Russo B.M. of Doylestown, PA, narrated the audiobook version of S.J. of West Hills, CA, is the cofounder of the label BFM Jazz, whose artist the Tierney Sutton Band had its latest album, ScreenPlay, nominated for a 2020 Grammy in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category. of Santa Monica, CA, cowrote the new single “All Over the World,” from the album Chicago Christmas. A solo piano recording done in the studio, it’s a mix of original compositions and tunes by others, with a focus on eliminating the superfluous to highlight pianistic poetry rather than prose. of Toronto, Canada, released Poetic License, his fourth album. The album includes compositions dedicated to Michael Gibbs, David Mash, and Arif Mardin. Each original track is dedicated to a mentor or major influence in his life as an artist. Leonard Moore of Santa Rosa, CA, is crowdfunding his big-band album The Mentors Project. Glenn Ochenkoski of Valencia, CA, played drums in several sold-out concerts in Los Angeles with singers Davis Gaines and Dale Kristen, performing songs from The Phantom of the Opera and other classic Broadway shows.
She also mentors and teaches a full roster of voice, piano, and songwriting students at World Music Nashville. of Nashville, TN, released the songs "Distance," "Silent Night," and "Starfish," and the album Webs (with Walter Egan), available on all streaming platforms. The album is his personal take on Native American musical forms.īeth Sass B.M. Hilary Noble of Boston, MA, released Anishana: Corners of the Sky (Riverview Productions), which features Berklee faculty member Steve Langone B.M. The work still features plenty of drones, recorders, and wind chimes. It features fewer guitar sounds than on his previous work, but more piano sounds, a precollaboration piece, and various outside influences. Win Bent of Austin, TX, released This Time, an album of ambient electronic music.
He and Brock Avery ’79 collaborated on the new album Rhythm Abstraction: Azure, which was released in January and features new compositions by Macchia based on drum improvisations by Brock. 1979įrank Macchia of Burbank, CA, is a three-time Grammy nominee. 1978īill McGoldrick of Norfolk, MA, is celebrating 50 years of performing live and is still doing around 120 gigs a year with his own acoustic act, the Bill McGoldrick Acoustic Duo. He teaches music editing and post-production audio for composers, and lectures at institutions including UCLA Extension, University of Southern California, and Chapman University. Steven Saltzman of Portland, OR, published Music Editing for Film and Television: The Art and the Process (Routledge).