DOMi, Domitille Degalle (born March 2, 2000), grew up in France and was a music prodigy from the get-go. She started with a rigorous, traditional conservatory training.
JD Beck, James Dennis Beck (born May 3, 2003), grew up in Dallas and was discovered at a jazz session when he was 11 and was nurtured by the local Dallas jazz scene.
I’m afraid I don’t know who the drummer, the bass, and sax player are. I suspect this is from when DOMi was a teenager at Berklee before she adopted her stage persona and joined up with JD Beck.
The two met at a 2018 NAMM trade show and a jam that night sparked their partnership. JD was 15, and DOMi was 18. Jazz lives.
They have since been thoroughly discovered.
Behind the scenes with DOMi and JD Beck
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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Calvin started playing drums with Prime Time as a teenager. He was introduced to Ornette by fellow Philadelphian guitarist Charlee Elberbe.
– Ken McCarthy
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Julia Keefe, Nez Perce, Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 8) and Background Vocals (track 3 only)
– Ken McCarthy
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A few months ago, we mailed a video with two jazz pianists doing a deep dive into the extraordinary – and underestimated – song book of Carol King.
Here is a young (to me) trumpeter setting the world on fire with DEEPLY informed listening sessions.
He’s transcribed and memorized more solos that I can imagine any human being transcribing and every now and then he picks up his horn and plays along, note-for-note perfectly.
This is a relatively new channel and this young man is killing it. Let’s send him some love.
If you’re an educator, make sure your students are clued into this.
If you’ve never had the transcendent experience of listening to great music with an all-pro musician at your elbow, here it is.
(Note: You will surely be hooked after one episode!)
Imagine two jazz pianists sitting down and enthusiastically talking about one of their favorite pop albums from one of our most under-appreciated (but still famous) songwriters.
If you’re up for this kind of thing, here’s Adam Manes and Peter Martin riffing on one of the great masterpieces of the American Songbook.
I learned some surprising things from this. You may too.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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A shortlist of some of the master musicians who passed in 2025
A Jazz on the Tube playlist
1. Bunky Green (1933-2025) – Tension & Release (00:00)
2. Al Foster (1943-2025) – Aloysius (07:42)
3. Roy Ayers (1940-2025) – Vibrations (15:04)
4. Andy Bey (1939-2025) – Celestial Blues (18:01)
5. George Freeman (1927-2025) – Jungle Strut (21:13)
6. Cleo Laine (1927-2025) – Crazy Rhythm (28:31)
7. Hal Galper (1938-2025) – Waiting for Chet (32:12)
8. Chuck Mangione (1940-2025) – Feels so Good (40:17)
9. Nancy King (1940-2025) – Cheek to Cheek (43:44)
10. Eddie Palmieri (1936-2025) – La Libertad/Comparsa (52:27)
11. Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) – Toccata from Gillespiana (01:04:03)
12. Sheila Jordan (1928-2025) – Dat Dere (01:08:55)
13. Alan Bergman (1925-2025) – The Way We Were (01:11:37)
14. Hermeto Pascoal (1936-2025) – Sâo Jorge (01:16:10)
15. Akiko Tsuruga (1967-2025) – So Cute, So Bad (01:18:46)
16. Anthony Jackson (1952-2025) – Not Yet (01:25:33)
17. Mike Wofford (1938-2025) – Speedball (01:31:36)
18. Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025) – Silver Hollow (01:38:48)
19. Herb Gardner (1938-2025) – Slow Boat to China (01:45:09)
20. Phil Upchurch (1941-2025) – All I want from you (01:44:58)
21. Gordon Goodwin (1954–2025) – Hit the Ground Running (01:50:20)
22. Jim McNeely (1949-2025) – In This Moment (01:55:15)
23. Ray Drummond (1946-2025) – Things ain’t what they used to be (02:02:44)
