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Pete Yellin

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I've worked and recorded with Joe Henderson, Bob Mintzer, Tito Puente, Buddy Rich, Loinel Hampton, Eddie Palmieri, George Benson, Machito, Chick Corea.. and toured all over the world as a soloist and clinician. I also started the Jazz Program at Long Island University in Brooklyn and taught there for 20 years I also have several CDs out under my own name (please contact me at 718 237-0718 or email me at [email protected] for more info, reviews, pictures etc.)

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Interchange

Label: Steeplechase Lookout
Released: 2023
Track listing: Interchange; Who Cares; You’re My Everything; Invitation; The Scene Is Clean; Return; Yours Is My Heart Alone; Last Embrace; Very Early.

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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: Innerpeace: Rare Spiritual Funk And Jazz Gems

Read "Innerpeace: Rare Spiritual Funk And Jazz Gems" reviewed by Chris May


It took a few years for producer Bob Shad's newly formed Mainstream Records to nail its direction in the 1960s. A less than auspicious start was releasing the first singles by the latter-day Trump-boosting halfwit Ted Nugent. A better move, given hindsight, was releasing the debut album by Janis Joplin's Big Brother & The Holding Company. ...

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Article: Interview

Burt Eckoff: A Pianist's Close Encounters With the Greats of Jazz

Read "Burt Eckoff: A Pianist's Close Encounters With the Greats of Jazz" reviewed by Idelle Nissila-Stone


Active in the jny: New York City jazz scene since the 1960s, pianist Burt Eckoff played with many jazz greats, among them Howard McGhee, Maynard Ferguson, Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt and Archie Shepp. He is known for exceptional artistry in his work with vocalists Dionne Warwick, The Drifters, Eddie Jefferson, and most importantly Dakota Staton, with ...

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News: Advocacy

Jazz Bridge Opens "Kwame Hall Fund" For Saxophonist With Brain Tumor

Jazz Bridge Opens "Kwame Hall Fund" For Saxophonist With Brain Tumor

Starting today, Jazz Bridge opens the tax-deductible “Kwame Hall Fund" for Kwame Hall, an alto saxophonist and composer born and raised in jny: Philadelphia who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. Tomorrow is a big day for Hall. He'll undergo a 12-hour surgical intervention at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania for a condition only ...

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Article: Interview

Glenn Zottola: A Jazz Life - On the Road and In Demand

Read "Glenn Zottola: A Jazz Life - On the Road and In Demand" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 World-renown trumpeter, saxophonist, musical director, producer and entrepreneur. These are but a mere handful of words that describe the vast talent in Glenn Zottola's bag of musical marvels. There are others: child prodigy, creative genius, “musical natural" and aural savant also percolate rapidly to mind. Now ...

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How Long Has This Been Going On?

Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2009
Track listing: Four in One; C.C.U; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Air for Aaron; Dearly Beloved; Another Hairdo; CP; Everything Happens to Me; Lover Man.

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Article: Album Review

Peter Yellin: How Long Has This Been Going On?

Read "How Long Has This Been Going On?" reviewed by Jay Deshpande


How Long Has This Been Going On?, Pete Yellin's first album of the new millennium, is a strong sampling of his abilities as an altoist and as a songwriter. It also showcases his connections across the jazz spectrum, built up over a five-decade career. Bob Mintzer, Billy Hart, and Sheila Jordan all make appearances here. And ...

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Mellow Soul

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Released: 1999

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Article: Album Review

Pete Yellin: Mellow Soul

Read "Mellow Soul" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Nowhere near as mellow as its title suggests, this is a lively blowing session by veteran saxophonist Pete Yellin and an all–star supporting cast who seem perfectly happy to close ranks behind the leader and let him take the lion’s share of the bows. Which is only right, as it is Yellin’s gig, despite the imposing ...


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