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Motéma Voted #3 Record Label in 2014 DownBeat Critics Poll

Motéma Voted #3 Record Label in 2014 DownBeat Critics Poll

Motéma is proud to have been voted the #3 Record Label in the DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll!

We would also like to congratulate DownBeat Critics Poll winners: Marc Cary, voted #1 Rising Star Keyboardist; Pedrito Martinez (of the Pedrito Martinez Group, voted #1 Rising Star Percussionist; and Gregory Porter, voted #1 Jazz Artist and #1 Male Vocalist.

LISTEN to a special playlist with their music on Spotify –http://spoti.fi/1wO4Q2J



Elio Villafranca’s new album out now!

Elio Villafranca’s new album out now!

The new album from Elio Villafranca and the Jass Syncopators, “Caribbean Tinge: Live From Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola” is now available on iTunes!

Comprised of some of the most respected jazz A-listers and Caribbean hand-drum masters in New York City, Villafranca’s captivating Jass Syncopators entwine the best of traditional and contemporary jazz with the rhythms of four Island cultures, creating a distinctive musical gumbo on “Caribbean Tinge: Live From Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola”. Click here to find out more about the album!


Kellylee Evans Debuts And So We Dance Video in the Wall Street Journal

Kellylee Evans Debuts And So We Dance Video in the Wall Street Journal

We are excited to announced the new album from the effervescent soul/R&B/jazz vocalist Kellylee Evans, “I Remember When”, is now available for pre-order! The Wall Street Journal has just premiered the video to the first single, “And So We Dance”, a remake of Stromae’s hit “Alors on danse”.

Click here to go watch the video! – on.wsj.com/1kSopOY

Pre-order the album on iTunes now and you will get the track “And So We Dance” instantly! http://smarturl.it/IRememberWhen