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Tedd Firth

Tedd Firth is a New York City based musical director, pianist and arranger.  

Recent highlights include being the musical director for the reunion of the original Broadway cast of "Into The Woods" at the Segerstrom Center For The Arts in Costa Mesa, CA as well as serving as musical director for Michael Feinstein's “Jazz and Popular Song” concert series at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

New York appearances include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Blue Note, Birdland, the Iridium, the Algonquin, the Cafe Carlyle and Feinstein's at the Regency. Numerous national appearances include a performance at the White House. 

Simply 'S Wonderful-The Magic of Gershwin"

By Juliet Ewing

Label: Lexicon Classics
Released: 2025
Track listing: S Wonderful; Love Is Here To Stay/They Can't Take That Away From Me; I've Got A Crush On You; Oh, Lady Be Good; Slap That Bass; But Not For Me; The Man I Love; A Foggy Day; The Lorelei; Embraceable You; Naughty Baby; I Got Rhythm; Summertime.

Gerald Wilson, Wayne Shorter, Charles Gayle & Danny Jonokuchi

by Joe Dimino
October 8, 2023

We begin the 823rd Episode of Neon Jazz with big band leader Danny Jonokuchi and music from 2023 album Big Band Voices. From there, we hear music from his greatest influence, Gerald Wilson. We also hear from Audrey Silver, Linda Purl and Gordon Lee. We play an early Wayne Shorter tune in honor of the new ...

April Showers

By Celia Berk

Label: Gramercy Nightingale Music Co.
Released: 2022
Track listing: April Showers

Now That I Have Everything

By Celia Berk

Label: Gramercy Nightingale Music Co.
Released: 2022
Track listing: HOW ARE YA FIXED FOR LOVE?; BOUM!; MOONBURN/THE LATE, LATE SHOW; LOVE; IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY; SWEET AND LOVELY; BITTERSWEET; DREAMER (VIVO SONHANDO)/THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE; RIGHT AS THE RAIN; WITH EVERY BREATH I TAKE; COMES LOVE; OVERJOYED; NOW THAT I HAVE EVERYTHING

David Finck: BASSic Instinct

by Jack Bowers
March 28, 2022

There's so much variety on BASSic Instinct, bassist David Finck's sixth recording as leader, that it's almost like grooving on half a dozen or more albums for the price of one. Ensembles run the gamut from duo to octet, with vocals added on three of its thirteen engaging numbers. Besides governing the rhythm, composing three of ...

BASSic Instinct

By David Finck

Label: Burton Avenue Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: BASSic Instinct; The Best Thing for You [Would Be Me]; Dearly Beloved; Theme from “Mannix”; Bateu, Levou/Who’s Wrong or Right; Seascape; Tea for Two; Joy; So What; Soon It’s Gonna Rain [Theme from “The Fantasticks”]; Tico Tico No Fuba; I’m Confessin’ [That I Love You]; I Remember.

Jennifer Roberts

Jennifer is an accomplished Singer and Actress, with a Musical Theatre background, and experience in television and film. She is a classically-trained vocalist, who “excels at ballads, and in a jazz or swing mode, and can even have fun with country ” – William Wolf. With a BFA in Theatre from Wayne State University, she later studied acting with Uta Hagen. Jennifer, whose regional credits include Sarah Brown opposite Broadway leading man Tom Wopat in Guys and Dolls, serves up entertaining, exhilarating, jazz-infused shows that highlight her wide vocal range. Drawing on her own diverse and eclectic background – she’s been a symphony soloist, motivational trainer, high school drama director, Opryland theme park singer and dancer, and traveled the country as an automotive industry spokeswoman— Jennifer’s heartfelt, theatrical performances showcase her unique blend of drama and humor

Five Artists: Notable and Nearly Missed

by C. Michael Bailey
January 15, 2020

Every year there is music that always gets away. Here are five notable releases that were nearly missed. Uwe Grodd / Gould Piano Trio Beethoven Grand Symphonies * 1, Arr. Hummel for Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano, Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 'Eroica' Naxos Classical 2019 Piano transcriptions ...

Tommy Igoe: The Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy

by Dan Bilawsky
September 29, 2014

Jazz audiences in the Bay Area are starting to realize what their New York counterparts have known for years--namely, that drummer Tommy Igoe puts together a hell of a band and puts on a hell of a show. Igoe, the man who gave rhythmic life to Broadway's The Lion King and changed the ...