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After nearly 30 years of recording, composing, and performing with countless orchestras, jazz artists, and vocal artists, vibraphonist /composer Mark Sherman a Yamaha performing artist and a Vic Firth artist, has a beautiful quintet featuring Joe Magnarelli on trumpet, Allen Farnham on piano, Dean Johnson on bass, and Tim Horner on drums. Winner of Rising Vibes in 2007 and 2008 by Down Beat magazine, Sherman’s recording in 2005 “One Step Closer” featuring Joe Lovano was in the top ten on jazz radio for 12 weeks in the United States. The recording in 2007 “Family First” was the most spun CD in the United States in it’s opening week on the charts, and his most recent recording done live at the Bird’s Eye Jazz Club in Basel, Switzerland at the close of a 2 week European tour, is entitled Mark Sherman Quartet “Live at The Bird’s Eye” and continues to get rave reviews and big radio response. Tied in with most of Sherman's live performances (clubs, and festivals) is a 2 hour master-class on language skills for improvisation, usually done at the local music school or university music department, and sponsored by Yamaha and Vic Firth Co." These master-classes have been extremely successful at the high school and college level

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Bop Contest

Label: Miles High Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: 111-44; Love Always Always Love; Bremond’s Blues; My One and Only Love; Bop Contest; Martha’s Prize; Skylark.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Music From Swart, Lemish, Williams, Tibbetts & More

Read "Music From Swart, Lemish, Williams, Tibbetts & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


A rich selection of brand new releases from across the wide world of jazz includes two new ECM Records albums, debut releases from breakthrough artists, and rare broadcasting recordings from a UK jazz icon. We close with two duo recordings from masters of their craft. Playlist Frank Swart Funkwrench Blues “Reflections ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Brandon Sanders, Aaron Parks, James Suggs, Kenny Barron and more

Read "Brandon Sanders, Aaron Parks, James Suggs, Kenny Barron and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Brandon Sanders, Aaron Parks, James Suggs, Kenny Barron, Scott Silbert, Enoch Smith Jr., Lafayette Harris Jr., Kenny Barron, Angela Verbrugge, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Mark Sherman, Jerry Weldon, Nicholas Payton, Maja Jaku, Nat Adderley Jr., Affinity Trio, Anthony Stanco, David Sneider, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs, Andrew Carroll, Sean Mason, Horace Silver, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

David Sneider, Joe Elefante, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs and more

Read "David Sneider, Joe Elefante, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by David Sneider, Joe Elefante, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs, Andrew Carroll, Sean Mason, UNLV Jazz Ensemble, Josie Falbo, Leslie Odom, Jr., Steve Houghton, Nicholas Payton, Mike Clark, Rin Seo, Jamile, Nat Adderley Jr., JD Allen, Mark Sherman, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Jerry Weldon, Affinity Trio, Margherita Fava, Charlie ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark Sherman: Bop Contest

Read "Bop Contest" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Following four well-received albums on which he played piano, the versatile Mark Sherman has placed the keyboard in the capable hands of Donald Vega and returned to his main instrument, the vibraphone, for the eloquent and delightful Bop Contest, Sherman's twenty-second recording in a prestigious career that has spanned nearly half a century. ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mark Sherman, Jerry Weldon, Nicholas Payton, Maja Jaku and more

Read "Mark Sherman, Jerry Weldon, Nicholas Payton, Maja Jaku and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Mark Sherman, Jerry Weldon, Nicholas Payton, Maja Jaku, Chris Rottmayer, Ted Piltzecker, Nat Adderley Jr., Richard D. Johnson, Affinity Trio, Anthony Stanco, Noam Lemish, Kelsey Mines, Jimbo Ross, Lili Maljic, Anthony D'Alessandro, Grant Stewart, Michael Dease, Michael Mayo, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Nick Finzer, Christopher McBride, Sacha Boutros, Mike Clark, Charlie ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mal Waldron, John Hollenbeck, and Daniel Hersog

Read "Mal Waldron, John Hollenbeck, and Daniel Hersog" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This program, from May 11, 2021, features music from diverse sources, such as Mal Waldron with Jeanne Lee. Dizzy Gillespie, John Hollenbeck, Daniel Hersog, and Mark Murphy. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 John Hollenbeck ...

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Frank Kimbrough: From Now to Forever—A Remembrance

Read "Frank Kimbrough: From Now to Forever—A Remembrance" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


On December 30, 2020, pianist Frank Kimbrough passed away at the age of 64. True to form, 2020 wreaked havoc until the end. The cause of death was not Covid-19, but the shock at the untimely loss of a revered artist was not any less powerful. Frank Kimbrough had the rare gift of touching ...

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Label: Miles High Records
Released: 2019
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