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Kristopher Funn was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He began playing the trumpet at age four and took up the double bass at age 14 upon entering high school. Through the instruction of his father, Charles Funn, Kristopher performed his first professional bass gig the same year he began learning the instrument. Other early accomplishments included winning the “unsung hero” at the Fish Middleton jazz competition at the East Coast Jazz festival also in the first year of instruction. At age 18, Kristopher attended Howard University to study Computer Science while also performing in the Howard University Jazz Ensemble for two years

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Celestial Keeper

By Joey Alexander

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Bemused (solo improv I); Aversion; Whispers Of Love; Stella by Starlight; Deep Calls to Deep My Funny Valentine; Bemused Again (solo improv II); Aliceanna (Bmore); As Far as the Eye Can See; How Great Thou Art.

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Anthem for the Elders

By Kenny Rittenhouse

Label: Kaela Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: 1. Good Evening, Mr. Brown 2. Shaft vs Super Fly 3. Geechee Land 4. Tamir 5. Assata 6. Baltimore 7. Tamir’s Joy 8. Anthem for the Elders 9. Back In The Day

Song of the Day

Good Evening Mr. Brown

October 9, 2026

Album: Anthem for the Elders
By Kenny Rittenhouse
Label: Kaela Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 5:55

Article: Album Review

Joey Alexander: Celestial Keeper

Read "Celestial Keeper" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
July 18, 2026

Joey Alexander may no longer qualify as a prodigy, but his skills as a pianist and composer remain prodigious. The bell-like clarity of the notes ringing out at the outset of “Bemused (solo improv 1)" augurs as much for Celestial Keeper as it does for the now 22-year-old, who follows suit throughout the album.

Article: Live Review

Joey Alexander Trio at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
March 13, 2024

Joey Alexander Trio Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA March 8, 2024 All musical genres, and specifically jazz, have produced any number of musicians who blossomed in childhood and already in their teens were performing and competitive with the masters. The greatest historical example of course was Wolfgang Amadeus ...

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Continuance

By Joey Alexander

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Blue; Why Don't We; Hear Me Now; I Can't Make You Love Me; Zealousy; Great Is Thy Faithfulness; Aliceanna.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Joey Alexander: I Just Happened To Start Early

by Leo Sidran
November 7, 2023

When Joey Alexander made his first appearance in the States nearly a decade ago, it seemed to send a kind of shockwave through the jazz world. He was 10 years old when Wynton Marsalis invited him to travel from his native Indonesia (he was born in Bali but moved to Jakarta to pursue his music) to ...

Article: Album Review

Joey Alexander: Continuance

Read "Continuance" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
November 6, 2023

At some point, even a child prodigy grows up. Now 20 years old, Balinese pianist, Joey Alexander has come long way from the six- year-old exposed to Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans, the eight-year-old playing in front of Herbie Hancock and the ten-year-old winning improvisation competitions. It may be hard to believe but Continuance ...

Article: Live Review

The Baylor Project at the DC Jazz Festival

by Bridget A. Arnwine
September 8, 2022

The Baylor Project The District Wharf The DC Jazz Festival Washington, DC September 3, 2022 The 18th Annual DC Jazz Festival (August 31--September 4, 2022) closed out five days of music with a weekend of spectacular performances at The District Wharf, an outdoor space teeming with restaurants, shopping and waterfront ...