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\u201cI want young people to know that Jazz is not old – Jazz is cool as a mug,\u201d Hightower enthuses! \u201cSo many of your childhood memories from the movies, television, and cartoons to some of the music you listen to on the radio \u2013 especially Hip Hop of the `90s were full of jazz or influenced by it \u2013 and you may not have even known it.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood melody and grooves are good melodies and grooves no matter what genre. Growing up in the Hip Hop and R&B generation myself, I was still listening to Jazz \u2013 real jazz. You are hearing more of it in my new record than ever before. I intend to merge the two worlds – retaining the integrity, of course, but allowing the appeal to expand. The audience can\u2019t all be older or of a certain demographic. I believe that if artists such as myself and Jazzmeia Horn can persuade listeners to dig us, they may reach back to appreciate the singers that influenced us. That will be beneficial to them and Jazz itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
HIGHTOWER HAS PERFORMED IN VARIOUS TYLER PERRY MOVIES TV SHOWS & STAGE PRODUCTIONS<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t have a choice about doing this music,\u201d Hightower confesses. \u201cMy mother, Theresa Hightower, lived her life onstage. She was a fiery and versatile vocal pro by age 16 and had me when she was 19. So, you could say I\u2019ve been performing since the womb.\u201d Growing up under a local legend mother – a Funk-Rocker who could sing anything and mentored many singers coming behind her – Tony learned music first-hand from Bobby Blue Bland and the Platters to Mother\u2019s Finest.<\/p>\n Tony Hightower Docuseries https:\/\/youtu.be\/zHl_04mPlP0<\/a><\/p>\n TONY HIGHTOWER\u2019S NEW RECORDING — LEGACY — DEBUTS FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.thetonyhightower.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n SINGER TONY HIGHTOWER IN CONCERT<\/strong><\/p>\n FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2022<\/p>\n Friday Jazz @ The High Museum of Art<\/p>\n 1280 Peachtree Street, NE<\/p>\n Atlanta, GA 30309<\/p>\n Showtimes: 6pm \u2013 10pm ET<\/p>\n Members: Free<\/p>\n Non-members: $25<\/p>\n https:\/\/high.org\/Program\/friday-jazz\/<\/a><\/p>\n For more information on Tony Hightower, contact: <\/strong><\/p>\n J\u2019ai StLaurent-Smyth<\/p>\n Inque Public Relations & Marketing \u2013 917.627.9161<\/p>\n inquepublicity.pr@gmail.com<\/p>\n KEEP UP WITH TONY BY VISITING:<\/strong><\/p>\n Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tonyhightowerstandard<\/a><\/p>\n Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/TonyHightowerStandard\/<\/a><\/p>\n Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/tony_hightower<\/a><\/p>\n YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4bieJ1z_Yx__leYAZTFZgA\/videos.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Tony](\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0613-s2p-Hightower-Legacy-800x600.jpg\")
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