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Derek Menchan

Derek Menchan is a modern-day Renaissance Man. Equal parts musician, educator/social agitator, visual artist, writer, and philosopher, his is a trailblazing personality that is highly sought after. A ‘cellist classically trained at the Manhattan School of Music and recipient of it’s Pablo Casals Award for Musical Accomplishment and Human Endeavor, Menchan studied with a handful of the world’s greatest ‘cellists, including Janos Starker and Harvey Shapiro—and also worked with Rostropovich, Laszlo Varga, and others. He served as solo ‘cellist of many orchestras in New York, Florida and Houston, Texas, and has been a recitalist and chamber musician the world over

The Incredible

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: "Every Day I Have the Blues"; "C'est si Bon"; "One O'Clock Jump"; "In My Solitude"; "Paragon Rag"; "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"; "Ramblin' Rose"; Mean Time, Between Time- "Tico Tico"; "At Last"; "Tutti for Cootie"; "Marlena"; "Save the Last Dance for Me"; "What a Wonderful World"; "It is Well With My Soul"; "I've Got a New Name (Over in Zion");"Oh I Want to See Him."

New Derek Menchan Album Is Incredibly Diverse

May 23, 2021

Derek Menchan is one of the most well-rounded musical talents I’ve had the opportunity to come across in recent times. His output is incredibly diverse, and every single time I get to listen to one of his songs, I am always pleasantly surprised at the fact that I never really know what to expect. Derek is ...

The Griot Swings the Classics

By Derek Menchan

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: One Mint Julep (feat. Ed Vitale & Marty Morell); Fly Me to the Moon (feat. Mike Dean); Girl from Ipanema; Round Midnight (feat. Ed Vitale); Since Jesus Came into My Heart (feat. Gerry Williams); I Asked the Lord; Pass Me Not; Take My Hand Precious Lord.

Derek Menchan: The Griot Swings the Classics

by Jim Olin
March 9, 2019

Multi-instrumentalist Derek Menchan refers to them as “snapshots in black," and certainly the covers from the American Negro collection on The Griot Swings the Classics delivering a rich history lesson, especially in the context of the shocking racial division happening in the 21st century. But from just a pure musical standpoint, the album is strong and ...