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Rodney Whitaker
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Rodney Whitaker is associate professor of double bass and director of jazz studies at the Michigan State University College of Music.
Whitaker is one of the leading performers and teachers of jazz double bass in the United States. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and received national recognition performing with the Terence Blanchard Quintet. Whitaker has also toured internationally as a featured performer with the Roy Hargrove Quintet. In addition, he has appeared and presented master classes at the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) conferences. Featured on more than 100 recordings - from film to compact discs - Whitaker's film score, China, directed by Jeff Wray, was released on PBS in 2002.
In 2006, he was nominated for the Juno Award, Canada's equivalent to the Grammy, for his work on “Let Me Tell You About My Day,” produced by Alma Records
Waking Dream
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Super Moon; The Speckled Frog; Waking Dream; Two Thoughts; Cafe Brasilia; The Singer; 52 Pickup; Riverside
Blossoms; Jo Jo Jo; Boom Boom.
Tell the Truth
By Ben Markley
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Tell the Truth; Tuesday Morning Feeling; Don't Bring It Up; Snowy Range Blues; Spencer's Mood; It's Spoken
Spokane; The Picture Outside My Window; Rimshot.
Mosaic: The Music of Gregg Hill
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Mosaic; Unknown Ballad; Claxilever; Katie’s Tune; Moonscape; Ray-Dias; Still Life With Tuba; Sloe Gin Fizz;
Stargazer; Sunday Special.
The Vibe
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Girlie's World; The Vibe; Algonquin; Toshi; Sister Rosa; Easy Money; Heartstrings; How It Goes;
Jamerson's
Lullaby; Woodpecker; Unchained Melody.
Zito's Jump!
By James Zito
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Zito's Jump; Bird in the Wind; Island Girl; Time Zone; Ready 'N Able; Pense Nisso; Minor Lies; The Nearness of You; The End of a Love Affair; After You've Gone; It Could Happen To You; After You've Gone (Alternate Take).
Ready 'N Able
Album: Zito's Jump!
By James Zito
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 02:41
Best of the Best: Jazz From Detroit
by Paul Rauch
Best of the Best: Jazz From DetroitMagic Circle Productions LLC2025 The history of jazz music is told in hundreds of cities from coast to coast in America. From the cradle in New Orleans and the Mississippi River delta, the great migration of Black Americans northward spread the sounds that we know ...
Randy Napoleon: Waking Dream
by Jack Bowers
What greater satisfaction could a teacher have than to see his or her students achieve success--and in their chosen field, no less. On Waking Dream, renowned jazz guitarist and educator Randy Napoleon shares center stage with four fellow guitarists, all of whom are former students in his classes at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing. ...
