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On this day in 1998, Fourplay welcomed Larry Carlton with the release of their fourth album, 4. #FourplayJazz #BobJames #LarryCarlton #HarveyMason #NathanEast #contemporaryjazz #smoothjazzmusic Love that feeling when I rediscover a classic in my music library. “Step Into My Life” by @incognito_world has me moving this morning! #souljazz #bluey #maysa #incognitojazz #incognitoworld The 8-Bit Big Band’s Orchestrator Emulator reimagines video game themes as big band jazz — and it’s just plain fun. Review at the website. #Jazz #BigBand #8BitBigBand #ContemporaryJazz #NewMusic #VGMJazz Now playing: “The Sun Was In My Eyes” by @ericmarienthalmusic with stellar support from @terrilynecarrington, @johnjpatitucci, @chickcorea and Russell Ferrante. From Crossroads, my favorite Marienthal recording.#contemporaryjazz #jazz #fusion Read more on this posthumous release from the smooth jazz name. One of George Howard’s last albums was this tribute to the Sly and the Family Stone recording. https://contemporaryjazz.com/george-howard-theres-a-riot-goin-on Out today: a new song from one of my favorite contemporary jazz player/composers Nelson Rangell! April 20, 1999: The Song Lives On from Joe Sample featuring @lalahhathaway.bsky.social is released. Eye Contact, the only solo recording from Spyro Gyra leader Jay Beckenstein, is released on April 18, 2000. https://contemporaryjazz.com/?s=Beckenstein Your contemporary jazz track of the day: The new single from @chrmcbride and Ursa Major - “More Is”. https://youtu.be/7B2pxlIbCYM?si=8um0GQCxQfxzoExs

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June 9:

My son and I had literally just finished watching the excellent documentary We Want the Funk! this afternoon when we learned that Sly Stone has passed. What eternal vibes Sly and the Family Stone have given us.

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