In its second full slate of archival releases, Monterey Jazz Festival Records, an imprint of Concord Music Group, has released a new series of never-before-heard concert performances by jazz icons: Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, Shirley Horn, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader and classic blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon.The new series features the following 6 releases, available now on CD and digitally:Art Blakey and the Giants of Jazz - Live at the Monterey 1972 Jazz FestivalDave B

The new album from Gerald Albright 'Sax for Stax', is out now on Peak Records (Concord Music Group). Released this week, Sax for Stax is the latest album from one of the most respected and sought after Jazz / R&B crossover saxophonists. Consisting of eight passionately rendered covers of Stax classics, plus three originals written with Memphis in mind, Sax for Stax pays tribute to the legendary Memphis-based record label that defined Southern soul from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, coi