May 30, 2018
2-time Grammy Award-winning arranger, jazz pianist and composer Alan Broadbent joins the show for the first time!
Alan Broadbent was born in Auckland, New Zealand and in 1966, at the age of 19, received a Downbeat Magazine scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston and also studied with Lennie Tristano. In...
May 26, 2018
My guest today is world class performing violinist, educator and composer, Christian Howes!
From 2001 to 2009, Howes was an in-demand violinist on the New York scene, collaborating with a bevy of top shelf jazz artists, including Randy Brecker, Jack Dejohnette, Steve Turre, Greg Osby, D.D. Jackson, Lenny White, Frank...
May 21, 2018
Born in New York, Benny Green grew up in Berkeley, California, and began classical piano studies at the age of seven. Influenced by his father, a tenor saxophonist, his attention soon turned to Jazz. Supported by mentors such as Walter Bishop, Jr. and others, plus his love for the music propelled him to the upper strata...
May 18, 2018
Born in Nairobi, Kenya to Goan parents (Goa is a state on India's west coast that was colonized by Portugal), Dr. Brian de Lima relocated with his family to Toronto while still an infant. From his earliest days, he enjoyed a steady diet of jazz - his father, in addition to possessing great talents in the visual arts, is...
May 14, 2018
Drummer Austin McMahon performs regularly with Jerry Bergonzi’s Quartet and has recently performed and/or recorded with Sean Jones, George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Lionel Loueke, Ben Monder, Lage Lund, Kate McGarry, Noah Preminger, The Fringe, Jason Palmer and Grace Kelly. He has appeared as an opening act for Grammy...