Marcus Miller's debut recording for Telarc won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. An influential musician, producer and composer, Miller has just announced plans for a June tour across North America on the following dates:June 15 Playboy Jazz Festival, Los Angeles, CA June 20 Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA June 21 Meyer Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL June 22 Wilmington Jazz Festival, Wilmington, DE June 24 Ramshead Inn, Annapolis, MD June 25&26 Vil …

Our sincerest condolences go out to the Gumede family, his very many close friends, the people that worked with him over the years, as well as those many many fans that will all be feeling the pain of this insurmountable loss... The life-story of Sipho Gumede is a long and elaborate one. He has worked with too many musical icons and legends to list here, a pioneering force as an individual on the South African musical and jazz scenes. (His achievements were recognised as long as five years a …

This just in from Rogers and Cowan, and the Miles Davis Estate NEW MILES DAVIS REMIX PROJECT IS BREWING: EVOLUTION OF THE GROOVE SET FOR RELEASE THIS SUMMER FEATURING SANTANA AND NAS A new Miles Davis re-mix project entitled Evolution of the Groove, featuring performances by Santana, Nas and Olu Dara (father of Nas), …

81ST BIRTHDAY OF WORLD-RENOWNED, LATE JAZZ ICON MILES DAVIS CELEBRATED BY FAMILY AND FANS AT HOLLYWOOD’S ROCKWALK Internationally renowned late jazz icon Miles Davis, widely regarded as one of the most innovative, influential and highly respected figures in jazz, was celebrated on the date marking his 81st birthday (Saturday, May 26). Son, Erin Davis along with nephew, Vince W …

TELARC AND HEADS UP WIN FOUR GRAMMY® AWARDS Turtle Island Quartet, A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane [Telarc International] BEST CLASSICAL CROSSOVER ALBUM Michael Brecker, Pilgrimage [Heads Up International] BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP Michael Brecker, "Anagram" (tr …