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“He is an exceptional player who fully understands the jazz language and is fully conversant with all genres of the music.” - Kenny Barron Tim Whalen is an in-demand jazz pianist / composer / arranger living in Washington, DC. His passion and dedication to his art come through in everything he touches, and he has been blessed with opportunities to write and play music with some incredible people. He has played all over the United States, Japan and Europe in many different musical situations, and has written music for everything from jazz duos to orchestras. Since moving to Washington DC in late 2010, Tim has become an in- demand pianist and arranger on the DC jazz scene, and has played with the finest musicians in the area, including Lena Seikaly, Tommy Cecil, Chuck Redd, Paul Pieper, Tedd Baker, Lyle Link, Kenny Rittenhouse, Kris Funn, Elijah Jamal Balbed, Donvonte McCoy, Victor Provost, Mark Prince, Zack Pride, Tom Baldwin, Paul Langosch, The Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra, and others

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Oblivion: The Music of Bud Powell

By Tim Whalen

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: Hallucinations; Parisian Thoroughfare; Kind Bud; Un Poco Loco; Blue Pearl; Oblivion; Celia; Tempus Fugue-it; I'll Keep Loving You; Wail.

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Tim Whalen: Oblivion: The Music of Bud Powell

Read "Oblivion: The Music of Bud Powell" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
March 19, 2016

Pianist/composer/arranger Tim Whalen pays tribute to the great bebop pianist Bud Powell with this set of creative arrangements. Whalen rightly points out that Powell was the architect of modern jazz piano, yet he is often overlooked when fellow bebop pioneers Bird, Monk, and Dizzy are mentioned. His arrangements of Powell compositions (plus one new original) are ...

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