This is the one hundred and seventy-third in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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Mark G. Meadows began playing a toy keyboard when he was three and had serious piano lessons at five.
A professional as a teenager, Meadows earned degrees from John Hopkins University and the Peabody Conservatory.
He has since worked with everyone from Usher and Renee Fleming to Kendrick Lamar, Kamasi Washington, Bobby McFerrin, Terence Blanchard, Kurt Elling, and Warren Wolf among others.
Meadows has also acted and been the musical director in shows (including a tribute to Nat King Cole, Ain’t Misbehavin,’” and Jelly’s Last Jam), performed as a singer, and led four albums of his own so far.
On his LiveStream from Aug. 05, 2020, he plays an electric keyboard, accompanying and interacting with the versatile singer Christie Dashiell on a set of original material that covers several moods and idioms while always being creative jazz.
This is the two hundred tenth in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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One of the top jazz organists of the past 15 years, Akiko Tsuruga was born in Osaka, Japan, started playing organ when she was three, and moved to New York City in 2001 where she had lessons from Dr. Lonnie Smith.
An excellent straight ahead jazz player, Ms. Tsuruga worked for years with Lou Donaldson and has led at least 11 records of her own since 2004, often using guitarist Graham Dechter and drummer Jeff Hamilton.
On her LiveStream from Oct. 22, 2020, Akiko Tsuruga plays mostly lesser-known swinging standards, ballads and a blues in a trio with trumpeter-flugelhornist Joe Magnarelli and Dred Scott on congas.
