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Episodes
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Dayna Stephens is a Brooklyn-born Bay Area-raised artist, who is known as an improviser educator and a written composer. In this episode, Dayna shares his music career, his experience playing the Sax, his latest and upcoming release.
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Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Theo Hill is hailed by the New York Times as "a vital young pianist at play in New York's straight-ahead tradition." Something which couldn't be more true. In this episode Theo Hill shares his music career, his experience playing the Vibes, and his latest release Interstellar Adventures.
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Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Kassa Overall is something like a cross between a jazz musician, a backpack rapper and a bedroom producer. Kassa's combination of live performances, studio recordings and remixes and his bridgings of jazz and hip-hop cultures is the short list of what makes him amazing.
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Monday May 11, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Emmet Cohen is committed to the inter-generational transfer of the knowledge, history, and traditions of jazz. Which I can honestly say is one thing I love about his style and his Masters Regency series. In this episode Emmet Cohen talks about his music career, his mission, and his future.
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Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Yes! That metal xylophone is actually called a vibraphone and one of its eminence is Warren Wolf. In this episode Warren Wolf shares his music career, his experience playing the Vibes, and his latest release Reincarnation.
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Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Leon Foster Thomas: The Road Seldom Traveled. When most people think of Jazz Instruments, Steel Pan isn't what normally comes to mind. In this episode, we have Leon Foster Thomas joining us. He is a seasoned jazz musician from Trinidad and Tobago, currently based in Miami, Florida. Leon shares his educational background, his music career, and his experience playing this unique instrument.
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Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
In this episode, we have Kathrine Windfeld joining us. She is a seasoned jazz musician from Denmark. Kathrine will be sharing with us her music journey.
Being a bandleader, Katherine shares with us how she created her first big band and a sextet. Also, she will be telling us about her new album, and where she sees jazz music in the next ten years.
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Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
In this premiere episode, the host Leander Young, invites his friend and bass player from his band, Tristan Eggener to share his musical journey.
Tristan shares his educational background, his music career, and his experience as a music professor. He also shares his take on trends and changes in the jazz music scene and how they affect musicians today.
Listen to hear how Tristan learned to deal with the reality of life that he was not taught in music school.
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