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Alvester Garnett
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Alvester Garnett is an American jazz drummer who, among many other productions, has appeared on Great Performances on PBS in a tribute to Kurt Weill. Garnett has played with Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Regina Carter, Clark Terry, Pharoah Sanders, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Teddy Edwards, James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Charenee Wade, Lou Donaldson, Benny Golson, Al Grey, Rodney Jones, and Sherman Irby, among others.
Faces and Places
By Jed Levy
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: EMAIL; Danza de Berrios; Calcata; Twiddle Twaddle; Coming to Terms; St. Simons; Personable; Tenerife; Leading Tone; Haiku; Partido Tenor; Postscript.
Jed Levy: Faces and Places
by Jack Kenny
This is a beautiful album that is fired up right from the start. The sound of the tenor is faintly reminiscent of Warne Marsh. There is no seeking after angularity. Jed Levy's way with melody is completely natural and integrated into the quintet, though there are surprises all the way through the improvisations. Jed ...
Introducing Pianist Tyler Bullock
by Sanford Josephson
Tyler Bullock began taking classical piano lessons in his hometown of Nashville when he was four years old. Eight years later, he discovered jazz through an organization called the Nashville Jazz Workshop. “It's kind of similar to Jazz House Kids," he said. “They have classes and summer camps. It was a summer camp I went to, ...
Playfully
By Monika Ryan
Label: Resensitize Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Keepin’ It Light, Keepin’ It Mellow;
Grow Where I’m Planted;
I See It In You;
Let Me Love The Whole Of You;
I Found That Place;
You Are Magic To Me; Slipping Out;
We’re Here;
Reason To Be Happy;
Living Thoughtfully;
Whole And Resounding Love.
Introducing Drummer Mecadon McCune
by Sanford Josephson
Mecadon McCune has been immersed in music since he was born. His father is veteran jazz pianist Brandon McCune; his mother, Christine Clemmons-McCune, is an opera singer. “My dad made sure that I was learning piano since I was about four years old," he said, “but growing up I really did not like learning the piano. ...
Slipping Out
Album: Playfully
By Monika Ryan
Label: Resensitize Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 3:56
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Opens Registration For The Annual Geri Allen Jazz Summer Camp Led By Regina Carter
Four workshops take place July 11 & 14 and August 18 & 22 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. EST. How: Via Zoom (link provided upon registration) Students ages 14-26 who identify as female or non-binary Register: $200 per workshop or $600 for all four workshops. Registration is required and financial aid is available. Registration closes July 11. For ...
Wells Fargo Jazz For Teens
by Sanford Josephson
Clay Hudson grew up in a family “surrounded by music, and it rubbed off on me." Henry Spencer remembers that in the second grade at St. Luke's School in the West Village, “every student took drum lessons. I was the only one who stuck with it." Hudson and Spencer, both drummers, are two of ...
Sing a Song of Bird
Label: Skyline Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: People Chase;
The Scatter;
Bird's Song;
Parker's Mood;
Grapple With The Apple;
Audubon's New Bluebird;
Sheila, Jazz Child;
Quasimodo;
Now's The Time;
Yardbird Suite;
Koko/Cherokee;
These Foolish Things.
