Scott Obrien from SmoothJazz.Com says - As I listen to Virginia guitarist Jim Adkins’ new album CITY STREETS, I’m pondering as to what it is about his music that makes me feel so good. The first song of Jim’s that I remember being enamored with was “Into the Storm” from his 2002 release TURNING POINT. Now, two albums later, CITY STREETS evolves and continues the outstanding quality I heard in that first listen to his music six years ago. This isn’t just a good album… it’s a great album… make that exceptional, it’s an exceptional recording! My ultimate test of any song is whether or not I would stay with it until it ends, even though I’d be delaying an activity such as getting out of the car or shutting off my iPod or Roku. There is not one track on this new album that I wouldn’t want to savor in its entirety before doing something else. Again, I have to ask why that is, and without delving too deeply into some analysis best left to a musicologist (or perhaps a psychologist) I’ll simplify it and call it an organic, simple elegance of expression. I love his melodies, the tone he brings out of his instrument, his pacing, his economy of notes, his soul, as it were, coming through his music. Jim Adkins’ CITY STREETS works beautifully for me. I can’t imagine that it wouldn’t work exactly that way for you!

Do you have your copy of the CD IT'S TIME by James Saxsmo Gates - Saxsmo is known all over the world for his work with Billy Kilson, Larry Carlton, Roberta Flack, Dizzy Gillispie, Art Blakey, Terri Lynn Carrington, Fred Wesley and Bill McGee, just to name a few. A Berklee College of Music graduate, Saxsmo is in 2008 going to make his mark on the Smooth Jazz music scene with his second solo jazz project... Produced by Hannon Lane (Roy Ayers, Evelyn Champagne King and The Main Ingredient). The great trombonist FRED WESLEY former Music Director for James Brown, and George Clinton's Horny Horns came to 804JAZZ and recorded a blazing version of Ain't No Stopping us Now with Saxsmo on his new Hit CD IT'S TIME.... After you buy your copy of It's Time you should also pick up Fred's book HIT ME FRED, it's a first hand look at the last 40 years of R&B, Soul, Jazz and Funk, being that Fred worked with the late Ike Turner, the late James Brown, George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band, and the late Count Basie. Also recording with Fred on trombone was Hannon Lane (Producer) and Brandon Lane who plays bone and bass. Brandon's only 15 years old....... p.s. our Associate Producer Bill McGee is mentioned by name in Fred's Book...

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804JAZZ NEWS - Bill McGee's HIT CD - CHASE THE SUNSET is still burning up the air waves all over the country and around the world. CHASE THE SUNSET peaked at #43 on the Top 50 Smooth Jazz Chart and #14 on the Indie Smooth Jazz Chart... receiving strong airplay in many major markets including Houston, Birmingham and Nashville. This CD makes a perfect gift for the man or woman who spends a great deal of time driving. It has won rave reviews as traveling music, sited for the diversity of styles, songs and the strong use of recognizable cover tracks, including Marvin Gaye's What's Going On Stevie's I Wish, Earth, Wind & Fire's Keep Your Head To The Sky and The Stylistics Stop, Look & Listen to Your Heart.

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PLUNKY is HOT with Cold Heat, the HIT CD by PLUNKY BRANCH is burning up the airwaves on the Michael Baisden Show and the group is burning up the stage. Plunky performed this year and last year at the Captial Jazz festival, in Maryland and on the Capital Jazz Super Cruise. The Capital Jazz Festival is the largest Summer Jazz festival held on the East Coast. Artist are booked to perform on an exclusive basis. Plunky's video Drop is still burning up the internet. Check him out at PLUNKY
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Under the Radar Documentary Richmond native J. Plunky Branch was recently interviewed on NPR about his ground breaking documentary Under The Radar - about Afro-Cuban Music.. Plunky has traveled the world performing. This documentary is a testimony to his breath and scope in the world of international Afro-Cuban Jazz. Click on the NPR Logo to Listen.

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