Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

Gregory Porter’s new release Still Rising, due out November 5, is an exquisite collection of musical delights. The first disc includes four brand-new tracks, two new arrangements, three new covers, and nine of Porter’s most loved Blue Note tracks. The second disc features notable duets including songs with Moby, Jamie Cullum, Jeff Goldblum, Renée Fleming, Dianne Reeves, Lalah Hathaway, Laura Mvula, Lizz Wright, and others.

More than twenty years ago, when the first episode of the Verve & Blue Note Today compilation came out, no one would have thought that the CDs would be so popular to this day. Then as now, the compilations are not only suitable for finding out about new tracks and artists from the jazz scene, they are also great listening pleasure. The colorful mix of well-known jazz artists and young talents this time includes the Blue Note artists Marcus Strickland, Kendrick Scott Oracle and James Francies, the Hollywood star Jeff Goldblum, Earth, Wind & Fire singer Philip Bailey, World Music Diva, who shone for the first time as a jazz pianist Angélique Kidjo, jazz prodigy Jacob Collier, the British high-flyer The Comet Is Coming etc.