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   Airborne 

Contempoaray Jazz / Smooth Jazz & Vocals /  World Fusion

Airborne is a multi-cultural Contemporary Jazz group based from New Haven, CT. USA

 

Formed in 1988 the group Airborne celebrates years of recordings, jazz festivals, gigs, and the whole ups and downs of being musicians. The members have toured Europe, Japan and across the USA. Airborne has many successful CD's and has received worldwide airplay and international acclaim.

 

Their new and 7th CD is "New Horizons". Their last CD  - Winds of Change was released in September of 2008 and topped high in the Charts.

 

Airborne was awarded a Merit of Honor by the World Peace Organization for Excellence in World Music and as Humanitarians.

 

Airborne the proclaimed "Musical Peacemakers" of Contemporary Jazz sends out an Inspirational Message of Hope to the World.

 

Airborne has a beautiful trademark jazz sound of Island Passion and Urban Emotion.

Airborne gives one hope that Contemporary Jazz is still alive!  -  Joyful Jazz !

Airborne is the Music and Message of Today!   Real Jazz by Real Jazz Artists!

A pleasant offering to who reach out for new expressions of Jazz!

Airborne has set up a Non-Profit Cause called, Musicians  - Humanitarians  -  Peacemakers to help in the fight against Hunger and to establish Global Unity

Their High-Energy Contemporary Jazz sound has received worldwide airplay and international acclaim and is in perfect tune with today's Smooth Jazz and Vocals radio format. Yet still packed with intensity and complexity their expert performance, vocal, and composition skills make them well respected in all the jazz formats and markets, (Straight Ahead, Modern, Latin, Acid, Groove, Contemporary, and Fusion) (College, Public, Cable, Satellite, Internet, and Commercial Radio).

Real jazz by world class jazz artists of integrity, whose inspiration and imagination capture your thoughts with music with a cause. Airborne shines a smile of heart and good feeling people really need
from listening to music. Joyful Jazz with a Message!

Sounds of passion and emotion, a multi-cultural product of the band's hometown of New Haven, CT. USA Formed in 1988 these veterans of jazz celebrate years of recordings, jazz festivals, gigs and the whole ups and downs of today's frantic society with total dedication to their music, skills, and goals. With rare virtue and thought these multi-faceted and experienced musicians have collaborated to create their own unique personal expression and trademark jazz sound.

Airborne have been graciously proclaimed the "Musical Peacemakers" of Contemporary Jazz and have been awarded a Merit of Honor by the World Peace Organization for their excellence in
World Music and as Humanitarians.

Compositions and performances of Airborne roar like the wind and sea and are filled with joy and excitement. Sound of inspirations that heal your inner spirit with peace. Imagine music that captures
life's most beautiful experiences. Embracing them with grooves that move soft, smooth, then wild!

Hot rhythms smoothly cruise on a cool sea of music and voices. Airborne has a beautiful trademark jazz sound of island passion and urban emotion. Music that is sensitive, straight from the heart and that echo's from deep within the soul. Airborne gives one hope that contemporary jazz is still alive.

Airborne takes you on a whirling musical journey packed with sincerity, serenity, and flawless execution. That transcends you to a higher joy and awareness. Airborne's musical recipe takes a can of straight ahead jazz with Caribbean and Latino influences. Pour in a few tablespoons of jazz fusion and a heaping cup of urban street funk. Then cook all ingredients with pure technical talent till it gets boiling hot.

Their music beliefs, insights, and material always maintain the highest integrity. They communicate and cross over to a wide listening market and audience. Their career is forever blossoming with each new recording project. All their CD's have made very successful marks on Jazz Radio Charts all over the World with heavy airplay rotation. Trade Magazines and Websites have praised their work with great reviews, feature articles, and press releases.

A pleasant offering to who reach out for new expressions of Jazz!

Their Concert Videos appeared on BET, Public Broadcasting, TV Cable & Satellite Networks, and Websites across the USA. The band has toured and performed at Jazz Festivals, Music Performance Venues, Colleges, and Jazz Clubs in Europe, Japan, and across the USA. 

Since 1992, the Airborne Jazz Band has been on the New England Foundation for the Arts prestigious Performing Arts Touring Roster with Arts in Education programs and performances of  "A Century of Jazz" , "Jazz Appreciation for Young Audiences", and "Jazz Legends". As jazz educators on the touring roster of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts they open the minds and ears of our youth and educate all age audiences to the great American art form of Jazz at schools and community events.

As Performing Artists, Recording Artists, Educators, and as Humanitarians the band's quality of excellence and compassion has kept them on the road to success.