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Saxophone icon Kirk Whalum blasts off with his highly-anticipated new album Epic Cool, an electrifying collection of original grooves. Teaming up with producer Greg Manning (Keb’ Mo’, Herb Alpert, 2x GRAMMY® nominee, composer/collaborator on 10 #1 Billboard hits), Whalum focuses on his songwriting to craft an album that’s passionate and spirited on a monumental scale, but with his trademark soul. From danceable hits like “Bah-De-Yah!” to melodic, sultry jams (Whalum calls “Pillow Talk” the strongest song he’s written in 20 years), Epic Cool weaves a musical story that has wide, cross-genre appeal. Get ready to groove, because Epic Cool is anything but ordinary.

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For more than 35 years, music lovers around the world have known Grammy Award Winning artist Fred Hammond as a gifted vocalist, songwriter, musician, producer and arranger. But as his peers and supporters alike have so reverently declared, he is without debate the architect behind the creation of a phenomenon in Gospel music, Urban Praise & Worship—a genre of gospel music that did not exist prior.

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 Since the runaway success of her 1990 debut album Circle of One (which went Platinum), and the impassioned hit single "Get Here" (which became an unofficial anthem of the 1991 Gulf War) Oleta Adams has inspired a growing legion of fans around the world with journeys of the heart via songs that draw deeply from her roots in gospel, while crossing effortlessly into the realms of soul, R&B, urban, and popular music. Her success was first nurtured by worldwide tours with Tears for Fears, Phil Collins, Michael Bolton and Luther Vandross and was solidified by four Grammy nominations and more than two and a half million records sold.  

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I’ve always loved a good story, especially one where the underdog goes on to victory. I was that underdog, and I found great hope in those stories, which helped to fuel my dreams. Given the difficult circumstances of my childhood, however, it would have been easy to give up. But I discovered a voice—a voice that was superior to circumstance. It was my mother’s voice. Maria’s Scarf tells how I followed that voice through the darkness and into the light.

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In a world filled with turmoil and despair, finding significance can seem impossible, pointless even. This book is a ticket. A ticket to a fantazmical excursion that I hope will lift your spirits, inspire you to reach for the stars, and remind you that even in the face of great travails, we must never abandon hope. As a young boy, I took my name from a masked hero. My life story is about the hero that lives in all of us—a hero with the power to dream, believe, and overcome. You have a stage waiting for you to command, but there are obstacles you’ll need to conquer before you can take your place on it. These pages can revive your resolve to fight through them. Dreams are important, and I was rescued by mine. This memoir is yet another dream come true, and I’ve poured my heart and soul into every word.

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My true-life tale is filled with twists and turns—trauma and triumph, love and hate, adventures and misadventures, and great acts of sacrifice. It is a story for both the young and the old—the sinner and the saint—the dreamer and the schemer. I was blessed to live it. I hope it blesses you to read it.

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