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About Brandon W. Mejia

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Musician

Brandon W. Mejia is a Newark, New Jersey-born saxophonist whose musical voice draws from jazz, R&B, Afro-Caribbean music, and the sounds of his Salvadoran and Ecuadorian heritage. A graduate of Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, where he studied Jazz Performance, Mejia approaches improvisation as both a continuation of tradition and a space for personal and cultural expression.

Growing up in Newark, a city with a deep jazz history, Mejia developed a strong connection to the music’s legacy while drawing inspiration from artists such as Charlie Parker, Roy Hargrove, and musicians across contemporary R&B and Latin music. His playing reflects an interest in blending jazz language with groove, melody, and the rhythmic traditions of the African and Latin American diasporas.

News: Radio

DDCF Launches Jazz Media Lab with Five Leaders in Jazz Radio

January 27, 2021

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) today announced the launch of the Jazz Media Lab, through which some of the country’s most dynamic and forward-thinking nonprofit jazz radio stations will receive more than $1.3 million to participate in a program aimed at bolstering their individual strength and collective resilience as essential players in the jazz ecosystem. ...

Article: Chats with Cats

The Jazz DJ: Sheila Anderson of WBGO

by B.D. Lenz
December 3, 2019

In this edition of Chats with Cats I interviewed an on-air host at one of the world's leading jazz radio stations. Sheila Anderson is someone who has worked in many communication mediums but I wanted to find out the status of jazz radio in particular, from someone who is at the center of the jazz broadcasting ...