar clinic taught by Metheny and calls the 20-time Grammy winner a mentor. During his sophomore year as a jazz performance guitar major at Berklee College of Music, Reese released a rock single, “Simply To Choose,” his first collaboration with Silverman, who recruited the rock band Boston’s Kimberely Dahme to sing on the track. Feeling he learned all he could in the classroom, Reese left college early eager to launch his professional career.           
   
Released on the Tyler Reese Music label, the “Reminiscence” album contains the following songs:
 
“Moving On”
“Breaking Point”
“Out Of Orbit”
“Reflections”
“Astrotermination”
“2Funk”
“Escapade”
“Reminiscence”
“Headed Out”
“Emancipation”
 
Bonus Track: “Moving On” Radio Edit
 
 
For more information, please visit www.TylerReeseMusic.com

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Monday, October 10, 2016

Smooth Jazz Chart - Weekly Top 20 - October 10, 2016 #jazz


TW - LW - Artist - Album - (Label)
1 - 1 - The Rippingtons - "True Stories" - (Peak/eONE)
2 - 2 - Euge Groove - "Still Euge" - (Shanachie)
3 - 4 - Keiko Matsui - "Journey To The Heart" - (Shanachie)
4 - 5 - Paul Taylor - "Countdown" - (Pike/eOne)
5 - 3 - John Novello - "Ivory Soul" - (529 Music)
6 - 10 - Gerald Albright - "Taking Control" - (Bright)
7 - 13 - Marc Antoine - "Laguna Beach" - (Woodward Avenue)
8 - 9 - BWB - "BWB" - (Artistry/Mack Avenue)
9 - 6 - 3rd Force - "Glocal Force" - (Baja/TSR)
10 - 8 - Chuck Loeb - "Unspoken" - (Shanachie)
11 - 11 - Michael Lington "Second Nature" - (Copenhagen Music)
12 - 7 - Boney James - "Futuresoul" - (Concord Music)
13 - 19 - Paul Brown - "One Way Back" - (Woodward Avenue)
14 - 26 - Richard Elliot - "Summer Madness" - (Heads Up/Concord)
15 - 14 - Chris Standring - "Ten" - (Ultimate Vibe Recordings)
16 - 12 - Nick Colionne - "The Journey" - (Trippin 'N' Rhythm)
17 - 16 - Philippe Saisse - "On The Level" - (Badar Log Music)
18 - 17 - James Day - "Repertoire" - (Song King)
19 - 22 - Kim Waters - "Rhythm and Romance" - (Shanachie)
20 - 20 - Paul Jackson Jr. - "Stories From Stompin' Willie - (Branch, Records Inc.)


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Monday, October 03, 2016

Smooth Jazz Chart - Weekly Top 20 - October 3, 2016 #jazz


TW - LW - Artist - Album - (Label)
1 - 2 - The Rippingtons - "True Stories" - (Peak/eONE)
2 - 1 - Euge Groove - "Still Euge" - (Shanachie)
3 - 3 - John Novello - "Ivory Soul" - (529 Music)
4 - 5 - Paul Taylor - "Countdown" - (Pike/eOne)
5 - 4 - Keiko Matsui - "Journey To The Heart" - (Shanachie)
6 - 9 - BWB - "BWB" - (Artistry/Mack Avenue)
7 - 6 - 3rd Force - "Glocal Force" - (Baja/TSR)
8 - 8 - Chuck Loeb - "Unspoken" - (Shanachie)
9 - 13 - Marc Antoine - "Laguna Beach" - (Woodward Avenue)
10 - 11 - Michael Lington "Second Nature" - (Copenhagen Music)
11 - 7 - Boney James - "Futuresoul" - (Concord Music)
12 - 10 - Gerald Albright - "Taking Control" - (Bright)
13 - 14 - Chris Standring - "Ten" - (Ultimate Vibe Recordings)
14 - 12 - Nick Colionne - "The Journey" - (Trippin 'N' Rhythm)
15 - 26 - Richard Elliot - "Summer Madness" - (Heads Up/Concord)
16 - 19 - Paul Brown - "One Way Back" - (Woodward Avenue)
17 - 16 - Philippe Saisse - "On The Level" - (Badar Log Music)
18 - 15 - Brian Culbertson - "Funk!" - (BCM Entertainment)
19 - 20 - Paul Jackson Jr. - "Stories From Stompin' Willie - (Branch, Records Inc.)
20 - 17 - James Day - "Repertoire" - (Song King)


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