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Jared Beckstead-Craan
Jared Beckstead-Craan is an artist, musician, composer, double-bassist, and educator.
Jared’s personal conception of music comes from a confluence of their Haitian heritage, their eclectic upbringing, their desire to make people dance, and their deep love for the music of Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughn, Thelonious Monk, and Charles Mingus.
Jared has performed in the United States, Canada, China and Jamaica with such luminaries as Quincy Davis, Jon Gordon, Randy Napoleon, and Juno Award-winning Guitarist Jocelyn Gould.
They currently reside in Brooklyn, where they are part of the New York—based collective Momentum. They are set to release their debut EP in the summer of 2022.
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Zach Adleman: We Make: Stories For A New Day
by Jack Bowers
For someone not that long out of college, New York City-based drummer Zach Adleman has kept a full dance card, leading to the release of his impressive debut recording, We Make: Stories for a New Day, on which Adleman leads a nimble sextet through its paces on 11 charming and upbeat songs, nine of which he composed and arranged. In 2019, the New Jersey native won the Detroit Jazz Festival's annual J.C. Heard National Drum Competition. Two ...
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by David A. Orthmann
From beginning to end, Zach Adleman's debut as a leader, We Make: Stories For A New Day, fires on all cylinders. The twenty-something drummer inhabits the roles of player, composer, arranger, and bandleader with the aplomb of a seasoned veteran. A hungry, assertive band includes two generations of compatible hands who produce a fresh and vital sound that mirrors the straight-ahead, acoustic jazz tradition Adleman penned nine compositions that are sturdy, substantive, and melodically rich. We have ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
Jared Beckstead-Craan
Location: New York City
Instrument: Bass
Born: August 10, 1996
