Student 2020 Class > Emma Hedrick Emma Hedrick Emma Hedrick, 20, is an award-winning jazz vocalist, composer, and arranger. Emma is a three time DownBeat Student Music Award Winner and National YoungArts Winner. In 2019, Emma placed third in the International Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Competition held
Student 2020 Class > Janelle Finton Janelle Finton Janelle Finton is a trumpeter, vocalist, and composer from the Chicago suburbs. She is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in jazz trumpet performance at the Frost School of Music of the University of Miami where she studies with Brian
Student 2020 Class > Michael Clement Michael Clement Pianist, composer, and educator Michael Clement connects to his listeners through his outstanding versatility and range of musicianship. In addition to being a classical concert and collaborative pianist, he is an award-winning jazz musician and keyboardist, and allows
Student 2020 Class > Jonathan Bumpus Jonathan Bumpus Active as a trombonist, composer/arranger, and educator, Jonathan Bumpus holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jazz Trombone Performance from Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, and a Master of Music degree in Jazz and Contemporary Media from the Eastman
Student 2020 Class > Charlie Barber Charlie Barber Charlie Barber was a student of the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts studying Trumpet Performance. Mr. Barber has had the opportunity to study with some of the finest trumpet players in the New York and
Student 2020 Class > Jason Arkins Jason Arkins Jason Arkins is a 19 year old saxophonist from Carmel, NY. He first starting playing in the 5th grade and studied with NY saxophonist Ed Xiques until the later part of high school. As a junior, Jason began
TEN ESSENTIAL JAZZ ALBUMS – ACCORDING TO JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, MAY 21, 2015 New to jazz and not sure where to start? With many artists and extensive catalogs of music, a new jazz listener can feel intimidated. We're here to help! Check out the Jazz at Lincoln Center list of 10 albums to get you
GET TO KNOW SHELLY BERG'S VOCALISTS: VERONICA SWIFT AND BILLY VALENTINE This weekend the JAS Cafe will be presenting Shelly Berg Trio, Shelly Berg is a five-time Grammy-nominated pianist, arranger, orchestrator, and producer. His album projects The Deep, The Nearness of You, Blackbird and The Will are critically acclaimed. He is also an award-winning educator with 39 years of
Deva Mahal was born with the blues in her blood. The daughter of blues icon Taj Mahal will be performing at the JAS Cafe on March 29-30. In advance of that we explore, why is blues music called "the blues"? The name of this great American music probably originated with the 17th-century English expression “the
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK The Great American Songbook isn't really a book. Rather, it's a notional collection of several hundred pop songs. The precise identity of the songs varies according to who is doing he collecting, but in almost all versions the bulk of them were composed, starting in the 1920s, by a small
