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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 Clackamas Community College. She has also taught at the University of Portland, the University of Manitoba, and Jazz At Lincoln Center Online. Kerry received a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies 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 in Jazz in Studies from Rowan University.
Prior to moving to Portland, Kerry lived in New York for many years, where she studied Brazilian music and performed original compositions at clubs including Smalls. She also toured with DIVA No Man’s Band, playing with Diane Schuur, Slide Hampton, and Larry Coryell. In 1996, Kerry was one of six finalists in the American Pianists Association’s 3rd Biennial Jazz Piano Competition. Her composition Rhodes Rage won Third Prize, Jazz Category in the 2005 International Songwriting Competition.
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.
Watercolor
Album: Alternate Route
By Kerry Politzer
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2025
Duration: 06:46
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 ...
New Midsummer Releases, A Celebration of Honorable Men Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Kevin Mahogany & More
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 ...
Lakecia Benjamin, Milton Suggs, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Ken Peplowski and more
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 ...
Steve Turre, Markus Howell, Neil Adler, April Varner and more
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" ...
New Sounds Including Lots of Orchestras
by Bob Osborne
On this show we feature new music from Ayumi Ishito, Christopher Zuar, Kerry Politzer, Gabriel Evan, Avery Sharpe, Phil Haynes, Carl Clements, Tevet Sela, Gary Urwin, Josh Lawrence, Michael O'neill, Conrad Herwig, Amber Weekes, Barkman, Matthew McDonald and Mike Holober.Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Ayumi Ishito “Sugar High People" from Wondercult Club (577 Records) 00:19 ...
New Releases By Sarah Hanahan, Jihee Heo, Olivia Foschi, Marianne Solivan, Mariah Parker, Lisa Rich & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Sarah Hanahan, Jihee Heo, Olivia Foschi, Marianne Solivan, Mariah Parker and Lisa Rich, with birthday shoutouts to Jaimie Branch, Tamuz Nissam, Sasha Berliner, John Proulx, Irina Zubareva, Lolly Allen, Aubrey Johnson and Allison Adams Tucker, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live ...
Samuel Torres, Lizz Wright, Nicole Mitchell and more
by Hobart Taylor
New music from Samuel Torres, Modney, Lizz Wright and Nicole Mitchell plus a newly released historic recording featuring Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille Playlist Bag of Bones “Some Rain" from No One Gets Saved (577) 0:00 Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers “Conservatory Gardens" from Central Park's Mosaics of ...
