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The Forte PodcastAuthor: Clarinet & Friends
The Forte Podcast is presented by the chamber music company Clarinet & Friends (based in Asheville, NC). 17 year-old Artistic Director and host, Aaron Lipsky, joins top names in music and the creative arts for a discussion about the different aspects of their work and what brought them there. Language: en-us Genres: Music, Music Commentary Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Jazz Pianist Edward Simon - 2017 NAACP Image Award Winner
Episode 16
Friday, 27 November, 2020
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, as a member of the all-star SFJAZZ Collective, pianist Edward Simon has been a Guggenheim Fellow along with being awarded multiple composition grants as part of the Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works initiative. Simon, a Yamaha artist, has recorded 16 albums as a leader or co-leader; his latest is 25 Years, released via Ridgeway Records in October 2020. This follows Simon’s 2016 album Latin American Songbook, with the four-and-a-half-star DownBeat review praising its “grand and sophisticated” sound. Latin American Songbook also won Simon an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album. The New York Times has praised Simon’s “light, warm touch” as a pianist, while Jazz Journal International singled out “his deep emotional statements” as a composer and improviser.
