Sun Music - The Sound of the Sun

01/20/2025

Now Playing - King Holiday - King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew 😎 https://sun-music.net

01/16/2025

This past December, I have released my new album EMBERS, now available on all platforms.
Thank you to the wonderful and engaged audiences who have joined us for the release concerts!
Following are a few excerpts from Steve Elman’s review of the album:

“Comparing Harris' writing to that of Charles Mingus in the early ’60s and Herbie Hancock in the late ’60s is not faint praise. He stands on the shoulders of these masters, adds a singular personal voice, and has recruited strongly individualistic players to give his music definitive interpretation.”
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“Harris trying out short-form ideas ... recalls the intuitive play of Keith Jarrett’s early trio with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian — again, this is not faint praise.”
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“When Harris becomes a soloist, he does not try to dazzle with technique. Instead, he fills the role with the same creativity he brings to his writing. He has plenty of speed, but he uses it carefully, for maximum effect.”

Full review available at THE ARTS FUSE: https://artsfuse.org/303694/jazz-album-reviews-and-commentary-jazz-composers-omnibus-2024-take-2/

You can also enjoy two of the tunes played during the album release concerts here: https://www.youtube.com/user/KevinHarrisProject

01/16/2025

Charenee Wade is an award-winning singer, arranger, educator and composer from New York City. Sun-Music presented Ms. Wade’s performance recorded and webcast live at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, MA. Her band featured on piano, on bass, on trumpet, on drums with on vocals.

https://sun-music.net/charenee-wade/

01/10/2025

12/16/2024

🎶 Live Jazz Alert: Charenee Wade at Scullers Jazz Club! 🎶

Sun Music - The Sound of the Sun presents the incomparable Charenee Wade on Saturday, December 21, 2024, for two unforgettable shows at 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, MA!

🔗 Tickets & Info: scullersjazz.com

Join us for an evening of vibrant, soul-stirring jazz with Charenee Wade—secure your tickets now! 🎷

11/28/2024

Charenee Wade is coming to Boston - Sun Music presents at Scullers Jazz Saturday Dec. 21st

Go behind the scenes with Charenee Wade for the creation of "Offering", her commanding tribute to Gil Scott-Heron.Get the album on iTunes: smarturl.it/Offeri...

11/27/2024

Thanks Debo Ray🙏😎

11/17/2024

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11/17/2024

Marvin Gaye’s 1971 album ‘What’s Going On’ is now considered one of the greatest musical recordings of all time, but it came perilously close to never seeing the light of day.

Put it out or I’ll never record for you again” was Marvin Gaye’s stark warning to Berry Gordy, after the founder of Motown Records refused to release the single “What’s Going On” in the summer of 1970.

Berry – who was Gaye’s brother-in-law at the time – told almost anyone who would listen that he detested Gaye’s protest song, which he thought was too long, too formless and not commercial enough to be played on radio, a prerequisite for the scores of No 1 songs he’d crafted at his Detroit studio known as Hitsville USA. Gordy was even quoted as describing “What’s Going On” as “the worst record I ever heard in my life”.

Gaye held firm during a seven-month power struggle that eventually concluded with the hit single becoming the centrepiece of the ground-breaking album What’s Going On, which explored the issues of poverty, racial discrimination, environmental destruction, urban decay, police brutality, drug abuse, political corruption and the devastating effects of the Vietnam War. David Van DePitte, the album’s arranger, later revealed that Gordy thought Gaye “was absolutely insane” to want to feature social commentary on a record “that was going to be the biggest fiasco that ever was”.

‘What's Going On’ was released as a single peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the top spot on U.S. Billboard R&B/Soul Singles.

It is now widely recognized as one of the most important musical works of the 20th century, a song cycle that gave Black artists a licence to push the musical and political boundaries of their art.

11/13/2024

Don’t miss Debo Ray Scullers Jazz

11/08/2024

Debo Ray

11/08/2024

11/05/2024

Choose Hope.

11/04/2024

Rest in Power Quincy Jones

He was a complicated genius who became the Renaissance Man of popular music in the second half of 20th Century. Quincy Jones was more than a name; he was a legend woven into the tapestry of soul, jazz, classical and pop music. Today we say a sad goodbye to Mr. Jones at age 91. He died with his […]

11/01/2024

Our next artist Charenee Wade graces this list at #24. See her at Scullers Jazz Club on Saturday December 21st >

Find the best female jazz singers of the 2000s who redefined the genre with incredible talent and passion. Read through their legacies and timeless hits!

10/31/2024

A unique ethereal experience Boston