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About Jay Sawyer

Instrument: Drums

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Born in Grand Rapids, MI, Jay Sawyer has studied jazz drumming with several outstanding and well-respected jazz artists. Among them, the great Billy Hart, Tim Froncek, Keith Hall and Dana Hall. Each nurtured his passion and skill for the art of jazz percussion. As a student at Western Michigan University, Jay performed with the well-known WMU Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Nonet under the direction of Professors Trent Kynaston and Scott Cowan. These groups toured extensively and participated in several well-known jazz festivals that include the Notre Dame, Elmhurst and Detroit Jazz Festivals. Jay continued his studies as Graduate Assistant to Dana Hall while at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Anchor Points

By Russell Kranes, Alex Levine, Sam Weber, Jay Sawyer

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Feint; Vivo Sonhando; Anchor Points; Old Folks; Two Sleepy People; I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You); Everybody Else But You; And So It Goes.

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Arba

By Itamar Borochov

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Abraham; Dirge; Ya Sahbi; What Broke You?; Wabisabi; Bayat Blues; Truth; Who Shall Grant Me Flight; Farewell.

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Break (Single)

By Kristen Lee Sergeant

Label: Tiger Turn
Released: 2023
Track listing: Break (single)

Article: Album Review

Itamar Borochov: Arba

by Jerome Wilson
October 21, 2023

Trumpeter Itamar Borochov is originally from the Middle East but is part of the New York jazz scene. He plays a quarter-tone trumpet which helps bring an unusual expressiveness and calm to his sound, This is well-suited to the music he plays which is steeped in the chords and scales of the Mediterranean area where he ...

About Russell Kranes, Alex Levine, Sam Weber, Jay Sawyer

Instrument: Band / orchestra

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Russell Kranes, Alex Levine, Sam Weber, Jay Sawyer

Since meeting through the New York City jazz scene a decade ago, pianist Russell Kranes, bassist Sam Weber, guitarist Alex Levine, and drummer Jay Sawyer have performed together for thousands of hours across a multitude of musical contexts. In doing so, they have developed deep chemistry and a collective musical identity, all of which is the centerpiece of their debut recording, <em>Anchor Points,<em> released on OA2 records October 20, 2023. The album contains two iterations of the band: a quartet, and a stripped down trio with piano, guitar, and bass - a nod to the classic instrumentation utilized by the likes of Oscar Peterson and Nat King Cole, as well as the instrumentation in which Russell, Alex, and Sam initially played together