MICHAEL LINGTON - From his devoted fans and fellow contemporary jazz superstars to the writers and producers Michael Lington works with, everyone is noticing something different about the saxophonist these days. It’s not just the extra passion in his music and performances, but a newfound sense of balance and true feeling of soul-purpose in the way the #1 Billboard charting saxophonist approaches everything. Over the past few years, he married his wife Keri and became a family man, a devoted stepfather to her young daughter Lauren and became a first-time dad (at 50!) with the birth of his now three-year-old son Landon. With all those dynamic, inspiring shifts in his life, it’s no wonder that after more than 25 years as one of the genre’s most exhilarating artists, “Michael Lington 2.0” is a whole new man, titling his first ever EP Looking Ahead (5/12/2023).

Calling the five track set “a reflection of all the changes I’ve gone through these past few years, the smallest amount of music with the greatest amount of importance,” it’s his first collection of original songs since 2018's Silver Lining, which he followed with the holiday album A Foreign Affair Christmas (2019) and Alone Together (The Duets), his 2021 compilation of audio recordings from performances with various genre superstars streamed live over the StageIt platform during the pandemic. Prior to releasing Looking Ahead, Lington hit the Billboard charts with the lead singles “Play” and the recently released “Moon Goddess.”

Michael Lington is a Danish-American contemporary saxophonist, songwriter, producer, recording artist and a purveyor of soul and contemporary jazz. Lington has released 11 solo albums and has 25 singles that have charted on the Billboard and Radio & Records contemporary jazz radio charts.

PAUL TAYLOR - Over 25 years into a stellar, multi-faceted career that’s found him continually pushing the sonic boundaries of what’s possible in contemporary urban jazz, saxophonist Paul Taylor brings us his twelfth highly-anticipated new recording AND NOW THIS on Peak Records that has already garnered two #1 singles on the BillBoard Contemporary chart.

AND NOW THIS, fully created via the exchange of digital files between the Las Vegas based Taylor and his longtime musical compadre, collaborator, co-writer and producer Dino Esposito, features the saxman’s ongoing exploration of an expansive range of dynamic danceable grooves and intricate pop/electronica vibes. The ten tracks fully reflect the way Taylor began moving forward in his personal and creative life, as if to say, in his words, “we’re coming out of the pandemic, this is what I’ve been creating, we’re kicking it back into high gear and we are more open-minded in our approach to music than ever.”

During the course of his storied career, the Denver native has headlined hundreds of shows and has been part of numerous all-star tours – including dates with Peter White and Euge Groove in a lineup affectionately dubbed “Peter, Paul and Euge;” Gentleman of the Night (with Marion Meadows and Warren Hill). He has also performed with The Rippingtons and the acclaimed “Groovin’ For Grover” tour. Some of his first post-pandemic lockdown shows have been with labelmate Michael Lington and Sax to the Max with Michael and Vincent Ingala.