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Veronica Leahy
Veronica Leahy is a composer, multi-woodwindist, pianist, and music director based in New York City. As a saxophonist, Veronica has performed with artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Ted Nash, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Kurt Elling, Christian Sands, Stew, and the Diva Jazz Orchestra. She has appeared at venues including Lincoln Center, Dizzy’s Club, Birdland, 54 Below, Scullers, Snug Harbor, and on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Veronica was selected as a member of the GRAMMY Jazz Band and a National YoungArts Foundation Finalist. Her festival appearances include the Monterey Jazz Festival, Winter Jazzfest, JAS Aspen, the Charles River Jazz Fest, Caramoor Jazz Festival, Hamptons Jazz Festival, and the Ravinia Music Festival, where she was a Steans Music Institute fellow. Veronica can be heard on the GRAMMY Award-winning album New Standards, Vol. 1, performing on bass clarinet.
To Whom I Love
Label: Blue Engine Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: JP Shuffle, Girl in the Jeep, 80 Tears of Joy, Tenderness Within, Splanky, Exploring the City, Grateful for the Good Times, (On the) Sunny Side of the Street, Dance of the Merry Maker.
Introducing Saxophonist Veronica Leahy
by Sanford Josephson
Growing up in Charlotte, NC, Veronica Leahy began playing classical piano at an early age. Then, when she was in the fourth grade, she heard a recording by tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman. “There was something about the saxophone that caught my fascination," she recalled. “It was kind a fusion record, but I did eventually go to ...
Summer Camargo: To Whom I Love
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Trumpet artist Summer Camargo startled the music and entertainment worlds when, as a brilliant 22-year-old Juilliard grad, she landed the highly-desired trumpet chair in the Saturday Night Live band. Camargo now adds to her lengthy list of achievements with her debut album, To Whom I Love. She and a cadre of New York all-stars deliver nine ...
Introducing Trumpeter Kellin Hanas
by Sanford Josephson
As a four-year-old, growing up in Wheaton, IL, Kellin Hanas was a fan of the TV show, The Wiggles. “There were four Australian guys in colorful shirts, and they would sing songs," she recalled. “In one of their shows, they brought out this guy with a little trumpet. I guess, from watching that, I had a ...
Eleven O'Seven
By Grace Fox
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Right on Red; Gospel Interlude; The Gospel; I Just Found Out About Love; Echelon; Sterility;
Stars.
