Stevie Wonder The incomparable Stevie Wonder is our Sound of the Sun Fall On-Demand featured artist. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 100 million records worldwide. Wonder’s single “Fingertips” was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, at the age of 13, making Stevie the… Read More: SOS On-Demand Stevie Wonder Fall 2024 »
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: Sun-Music Interview – Stanley Clarke »
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: Larry Tye’s The Jazz Men »
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 Interview – Etienne Charles »
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: Jazz is Alive in Montreal »
The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige, is our Sound of the Sun Summer On-Demand featured artist. “Buy What You Hear” from Apple Music. “Buy What You Hear”
Sun-Music’s Tessil Collins speaks with vocalist, producer and owner of Blue Velvet Soul Records, Maysa, about her career, working with producer JP “Bluey” Maunick of Incognito and the art and nostalgia of the double album. LISTEN AND BUY “REMIX FOR YOUR SOUL” Maysa is the kind of singer who takes hold of a song and puts her audience… Read More: Sun-Music Interview – Maysa »
Sun-Music’s Tessil Collins had the pleasure of talking to saxophonist, Gregory Groover, Jr., about his musical journey, influences and new album “Lovabye”. LISTEN AND BUY “LOVABYE” New York-born and Boston-bred, emerging saxophonist, composer, and educator Gregory Groover Jr has already left an indelible mark in the jazz world, in a short period. Saxophonist Walter Smith III describes him… Read More: Sun-Music Interview – Gregory Groover, Jr. »
