Gene Ess was born in Tokyo, and raised in Okinawa, Japan. At the age of 17, following growing up on […]

Hailing from Nagoya Japan, Takeshi Asai is one of New York’s busiest pianists, and a thoughtful, resourceful improviser and composer. […]

Tony Moreno is a remarkable musician and human being. His brand new release Short Stories (Mayimba Jazz) is a testament […]

Throughout the New York Jazz Workshop Podcast series I’ve had the privilege of speaking with some of the greatest players […]

In this installment of the podcast I spoke with clarinet virtuoso David Krakauer who has been fusing Klezmer and jazz […]

Dave Liebman is one of the most individual, inventive saxophonists and flautists in all of jazz. Over the course of […]

Trumpeter Cuong Vu has for many years, been a musician on the cutting edge of exploration. He made his debut […]

Welcome to the New York Jazz Workshop podcast I’m CJ Shearn. Usually on the podcast I’ve spoken with some of […]

David Fiuczynski (“Fuze”) is one of the most open musicians in any genre. The guitarist, who is also a professor […]

Guitarist Pat Metheny is gearing up for a busy 2016. Last year was relatively low key after wrapping up the […]

Vic Juris has been one of the top guitarists on the scene for decades. Truly a guitarists’ guitarist, he paid […]

On February 26th, Blue Note records releases Shift the new project from alto saxophonist Logan Richardson. Hailing from Kansas City, […]