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Lara Downes has garnered wide acclaim as one of the most exciting and communicative pianists of today's generation, lauded by NPR as "a delightful artist with a unique blend of musicianship and showmanship" and praised by the Washington Post for her stunning performances "rendered with drama and nuance". Lara’s innovative explorations of the piano repertoire - from iconic favorites to newly commissioned works - bridge musical genres, traditions and audiences. Born in San Francisco of Caribbean and Russian heritage, Downes began piano lessons at age 4, and later spent a decade studying and performing with her sisters in Europe, in what she calls a “gypsy-like existence” that took the family from Paris to Venice, Vienna, Basel and Rome. Since making early debuts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London, the Vienna Konzerthaus and the Salle Gaveau Paris, Lara has appeared on the world’s greatest concert stages, winning over audiences at diverse venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to Le Poisson Rouge, the Kennedy Center to Classical Revolution. Downes’ solo recordings have met with tremendous critical and popular acclaim
A Conversation with Benny Golson
by AAJ Staff
One of the most successful talents on the Arkadia Jazz label is without a doubt the phenomenal Benny Golson. The tenor saxophonist, composer, lyricist, arranger, educator and jazz icon, holds the distinction of being the only living jazz legend to have written eight standards for jazz repertoire: “Killer Joe," “Along Came Betty," “Whisper Not" “Step Lightly," ...
Diggin' Me Diggin' You - Celebrating Blossom Dearie's Centennial, Ella Fitzgerald, Ma Rainey & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast concludes Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Jacqui Naylor, Amina Figarova, Irina Zubareva and Gabrielle Stravelli, with birthday shoutouts to Ella Fitzgerald, Ma Rainey, Blossom Dearie (100!), Kendra Shank and Lara Downes, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so ...
New Music From Yelena Eckemoff, Arturo O'Farrill, Lauren Henderson, Melissa Pipe, Cecilia Smith & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from pianists Yelena Eckemoff, Arturo O'Farrill, vibraphonist Cecilia Smith, vocalist Lauren Henderson, saxophonist Melissa Pipe and a special song cycle by lyricist David Hajdu featuring Theo Bleckmann, Alicia Olatuja and Dan Tepfer, plus birthday shoutouts to Roxy Coss, Wendy Kirkland, Judy Wexler, Rosa Passos, Kendra Shank and Lara Downes, among others. ...
Invitation to the Dance
By Lara Downes
Label: Postcards
Released: 2022
Track listing: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin; Invitation to the Dance; Danzas Argentinas: Danza del
Viejo Boyero; Danzas Argentinas: Danza de la Moza Donosa; Danzas Argentinas: Danza
del Gaucho Matrero; La Valse; Bolero, Op.19; Souvenirs, Op. 28: Waltz; Souvenirs, Op.
28: Schottische; Souvenirs, Op. 28: Pas de Deux; Souvenirs, Op. 28: Two-Step;
Souvenirs, Op. 28: Hesitation-Tango; Souvenirs, Op. 28: Galop.
American Ballads
By Lara Downes
Label: Postcards
Released: 2022
Track listing: Excursions, Opus 20: I Un Poco allegro; Excursions, Opus 20: II In slow blues tempo;
Excursions, Opus 20: III Allegretto; Excursions, Opus 20: IV Allegro molto; Four Piano
Blue: I Freely Poetic; Four Piano Blue: II Soft and Languid; Four Piano Blue: III Muted
and Sensuous; Four Piano Blue: IV With Bounce; On Gossamer Wings (World
Premiere); American Ballads: I Streets of Laredo; American Ballads: II Wayfaring
Stranger; American Ballads: III The Bird; American Ballads: IV Black Is the Color of My
True Love’s Hair; American Ballads: V Cod Liver Ile; North American Ballads: III Down
by the Riverside; 2nd Piano Sonata: “Concord, Mass. 1840-1860”: III The Alcotts;
Suite from The Plow That Broke the Plains: I Prelude; Suite from The Plow That Broke
the Plains: II Cowboy Songs; Suite from The Plow That Broke the Plains: III Blues;
Suite from The Plow That Broke the Plains: Finale; American Nocturne.
August 2022: Higher Ground
by C. Michael Bailey
DO'A Higher Grounds Outside In Music 2022 Polymath composer, guitarist and pianist, DO'A, possesses an embarrassment of talent equal only to the smoky and concealed mystery surrounding her and her provocative moniker. Her voice is deeply alto: dusky, rich, and indulgent, like dark chocolate, full of crepuscular secrets and seductive ...
Songs of Spring and More New Releases for April
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents new releases from from Callum Au & Claire Martin, Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini with a special single of Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most from Sarah Moule and Simon Wallace in honor of the centennial of T.S. Eliot's poem The Wasteland, which was the song's inspiration, plus birthday shoutouts to ...
Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered
By Lara Downes
Label: Rising Sun Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Prelude from Treemonisha; Weeping Willow; Peacherine Rag; Maple Leaf Rag; The Chrysanthemum; Bethena; The
Entertainer; Reflection Rag; Magnetic Rag; A Picture of Her Face; Euphonic Sounds; Solace; Heliotrope Bouquet; Eugenia;
Elite Syncopations; Swipesy; A Real Slow Drag
New Releases and Birthday Shoutouts To Ella Fitzgerald
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast features new releases from saxophonist Berta Moreno, bassist/vocalist Kristin Korb, guitarist George Gilliam and pianist/vocalist Lauren Lee with birthday shoutouts to Ella Fitzgerald, Roxy Coss, Charles Mingus, Alan Broadbent, Lara Downes and Kendra Shank, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of ...
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