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Arta Jekabsone

Born: May 29, 1995

Latvian Vocalist, Composer & Arranger | Based in New York City

Latvian-born vocalist, composer and arranger Arta Jēkabsone infuses her jazz with Baltic soul and an unshakable sense of storytelling. Seamlessly blending Latvian folk melodies with contemporary jazz expression, she crafts music that is both intimate and daring. Her voice radiates warmth, clarity, and fearless emotional depth.

Jēkabsone is the winner of the Montreux Shure Jazz Voice Competition and has placed among the top three in several other prestigious international competitions, including the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Voice Competition. Her acclaimed debut album Light  brims with intimacy, warmth, and crystal-clear focus.

Matt Glassmeyer

Born: June 16, 1975

Glassmeyer composes and improvises often using the Wurlitzer electric piano, acoustic piano, reedless and standard tenor saxophones, percussion, contra-alto clarinet and voice. Current groups include State Fete with Jonathan Goldberger and Billy Martin, Hompulon (Tom Spiker, Jon Goldberger, Tim Keiper, Dana Lyn, Brian Drye), Slow Accordion (Oliver Wood, Mark Raudabaugh, Ted Pecchio), Glassmeyer's Live Band (Ethan Jodzievicz, Mark Raudabaugh, JP Ruiggieri), trio with Ben Garnett and Brittany Haas, Rix Glassmeyer with Jano Rix, Meadownoise (solo studio tracks), and Global Abacus Supply Matt is the inventor of the shuitar and the reedless saxophone (buzzaphone)

One For All: Big George

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 9, 2025

The world has changed dramatically since the end of the 20th century, the time period when the jazz collective One For All began to forge their stamp on the history of hard bop. Using the club Augie's on New York's upper west side as their stomping grounds, the group would make their debut recording at the ...

Jamie Baum: A Flutist Sets Poetry In Motion

by Lawrence Peryer
February 8, 2025

Today, the Spotlight shines On flutist Jamie Baum. When COVID hit, Jamie found inspiration and solace in poetry. What started as daily readings of women poets became something much bigger: an album, What Times Are These (Sunnyside), blending jazz and spoken word. As leader of her long-running Septet+, Jamie has crafted wide-ranging ...

Allison Miller and Michelle Dorrance at 92NY

by Paul Reynolds
February 7, 2025

Allison Miller and Michelle Dorrance 92NY “Rivers in Our Veins"New York, NY February 2, 2025 Jazz and tap have long been enthusiastic dance partners. With “Rivers in Our Veins," drummer and composer Allison Miller adds further art forms to the mix. The 80-minute piece celebrating America's waterways marries ...

Kinan Azmeh

Hailed as a “Virtuoso” and “Intensely Soulful” by the New York Times and “Spellbinding” by the New Yorker, and “Incredibly Rich Sound” by the CBC. His utterly distinctive sound across different musical genres has gained him international recognition as clarinetist and composer. Kinan was recently named composer-in-residence with Classical Movements for the 2017-2018 season.

Kinan has been touring the world as soloist, composer and improviser. Notable appearances include: Opera Bastille, Paris; Tchaikovsky Grand Hall, Moscow; Carnegie Hall and the UN’s general assembly, New York; the Royal Albert hall, London; Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires; der Philharmonie; Berlin; the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, Washington DC; the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and the Damascus opera house for its opening concert in his native Syria.

Gravity and Resurgence: The Many Dimensions of Dexter Gordon

by Arthur R George
February 6, 2025

Long Tall Dexter; swinger, bebopper, saxophone balladeer; acting the dissipated genius expatriate who was not unlike himself in the movie Round Midnight; his dressed-up persona “Society Red;" the laconic elder statesman of his later years. Dexter Gordon is all those things, but more than a kaleidoscope of caricatures. Those who trace their lineages through ...

Checking in with Allison Miller

by David Bixler
February 5, 2025

Drummer and composer Allison Miller begins 2025 with several diverse and exciting projects. Big and Lovely, a recording of her original music with the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band was released on January 10. On February 2 at 3pm at the 92nd Street Y in NYC Allison will present Rivers In Our Veins, ...

Thomas Hutchings

Born: October 21

Barbara Carroll Centennial, Judy Wexler, Jenny Hill, Judy Wexler, Lisa Markley, Nancy Harrow

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 3, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Judy Wexler, Jenny Hill, Lisa Markley and Nancy Harrow, with birthday shoutouts to Barbara Carroll (100!), Etta James, Michelle Nicolle, Gary Burton, Jose James, Mariah Parker, and Lizz Wright, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue ...