PLANETMULLINS PODCAST-hosted by Rob Mullins

Stephanie Austin Letson is a jazz vocalist and educator from Northern California.

"Telling Stories" (released June 2024) is her latest album as a recording artist
showcasing her stunning vocal talents as well as the arranging/producing
prowess of her Grammy winning producer Bill Hare.

Stephanie is on the Grammy First Round Ballot in the "Best Jazz Vocal Album" Category.

You can stream her album here:

SPOTIFY
https://open.spotify.com/album/5lSZwg...
APPLE
  / telling-stories-feat-fred-randolph 
AMAZON
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3895NLQ/

For more information  on her music and her Downbeat Award winning student groups, please
visit her website at:
https://www.stephanieaustinletson.com


Produced by Bill Hare
https://www.billhareacappella.com/hom...

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Stream Kiki's new album here: https://www.kikivalera.com
“Son Cubano, much like American jazz, has been in a constant state of evolution from its beginnings. Valera continues in that spirit, shedding new and modern light on the music.” 
— All About Jazz

VACILÓN SANTIAGUERO is Kiki Valera’s second US solo release after many distinguished years as director of La Familia Valera Miranda in Santiago de Cuba. It reaches beyond his core performing group to present collaborations with some GRAMMY® award winning musicians and to feature his favorite trumpeters, some Cuban-born, others US-born, but all with justified reputations for playing Cuban music out of love if not from DNA.

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Here's a fun chat with Henry Archuleta about the shows and travels in 2024 leading up to the next gig at Dazzle Jazz on Sept 21, 2024.

Tickets:
https://www.dazzledenver.com/live-music/#/events/100436

New Rob Mullins Trio album released on July 4, 2024
https://music.apple.com/us/album/best-of-the-trio/1755567924

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Rob tells the story of the "Japanese Flying Octopus", dreaded solo piano player disease,  and Rob debuts the theme song he wrote for the Laguna Arts Festival. Rob and Blake play a few tunes live.
Recorded live in Orange County CA summer of 2013.

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If you haven't heard of Daryl Gott, you'll be hearing from him soon.

His new album released Oct 2023 is doing well with his unique combination of mellow tone alto sax combined with New York style harmonies. Daryl's album APERTURE prompted Arturo Gomez of KUVO Radio to say "Daryl Gott was one of KUVO Jazz's 'Thirty Under Thirty' musicians we chose in 2015, our 30th Anniversary year as a musician who would succeed, he has not disappointed us! His debut as a leader, "Aperture" ranks as one of the most played albums in the Fall of 2023, a well-deserved honor!"

I hope you enjoy this candid conversation with this rising star based in the Denver area.
For all things Daryl and to purchase his music, please visit his website at https://darylgottmusic.com
AND you can follow him on Instagram @DarylGott for live show info, photos, and other cool stuff.

Show host Rob Mullins is an internationally known jazz artist and composer with 42 solo albums out. For more about Rob including his recent live PBS Special, visit Rob at https://planetmullins.com

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Sangeeta Concert Tickets for LA Sept 20 2023
https://tickets.brightstarevents.com/tickets/aurora-sangeeta-kaur-in-concert-wvv2d46
Austin TX Sept 26 2023
https://tickets.brightstarevents.com/event/aurora-sangeeta-kaur-live-in-concert-wonderspaces-austin
FULL ALBUM DETAILS https://songwhip.com/sangeetakaur/aurora
All things Sangeeta https://www.sangeetakaurmusic.com

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Opium Moon is a Grammy winning group from Los Angeles and they have a new album coming out at the Album Release Party to be held at Village Recorders Studios on Sept 23, 2023 at 7pm.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opium-moon-live-at-the-village-studios-tickets-658456068827?aff=oddtdtcreatorventbrite
There will also be a meet and greet after the show you don't want to miss.
Check out the new Opium Moon album here:
https://lnk.dmsmusic.co/opiummoon_wherewearegathered

Lili chatted w me today about her amazing career which includes working with members of Led Zep, Herbie Hancock and many others. Her band members are also famous individually as LA's Top Session Players and Composers.

Opium Moon is

Lili Hayn-violin, vocal, composer
Hamid Saeidi-Santoor
M.B. Gordy-percussion
Itai Disraeli-fretless bass.

Find out more at:
https://www.opiummoon.com

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Ricky Persaud, Jr. is currently completing his MA in Music Business at Berklee and speaks about his new single "Selena" on today's show. Collaborating with Ricky on his new single are Masa Takumi, Dave Stringer, and others.

Ricky has already worked with such greats as Christian McBride, George Clinton, Regina Belle and Cissy Houston. He also recently headlined at the Cutting Room in NYC to rave reviews.

His music is a unique fusion of rock, global, punk, and reggae to create his unique sound.
You can hear his single "Selena" here:
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/album/selena-feat-masa-takumi-dave-stringer-naoki-tate-ryoji/1699672462
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2P3m39TVTOC9IipRkKsYxG

For more info, check out Ricky's website at http://www.rickypersaudjr1.com

For video episodes and more visit Rob's channel at https://youtube.com/planetmullins

LA studio producer/composer/studio wiz Jeff Carruthers shares his stories about working with Clarence Avant who passed away in August 2023.
Clarence worked tirelessly promoting great writers and artists and was a major force in shaping the R&B scene in the 70's, 80's, and 90's.

Jeff speaks about working with Clarence and tells anecdotes about his own storied-yet sometimes invisible-career writing and producing for Dave Koz,Boney James, Kanye West, Bobby Brown, Macy Gray and countless other artists.

Check out Jeff's new stuff at Big Fish Audio https://www.bigfishaudio.com/catalogview.html?1&24&1::::::::::::carruthers:Page=1

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On today's show hit global artist Matt B speaks about following up on his hit song "Gimme Love" with his new album about his personal journey to Africa "ALKEBULAN."  "ALKEBULAN" was three years in the making and you can stream it here:
https://orcd.co/alkebulan
Also check out a music video from the album directed by Angela Benson  featuring many Uganda based guest artists:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBQUQIUYILk
For media interviews and booking contact Matt's label at
https://mattbworld.com/contact

MORE INFO
Academy/GRAMMYs® Voting member ‘Matt B’ was born and raised in Chicago, IL. He signed to StarBase Records Japan as of July 2014. Matt released his Japanese debut album “LOVE & WAR” in September 2014, and it went #1 on the iTunes R&B Charts. His hit single “Plain Girl” also went #1 on the iTunes R&B Charts. “LOVE & WAR” became available for physical distribution at over 1,400 TSUTAYA music stores, and sold out in several locations. His sophomore album “DIVE” released in January 2016 and achieved similar success, hitting #1 on the iTunes R&B Charts in less than 24 hours. “DIVE” was also made available in TSUTAYA stores. His two singles ‘Tokyo Girl’ and ‘My Dreams’ charted at #3 and #8 respectively on the iTunes R&B Charts. After reaching critical acclaim in Japan, Matt’s imprint continued to spread overseas. His single ‘Color Blind’ went viral in China, accruing over 158 million streams on the NetEase platform.
Matt B's website: https://mattbworld.com/bio

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