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Rodney Whitaker

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Rodney Whitaker is associate professor of double bass and director of jazz studies at the Michigan State University College of Music.

Whitaker is one of the leading performers and teachers of jazz double bass in the United States. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and received national recognition performing with the Terence Blanchard Quintet. Whitaker has also toured internationally as a featured performer with the Roy Hargrove Quintet. In addition, he has appeared and presented master classes at the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) conferences. Featured on more than 100 recordings - from film to compact discs - Whitaker's film score, China, directed by Jeff Wray, was released on PBS in 2002.

In 2006, he was nominated for the Juno Award, Canada's equivalent to the Grammy, for his work on “Let Me Tell You About My Day,” produced by Alma Records

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The Door is Open: The Music of Gregg Hill

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Lost Tune; The Door is Open; Escape to Cat Island; Motel Blues; Spa-Teneity; April Song; The Last Pop Tune; Skyline; Triple Play.

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Deep in the Soil

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Call to Order; Sound for Sore Ears; Hard Times; Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same; Superwoman; Autumn Song; ST in the House; Blues for JT.

Song of the Day

Call to Order

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Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:16

Article: Album Review

Margherita Fava: Tatatu

Read "Tatatu" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Ventottenne veneta di formazione classica, la pianista Margherita Fava è stata fulminata dal jazz nel 2013, quasi per caso, e da allora ha coltivato la sua formazione in quella direzione, trasferendosi negli U.S.A. prima con una borsa di studio, poi stabilmente, insegnando. Ed è negli Stati Uniti, nell'Ohio, che ha registrato questo suo primo disco, prodotto ...

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Song of the Day

The Lost Tune

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Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 07:33

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Article: Album Review

Randy Napoleon: The Door is Open: The Music of Gregg Hill

Read "The Door is Open: The Music of Gregg Hill" reviewed by Paul Rauch


In and around the formidable jazz studies program at Michigan State University is a plethora of jazz talent devoted to instrumental and compositional excellence. Most of this talent is young, benefiting from a wide array of world-class instructors that includes program director Rodney Whitaker and veteran guitarist Randy Napoleon, among other notables. Within this labyrinth of ...

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DreamLand

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Hit the Road to Dreamland; Estrada Branca (This Happy Madness); Mountain Greenery; Cloudy Morning; Throw It Away; Rhode Island Is Famous for You; Still on the Road; When October Goes; Moonray; An Occasional Man; Something Cool; It's Love.

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Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Vocalist Tyreek McDole

Read "Introducing Vocalist Tyreek McDole" reviewed by Sanford Josephson


This article previously appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. In 2018, Tyreek McDole, a student at the Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, FL, was playing classical percussion for a performance of the 1987 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, Into the Woods. “During rehearsal," he recalled, “one of the actors got sick. I had ...

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Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Bassist Liany Mateo

Read "Introducing Bassist Liany Mateo" reviewed by Sanford Josephson


This article previously appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. Liany Mateo started playing the bass when she was 13 years old. “They opened up a performing arts school in Jersey City," she recalled. “At that time, I knew I wanted to play an instrument. I was into '70s punk music, and all of my favorite ...


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