URBAN HILL "THE REAL DEAL"

LATHAN "Pudgee" HILL: guitar and vocals, has been knocking around in music for 50 years, playing with or opening shows with Candi Staton, King Floyd, Mel and Tim, Phyllis Hyman, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Luther Alison, Kenny Neal and others. His influences include jazz guitarist Eric Gale, David T. Walker, and Grant Green. PAUL URBAN: guitar and vocals, has been playing up and down the East coast for over 40 years. He counts among his main influences Muddy Waters, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Duane Allman and Johnny Winter. DENNIS LIVRERI: drums, has been playing drums intermittently since the age of 12 and started playing seriously in 2006. His playing leans heavily towards jazz and blues. He counts among his main influences Joe Morello and Gene Krupa. KEVIN YODER: bass guitar, has been playing music all of his life. He is a self taught acoustic guitarist, having switched to bass guitar about 15 years ago. He has played locally in the Tidewater area with the Duchess Wilder Band and several others. Currently he plays bass in a couple of bands including his church worship team and orchestra. He counts among his influences Stanley Clarke, John Entwistle and Jaco Pastorius. URBAN HILL
 

SAO PAULO SKA JAZZ "GRINGO"

From the Satellites, Jazz Jamaica and Western Standard Time to Rotterdam Ska-Foundation, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Toulouse Skanking Foundation and dozens of other bands big and small, there’s a lot of jazz-flavored ska out there. And if it’s ska-jazz with more than a hint of bossa-nova, salsa, funk and rock you’re dancing to, it may well be, Sao Paulo Ska-Jazz. This 8-piece band out of Brazil first caught the world’s ear with their self-titled 2009 debut, and with their latest release, Gringo, they’ve refined their already excellent sound and brought in a couple of surprise guest musicians.Here you can find track previews from release Gringo by artist Sao Paulo Ska Jazz. This album was released 06.05.2016 and containing 10 tracks. Listen online Sao Paulo Ska Jazz - Gringo previews (30 seconds length) is free and don't require registration. For buy album Sao Paulo Ska Jazz - Gringo please follow to music stores. If we have other releases and albums Sao Paulo Ska Jazz you can see it on this page. All music content by Sao Paulo Ska Jazz is presented for reference only. SAO PAULO SKA JAZZ
 

CARA BEING BLUE "FULL THROTTLE"

Cara Being Blue has entertained crowds of thousands at festivals and hundreds at night spots all over Metro Nashville and Middle Tennessee for several years with high energy Blues and Classic Rock originals and covers. This dynamic and engaging band is fronted by native Bostonian, Cara Lippman, a student of the late great Shirley Lewis, Regal Queen of the Blues of Boston. Cara relocated to Nashville to hone her band leading and live performance skills in Music City. In two short years in the local Blues scene, she has been bestowed the titles of “Jam Queen,” “Nashville Blues Society Jambassador,” “Empress of the Blues,” and has been nominated Best Blues Artist two years in a row by the Nashvillle Industry Music Awards (NIMA). Her studio and acoustic cuts are being played on internet radio all across the U.S. and overseas; her active fan base covers the globe. She hit #1 on for Blues music in Nashville on popular share-site ReverbNation, three times in 2015 and maintains a top ten spot to this day. She has won the hearts and respect of the local industry, her peers and fans with the way she lights up a stage and values her listeners. Watch out! Her personality arrives ten minutes before she does! Backed by some of the top most talented musicians in Nashville, Cara and her band know how to draw and energize an audience! CARA BEING BLUE
 

THE MICK CLARKE BAND "RUFF'N' ROAR - LIVE AT SCRATCHERS"

The Three Lions is thought to be the oldest public house in the Surrey village of Farncombe, and has stood there since at least the beginning of the eighteenth century. For many years the landlord held an annual fair each Easter Monday in an adjoining field with stalls of gingerbread, toys and other amusements such as ‘climbing the pole’, badger baiting and even bare knuckle fighting. Fortunately the amount of bare knuckle fighting has decreased in recent years, and the pub has found a new identity as Scratchers, an excellent venue for rocking blues bands from across the land. On a warm evening in June 2015 the three piece MC Band assembled for an evening of straght ahead rocking blues - Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor and a few MC originals. It is indeed rough and raw and what you you hear is what went down. Thanks to all those who attended and to the staff and crew who pitched in so readily to help make this recording possible. THE MICK CLARKE BAND
 

KENNY NEAL "BLOOD LINE"

