Sun Music’s Sheila Anderson talks with legendary bassist, Stanley Clarke, about his 3 year BroadStage residency, curating the Future of Sounds Jazz festival, his upcoming show in Portsmouth NH on 9/1 at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club and new box set, Last Train to Sanity. Long before he became a four-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, performer, composer, conductor,… Read More »
How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America by T. Brooks Shepard There is a plethora, a multiplicity, a panoply of routine “jazz” books available in the music publishing marketplace. They tell the same stories, repeat the same tired myths, sagas, jokes and anecdotes. They pretty much all say the same things-over and over. Not so… Read More »
Sun Music’s Sheila Anderson talks to composer, band leader, and trumpeter extraordinaire Etienne Charles about his new CD showcasing his new Big Band. Trinidad born Etienne Charles is a performer, composer and storyteller, who is continuously searching for untold stories and sounds with which to tell them. His lush trumpet sound, varied compositional textures and pulsating percussive grooves… Read More »
Sun Music’s annual patriotic mix reflecting on the meaning of independence and freedom in the United States. You can “Buy What You Hear” from Apple Music. Buy What You Hear – The America Mix
Listen to Hip Urban Soul On-Demand, the fresh Soul R&B tunes from emerging artists now in rotation on Sun Music Live. Get the tracks you love on Apple Music > “Buy What You Hear”. Hip Urban Soul “Buy What You Hear’
by T. Brooks Shepard At the end of June, just north of the U.S. border, a jazz extravaganza will take place. From June 27 through July 6, the world’s largest jazz festival, the 2024 Festival International de Jazz De Montreal will present a dazzling array of current (and soon-to-be) jazz stars. Founded in 1980 with seven concerts, twelve… Read More »
Tune in to That Jazz On-Demand to hear the fresh jazz tunes by musicians recently added to the Sun Music Live playlist. Purchase the tracks you enjoy via “Buy What You Hear” from Apple Music “Buy What You Hear”
The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige, is our SOS Summer On-Demand featured artist. You can “Buy What You Hear” from Apple Music. “Buy What You Hear”
