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Rahsaan Barber

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Rahsaan Barber has achieved a singular path of excellence in performance, composition, education and entrepreneurship. Barber enjoys a career that encompasses a range of styles including his first love – jazz — as well as blues, funk, classical, soul, Latin and World music. Barber’s approach to music-making has garnered professional appearances both “in studio” and onstage with a staggering list of performers including Kelly Clarkson, Lauren Daigle, The Temptations, Idina Menzel, Delfeayeo Marsalis, Brian Blade, Meghan Trainor, The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Kirk Franklin, and the Wooten Brothers. Barber has performed on many of the world’s most prestigious stages for music including The Ryman, The Village Vanguard, Birdland, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and the National Museum of African American History. Barber has joined the ranks of the nation’s rising jazz stars as leader of his own instrumental band, Everyday Magic, co-leader of both Latin Jazz Septet El Movimiento and The Barber Brothers, a jazz quintet he captains alongside his twin brother, trombonist Roland Barber. Barber is also the creator, bandleader, songwriter and producer of hip-hop soul band, The Megaphones. In addition, he has built a reputation as a standout jazz producer with the work of his record label, Jazz Music City, which he founded in August of 2011. The label launched with the release of the Barber’s album Everyday Magic, featuring nine of the saxophonist’s original compositions. The album was awarded selection as an Editor’s Pick by Downbeat Magazine along with receiving high praise from both critics and audiences alike.

Album

Eternal

By Rahsaan Barber

Label: Jazz Music City
Released: 2026
Track listing: Day Dreamer; The Skipper; Peace, Be Still; Eternal; Sanctuary at Seaside; What's Going On; Cabbage; Mandela; Cabbage (Reprise)

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News: Recording

Saxophonist Rahsaan Barber Attains A New Level Of Artistic Vigor With 'Eternal,' Coming October 9 From Jazz Music City Records

Saxophonist Rahsaan Barber Attains A New Level Of Artistic Vigor With 'Eternal,' Coming October 9 From Jazz Music City Records

Already an accomplished saxophonist and composer, Rahsaan Barber nonetheless reaches a magnificent degree of creative energy—fresh, thoughtful, and somehow both raw and refined—on Eternal, arriving via his own Jazz Music City Records on October 9. The album features the Nashville-born, Chapel Hill, North Carolina–based saxophonist with a new collaborator, New Orleans guitarist Ted Ludwig, alongside Barber’s ...

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Article: Album Review

Rahsaan Barber: Six Words

Read "Six Words" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

The Six Words that epitomize woodwind artist Rahsaan Barber's fifth recording as a leader came to him via trumpeter Wynton Marsalis: “There is power in this music." And as Barber affirms on this tasteful studio date, aside from power there is depth and refinement as well. Barber commands a tight-knit sextet, so much so ...

Album

Six Words

By Rahsaan Barber

Label: Jazz Music City
Released: 2024
Track listing: Unity, Part I; The Long Wait for Justice; Dreams of Goliath (Prelude); Dreams of Goliath; Unity, Part II; Sun Dance; Remembering Roy; Reach.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Peter Evans, Stefano Risso, Godwin Louis, Or Bareket & More

Read "Peter Evans, Stefano Risso, Godwin Louis, Or Bareket & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu

Mondo Jazz is back on its path of discovery of the finest new jazz releases which are found off the beaten path... and there's plenty of them to enjoy in this playlist!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Stefano Risso, Francesco Bearzatti, Mattia Barbieri “Lee's ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jim Witzel, Jazzmeia Horn, Peter Berntein, John Fedchock and more

Read "Jim Witzel, Jazzmeia Horn, Peter Berntein, John Fedchock and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie

by Benjamin Boddie

Today's Music--Right Now! .Fantastic music by Steve Allee, Oscar Peterson, Rebecca Kilgore, Jim Witzel, Jazzmeia Horn, Warren Wolf, Peter Bernstein, Vanisha Gould, John Fedchock, Christian Sands, Diane Marino, Alvin Queen, George Cables, Adrian Cunningham, Javon Jackson, Ben Paterson, Arturo Sandoval, Stan Harrison, Avishai Cohen, Marina Albero, and more. Playlist Blue Lou Marini “Twister" from ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Roy McGrath, Peter Bernstein, Warren Wolf, Vanisha Gould and more

Read "Roy McGrath, Peter Bernstein, Warren Wolf, Vanisha Gould and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie

by Benjamin Boddie

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Roy McGrath, Peter Bernstein, Warren Wolf, John Fedchock, Vanisha Gould, Christian Sands, Brandon Sanders, Diane Marino, Rahsaan Barber, Eric Jacobson, Jeff Rupert, Steve Davis, Sarah Hanahan, Jazzmeia Horn, Brian Lynch, Ilya Osachuk, Josie Falbo, Leslie Pintchik, Matt Booth, Joel Frahm and more. Playlist Roy McGrath “Monkody" from Entre ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Terry Gibbs, Omer Leshem, Daniele Defranchis, Jeff Lederer

Read "Terry Gibbs, Omer Leshem, Daniele Defranchis, Jeff Lederer" reviewed by Cheryl K.

by Cheryl K.

During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, vibraphonist Terry Gibbs (ahead of his 100th birthday), guitarists Eldritch Priest and Daniele Defranchis, saxophonists Omer Leshem and Jeff Lederer, and pianists Greg Spero and Bryn Roberts. Playlist Terry Gibbs “Prelude to a Kiss" from Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound) ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mike Stern, Rahsaan Barber, Javon Jackson, Delfeayo Marsalis and more

Read "Mike Stern, Rahsaan Barber, Javon Jackson, Delfeayo Marsalis and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie

by Benjamin Boddie

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Mike Stern, Rahsaan Barber, Ginetta's Vendetta, Javon Jackson, Delfeayo Marsalis, Ed Neumeister, Thom Rotella, Bevan Manson, Alvin Queen, Hyeseon Hong, Warren Wolf, Jeff Rupert, Bruno Hubert, Caity Gyorgy, Ken Peplowski, Eric Person, Emmet Cohen, Alexis Cole, Bria Skonberg, Michael Pagan, Orrin Evans and more. Playlist Mike Stern “Connections" ...


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