Results for "Charles Chen"

Joe Lovano, Kandace Springs, Beatle Jazz & Patrick Zimmerli

by Joe Dimino
May 25, 2025

Kicking off the 907th episode of Neon Jazz, we dive into the brilliant mind of composer, innovator, and jazz visionary Patrick Zimmerli, spinning tracks from his bold new 2025 release, Songs of Innocence. From there, it's a sonic journey through the freshest corners of modern jazz--featuring new gems from heavy hitters like Marina Pacowski, Michael Waldrop, ...

Charles, Play!

By Charles Chen

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: How About You?; Be My Love; Peter and the Big Bad Wolf; These Foolish Things; Swing State; Passport; Chopin; Golson; Simple Pleasure.

Charles Chen: Charles, Play!

by Jack Bowers
March 13, 2024

Pianist Charles Chen makes his recorded debut and confidently answers the command on Charles, Play!, a splendid quartet date on which he is ably supported by veteran tenor saxophonist Ralph Moore and the peerless rhythmic tandem of bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington. Chen wrote four of the album's nine engaging numbers ...

Jeremy Monteiro, Marshall Gilkes & Ulysses Owens Jr.

by Joe Dimino
January 28, 2024

From a jazz star in the modern world, we begin the 839th Episode of Neon Jazz with Ulysses Owens Jr. and music from his latest album A New Beat. From there, we get into a host of new cats putting out new music with the likes of Noah Becker, Kristen Edkins, Charles Chen and Myles Wright. ...

Charles Chen

Born: October 28, 1988

Charles Chen is a San Francisco Bay Area pianist who has performed or recorded with notable musicians such as Randy Brecker, Billy Drummond, Bob Sheppard, Roy McCurdy, Adam Nussbaum, Mike Richmond, Ralph Moore, Peter Washington, and Kenny Washington. He has played at Yoshi's, San Jose Jazz Festival, and Freight and Salvage. In 2019, he won first place at the Jazz Search West competition. Charles leads a trio and has performed internationally in Taiwan, Singapore and Japan. His debut album, Charles, Play!, was featured as one of the Best Albums of 2024 in Downbeat Magazine.

Charles is also a passionate educator and his students have gone to the best music schools in the nation with full scholarships (Juilliard, MSM, Berklee, NEC) and won a variety of awards (YoungArts distinctions, all-state band placements, and first place for arranging and performance in the Charles Mingus competition).