The Song Project, a jazz duo out of Brooklyn, NY known for their forward-thinking and out-of-the-box approaches to music and technology has released a web page optimized for the iPad and iPhone in celebration of this Valentines weekend.  They present a bit of dry humor with some choice quotes by Rosanne Barr to Plato and offer an original composition and a hauntingly beautiful version of My Funny Valentine. http://vday.thesongproject.net Their industry first product they coined as the "applum" - iPhone App + Album (where digital meets vinyl) - is innovating the way music is distributed and offers the music consumer a...

Mark Rapp will play a very special performance for Playboy Playmate Natalia Sokolova on October 15th. The exclusive birthday party will play host to top playmates, models including Julia Hendersen (Sport Illustrated), Jessica Gomes (Victoria Secret) and actors from the Sopranos, Entourage among others. Sokolova discovered Rapp through her event planning company Exquisite Planning, LLC. After hearing his music, Sokolova contacted and requested Rapp to play for her at her private birthda …

Over the past 63 years, SARAR International has become the worldwide manufacturer of major global fashion labels such as: Hugo Boss, Burberry’s, Ermenegildo Zegna, Cerruti 1881, Banana Republic, Loro Piana, Reda and many more. In an effort to extend SARAR's retail fashion distribution network, SARAR USA recently established their newest Flagship Boutique, located in the heart of New York City. This Grand Opening Red Carpet event to be held on Thursday, Jan 17 will be attended th …

This weekend (July 24 & 25), trumpeter and composer Mark Rapp and his NY-based band will come back for a second year in a row bringing his original sounds of contemporary/modern Jazz to Florence, Alabama at the 28th annual WC Handy Festival. Past festivals have had such greats as Dizzy Gillispie, Take6, Henry Butler, Ellis Marsalis and more and Rapp duly notes, "I'm very excited to be back south and honored to play such a highly regarded festival." One event Rapp is looking forward t

On Sunday, July 5th (4th of July weekend), Mark Rapp performed 2 shows at the Jazz Standard where he donated his entire profit from CD sales to a charity called Project Sunshine. Rapp's debut CD "Token Tales" is a critically acclaimed effort and is being played around the globe. We often don't hear the results of charity efforts, especially those on a grassroots level, but his is an exception. It's a wonderful example of how small efforts really do help. A HUGE thank you for ever