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Kerry Politzer

Born: December 19

Kerry Politzer is a Portland-based jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She is on the music faculty of Portland State University and previously taught at the University of Portland and the University of Manitoba. Kerry received a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Piano from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied improvisation and composition with the late jazz guru Charlie Banacos, and a Master of Music in Jazz in Studies from Rowan University.

Prior to moving to Portland, Kerry lived in New York for many years, where she studied Brazilian music and performed original compositions at clubs including Smalls. She also toured with DIVA No Man’s Band, playing with Diane Schuur, Slide Hampton, and Larry Coryell. In 1996, Kerry was one of six finalists in the American Pianists Association’s 3rd Biennial Jazz Piano Competition. Her composition Rhodes Rage won Third Prize, Jazz Category in the 2005 International Songwriting Competition. 

Homage To Artists Lost, Favorite 2023 Recordings Part I, Birthday Shoutouts To Toshiko Akiyoshi, Una Mae Carlisle, Rebecca Parris, Edith Piaf & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 8, 2024

The final broadcast of 2023 includes two new singles from Kayle Brecher and Carol McCann, Part I of my favorite recordings of 2023 with birthday shoutouts to Toshiko Akiyoshi, Kayle Brecher, Una Mae Carlisle, Rebecca Parris, Kerry Politzer, and Edith Piaf, among others plus a nod to some of the artists that left the planet this ...

Holiday Releases Plus A Celebration of Cab Calloway and More Christmas Capricorns

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 2, 2023

The Christmas broadcast presents holiday releases from Herb Albert and Jessy J as well as more Yuletide music penned by women, with birthday shoutouts to Cab Calloway, Edith Piaf, Sue Maskaleris, Camille Thurman, Chris McNulty, Kerry Politzer, Sean Harkness and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during ...

In a Heartbeat

By Kerry Politzer

Label: PJCE Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Bad News; Shaky Ground; Spring Day; Cycle; In a Heartbeat; Lullaby for Messiaen; 3 A.M.; Marble Maze; Umbrella Statement; Goodbye.

More Reed Rapture WIth Tim Berne

by Bob Osborne
December 15, 2022

On this show the third of twelve looks at Ivo Perelman's massive new set of saxophone duets, this time with Tim Berne. I am also featuring two recent albums from Tim with firstly Matt Mitchell and secondly Gregg Belisle-Chi. In addition I am playing tracks from three great new releases from Lauren Falls, Örjan Hulten Orion ...

Spring Day

December 7, 2022

Album: In a Heartbeat
By Kerry Politzer
Label: PJCE Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 05:27

New Releases Plus A Birthday Celebration of Joni Mitchell and For The Roses

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 21, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from from violinist Susan Reed, vocalists Paul Marinaro, Sweet Megg, Caity Georgy and vibraphonist Patricia Brennan, with birthday shoutouts to Joni Mitchell (also celebrating the 50th anniversary of her release For The Roses), Janet Lawson, Bertha Hope, Ernestine Anderson, LaVern Baker, Miho Hazama, Carmen Lundy, Patricia Barber and Amanda Tosoff among ...

Kenny Garrett, George Colligan & Tim Lin

by Joe Dimino
November 20, 2022

To commemorate our 777th Episode of Neon Jazz, we profile up and coming saxophonist in Tim Lin with music from his debut release Romance in Formosa. We follow that up with another musician with Taiwanese roots in pianist Jo-Yu Chen. From there, we explore a host of new music from Jakob Dreyer, Gentiane MG, Aimee Allen ...

You Got To Know How - New Releases Plus a Celebration of Blueswoman Sippie Wallace

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 14, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from Judy Niemack, Rebecca Coupe Franks, Harve S, Roni Ben-Hur & Sylvia Cuenca, Aubrey Johnson, Nikki Yanofsky plus a single from säje (Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, Erin Bentlage), with birthday shoutouts to Sippie Wallace, Lani Hall, Lauren Henderson, Kurt Elling, Anne Sajdera, Gregory Porter, among others. Also more selections ...

Mischief Night - New Releases, Jazz Scorpios and More New Standards By Women

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 7, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from Richard Baratta, Diana Panton, Kerry Politzer, Tawanda, Carmen Lundy, JD Allen and Roberta Donnay, with birthday shoutouts to Andy Bey, Magos Herrera, Allison Miller, Amanda Monaco and Jay Clayton, among others. Also Part 5 of selections from Terri Lyne Carrington's New Standards 101 Lead Sheets by Women featuring compositions by ...