Spring LLC, a New York based music company, has released 'Pop-Jazz Volume 1.' Featuring a brand new rendition of "Street Life" by Mike Phillips and Jill Scott, the 15-track compilation contains music from current artists that epitomize the Pop-Jazz movement like Soulive and Janek Gwizdala - as well as classic artists including Nancy Wilson and Donald Byrd, some of the first artists to push the envelope of traditional jazz.

The album includes tracks from an eclectic mix of jazz artists who have redefined the standards of a musical genre. From the jazz-funk fusion sounds of The Blackbyrds to the soul-jazz stylings of jazz flautist Bobbi Humphrey, Pop-Jazz Volume 1 provides a varied overview of the best in jazz fusion. Pop-Jazz Volume 1 is available through various retail outlets, including Amazon.com, CDBaby and Spring Direct.

Pop Jazz Volume 1 was previewed at Spring LLC's 2006 BMW Pop-Jazz Live Tour, an exclusive, invitation-only event sponsored by BMW. Mike Phillips served as headliner for the tour, which kicked off in the birthplace of jazz--New Orleans--and made stops in cities nationwide, including New York, Chicago, Atlanta, DC and LA. The next BMW Pop-Jazz Live Tour is set for the first quarter of 2008 and will be accompanied by the release of Pop-Jazz Volume II.

Pop-Jazz Volume I Track Listing:
Street Life (Mike Phillips featuring Jill Scott)
Rock Creek Park (The Blackbyrds)
Jasper Country Man (Bobbi Humphrey)
It's A Shame (Paul Jackson Jr.)
Too Late To Turn Back (El Michels Affair)
I've Got Nothing To Lose But the Blues (Gwen McCrae)
Ode to Billie Joe (Nancy Wilson)
Street Lady (Donald Byrd)
Darkness (Janek Gwizdala)
Use Me (Esther Phillips)
I Got The (Labi Siffre)
Ne-Ne (Soulive)
Funkin' For Jamaica (Tom Browne)
Flow (Mike Phillips)
You Might Need Somebody (Randy Crawford)

So, if you would like to win one of these wonderful new CDs, and you think you know all there is to know about Randy Crawford, just answer this easy question: Crawford enjoyed her highest profile of the decade when a rising starlet had a worldwide hit with her 1997 cover of 'You Might Need Somebody.' What was the name of that 'rising starlet'?!

Send us your answers and if you're correct you'll be in the running to win one of these wonderful new CDs! Just send us an e:mail here before September 1st with your answer and the subject title CONTEST: POP JAZZ VOLUME ONE CDs to: exclusivemagazine@flash.net