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Eli MI Heath
Eli co-leads contemporary jazz octet, Frisson, and has performed and recorded as a sideperson with artists including Charles Neville, Kenny Werner, Luciana Souza, Dominick Farinacci, Nicole Henry, Erik Lawrence, and Jamey Haddad. He has also composed and music directed for theatrical productions including "The Brothers Size" and "What We Look Like." In 2019, Eli graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory with a BM in Jazz Performance and a BA in Africana Studies with highest honors. He is currently completing a master’s degree in Contemporary Global Jazz Performance on a full-tuition scholarship at Berklee College of Music.
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Chase Kuesel: Space Between
by Bruce Lindsay
Drummer and composer Chase Kuesel is based in Brooklyn, but his debut release as leader, Space Between, arose from a year spent studying in Basel as part of a select group of young musicians funded through the Focusyear Artist Grant. It's an album that's notable for Kuesel's ambitious compositions--drawing on influences including Olivier Messiaen, Norma Winstone and Guillermo Klein, to whom Kuesel dedicates Axis (For GK)"--and for the stylish interpretations crafted by the drummer and his bandmates. Four ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson