BWW Exclusive: Trailer for Postmodern Jukebox's First-Ever Live Album 'The New Classics'

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, the powerhouse pop-jazz phenomenon that has toured the world on the strength of its extraordinary music videos and immense followings on Youtube and Facebook, is finally releasing its first live album. Entitled The New Classics, the 12-track CD is set for release on November 17, 2017 via Concord Records and Postmodern Jukebox Records. The album is the companion piece to a PBS special taped live at a Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) show in Las Vegas, which will air nationally in late November and will also be available on DVD initially through PBS. Below, BWW exclusively premieres the trailer for the new album!

PMJ originally found massive success online, with new videos added weekly that continually find inventive new ways to put creator Scott Bradlee's trademark vintage twist on modern pop hits. But it's onstage that the project has really come to shine, with the band and its rotating cast of multi-talented singers and musicians playing hundreds of shows to sold-out houses across the globe, from intimate standing-room gigs to large-scale, theatrical extravaganzas. After one recent show, MusicInsight.com raved, "Go see Postmodern Jukebox. Stop whatever you're doing, right now, and go see them!"

That "anything can, and will, happen" vibe is fully captured on The New Classics, which features lively performances of a wide range of reimagined hits in the party-like atmosphere that has come to characterize the band's shows. These include everything from the grunge rock of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" to the feud-fueling pop of Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood," from Cyndi Lauper's classic '80s ballad "Time After Time" to the disco anthem "I Will Survive" - all given their own time-warping twist.

The unique result of pianist/arranger Bradlee's novel concept has generated over three million subscriptions to PMJ's Youtube channel since its 2013 inception, not to mention over one million Facebook likes and nearly 850 million views.

Bradlee's inspired ensemble has also released 14 albums, and with a rotating cast of performers is almost constantly on the road. The New Classics offers newcomers a glimpse of what exhilarated audiences see on stages around the world, 300 nights a year. The album and special are a snapshot - you'll hear and see what happened on this night in this room, but there are new surprises, performers, repertoire and combinations at every single show. Meanwhile, new cast members continue to come onboard, adding to the variety of talent that can be seen on the road and in PMJ's extensive catalogue of videos - which continue to be produced at a staggering clip of one per week.

Despite that unflagging pace and ever-growing membership, PMJ continues to feel like a family, both on the road and in their weekly videos. That camaraderie and playful chemistry shines through these live performances, which breathe vivid life into antiquated styles.

"The New Classics was all recorded live in front of an audience in the middle of the tour, so everybody got to know each other really well and feel the energy and camaraderie," says Bradlee. "Listening to it now, it sounds like an amazing radio broadcast from Carnegie Hall from many years ago-a journey through all the vintage styles, whether it's 1920s hot jazz or '50s doo-wop or '60s soul and everything in between. So it's a great way to experience PMJ if you haven't been to a live show, with some extraordinary performances by some of our best-known performers as well as some newer ones."

As any of their legion of fans can tell you, the PMJ live experience is never the same twice, with new songs, new sounds, and new members added to the ever-growing family each time around. It's something that should be experienced IN THE FLESH - but The New Classics offers the next best thing.

"It's one thing to be in your living room and making videos, but to interact with both the cast and the audience really makes our music come to life," Bradlee says. "This first live album is not only representative of our work, but it's completely unique in the sense that if you're new to PMJ, you'll love it for exposing you to an amazing new universe, and if you've been part of our community for years, you'll relive that night when you first saw us."

TRACK LISTING:

CD

	Title	Featuring	Made Famous By
1	Meet the Flintstones		The B.C. 52's
2	All About That Bass	Casey Abrams, Dani Armstrong, Maiya Sykes & Ariana Savalas	Meghan Trainor
3	Bad Blood	Aubrey Logan	Taylor Swift
4	Time After Time	Sara Niemietz	Cyndi Lauper
5	My Heart Will Go On	LaVance Colley & Aubrey Logan	Celine Dion
6	Umbrella	Casey Abrams & The Sole Sisters	Rihanna
7	Halo	LaVance Colley	Beyoncé
8	Bye, Bye, Bye	Aubrey Logan, Ariana Savalas & Sara Niemietz	*NSYNC
9	Don't Stop	Maiya Sykes	Fleetwood Mac
10	I Will Survive	Sara Niemietz	Gloria Gaynor
11	Black Hole Sun	Haley Reinhart	Soundgarden
12	Stacy's Mom	Casey Abrams, Ariana Savalas, Dani Armstrong & Cast	Fountains of Wayne

