Russell Hall – Episode #165
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by Leander, IMPROV EXCHANGE
4d ago
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Russell Hall migrated to the United States in 2007 where his double bass studies progressed quickly through the rigorous programs of The Jillard Center for the Arts and The Juilliard School. Russell deeply understands the jazz tradition, having studied with many of the double-bass world’s most renowned artists including Ron Carter ..read more
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Donald Vega – Episode #164
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by Leander, IMPROV EXCHANGE
2M ago
Donald Vega was trained classically in piano in his native Nicaragua. He emigrated to the United States at age 14 and found a musical home with the Colburn School of Performing Arts (CSPA). He began his studies there in classical piano with Teresa de Jong Pombo and Dr. Louis Lepley. Vega started to learn the ..read more
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Corey Bernhard – Episode #163
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by Leander, IMPROV EXCHANGE
2M ago
Keyboardist, producer, composer and house musician for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s band, Corey Bernhard will release his sophomore solo full-length album exploring themes of faith, God, love, and loss, A Blessed Leap into Eternity via Birdbrain Records on January 24, 2025. The seven original songs on the album are a sprawling, experimental, folk ..read more
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Ben Makinen – Episode #161
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by Leander, IMPROV EXCHANGE
3M ago
Ben Makinen is an award-winning filmmaker, music producer, composer, and percussionist with over 40 years of experience in film, television, theater, and music production. A voting member of the Recording Academy (GRAMMYS), he is known for his compelling documentaries that explore the rich interplay between music and culture. Ben has produced two acclaimed music documentaries, JazzTown and Who ..read more
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Koki Nakano – Episode #161
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by Leander, IMPROV EXCHANGE
3M ago
Koki Nakano is a composer and a pianist, born in 1988 in Fukuoka, Japan. After graduating Music High School at Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, he enrolled at the composition department of Tokyo University of the Arts. He has performed recitals at the Louvre and the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris), Cadogan Hall (London ..read more
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Tigran Hamasyan – Episode #160
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by Leander, IMPROV EXCHANGE
3M ago
Tigran Hamasyan is considered one of his generation’s most remarkable and distinctive jazz-meets-rock pianists/composers. A piano virtuoso with groove power, Hamasyan seamlessly fuses potent jazz improvisation and progressive rock with the rich folkloric music of his native Armenia. Born in Gyumri, Armenia, in 1987, his musical journey began in his childhood home, where he was ..read more
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Lao Tizer – Episode #159
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by Leander, IMPROV EXCHANGE
3M ago
Colorado-bred, LA-based keyboardist Lao Tizer embodies what it means to be a 21st-century musician inhabiting the jazz sphere ¾ that being one who embraces musical diversity and has no fear of crossing boundaries. But Tizer also happens to come by this naturally. As the self-described “child of East Coast Jewish hippies,” he was exposed to ..read more
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Bill Warfield – Episode 158: Monumental
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by Leander, IMPROV EXCHANGE
4M ago
Bill Warfield, a dynamic and innovative composer, bandleader and trumpeter, has energized audiences, performers and writers for over four decades. Warfield’s most recent accomplishments are two highly regarded recordings including “Mercy Mercy Mercy”, recorded on the BluJazz label by the Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra in 2015 and “Trumpet Story” with Randy Brecker on Planet Arts ..read more
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Akira Ishiguro – Episode 157: Euphoric
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by Leander, IMPROV EXCHANGE
5M ago
Guitarist Akira Ishiguro studied Jazz performance and composition at Berklee College of Music. Since graduating in 2006, he has been entrenched in the New York City jazz scene. Tour life has taken him to Japan, Chile, Costa Rica, Canada, and much of Europe. He has six albums as a leader or co-leader and has appeared ..read more
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Jonathan Barber – Episode 156: Venomous Hands
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by Leander, IMPROV EXCHANGE
6M ago
International Recorded artist, composer, educator, and bandleader Jonathan Barber was voted the #1 Up-and-Coming Drummer of 2018 in Modern Drummer. Barber has already recorded and toured worldwide with such artists as Pat Metheny, Erykah Badu, Nicholas Payton, Buster Williams, Jimmy Greene, Jeremy Pelt, Wallace Roney, Terrace Martin, Jennifer Holiday, Harold Mabern, Steve Davis, J.D. Allen, The ..read more
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