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Tyler Henderson

I was born in the small town of Oneonta, New York. My musical journey began after my family received a piano from a local church. I started to pick out little melodies and chords at the age of 5 or 6. As I got a bit older, I began to learn my favorite classic rock and soul tunes from the 70’s (Blood, Sweat and Tears, Chicago, etc) by ear. It was then that my parents decided it was time to start getting me classical lessons. My teacher would get frustrated with my inexorable knack for changing notes and rhythms to the way I wanted to play them. This continued for some time until the age of about 10 or 11. During this period of my life, I discovered something that would change my life forever. I came across Autumn Leaves from Bill Evans’ iconic Portrait In Jazz recording. After hearing the first few notes, I was mesmerized. After playing the first snippet of Autumn Leaves in my lesson that next week, my teacher decided it was time to get a real jazz teacher. Suddenly I was gigging in town with local professionals, and fully entrenched in learning the language and basics of the music. During my 8th grade year, my parents, who recognized my passion, decided to do something radical. They were willing to fly my sister and I to Houston to audition for one of the most prestigious art schools in the nation, HSPVA. I was instantly drawn to the school from its who’s-who list of jazz alumni (Robert Glasper, Jason Moran, Walter Smith). My sister and I found out we made it into the school a few months after the audition, and we planned to move to Houston in the summer of 2015. In high school, I had the pleasure of playing with Wynton Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Inrgrid Jensen, Don Braden, and was encouraged by masters such as Barry Harris, Javon Jackson, and Robert Glasper through my participation in incredible programs such as YoungArts Week and the Thelonious Monk Institute All Star Tour. In 2019, after high school, I applied to and was accepted at the Juilliard School in New York City, and I am currently finishing my undergraduate degree at this wonderful institution. My goal is to keep the spirit of swing alive from the music of the past, yet be forward thinking and open to new ideas.

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Jacob Chung: Live At Frankie's Jazz Club

Read "Live At Frankie's Jazz Club" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Tenor saxophonist Jacob Chung's Live At Frankie's Jazz Club captures fresh performances of music that feel like a snapshot of deep friendship filtered through the lens of timeless jazz language. Recorded live at Vancouver, BC's iconic venue, Chung is joined by pianist Tyler Henderson, bassist Caleb Tobocman, and drummer Hank Allen-Barfield. These three equally talented musicians do not just accompany but actively engage in lively musical conversation. The program, a mix of jazz and popular standards, along with a few ...

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Tyler Henderson: Love Endures

Read "Love Endures" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Pianist Tyler Henderson's Love Endures is a rare artifact of musical honesty, an album that trades studio gloss for the imperfect magic of real-time interaction. Recorded in the attic of a house owned by a devoted jazz aficionado in Vancouver, BC, the session's unusual environment--unadorned acoustics, no headphones, no overdubs--sets the tone for a recording that is as much about listening as it is about playing. Accompanied by bassist Caleb Tobocman and drummer Hank Allen-Barfield, Henderson delivers a statement, mixing ...

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Jacob Chung: The Sage

Read "The Sage" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On The Sage, his second album as leader, Canadian-bred saxophonist Jacob Chung lends credence to a speculative yet widely held belief that contempory jazz continues to grow and prosper north of the American border. Chung is no mere hobbyist, nor are his veteran helpmates --one of whom, alto saxophonist Vincent Herring, has been a force on the New York jazz scene for more than four decades, recording at least twenty albums under his name and appearing as a sideman on ...

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Ilya Osachuk: The Answer

Read "The Answer" reviewed by Neil Duggan


Canadian bassist Ilya Osachuk is positive proof that the jazz education system in Canada and the US is in fine shape. Born in Winnipeg, Osachuk graduated from the University of Manitoba's Desautels Faculty of Music in 2021 with a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Performance. He then moved to New York and gained a Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies from the Juilliard School in 2023. studying bass under Ben Wolfe and Gerald Cannon and composition and arranging under Andy ...

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Meet Pianist Tyler Henderson and Trumpeter Summer Camargo

Read "Meet Pianist Tyler Henderson and Trumpeter Summer Camargo" reviewed by Sanford Josephson


Growing up in Oneonta, New York, Tyler Henderson “noodled around for five years on a piano that a church donated to my family. I learned to play older rock songs by ear--stuff from Chicago and The Beatles. Then, in seventh grade, I heard the Vince Guaraldi Charlie Brown Christmas album (Fantasy, 1965). I was really intrigued. I had never heard music like that before. Then I discovered Bill Evans. He became my obsession." When Henderson was entering ninth grade, his ...

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La Vie En Rose

Skeet Records
2025

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Love Endures

Cellar Music Group
2025

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Live At Frankie's...

Cellar Music Group
2025

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The Answer

Self Produced
2024

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The Sage

Cellar Music Group
2024

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The Answer

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