Kenny Neal, born in New Orleans and raised in Baton Rouge, began playing music at a young age. Learning the basics from his father, singer and Blues harmonica master, Raful Neal. Kenny is known as a modern swamp-blues master and multi-instrumentalist, that draws musically from the sizzling sounds of his native Louisiana. The new album casts that potent Neal spell of deep grooves and deep feelings that put him where he is today. With tunes like swampy Louisiana look-back “Down In The Swamp,” the funky shuffle of Memphis in his take on “Blind Crippled Or Crazy,” or the soul searching blues of “Bitter With The Sweet,” Hooked On Your Love extends the spirit of his acclaimed Let Life Flow. Take a listen and prepare to be hooked. KENNY NEAL
 

MINGS AND CRAIG "DAY BY DAY"

Mings and Craig is a jazz guitar duo consisting of Jim Mings and Monty Craig. They are based in South Carolina and have self-released their first CD Day By Day. The album includes classics such as “Day By Day,” “Till There Was You,” “Nature Boy,” “Emily,” “I Thought About You,” “’Round Midnight,” and others. This project is the culmination of 28 years of musical and personal friendship. The album unfolds as a thoughtful musical conversation between two people who deeply listen to each other and share mutual respect.Jim and Monty’s unique gift is to create beautiful melodic music that speaks directly to the heart. Their style is peaceful, uncluttered, straight-ahead, and swinging! In Day by Day, they chose songs that tell stories. These songs appeal to all people, no matter what type of music they like. Because Monty and Jim are grounded in their shared goal of taking the listeners to happy destinations, there is plenty of room for joyful exploration and improvisation during the journey. MINGS AND CRAIG 
 

IN BUSINESS "COP SHOW"

The Business is an original funk band from New Orleans, Louisiana. Formed in 2012, the band forged its sound playing in clubs along Frenchmen Street, home turf to some of the finest young funk and jazz musicians in the nation. With such high level of talent on the scene, the Business had to work hard to set themselves apart.The resulting sound is rooted in a rhythm section that slides from slinky New Orleans grooves to ultra-tight west coast funk to "rocking your face off," and the transitions are seamless. On top of that, they add their "sax attack," an all saxophone horn section hailing from a town where brass is king. Last but not least, soulful and searing vocals complete the sound. IN BUSINESS
 

CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO "JOURNEYS"

Cyrus Chestnut (born January 17, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer. In 2006, Josh Tyrangiel, music critic for Time Magazine, wrote: "Whatmakes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and play space.Chestnut enjoys mixing styles and resists being typecast in any one niche, though his gospel sound is apparent on a number of his recordings.Cyrus Chestnut was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1963, son of McDonald (a retired post-office employee and church organist) and Flossie (a city social services worker and church choir director). Chestnut started his musical career at the age of six, playing piano at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in his hometown. By the age of nine, he was studying classical music at the Peabody Institute. In 1985, Chestnut earned a degree in jazz composition and arranging from Boston's renowned Berklee College of Music.While at Berklee, Chestnut was awarded the Eubie Blake Fellowship (1982), the Quincy Jones Scholarship (1983), and the Oscar Peterson Scholarship (1984). CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO
 

TODD HUNTER TRIO "EAT , DRINK , PLAY"

Greenwich Village became Todd's new school, the Village Vanguard his classroom, with Ahmad Jamal, Joe Henderson, Mel Lewis and Tommy Flannigan among his many great professors. After that solid tutorial, Todd chose Los Angeles as the stage from which to launch his career. Los Angeles, with its rich and diverse music scene, provided Todd with the opportunity to try different sounds and styles - Salsa, Samba, South African and R & B. His fifteen years as resident keyboardist for O.C. Smith's City Of Angels church has also added gospel to his musical influences.Hunter considers himself an experienced "road warrior," having traveled virtually all over the world. His tour with the Brian Setzer Orchestra opened the House of Blues in Hollywood and made an appearance on the David Letterman show. More recently he has performed with Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole and Dionne Warwick on their Soul Divas tour. Todd is currently working with Ms. Warwick on her worldwide tour, which has included several shows in Brazil performing with the popular Brazilian artists Ivan Lins, Emilio Santiago, Gal Costa, Jorge Ben and Teo Lima.Todd has also shared the stage with such music greats as Stevie Wonder, Jeffrey Osborne, Gladys Knight, Kashif, Olivia Newton John, The Spinners and Thom Bell, Gloria Estafan, Smokey Robinson and Billy Preston. In the jazz idiom, he has played with some of the best in the biz, including: Nancy Wilson, Billy Higgins, Kenny Burrell, Buddy Collette, Les McCann, Diane Shuur, Diane Reeves, Gerald Albright, Ndugu Chancler and Ronny Laws.TODD HUNTER TRIO