Bullettes Little Big Band to Perform March 13 at Westminster!

Many thanks to Amy Bormet for having us back again for the Washington Women in Jazz Festival! I love this particular time of year because we get to see so many fantastic and talented women come out to perform. Amy has really built the WWJF into an amazing and high quality festival that everyone is still talking about throughout the year. I'm very thankful to get to play for the amazing audience at Westminster Church, one of the best venues…

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JazzCast Episode 13: Bria Skonberg!

Hi everyone! I am extremely excited to bring you this interview with the amazing Bria Skonberg!! I was able to catch her in between shows and appointments on this past Tuesday and wanted to put up her interview quickly so I could let you all know she is in the DC metro area on Thursday, June 19th, at the Bethesda Jazz and Blues Club!  I met Bria about 4 years ago as I sat in with a band at the DCLX…

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JazzCast Ep7: Interview with Amy Bormet

***Update*** So sorry everyone, I had accidentally turned down the volume of the second song on the original version - audio has been fixed, and hopefully is better quality now - thanks for checking by!!  sorry for the inconvenience! ****  Welcome to Episode 7 of the JazzCast, the podcast dedicated to curated listening sessions by jazz musicians! Today's episode is an interview with Amy K. Bormet, who is a DC-based-but-transplanted-to-LA pianist, composer, educator, and leader of the Washington Women in Jazz Festival! March 15…

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JazzCast Ep 6: John Kocur Part 2

Welcome to Episode 6 of the JazzCast, the podcast dedicated to curated listening sessions with jazz musicians! This is the second in a two part series of my interview with John Kocur, jazz saxophonist from Washington DC. On this podcast you will hear a little more about his influences as well as four more of his original songs from his albums "Fortitude" and "The Smoker." I hope you enjoy his wonderful music and thank you for listening! I have to…

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JazzCast Ep 5: John Kocur part 1

Welcome to the 5th episode of the JazzCast, the only jazz podcast dedicated to curated listening sessions by jazz musicians! Today you will hear an interview with John Kocur, jazz saxophonist and professor of music at Northern Virginia Community College. I decided to split the interview up into two parts, both of which will be posted today but in separate posts. I just wanted to have smaller file sizes for people to download and I also wanted to make each…

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This sunday – DC Jazz Loft – Tribute to Carl Fontana/Al Cohn collab

Hi everyone! I'm really excited to get the opportunity to give a tribute to one of my favorite trombone players, Carl Fontana and to specifically highlight his work with Al Cohn from "The Great Fontana" album. I am super privileged to be joined by Leigh Pilzer this Sunday night at the DC Jazz Loft performance at Union Arts DC (411 NY Ave NE). This is a great hang and always has a jazzm at the end. That's a jazz jam…

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JazzCast Ep2: Interview with Billy Wolfe

***UPDATED! I added new songs by Billy Wolfe and leveled out the volumes a bit.*** Finally got this up! A little late, unfortunately. But the music is good, so here it is. I hope you enjoy this second episode of the JazzCast which includes an interview with saxophonist Billy Wolfe. Billy plays saxophone(s) in the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra as well as teaches private lessons and puts concerts together for his band, "Billy Wolfe and the Composer's TetraDectet." He pulls…

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