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Chris Ziemba On Piano Jazz

By Jazz on March 27, 2009

Buffalo native Christopher Ziemba is a young pianist and composer, currently honing his craft at the Eastman School of Music. He took the stage at age 7, and he’s already performed at Carnegie Hall. Ziemba makes his Piano Jazz debut here, performing “Dream Dancing” and “The Nearness of You.”

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Kate McGarry On Piano Jazz

By Jazz on March 20, 2009

The singer and songwriter grew up with Celtic and pop music in her home, and after discovering Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, she became known as a folksy jazz vocalist. She visits the program along with keyboardist Gary Versace.

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Jesse Green On Piano Jazz

By Jazz on March 13, 2009

A small town in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania is home to more than its share of talented jazz musicians. Pianist Jesse Green is the son of a trombonist and a singer who moved to the Delaware Water Gap, and still lives there today.

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Jesse Green On Piano Jazz

By Jazz on March 13, 2009

A small town in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania is home to more than its share of talented jazz musicians. Pianist Jesse Green is the son of a trombonist and a singer who moved to the Delaware Water Gap, and still lives there today.

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Joanne Brackeen On Piano Jazz

By Jazz & Blues on March 6, 2009

The “Picasso of jazz piano” started teaching herself jazz by transcribing bebop solos as an 11-year-old. Brackeen, the only female alumnus of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, plays originals, standards and a few Ornette Coleman-inspired tunes with host Marian McPartland.

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Joanne Brackeen On Piano Jazz

By Jazz & Blues on March 6, 2009

The “Picasso of jazz piano” started teaching herself jazz by transcribing bebop solos as an 11-year-old. Brackeen, the only female alumnus of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, plays originals, standards and a few Ornette Coleman-inspired tunes with host Marian McPartland.

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