Producer, arranger, composer and keyboard wizard Jason Miles leads a new Global Noize project as the group takes on the work of soul-funk legend Sly Stone.  GLOBAL NOIZE - SLY Reimagined - The Music of Sly and Family Stone will be released on the ZOHO Roots label on June 11, 2013. 

Chaka Khan will be honored at the Apollo Theater Spring Gala 2013 as the legendary singer is inducted into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame.  The gala will be hosted by Emmy-award winning entertainer Wayne Brady and will feature performances and appearances by Erykah Badu, Mary J.

Bob James and David Sanborn released their new album Quartette Humaine via OKeh Records today (May 21).  The set marks the first project the duo has recorded together since their landmark album Double Vision was released in 1986.  On Quartette Humaine, Sanborn and James pay tribute to the

Maysa will release her tenth solo album entitled Blue Velvet Soul on June 18, 2013 via Shanachie Records.  The Soul/Jazz/R&B singer-songwriter has performed with legends like Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan, in addition to her work as the lead singer with the British jazz/funk band Incognito.  Blue Velvet Soul i