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Ray Gallon

Jazz pianist & composer Ray Gallon has performed with many of the leading jazz artists, including Ron Carter, Lionel Hampton, Art Farmer, T.S. Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Sweets Edison, Wycliffe Gordon, Les Paul, Benny Golson. Frank Wess, Lew Tabakin, George Adams, and the Mingus Big Band. He has performed at most of the major jazz festivals and venues throughout North and South America, Europe, and Japan, and has appeared in gala concerts at the White House and the Kennedy Center. Ray has also accompanied many vocal greats, including Jon Hendricks, Sheila Jordan, Grady Tate, Nnenna Freelon, Gloria Lynne, Dakota Staton, Joe Williams, Chaka Khan, and Jane Monheit. In addition, he also leads his own trio, and performs solo concerts. His compositions have been recorded by T.S

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Article: Album Review

Finn Wiest: Aurora

Read "Aurora" reviewed by La-Faithia White


Award-winning drummer Finn Wiest is a first-call sideman in the New York City Jazz scene. He has just finished his Master's degree at the City College of New York with Carl Allen, Steve Wilson and Mike Holobar. Born in Biberach An Der Riss, Germany, Wiest began playing drums at the age of four. He ...

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Somewhere

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: I Had the Craziest Dream; Somewhere; Born to Be Blue; Until I Met You (Corner Pocket); For You, For Me, Forevermore; Je Ne Veux Pas Te Dire Bonsoir (Remix); If the Moon Turns Green.

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Angela Verbrugge: Somewhere

Read "Somewhere" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Based in Victoria, British Columbia, Angela Verbrugge keeps a busy schedule as a singer, touring in Canada and farther afield. In addition to performing, she writes songs--jazz songs, new standards--with lyrics that are engagingly personal and funny, containing the occasional acerbic twist. As a lyricist, she often speaks to the quotidian. Her texts are a perfect ...

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For You, For Me, Forevermore

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Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 5:00

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Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)

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Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 03:09

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Ray Gallon: Grand Company

Read "Grand Company" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Score one for truth in advertising. New York City-based pianist Ray Gallon is definitely in Grand Company on his first recording as the leader of a trio, ably chaperoned every step of the way by bassist Ron Carter and drummer Lewis Nash who are quite simply two of the best in the business (Hall of Fame ...

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Grand Company

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2023
Track listing: Drop Me Off In Harlem; Acting Up; Zombette; Two Track Mind; Nardis; Pins And Needles; If I Had You; Monkey Bars; Old Folks.

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Ray Gallon: Grand Company

Read "Grand Company" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Ray Gallon is a pianist with a rich and complex musical vocabulary. In the company of bassist Ron Carter and percussionist Lewis Nash, he has recorded an album that is filled with technical proficiency and emotional depth as well as a unique artistic voice. Adding to the enjoyment is the sophistication of the recording, which was ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Yuhan Su + Sounds of the Middle East

Read "Yuhan Su + Sounds of the Middle East" reviewed by David Brown


This week we will feature a selection of music that congers of the sounds of the Middle-East though the lens of jazz. Our featured new release will be Liberated Gesture by Taiwanese vibraphonist and composer Yuhan Su. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from ...


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