Improv Exchange Podcast
1) Episode #179: Lori Williams
Acclaimed international Jazz vocalist Lori Williams has a most impressive resume as a performing artist, veteran music educator, songwriter, producer, musical theater actress, radio host, business own...Show More
2) Episode #178: Frank Swart
Frank Swart was born and raised in Boston. He grew up hearing the big band swing records and classic Broadway show albums that were in his parentâs record collection, along with the music that his sis...Show More
3) Episode #177: Heather Ward
Heather Ward has recently released her second album, Gilded & Silver. Her debut album, Honeysweet was released in May 2024. She is Canadian but has been based in Seattle since 1997. She attended art s...Show More
4) Episode #176: Diego Pinera
Diego Pinera was born 1981 in Montevideo, Uruguay and has lived in Germany since 2003. He studied drumming at the Berklee College of Music (USA), at the University of Music in Havana (Cuba) and at the...Show More
5) Episode #175 - Keith Lamar & Albert Marques
In 1989, Keith LaMar (aka Bomani Shakur) was sent to prison at age 19 for murder. He had been living in Cleveland, Ohio, where he sold drugs as a means of survival in the Crack-infested streets he kne...Show More
6) Episode #174: Charlie Rosen
Rosen has been hailed by The New York Times as âinsanely ambitious,â âa sort of bridge between genres and generations, embracing Broadway standards, pop songs and the music of Tetris.â Broadway World ...Show More
7) Episode #173: Gabriela Martina & Maxim Lubarsky
Gabriela Martina (CH) and Maxim Lubarsky (UA) have been playing together in different musical settings since 2009 and formed this duo officially back in 2019. They both are vivid performers who seek t...Show More
8) Episode #172: Sean Imoden
Sean Imboden is an American saxophonist and composer. Sean has released three albums as a leader, the most recent being Communal Heart by the Sean Imboden Large Ensemble. His music pioneers forward-th...Show More
9) Episode #171: Lizzie Lee
Lizzie Lee is a genre-defying vocalist blending classical precision with the soul and spontaneity of New Yorkâs jazz tradition. Her voiceâpraised for its rich color and âacrobatics and Ă©lanââoffers a ...Show More
10) Episode #170: Elio Villafranca
Born in the Pinar del RiÌo province of Cuba, Steinway Artist, Grammy Nominated, and 2014 Jalc Millennium Swing Award! recipient pianist and composer Elio Villafranca was classically trained in percuss...Show More