Sonic Portraits Entertainment an Atlanta, Georgia based LLC co-founded by Robert Irving III, Terri Lyne Carrington, Robert Hebert Esq. and other partners was dissolved in 2011. In 2014 Irving rebranded the label as Sonic Portraits Jazz based in his hometown of Chicago.

Mission
Sonic Portraits Jazz is a portal for the fulfillment Dream Projects around the creation of a small, but vital multi-generational community of mostly Chicago-based jazz artists with a commitment to artistic excellence through the exploration of music expressionism that transcends the mundane.  SPJ mission larger mission is to act a facilitator and historical archivist of the above activities for posterity.

Vision
We begin with the premise that music has the power to shift the atmosphere to change individuals, audiences and calm the world. Our vision is that musical storytelling through sound paintings can capture the imagination to inspire higher perspectives and inner-travel in exploration of possibility, beyond our, oftentimes, stress-filled existence on the planet.  Then intended result of our undertaking is the renewal and transformation of the human spirit through therapeutic sound that also facilitates the  continuum of great jazz legacies while cultivating the creation of new ones; looking back-to-move forward.  By supporting of this artistic community, we are hopeful that the NexGen of great jazz artists will thrive because of mentoring and nurturing by those of the previous generations that have the experience to provide valuable guidance.

Importance
It is recognized that the pre-elder veteran musicians of our current generations are the last to have had direct contact with and mentorship by the founders, creators and innovators of the American art form referred to as Jazz.  It is the flickering flame of this uniquely empirical torch that we are responsible for preserving and passing down to the next generation of young artists with a sense of integrity from authentic sources.

You can visit Sonic Portraits Jazz HERE