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Jazz pianist and educator Harry Appelman has performed on concert stages on five continents. He has been chosen three times to participate in U.S. State Department music tours overseas — to South and Central America, Eastern Europe, Turkey and Cyprus, and South Asia. He performed in Egypt in February 2008 with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, and has performed at the Festival Gnaouas et Musiques du Monde in Essaouira, Morocco and the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Mr. Appelman is a member of Afro Bop Alliance, winners of a 2008 Latin Grammy, and has contributed several arrangements to the group's recordings

Album

Stretch

By Ben Patterson

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Unbridled; Oops, Wrong Timeline; Ship of Fools; David and Francis; This is What I’m Doing; Or Maybe You Would; Confidence and Doubt; Stretch; Missing Michael; Phrenetic.

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Oops, Wrong Timeline

July 21, 2026

Album: Stretch
By Ben Patterson
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 04:50

Article: Album Review

Ben Patterson: Stretch

by Jack Bowers
July 6, 2026

It is no Stretch to note that Ben Patterson is a superb jazz trombonist or that his latest recording paints an impressive picture of his talents as a composer and arranger as well as a player and leader of a world-class quintet. Patterson, a former music director of the U.S. Air Force's flagship big ...

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Clown with a Stick

By Seth Kibel

Label: Azalea City Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: Waltz of the Rejected; Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn; Kiever Bulgar; I Heard It Through the Grapevine; Stealing from the Past; Fihren Di Mechutonim Aheim-Tanz; 12-Bar Schmooze; And the Angels Sing; Afn Pripetshik; Heiser Bulgar; Clown with a Stick.

News: Festival

Annapolis Hosts A Jazz And Roots Festival In Early November 2023

October 13, 2023

Maryland's centuries old capital hosts a world of music in the second year of the Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival. On two weekends from November 3rd, 2023, the historic port will come alive with music from many countries and cultures performed by international and regional artists. Some events require admission; others are free. They are held ...

Article: Album Review

Seth Kibel: Clown with a Stick

Read "Clown with a Stick" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 4, 2023

A stick? Most definitely. A clown? Most definitely not. Seth Kibel is far more virtuoso than court jester, especially on his main axe, the clarinet (sometimes referred to as a liquorice stick), as he proves time and again on this inclusive and thoroughly delightful album. Okay, so the music is for the most ...

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The Way of the Groove

By Ben Patterson

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Anniversary Patio; Here Now; FLT; Stank Face; The Lucky One; The Way of the Groove; What Happens Next? (Intro); What Happens Next?; This and That; Hangin’.

Article: Album Review

Ben Patterson: The Way of the Groove

Read "The Way of the Groove" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 4, 2022

Ben Patterson is well versed in the way of the groove. The veteran trombonist, best known for his lengthy stint with the Airmen of Note, uses this date to deliver some hip yet sophisticated work that leans on funky foundations, driving ambitions and glorious grit. Showcasing his impressive slide work alongside a positively electric outfit, Patterson ...