"Most Prized" is out today!! Yay! You can listen to my new album on Bandcamp, or on streaming 🥳
"Most Prized", is a musical love letter to the friendships, mentors, and community I found while living in Philadelphia.
Evan Kappelman - tenor sax
Tim Brey - piano
Dan McCain - bass
Maria Marmarou - drums
Jillian Ashcraft - voice
Mixing and Mastering by Ben Mini
Recording by Justin Bartlett
I especially want to thank my teachers/mentors Greg Kettinger, Bruce Barth, and Dick Oatts for encouraging me to write this music.
I hope you'll check it out! Link in my bio.
Writing music for the girls 🎀
Some higlights from our women in jazz composer showcase a few weeks ago! We had some fantastic writers in the room.
Thank you @creativephl ! Hopefully we can make it an annual thing 👀 reach out to me if you would like to be featured next year!
Tunes in the clips:
• New Yorker Step @jiheenycpianist
• A Big Day at the Park by @belltpt
• Une Femme D’un Certain Âge by me
• Postured by @atenzia.zia
• Cutie Standard by @belltpt
You guys!! I’m getting so excited for this one 🤩 I’ve always wanted to curate a show that highlights women composers in jazz and now it’s happening!
3 sets of original music, all written by women in jazz? Yes please 💁♀️
Swipe to learn more about the composers. You really won’t want to miss this one!
@blacksquirrelclub
April 23 • 7:30 PM
Funded by @creativephl 's Philly Jazz Month Grant
@jiheenycpianist , piano
@sandyeldredbass , bass
@larryshawdrums , drums
Looking forward to playing at Fiction on Tues 3/3!
We'll be playing tunes from my upcoming release "Most Prized", and more! Bring your instrument and come play with us in the jam session 🥳🎶
Hope to see you there!! 🫶🏻
"Most Prized", my upcoming release, is a musical love letter to the friendships, mentors, and community I found while living in Philadelphia.
Available for pre-order now on Bandcamp! AND you can listen to the first track, "Late August", right now on Bandcamp as well!! Link in my bio.
I feel so lucky to have gotten to record with such a killing band! I hope you'll check it out. More to come soon! ❤️☺️
Bell Thompson - trumpet and compositions
Evan Kappelman (@evankjazz ) - tenor sax
Tim Brey (@timbreymusic ) - piano
Dan McCain - bass
Maria Marmarou (@drummingsquirrel ) - drums
Jillian Ashcraft (@jillian.ashcraft ) - vocals
Mixed and Mastered by Ben Mini (@ben_mini_music )
Recorded by Justin Bartlett (@_justin_bartlett )
Photos by Victoria Wilcox (@torian.studios )
Album Art by Steve Thompson
I had so much fun playing in @roellaoloromusic 's quartet at the 96th St Clay Tennis Courts a few weeks ago!! This is a little bit of my solo over Roella's composition, "Can't Let Go"!
@roellaoloromusic - piano and composition
@belltpt - trumpet
@_arturovaldez - bass
@imsammccarthy - drums
