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Jason Yeager

Originally from Framingham, MA, Jason Yeager is a New York-based composer, pianist, and educator. He has released four albums as a leader or co-leader, most recently All At Onceness (Red Piano Records) and United (Inner Circle Music), the latter being named one of 2017's best and receiving a 4.5-star review in Downbeat. His first two albums, Ruminations and Affirmation (both on Inner Circle Music), featured nearly all original compositions. Yeager has played at such venues as the Blue Note in New York, Thelonious in Buenos Aires, and the Panama and Dominican Republic Jazz Festivals. Yeager has also performed and/or recorded with such artists as Luciana Souza, Jason Anick, Ran Blake, Ayn Inserto, Sean Jones, George Garzone, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Jason Palmer, and Sara Serpa

The Deconstructed Songbook

By Daniel Bennett

Label: Manhattan Daylight Media Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Road Song; The Town Supervisor; Nica's Dream; Both Sides Now; My Shining Hour; Beatrice; Here, There And Everywhere

Daniel Bennett: The Deconstructed Songbook

by Konstantin N. Rega
June 15, 2026

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Daniel Bennett takes on a list of covers for his project The Deconstructed Songbook with surprising results. Joined by drummer Koko Bermejo, Jason Yeager on piano, guitarist Nat Janoff and Jeff Dingler on electric bass, the group feels well-rounded. Though Bennett allows himself one original tune near the beginning, it does not feel out of place ...

Daniel Bennett Group: The Deconstructed Songbook

by Kyle Simpler
April 26, 2026

In many cases, the idea of “deconstruction" suggests dismantling something to reveal its inner workings. When it comes to art, this is often done in ways that lean toward the avant-garde. But on The Deconstructed Songbook, veteran saxophonist Daniel Bennett takes a different approach. Rather than tearing down familiar material, he reshapes it into something both ...

South

By Randal Despommier

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Go to the Mardi Gras; Southern Nights; 'Round 3AM (A Blues Nocturne); Si tu vois ma mère; Jelly Roll's Living Room; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Dying to Live; Blues Rheumatica; Just a Closer Walk with Thee.

Randal Despommier: South

by Dan Bilawsky
March 6, 2025

Growing up in Metairie, Louisiana--a mere six miles from New Orleans--alto saxophonist Randal Despommier's formative experiences were rooted in the Crescent City's fertile sonic soil. A stone's throw away from the action, he was able to cut his teeth on the local scene(s) and put his horn to good use in Mardi Gras parades. In addition, ...

Promises, Promises and Raindrops

By Allyson Briggs

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Do You Know The Way to San Jose; I'll Never Fall in Love Again; Trop'ns Fin Regen Oif Mein Kop; What the World Needs Now is Love; One Less Bell to Answer; Anyone Who Had a Heart; Uninvited Dream; My Rock and Foundation; Always Something There to Remind Me; Wenn Ich Mir Was Wunschen Durfte; Casino Royale; This Girl's In Love With You; Promises, Promises; Walk On By; Alfie; Close to You; I Say a Little Prayer; The Look of Love; Arthur's Theme; That's What Friends Are For.

Mr. Bennett's Mind

By Daniel Bennett

Label: Manhattan Daylight Media Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: Turn Clockwork and Push; The County Clerk; Talk to Your Panda; Bank Robbers; Variations on a Floating Theme; Jupiter, from 'The Planets;' Bending Bobby Brick; Three Studies on Emotion.

Mayo, Ramamurthy, Fedchock, Novoa And More

by Bob Osborne
October 24, 2024

A selection of brand new jazz releases kicks off with a wonderful vocal performance from Los Angeles based Michael Mayo. The debut on Greenleaf from Arun Ramamurthy Trio presents musical practitioners at the height of their craft, seamlessly blending Carnatic traditions with jazz, pushing both genres forward in exciting ways. There is also music from the ...

New Music from Nubya Garcia, Daniel Carter, Roy Hargrove and More

by Hobart Taylor
September 25, 2024

New Music from Nubya Garcia, Daniel Carter, Roy Hargrove and more.Playlist Nubya Garcia “Clarity" from Odyssey (Concord) 0:00 m: Tomin “Love “ from A Willed and Conscious Balance (International Anthem) 6:11 Host Speaks 11:46 Alice Zawadzki “Suéltate Las Cintas" from Za Górami (ECM) 13:23 Jason Anick Jason Yeager" Ephemory" from Sanctuary (Sunnyside) 19:45 m: ...