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Kyle Nasser

Saxophonist Kyle Nasser was a student of Economics and Political Philosophy at Harvard University when his life was changed by an encounter with Hank Jones. The legendary pianist, then in his late 80s, visited Cambridge to teach and play a concert with the Harvard Jazz Band, making a profound impact on the young saxophonist. “Seeing him in peak form and expressing joy through music at such an advanced age was really deep,” Nasser recalls. “We took him out to dinner, ended up playing a three-hour session, and then he asked us to take him home so that he could get in some practicing before bed

Cold Walk

By Kyle Nasser

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Bask; Chaotic Eyes; Song for Zayn; Cold Walk; Move Still; Sketchy Invention; Z Interlude; Without Basis; Yarn Spin.

Triple Blind: Cold Walk

by Rob Garratt
April 20, 2026

A lot of beautiful, ugly, and--more than anything--middling music was made during the pandemic. In the first camp we might lump Triple Blind, whose remotely recorded, self-titled debut EP was defined by the isolation of its players. So for its follow-up, the quartet appear at pains to underline the shared space and interpersonal interaction that birthed ...

From What I Recall

By Premazzi / Nasser Quartet

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Iacchus; Back Seat; Persistence of Change; Raoul Blues; Intro to Stalking; Stalking; Requiem for K.O.; Knock Out; Rocks That Aren't So Smooth; From What I Recall; Scamander.

Premazzi / Nasser Quartet: From What I Recall

by Angelo Leonardi
September 15, 2025

Dopo saltuarie collaborazioni durate un decennio, la pianista Simona Premazzi e il sassofonista Kyle Nasser hanno deciso tre anni fa di varare questo combo, completato con il contrabbassista Noah Garabedian e il batterista Jay Sawyer. Frequenti esibizioni nei club di New York City e alcuni tour hanno rafforzato la coesione del gruppo che pubblica ora il ...

Remembering Sheila Jordan, New Releases By Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, Catina DeLuna, the Airmen Of Note, Richard Johnson, Jorge Garcia. Patricia Brennan & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 1, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from the Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, Catina DeLuna and Otmaro Ruiz, the Airmen Of Note, Richard Johnson, Jorge Garcia plus a single from Patricia Brennan, with birthday shoutouts to lyricists Dorothy Parker and Carolyn Leigh, pianist Mal Waldron (100!), Nora Germain, Fostina Dixon, Anita Wardell, Naomi Moon Siegel, ...

Danilo Gallo, Christian McBride, Sting, Andy Summers, Jef Giansily & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 22, 2025

Enjoy a playlist featuring a special collaboration between Christian McBride, Sting and Andy Summers, three of the countless projects that keep Italian bassist Danilo Gallo busy, and the beautiful new releases by Simona Premazzi & Kyle Nasser and Jef Giansily.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" ...

Russ Spiegel, Mira Choquette, The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra, Kristina Koller, Milena Casado, Emi Makabe & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 26, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Russ Spiegel, Mira Choquette, The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra, Kristina Koller, Milena Casado and Emi Makabe, with birthday shoutouts to Betty Carter, Jennifer Wharton, Veronica Swift, KJ Denhert, Nadje Noordhuis, Grace Kelly and honorable men Stevie Wonder and Burt Bacharach, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you ...

Premazzi / Nasser Quartet: From What I Recall

by Dan McClenaghan
May 16, 2025

Pianist Simona Premazzi began her journey in Italy, in a small town on the outskirts of Milano. She took her early musical education in her homeland and moved to New York in 2004. She made a name for herself there--no easy task. Her on-the-bandstand education includes stints with saxophonist Greg Osby and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt. She ...

Iacchus

April 28, 2025

Album: From What I Recall
By Premazzi / Nasser Quartet
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 07:05