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NEXT Collective: Matt Stevens (Guitar)
Concord Records’ NEXT Collective brings together what many are calling the supergroup of this generation of musicians. Combining the talents of Ben Williams, Christian Scott, Matt Stevens, Jamire...
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NEXT Collective: Christian “aTunde Adjuah” Scott (Trumpet)
Concord Records’ NEXT Collective brings together what many are calling the supergroup of this generation of musicians. Combining the talents of Ben Williams, Christian Scott, Matt Stevens, Jamire...
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David Weiss Leads Point of Departure
David Weiss is one of those unsung musicians on the scene in New York who has an eye for talented musicians and a penchant for fostering that talent. You can find him any number of nights frequenting...
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Alicia Olatuja: A Whole New Sense of Time
Alicia Olatuja came to national prominence with her solo at President Obama’s most recent inauguration with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, but with Olatuja the music goes a whole lot deeper than simply...
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Mark Whitfield Jr.: Internalizing the BEAT
Mark Whitfield Jr. comes from a dynasty of incredible musicianship and that has most certainly left a mark on his life as a musician. Beginning on the drums before even he could remember, Whitfield Jr....
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Michael Feinberg PresentsThe Elvin Jones Project ft. Billy Hart
If you get into a room with some of the most amazing drummers alive, who is the luckiest person in the place? I’d say the bass players for one and that is exactly where Michael Feinberg will find...
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Lenny White: A Kaleidoscope of Music
Before there was this obsession with jazz and hip-hop, there was a different intersection of music happening on the streets on New York, LA, and other cities around the nation. 24 hours after Jimi...
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Getting Personal with Jeff “Tain” Watts
A veteran of both the music and film worlds, Jeff “Tain” Watts is one of the most renowned drummers playing today based on both the scope and quality of his work. Appearing on literally every...
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E.J. Strickland: A Different Energy
E.J. Strickland will be bringing his dynamic quintet to the Generations of the BEAT Festival for a set that is sure to bring the heat. We caught up with Strickland to discuss his unique development as...
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Kendrick Scott: In Command, Out of Control
With Kendrick Scott’s latest Oracle record, ‘Conviction,’ topping the charts and making its way into iPods and computers around the world, we took some time to discuss the implications behind the...
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Greg Errico: The Backbone to Sly & the Family Stone Pt. 1
When you ask any drummer about their influences, the list of names is bound to include a one “Greg Errico” no matter what type of music they play. Errico, most famously the drummer for Sly & the...
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Dexter Story: A Journey Like Few Others Pt. 1
Dexter Story’s journey through the music industry is like few others. Seemingly living multiple lifetimes in his 48 years, this renaissance man has had careers spanning from product manager for artists...
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Dexter Story: A Journey Like Few Others Pt. 2
Dexter Story’s journey through the music industry is like few others. Seemingly living multiple lifetimes in his 48 years, this renaissance man has had careers spanning from product manager for artists...
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Etienne Charles Fuses Cultures, Styles, & Personalities on Creole Soul
Etienne Charles is a connector of styles, a fusion of cultures, and most importantly an visionary of groove music. Bringing together his own influences on his latest record entitled ‘Creole Soul’...
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Emily Bear: Quincy’s Wunderkind
Emily Bear is a wunderkind of sorts—she’s a jazz pianist worthy of any stage this world has to offer, a prodigy of Quincy Jones, and more than any of that she is a young artist on track to change the...
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The Boston Boys: Delving Into Future Roots
Bill Monroe. Ray Charles. The Beatles. D’Angelo. With a list of influences that spans a collage of styles, it’s no wonder the Boston Boys haven’t been claimed by any one genre yet. “This is music for...
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Jon Batiste’s Social Music: Jazz Music with New Orleans Heritage
At the age of 26, Jon Batiste is only starting to show his potential to shape the development of popular music for generations to come. A true connoisseur of musical communication and tradition,...
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Vijay Iyer: A Timeline of Events & Music Pt. 1
Vijay Iyer is the type of artist that can speak equally eloquently and intelligently on a musical and academic level about the work he is doing and the goals he sets for both himself and his projects....
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Vijay Iyer: A Timeline of Events & Music Pt. 2
Vijay Iyer is the type of artist that can speak equally eloquently and intelligently on a musical and academic level about the work he is doing and the goals he sets for both himself and his projects....
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The Focus Trio: Rashaan Carter, Sameer Gupta & Burniss Earl Travis discuss...
The arrival of Four Directions marks the second studio record for the Marc Cary Focus Trio, and the welcoming of touring-member Rashaan Carter in his first recording with the group. For the trio,...
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