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Bates Meyer Grammy winning artists Diane Schuur and Ernie Watts are working in the recording studio together on Schuur’s new album “Running On Faith.”  Watts is co-producing and laying down his signature saxophone, for the vocalist who is also producing. …

Kenny Wayne will headline Marians Jazz Room in Bern, Switzerland November 5-9.  He first makes stops with guitar legend Joe Louis Walker at the Bay Car Festival in Dunkirk, France on Nov. 1 and at the Blues Heaven Festival in…

Duke University will be hosting saxophonist Ernie Watts for an Artist-In-Residence program October 22-25.  Watts will be speaking with music classes and performing with a student big band during the run.   Prior to his show in Durham, he appears with…

Vocalist Diane Schuur returns to The Oxford Hotel’s Jazz at the Oxford for three shows on October 18 - 19 in Bend, Oregon.  Ms. Schuur kicks off the series at this luxury hotel at the intimate Minnesota Ballroom.  Shows will…

Jack White’s label Third Man Records recently released a compilation of music recorded live at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1969.  On the 50 year anniversary of this famed event, the collection is available on CD and 180 Gram…

Bates Meyer is handling music clearance and licensing for director Wayne Wang's latest independent film "Coming Home Again."  The film examines an emotional journey home for aspiring writer Chang-rae, as he experiences the challenge of keeping tradition alongside the friction in…

Blues legend Jimmy Vaughan has recorded a new version of the T-Bone Walker ballad "I'm Still In Love With You."  The track appears on Vaughan's latest album "Baby Please Come Home" out on The Last Music Company Label.

The Estate of Aaron "T-Bone" Walker has licensed a special track for the upcoming Steve Miller compilation "Welcome To The Vault," due out this fall on Capitol/Universal Music Entertainment. Multi-platinum rock star Miller will be releasing a set of CDs,…

Ernie Watts arrived yesterday in Turkey for a performance at the Zorlu PSM Jazz Festival in Istanbul on May 14, joining his friend pianist Kerem Gorsev on stage.  Watts and Gorsev are also slotted to play in Eskisehir on May…

Tracy Oliver’s “The First Wives Club,” a BET series based on the film starring Diane Keaton, Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn licensed Ernie Watts’ recording of the Duke Ellington classic “In A Sentimental Mood” for an episode in the upcoming…