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Mark Shilansky

Growing up in a suburb of Concord, NH, Mark wrote songs as early as elementary school, followed by performances in original rock bands and jazz study at the Concord Community Music School.  He received a BA in Music Performance in 1992 from the University of New Hampshire, where he played classical and jazz piano and apprenticed with such adjunct professors and visiting artists as Clark Terry, Phil Woods, and Jimmy Heath.  He moved to Boston, continuing his studies at New England Conservatory, receiving a Masters of Music in Jazz Studies in 1994, working with such teachers as Bevan Manson, Paul Bley, and John McNeil, supplementing his education since then by studying with jazz gurus Kenny Werner, Hal Crook, and Charlie Banacos.

Album

The Voice of Clark Terry

Label: Phreydom Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: One Foot In The Gutter; Digits; Bayside Cookout;To Pres; Pint Of Bitter; Co-op; Sheba; Serenade To A Bus Seat; Cote D’Azur; Chat Qui Peche; Cruising;The Snapper.

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The Snapper

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Label: Phreydom Music
Released: 2022
Duration: 06:26

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News: Recording

Jazz Vocalist Chris Humphrey Unveils Clark Terry Tribute

Jazz Vocalist Chris Humphrey Unveils Clark Terry Tribute

Jazz vocalist/pianist Chris Humphrey has been working with drummer Les Harris Jr. on a labor of love in tribute to the great jazz trumpeter Clark Terry. Clark Terry was one of the only musicians to play with both Duke Ellington and Count Basie's orchestras. His sound on the trumpet and flugelhorn is immediately recognizable and his ...

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Thornewood

Label: self-produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Rocky Mountain High; If I Needed You; Fall Into You; In the Still of the Night; You Are There; One For My Baby; The Dark Side; Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye; Deciding Where To Land; The Summer Knows; Grow; Rocky Mountain High (Outro)

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Time Travelers

Label: N/A
Released: 2020

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Article: Album Review

Sara Bielanski: From the Heart

Read "From the Heart" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


This is vocalist Sara Bielanski's debut album, and for it she brought together a group of fine musicians with connections to the Berklee School of Music and The New England Conservatory, institutions where for well over more than a half-century many of our most outstanding players have gotten their jump start. Bielanski herself is a fine ...

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Article: Album Review

Steven Kirby: Illuminations

Read "Illuminations" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Illuminations--guitarist Steven Kirby's third album, following Point Of Balance (Challenge Records, 1998) and North Lights (Challenge Records, 2003)--is both true to previous form and highly expansive. Kirby uses elements of the sonic palette(s) that helped to color his earlier work, referencing the probing lyricism of John Abercrombie and the straight-to-the-heart melodic qualities shot through in classic ...

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Article: Album Review

Kim Nazarian: Some Morning

Read "Some Morning" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger


Kim Nazarian is one of a kind. Sure, there are other singers with lovely voices, great ears and impeccable time, but not many as warm and open on stage; there are even fewer who can phrase a lyric the way she does, so that you believe every word. A founding member of the New York Voices, ...

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News: Festival

"Fourth Annual A-Town Jazz Festival" Featuring Greg Hopkins & Lydia Harrell -- Arlington, Mass., April 11-12, 2015

"Fourth Annual A-Town Jazz Festival" Featuring Greg Hopkins & Lydia Harrell -- Arlington, Mass., April 11-12, 2015

The town of Arlington, MA will once again pulse with the sounds of jazz when the Fourth Annual A-Town Jazz Festival kicks in on April 11th and 12th. The Festival, hosted by Dan Fox and Morningside Music Studio, features renowned jazz trumpeter-composer Greg Hopkins, best known for his writing and performing with the Buddy Rich Band ...


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