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Episodes
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Jazz and Latin Jazz vocalist, Lauren Henderson, paints reflective and impassioned stories with her haunting voice and enchanting compositions. Henderson's compositions navigate journeys imposed through the African Diaspora in connection to her Panamanian, Montserratian, and vast Caribbean roots as they interplay with her North American upbringing. In this episode, Lauren shares her background, education, and musical journey.
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Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Steve Perry is best known as lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist for the Oregon ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Their hit song "Zoot Suit Riot,” was a subversive, punk-forward cocktail of jazz and ska with a swing finish that sends listeners back to the 1940s. In this episode, Steve shares his background and his musical journey.
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Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Alexa Tarantino is an award-winning, vibrant, young jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, and educator. Alexa was also recently named one of the “Top 5 Alto Saxophonists of 2019” by the JazzTimes Critics’ Poll. In this episode, Alexa talks about her musical journey and her latest release Clarity.
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Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Trumpeter and singer Benny Benack III has proven to be a rare talent: not only a fiery trumpet player with a stirring command of the postbop trumpet vernacular in the vein of Kenny Dorham and Blue Mitchell but also a singer with a sly, mature, naturally expressive delivery in the post-Sinatra mold, performing standards and his own astute songs with a thrilling sense of showmanship. Benny shares his educational background, his music career, and his latest release A Lot of Living to do.
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Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
In addition to being a solo artist, Almazan is the founder and director of Biophilia Records. In this episode, Fabian Almazan joins us as he talks about his music journey and the future of Jazz.
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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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