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Bijon Watson

Grammy® Award-winning trumpeter Bijon Watson’s career as a musician and educator spans more than 30 years and has taken him around the globe to perform for audiences worldwide. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Bijon attended the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School, and the University of Southern California, and was a member of the 1994 Disney All-American College Band and 1995 Disney/Grammy All-American College Jazz Band. His love for big band jazz inspired him to become a student of the great bands of the past and present and he has become a sought after and in-demand lead trumpet player that can be heard on television, in films, and award-winning recordings with iconic and world-class artists.

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6th Avenue

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: All the Things You Are; Let’s Do It; Durango Drive; There Will Never Be Another You; Parisian Deception; Anything Goes; 6th Avenue; Chega de Saudade; Someday My Prince Will Come; May.

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CHRONOGRAPHY

Label: UN-GYVE
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. Body and Soul 6:08 2. Spring is Here 11:32 3. Old Folks 5:45 4. Like a Lover 3:56 5. Come Sunday 5:44 6. My Romance 9:54 7. In a Sentimental Mood 4:10 8. What’ll I Do 7:06 9. For “O” 5:32 10. Dr. Diz: (Hot House - Con Alma - Night in Tunisia) 16:36

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Griot Songs

Label: Omar Thomas Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Sun in September; Sail to the Moon; Obeah Woman; Nothing There; Episode d’Azure; The Path; A Touch of Obsidian, a Flash of Scarlet.

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Article: Album Review

Mike Thompson: 6th Avenue

Read "6th Avenue" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Composer and arranger Mike Thompson was in his mid-twenties when 6th Avenue, his debut album as leader of a big band, was recorded (in the mid-2020s) at Q Division Studios in Cambridge, Massachusetts, enlisting for the most part veteran Boston-area musicians whom Thompson had met and befriended while studying at the Berklee School of Music, from ...

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Obeah Woman

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Label: Omar Thomas Music
Released: 2025
Duration: 12:08

Article: Album Review

Omar Thomas Large Ensemble: Griot Songs

Read "Griot Songs" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Dopo una lunga gestazione, giunge a noi questo che è il terzo lavoro del Large Ensemble diretto dal compositore newyorchese Omar Thomas (incisione del maggio 2024), un doppio album ambizioso e di chiaro intento anche didascalico in cui l'orchestra appare eloquentemente come il naturale prolungamento del gesto autoriale, con risultati di notevole impatto, sette brani di ...

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ArtWork

Label: Cavalry Productions
Released: 2023
Track listing: Fever; Hello; At Last; If Love Is Overrated; Not While I’m Around; She’s Funny That Way; This Masquerade; If You Go Away; Empty Chairs; Lush Life; Is That All There Is; Here’s to Life; This Is All I Ask; One Day.

Article: Album Review

Steven Feifke: The Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Read "The Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Metti assieme un talentoso giovane orchestratore come Steven Feifke, un trombettista di prima grandezza come Bijon Watson e una big band con grandi nomi e prestigiosi ospiti e il risultato è scontato. Il debutto della Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra è stato propiziato dalla collaborazione col Jazz Education Network ed ha assunto le vesti di ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases Plus A Celebration Of Grammy winners (A Good Year For Women And For Jazz)

Read "New Releases Plus A Celebration Of Grammy winners (A Good Year For Women And For Jazz)" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Eric Hoffman & Ken Hatfield, Hey Rim Jeon, Leap Day Trio and Eric Goletz, plus birthday shoutouts to Jessica Jones, Elsa Nilsson, Carmen Sandim, Nicole Mitchell, Shirley Crabbe and Roberta Flack, with a nod to the Grammy winners (overall a good year for women and Jazz). Thanks for listening and ...


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