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Denny Zeitlin

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Denny Zeitlin has recorded over thirty critically acclaimed albums; twice won first place in the Down Beat International Jazz Critics Poll; written original music for Sesame Street; and appeared on network TV, including repeats on the Tonight Show, and CBS Sunday Morning. Zeitlin’s lecture- demonstration “Unlocking the Creative Impulse: The Psychology of Improvisation” has been presented across the U.S. and in Europe. He has concertized throughout the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Europe, at colleges, jazz clubs, and major festivals; appearing with jazz greats such as Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Tony Williams, Bobby Hutcherson, John Patitucci, John Abercrombie, Marian McPartland, Charlie Haden, David Grisman, Kronos Quartet, Paul Winter, David Friesen, Matt Wilson, Buster Williams and many others. Zeitlin was born in Chicago in 1938

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With a Song In My Heart: Exploring The Music of Richard Rodgers

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Falling In Love with Love; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; He Was Too Good To Me; Johnny One Note; Wait Till You See Her; Ev'rything I've Got; This Nearly Was Mine; Have You Met Miss Jones; I Have Dreamed; Happy Talk; With A Song In My Heart.

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Article: Album Review

Denny Zeitlin: With a Song In My Heart: Exploring The Music of Richard Rodgers

Read "With a Song In My Heart: Exploring The Music of Richard Rodgers" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Musical memories from childhood have a way of sticking. For some, it might be an encounter with Beethoven from a dusty stack of old albums packed away in the parental record collection. For others, it might be the (then, 1954) modern surge of Bill Haley and the Comets shaking, rattling and rolling into the kitchen to ...

News: Video / DVD

Denny Zeitlin: With a Song in My Heart

Denny Zeitlin: With a Song in My Heart

Pianist Denny Zeitlin's very first recording was for Columbia in 1963, as a sideman on Jeremy Steig's Flute Fever. His first trio leadership album, Cathexis, came next for Columbia in February 1964, with Cecil McBee on bass and Freddie Waits on drums. Carnival followed in October, with Charlie Haden on bass and Jerry Granelli on drums. ...

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Article: Album Review

Denny Zeitlin: With a Song In My Heart: Exploring The Music of Richard Rodgers

Read "With a Song In My Heart: Exploring The Music of Richard Rodgers" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Richard Rodgers' melodic genius has long been a favoured playground for jazz musicians, but few reimagine his work with the intellectual depth and intuitive poetry of pianist Denny Zeitlin. On With A Song In My Heart, Zeitlin offers a riveting solo piano exploration of eleven Rodgers classics, combining architectural reharmonization, rhythmic invention and unflinching emotional insight. ...

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Panoply

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: I Was Doing All Right; Excursion; Only One; Ambush; Music Box; Cherokee; Regret; Weirdo; A Raft, A River; Limburger Pie and Beeswax Crust; I Should Care; Johnny Come Lately.

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Article: Year in Review

Pierre Giroux's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

Read "Pierre Giroux's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


These recordings showcase a remarkable range of artistry, from innovative compositions to heartfelt tributes. They celebrate the genre's vibrant evolution while honouring its deep traditions. They offer a tapestry of sounds that redefine boundaries and affirm jazz as a timeless and ever-relevant musical force. Roger KellawayLive At Mezzrow Cellar Music Group ...

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Article: Album Review

Denny Zeitlin: Panoply

Read "Panoply" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


There was a Steinway in the Zeitlin household in the outskirts of Chicago in the early 1940s. During this time Denny Zeitlin would find his way to the piano playing parental laps and sit at the keyboard, where he, he says: “I would put my little hands on their hands and go along for the ride...and ...

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Article: Album Review

Denny Zeitlin: Panoply

Read "Panoply" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Denny Zeitlin's Panoply is a diverse array collection of unreleased performances comprising solo piano recordings at the Piedmont Piano Company in Oakland, California, trio sessions with bassist Buster Williams and drummer Matt Wilson captured at Mezzrow Jazz Club in New York City, and duo pieces with drummer/percussionist George Marsh collected over a decade of home recordings ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sun Ra, Rachel Z, and Mark Masters

Read "Sun Ra, Rachel Z, and Mark Masters" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show features newly-discoverd live Sun Ra, Duke Ellington tributes from Linda Tate and Mark Masters, and new music from Rachel Z and Nicola Caminiti. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Linda Tate “Caravan" from ...


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