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Alto/baritone saxophonist and composer Andy Laster was created in 1961, was raised on Long Isle, and studied jazz in Seattle’s Cornish Institute before moving to NEW YORK in 1985. His initial documenting, Hippo Stomp, made an appearance over the Sound Aspects label in 1989. This record was accompanied by two …

After the favorite of traditional New Orleans Jazz, players of ragtime, minstrel displays, and music halls, the banjo’s reputation had receded, a minimum of being a jazz instrument. Lately, while not arriving completely back, they have gotten a substantial push by famous brands Bela Fleck, alongside Cynthia Sayer that has …

An alumnus of Boston’s New Britain Conservatory, trombonist Curtis Hasselbring — also called Curha — is among several creative jazz music artists who moved to NY (Brooklyn, specifically) and enlivened the city’s so-called “downtown picture” through the ’90s, continuing his outré explorations in to the 21st hundred years as both …

Known for leading various incarnations of his avant chamberesque folk-country clothing Defeat Circus, Florida-born, Boston-based trumpeter (actually, multi-instrumentalist), bandleader, composer, arranger, and singer/songwriter Brian Carpenter can be the principal generating force behind the Ghost Teach Orchestra, restoring alive a few of the most ebullient — and frequently underappreciated as well …