NEWSBITS…THE E FAMILY, BONEY JAMES, TOWER OF POWER, AIRBORNE…

The E Family - Now And Forever
The Latin sounds of the Escovedo Family (Pete Escovedo, Sheila E., Juan Escovedo and Peter Michael Escovedo) is set to break down the doors with their all new project, only made available exclusively on their website entitled, The E Family - Now And Forever. The collection of songs will feature some of the hottest names in music! George Duke, Raphael Saadiq, Joss Stone, Israel Houghton, Earth, Wind & Fire, Gloria Estefan and many more. Cheers to the Escovedo's for keeping the groove going!

Tower Of Power - 40th Anniversary The Fillmore Concert

Two disc (CD + DVD) release from one of the seminal bands of the Soul and Funk scene of the late 60's, early 70's, Tower of Power has been funkin' the house since 1968. This live concert CD and DVD is loaded with extras, and includes original band members Emilio Castillo, Doc Kupka, David Garibaldi, Rocco Prestia, Mic Gillette, Greg Adams, Skip Mesquite, Chester Thompson, Lenny Pickett, and Bruce Conte. There are two additional bonus features on the DVD that are also must haves. One is the "East Bay Tour," with Emilio, Doc, Rocco and David Garibaldi taking the fans on a tour of their old stomping grounds.

Boney James - Contact
Urban Soul Jazz Sax Artist Boney James is set to bring the sensual, soulful touch of his brass sax appeal to all of his fans all over the world with another offering entitled, Contact. This time, he has a guest list featuring R&B stars Donell Jones, Letoya Luckett and Heather Headley. We are sure more details surrounding this album will come very soon and we will be right here to bring it to you. It's great to see Boney come back following the car accident suffered last year in May.

Airborne - Back In The Dayze Airborn Anthology

Back In The Dayz - Airborne Anthology takes you onboard a magical and musical journey to a motivating, high energy, intensely creative, yet peaceful serenity of island passion and complex urban emotion where the compassion of Airborne raises up the spirit of humility and reflects the empathy and moral obligation we as people of dignity must adhere to. Inspiring compositions of depth and character by a world class jazz group. Airborne the proclaimed "Musical Peacemakers" of Contemporary Jazz formed in 1988 celebrates years of recordings, jazz festivals, gigs, and the whole ups and downs of being musicians. The members have toured Europe, Japan and across the USA. Airborne has many successful CD's and has received worldwide airplay and international acclaim. Airborne, the multi-cultural contemporary jazz group from New Haven, CT USA is moving forward with their 8th CD Back In the Dayz - Airborne Anthology. This project is a wonderful collection of new material and edited and re-mastered compositions from other Airborne CD's.