“BLACKsummers’ night” is Maxwell’s fourth studio album and the first installment of a trilogy entitled “BLACK SUMMERS’NIGHT”. BLACK is a much darker but soulful compilation and 8 years since his last offering, SUMMERS’ leans more toward the Gospel side and NIGHT is more a cool collection of slow jams.
In 1996, the then 23-year old Brooklyn born phenomenon took the music world by storm with his debut, “Urban Hang Suite”. The critically acclaimed CD received a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album and went on to achieve double platinum status. Maxwell’s 'MTV: Unplugged' (1997) achieved gold status. He was heralded as the future of soul music and proved his staying power when he followed up with 1998’s platinum seller “Embrya”. In 1999 Maxwell’s single, “Fortunate” (off of the LIFE soundtrack) became Billboard magazine’s number one hit of the year. Maxwell’s third album, “Now” (2001) debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart; selling 300,000 copies its maiden week and eventually also reaching double platinum status. The album was appropriately described by Entertainment Weekly as “A velvetined gauntlet thrown at the feet of today’s bling-bling-obsessed R&B pack.”
This is Maxwell’s first full European tour in 11 years, and will accompany his US No.1 album and his forthcoming appearance on “Later with Jools Holland” on 27th October.