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Gelsey Bell

Gelsey Bell is a Brooklyn-based vocalist, songwriter, sound artist, and scholar. She has been described by the New York Times as “one of New York’s most adventurous musicians” and “a charismatic and fiercely intelligent performer.” She is a core member of thingNY, Varispeed, and the Chutneys. She also plays the daxophone and other instruments. Her works include Cairns, a soundwalk for Green-Wood Cemetery (included on the New York Times Best Theater of 2020 list); shuffleyamamba, a dance piece created with Yasuko Yokoshi; Meander, a soundwalk created with Joseph White for Brooklyn Botanic Garden; SubtacTTTTTTTTT, an early pandemic online performance created with thingNY; Bathroom Songs, Scaling, Our Defensive Measurements, Skylighght (with Erin Rogers), Prisoner’s Song (with Erik Ruin), This Takes Place Close By (with thingNY), and the acclaimed adaptation of Robert Ashley’s Perfect Lives (with Varispeed)

Summer Releases from Sasha Berliner, Lia Booth, Vicki Burns, Sheila Jordan, Naima Shamborguer & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 18, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from vocalists Sheila Jordan, Lia Booth, Vicki Burns, Naima Shamborguer and the first single from vibraphonist Sasha Berliner's latest project, plus birthday shoutouts to writer Joan Whitney (Behave Yourself, Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens), trombonist Natalie Cressman, saxophonist Caroline Davis, vocalists Suzanne Pittson, Lezlie Harrison and Mavis Staples, among others. ...

Alexia Gardner

Born: August 2, 1968

Who is Alexia Gardner? short answer, a British-born Jazz Singer. Long answer, a talented, new voice with a refreshing sound that is turning heads with her interpretation of jazz classics such as "Skylark" in a slow and easy style that is reminiscent of old-school female vocalist. Her instrument is well tempered and smooth and mellow as fine wine.....So if you want to know who Alexia Gardner is. Checkout her music and remember her name. Alexia Gardner. Slam dunk brilliant! FROM A YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBER 2018 youtube.com/alexiajazz

I am a British Singer with Jamaican Roots. I began my career touring the British Cabaret Circuit in England and Wales during my teens.I toured with my gifted, younger sister - Paula Gardner - as a sophisticated Accapela duo called 'High Profile' and we got much acclaim for our harmonic voices. (Check out a fun old, old, youtube link HERE) As a graduate of London's Central School of Speech and Drama with a Bachelor of Education Honors in Speech and Drama (B.Ed Hons)

Save The Country - Songs Celebrating July 4th, New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts and More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 11, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from pianist Caili O'Doherty, bassist Michael Fiorino, the Nikos Chatzitsakos Tiny Big Band and a special digital reissue of Salome Bey's debut album, plus birthday shoutouts to Lena Horne, Tierney Sutton, Brandee Younger, Rhoda Scott, Madeline Eastman and Queen Esther, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you ...

Christopher James Releases 'A Rose In The Canyon' August 19th!

July 8, 2022

Bob Dylan once famously said, “I’ll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours.” Christopher James’ music, elegantly conceived and profoundly felt, makes that happen. Impressions They’re the raw material of our reactions to artistic expressions. They form the building blocks of our private narrative responses to what we’ve seen and heard. ...

Saxophonist Lynn Riley & The World-Mix 'Head To The Sky' Released June 25th!

July 7, 2022

“She’s a show stopper. She wails, she grooves, she swings. She plays with authority, with power, with soul.” These are the words to describe Lynn Riley by Ron Avery of the Philadelphia Daily News. A powerful dynamo in a tiny package, Riley has been described more than once as the “Superwoman” of the saxophone. Philadelphia homegrown ...

Aaron Bazzell

Aaron Bazzell is a musician, composer and educator based out of Brooklyn, NY. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of eight the family moved down south. Growing up in Metro-Atlanta, he would eventually come home from school one today to find that his father had purchased an alto saxophone. After receiving some encouragement from his middle school band director, he quickly became serious about the instrument. Originally a classical saxophonist, it was the increased opportunity for freedom of expression along with the sense of community among its practitioners that would lead him to shift his focus to jazz

Abraham Burton-Swingin' with Gratitude in Central Park

by David Bixler
July 6, 2022

Season five begins with saxophonist Abraham Burton. During the pandemic, photographer and engineer Jimmy Katz produced an informal concert series at the sight of the historically significant Seneca Village in Central Park. One of the concerts that Katz recorded was a trio performance featuring Burton, drummer Eric McPherson, and bassist Dezron Douglas. This energetic performance is ...

New Releases From ChimyTina, Kate Wyatt, Tasha Smith Godinez, Alan Broadbent Trio & Theo Croker

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 4, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from the duo Martina DaSilva & Dan Chmielinski who form the group ChimyTina, Theo Croker, the Alan Broadbent Trio, pianist Kate Wyatt and harpist Tasha Smith Godinez, plus birthday shoutouts to Sasha Berliner, Aubrey Johnson, Gillian Margot,, and Dave Grusin, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you ...

New Releases Plus Jazz Fathers Jam With Their Offspring

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 27, 2022

The annual Fathers Day broadcast celebrates Jazz Fathers and their children, presents new releases from NYO Jazz, Subconscious Trio, Jo Harrop, Carole Nelson Trio, Melissa Errico and the Paxton/Spangler Septet, plus birthday shoutouts to Daryl Sherman, Brianna Thomas, Alicia Olatuja, Carol Robbins, Nancy King and Tamuz Nissim, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the ...