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During the pandemic lockdown, when doors were shuttered and people were cut off from one another, Rowan Flack was dreaming about wide open s...
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During the pandemic lockdown, when doors were shuttered and people were cut off from one another, Rowan Flack was dreaming about wide open s...

This summer, Simeon Davis released the album, Of Narratives & Nocturnes . And it’s truly all about the narrative. If you like a good story,...

The goddess of love, beauty, and femininity. But also the goddess of war and ambition. A multi-faceted personality — simultaneously passiona...

Les McCann and Joe Alterman started as mentor and protege, but have become close friends over the last decade. When Joe first met Les, all h...

Meet Joe Alterman, the boy who wanted to play Bluegrass guitar and instead became a jazz pianist. And one hell of a jazz pianist at that. No...

As the “world’s leading dramatic interpreter of Frank Sinatra,” Richard Shelton certainly holds a unique relationship to the legend. He’s po...

Meet Bryan Carter, a drummer, singer, composer, and arranger extraordinaire. His latest album, I Believe , isn’t your typical straight-ahead...

Roxy Coss is a saxophonist, Composer, Bandleader, Recording Artist, Educator and Activist (Founder and President of WIJO). Sounds busy, huh?...

Meet Liam Forde: a connoisseur of all things music, elegance, and food. He’s a hopeless romantic with one foot in 2022 and one foot in the w...

If you love Brazilian music, you’ll love Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini's most recent album, Auburn Whisper . Auburn Whisper showcases the...

At 19 years old, Grace Fox is already a force to be reckoned with. She’s already formed her own big band, recorded her first album, and perf...

You’ve heard of piano-vocal duos and guitar-vocal duos. But what about trombone-vocal duos? Vanessa Perea and husband Robert Edwards are tre...

Loneliness. Heartache. Emptiness. Isolation. Everything that describes film noir also describes the pandemic. When Melissa Errico first fell...

If you’re looking for a fresh take on a familiar tune, Anna Laura Quinn has the song for you. Each recording on her debut album Open the Doo...

Leonor Falcón is no stranger to the violin or viola — she’s been studying them since her childhood placement in a Venezuelan music charter s...

“If it was on VHS I got to see it” Spencer Day credits his mother and the local video store for igniting his love of musicals. He grew up in...

Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch’s friendship began almost 40 years ago, way before they ever set foot in New York City. Jim was living and perf...

“Never compare your season to someone else’s.” Jean and Marcus Baylor have experienced many different seasons during their lives. Jean found...

Vocalist and composer Christiane Karam fuses a world of influences in her latest album, Nar . We hear western harmony, eastern melodies, Bal...

Deanna Witkowski was first drawn to the pianist Mary Lou Williams in 2000 when she was invited to perform at the Kennedy Center for the Mary...

Everybody has heard solo piano concerts and solo guitar gigs. But how often do you listen to solo trombone music? After listening to Nick Fi...

Drummer Charles Goold has been playing gigs for a long time — since he was 11, in fact. It started with sitting on his father's gigs at Smal...

THANK YOU listeners for supporting Bite-Size Jazz and these amazing artists! Thanks for joining the Bite-Size Jazz community and watching th...

Jazz vocalist Olivia Van Goor says one of the best pieces of advice she’s ever received is, “In the beginning, no one will be asking you to...

Steven Feifke and Benny Benack III don’t have a typical arranger-singer relationship. That’s because they’re not just a typical arranger or...

Todd Mosby’s love for Indian music was born in a small shop near his home. After school he would hang out in the store, smelling the sweet i...

Alex Hamburger’s latest album And She Spoke is inspired by many powerhouse women in history. But first and foremost, And She Spoke is inspir...

Bassist Michael Feinberg's latest album takes you through the wild ride of the pandemic. Waking up “Every. Damn. Day” to the horrible news c...

Fame can be a pleasant surprise When Freda Payne recorded “Band of Gold” for Invictus Records in 1969, she didn’t think much of it — until i...

“It was an intense record — you can hear that in the music. The musicians really had something to say that day” The reissuing of Strings cel...

The sound of big bands brewed a love for jazz that carried Miki Yamanaka from her home in Japan all the way to New York City. Miki Yamanaka...

“In this setting, it can feel like you have to fill in the space — like filling in an awkward pause in a conversation. But actually, if you...

“Philly’s got its own way of swing — it’s a deep-rooted, down-home feeling” Drummer Tom Cohen must have had flames coming off his sticks whe...

“No matter how good you get — if you don't listen, then it’s nothing because listening is 99% of what we do” Jazz pianist Marc Cary shares t...

“We need to get back to love, the love that was lost” Jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn’s latest album Dear Love is a love letter to her community...

“Modern feminism encourages harder, more masculine elements in women and makes you feel sort of funny about being soft and gentle. I think t...

“If you do something that matters to yourself, then all the extra stuff — whether people like it or not — has less importance. If it’s self-...

“It IS a good morning. No matter what it is or what’s going on in life — there’s always someone else in a different situation.” Terence Thom...

“I wasn’t sure how far I would actually go, I was just happy to be somewhere singing” Samara says she only started listening to jazz four ye...

“If you know anything about being on a boat, it’s that you can't be still — if you get sideways then you capsize. You literally have to make...

“There’s so much outside of our control, but there’s a lot we can control to move forward and not let circumstances control our destiny” Lov...

“You can’t act like what came before you didn’t exist, or try to lessen the impact of those influences so that you seem more hip” The term “...

“It’s like creating the soundtrack to a movie. Except there’s no movie.” James Brandon Lewis found the inspiration for his latest album in t...

“It's always a great lyric, but the more you perform, the more you live, and the more experience you have — the more meaning it takes on.” S...

“I’m not someone who’s like ‘I just play this genre.’ I play music. I play the guitar.” Guitarist Molly Miller released St. George , which i...

“What’s special is that we don’t play it the same way twice. If we do it means we’re not really connected, we’re not really present.” Cyrill...

“Don’t have a fallback plan, because then you’ll fall back on it.” Jonathan Karrant didn’t grow up in the heart of Manhattan or Los Angeles,...

“We’re trying to transcend our instruments. I think all musicians in general are trying to get to that point. When you get to a great way of...

Ulysses Owen’s Jr.’s latest album Soul Conversations brings us the energy of a live big band packed with the best in the business. The band...

Alexa Tarantino's album Firefly is her third recording as a leader in the last three years. But she's not only busy writing music for her ow...