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Kerry Politzer

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Kerry Politzer is a Portland-based jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She is on the music faculty of Portland State University and has also taught at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Swing University, the University of Portland, and the University of Manitoba. 

Kerry received a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied improvisation and composition with the late jazz guru Charlie Banacos, and a Master of Music from Rowan University. 

Kerr has released nine albums as a leader, the latest of which is Alternate Route (Whirlwind Recordings) featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel and Jaleel Shaw. Other albums of note include Blue in Blue, which featured saxophonist Donny McCaslin and was termed a “first-rate jazz outing” by AllAboutJazz.com. She has also been a featured sideman on albums of George Colligan, Laura Dreyer, and the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble (PJCE). Her commissions include works for the PJCE as well as a solo piano piece, “Microclimates,” for the pianist Andree-Ann Deschenes. This piece was featured on Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline.

Album

Alternate Route

Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Before It's Too Late; Here We Go Again; Watercolor; Storm Warning; Alternate Route; Stopped at a Green Light; The Sunrise Wants to Break Through; Intensity; Change of Plans; No Present Like the Time; Tara.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Red Garland, Samara Joy, Billy Hart, Mark Sherman & Marilyn Maye

Read "Red Garland, Samara Joy, Billy Hart, Mark Sherman & Marilyn Maye" reviewed by Joe Dimino


We step into the 935th episode of Neon Jazz with unmistakable class and pure showbiz magic courtesy of Kansas City's own vocal icon Marilyn Maye, shining brightly with “Time and Time Again" from the newly remastered 2024 album Interludes. She's gearing up for a heartfelt homecoming at the historic Folly Theater on December 21, 2025--a venue ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis

Read "Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis, with birthday shoutouts to Sheila Jordan, Gloria Lynne, Hoagy Carmichael, Dr. John and Whitney Ross-Barris, among others plus more Grammy nominees. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy ...

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Watercolor

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Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2025
Duration: 06:46

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Amanda Monaco, Aretha Tillotson Kerry Politzer, Maja Jaku Release New Music Plus Centennial Shoutout For Dory Langdon Previn

Read "Amanda Monaco, Aretha Tillotson Kerry Politzer, Maja Jaku Release New Music Plus Centennial Shoutout For Dory Langdon Previn" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Maja Jaku, Amanda Monaco, Aretha Tillotson and Kerry Politzer, with birthday shoutouts to Dory Langdon Previn (100!), Julia Lee, Sippie Wallace, Andy Bey, Cleo Laine, Abbie Finn, Kristin Korb, Kurt Elling, Amanda Monaco, Allison Miller, Carmen Lundy, Dianne Reeves and Jay Clayton, among others. Happy listening and please support the ...

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News: Recording

Whirlwind Recordings To Release Pianist Kerry Politzer's Ninth Album On November 21, 2025

Whirlwind Recordings To Release Pianist Kerry Politzer's Ninth Album On November 21, 2025

Pianist Kerry Politzer is always on the move. As a busy performer and bandleader with nine albums as a leader, a jazz educator at two universities, and the mother of two children, time is always of the essence for her when realising a project. With ten original compositions (and one well-chosen cover) to record and a ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Midsummer Releases, A Celebration of Honorable Men Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Kevin Mahogany & More

Read "New Midsummer Releases, A Celebration of Honorable Men Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Kevin Mahogany & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Bill Warfield, Nancy & Spencer Reed, Andrea Lisa, Andromeda Turre, Susie Arioli, Natalie Jacob, Suzanne Pittson and Norma Winstone with birthday shoutouts to Louis Armstrong, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tara Davidson, Kevin Mahagony and Tony Bennett, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lakecia Benjamin, Milton Suggs, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Ken Peplowski and more

Read "Lakecia Benjamin, Milton Suggs, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Ken Peplowski and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now!... Fantastic music by Lakecia Benjamin, Milton Suggs, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Ken Peplowski, Addison Frei, Tardo Hammer, Isrea Butler, Brian Landrus, Chris McDonald, John Lee, Markus Howell, Stuart Mack, Alexander Claffy, Kerry Politzer, Lisa Rich, Tim Lin, Irina Zubareva, Ambere Weekes, Eliane Elias, Something Else and more. Playlist Lakecia ...

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Steve Turre, Markus Howell, Neil Adler, April Varner and more

Read "Steve Turre, Markus Howell, Neil Adler, April Varner and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! ... Fantastic music by Steve Turre, Markus Howell, Neil Adler, April Varner, Zaccai Curtis, Etienne Charles, Conrad Herwig, Ben Patterson, Behn Gillece, Jon Gordon, Troy Roberts, Bobby Broom, Alexander Claffy, Kerry Politzer, Clarence Penn, Eric Alexander, Charles McPherson, Bill Frisell, Isrea Butler, Dave Bass and more. Playlist Steve Turre “Mr. Kenyatta" ...


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