DVD

	Title	Featuring	Made Famous By
1	Meet the Flintstones		The B.C. 52's
2	All About That Bass	Casey Abrams, Dani Armstrong, Maiya Sykes & Ariana Savalas	Meghan Trainor
3	Bad Blood	Aubrey Logan	Taylor Swift
4	Time After Time	Sara Niemietz	Cyndi Lauper
5	My Heart Will Go On	LaVance Colley & Aubrey Logan	Celine Dion
6	Umbrella	Casey Abrams & The Sole Sisters	Rihanna
7	Halo	LaVance Colley	Beyoncé
8	Bye, Bye, Bye	Aubrey Logan, Ariana Savalas & Sara Niemietz	*NSYNC
9	Don't Stop	Maiya Sykes	Fleetwood Mac
10	I Will Survive	Sara Niemietz	Gloria Gaynor
11	Medley	Scott Bradlee	Various
12	Black Hole Sun	Haley Reinhart	Soundgarden
13	Stacy's Mom	Casey Abrams, Ariana Savalas, Dani Armstrong & Cast	Fountains of Wayne

POSTMODERN JUKEBOX TOUR DATES:

10/20/2017	Clearwater	FL	Clearwater Jazz Holiday Festival
10/20/2017	Anchorage	AK	Atwood Concert Hall
10/22/2017	Birmingham	AL	Iron City
10/26/2017	Carmel	IN	Palladium
10/28/2017	East Lansing	MI	Wharton Center
10/29/2017	Traverse City	MI	City Opera House
10/31/2017	Cincinnati	OH	The Taft Theatre
11/1/2017	Milwaukee	WI	Riverside Theater
11/5/2017	Kansas City	MO	Arvest Bank Theatre at Midland
11/7/2017	Roanoke	VA	Berglund Center
11/8/2017	Norfolk	VA	Norva
11/9/2017	Richmond	VA	The National
11/17/2017	Burlington	VT	Flynn Center
11/18/2017	Ithaca	NY	State Theatre
11/19/2017	Portland	ME	State Theatre
11/28/2017	Memphis	TN	Minglewood Hall
11/30/2017	Casablanca	MOROCCO	Hotel Sofitel
12/2/2017	Monte Carlo	MONACO	Opera Garnier
12/3/2017	Austin	TX	Austin City Limits at Moody Theatre
12/4/2017	Milan	ITALY	Fabrique
12/4/2017	San Antonio	TX	Tobin Center for Performing Arts
12/5/2017	Heidelberg	GERMANY	Halle 02
12/6/2017	Tucson	AZ	Rialto Theatre
12/6/2017	Erfurt	GERMANY	Stadtgarten
12/7/2017	Ravensburg	GERMANY	Oberschwabenklub
12/8/2017	Lille	FRANCE	Aeronef
12/9/2017	Paris	FRANCE	L'Olympia
12/10/2017	Paris	FRANCE	L'Olympia
12/12/2017	Eugene	OR	The Hult Center for The Performing Arts
12/12/2017	Clermont-Ferrand	FRANCE	Cooperative de Mai
12/13/2017	Montpellier	FRANCE	Corum
12/14/2017	Bordeaux	FRANCE	Rocher de Palmer
12/15/2017	Seattle	WA	Paramount
12/16/2017	Tours	FRANCE	Le Vinci
12/17/2017	Nantes	FRANCE	Cite de Congres
12/18/2017	Reims	FRANCE	Cartonnerie
12/19/2017	Nancy	FRANCE	Autre Canal

POSTMODERN JUKEBOX ON THE WEB:
Website: http://postmodernjukebox.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/postmodernjukebox

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PMJofficial

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pmjofficial/

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