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New England Conservatory Alumni and Faculty recognized in New York Times and DownBeat Magazine Recordings by New England Conservatory alumni and faculty have been recognized in the New York Times’ Best Jazz Albums of 2024 and DownBeat magazine’s Best Albums of 2024, maintaining a longstanding presence among the world’s leading musicians. You Think This America by the trio Tarbaby, which includes drummer and NEC faculty member Nasheet Waits, was named the No. 1 Jazz Album of the Year by the New York Times. Frank London ’80 earned the No. 8 spot for Spirit Stronger Than Blood. Waits was also recognized in DownBeat magazine’s Best Albums of 2024, which includes 21 releases featuring NEC alumni and faculty. Waits was acknowledged for Tarbaby’s You Think This America and for his album New York Love Letter (Bitter Sweet). Other faculty members honored were pianists Ethan Iverson for Technically Acceptable and Frank Carlberg ’92 MM for Elegy for Thelonious. NEC-affiliated pianists who were recognized include Zaccai Curtis ’03, ’05 GD for Cubop Lives, Randy Ingram ’02 MM for Aries Dance, Matthew Shipp, who studied for a year in NEC’s Third Stream Department (now the Contemporary Musical Arts department), for New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz, Dan Tepfer ’05 MM for Internal Melodies, Phillip Golub ’18 MM for Abiding Memory, and Fred Hersch ’77 for Silent, Listening. Saxophonists on DownBeat’s list include Noah Preminger ’16 MM for Confusing Motion for Progress, Matana Roberts ’03 MM for Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the Garden, and Jeremy Udden ’00 ’03 MM for Wishing Flower. Honored vocalists were Luciana Souza ’94 MM for Twenty-Four Short Musical Episodes and Sunny Kim ’05 MM for Liminal Silence. Other alumni featured include flutist Jamie Baum ’81 for her septet release What Times Are These, multi-instrumentalist Brian Landrus ’07 MM for Brian Landrus Plays Ellington and Strayhorn, trombonist J.C. Sanford ’89 MM ’01 DM for New Past, trumpeter Dave Douglas for Gifts, and bassist Kim Cass ’07 for Confusing Motion for Progress and Levs. Chaotic Neutral by guitarist Max Light ’15, MM was recognized as a DownBeat Editors’ Pick. About New England Conservatory (NEC) Founded by Eben Tourjée in Boston, Massachusetts in 1867, New England Conservatory (NEC) represents a new model of music school that combines the best of European tradition with American innovation. The school stands at the center of Boston’s rich cultural history and musical life, presenting concerts at the renowned Jordan Hall. Propelled by profound artistry, bold creativity, and deep compassion, NEC seeks to amplify musicians’ impact on advancing our shared humanity and empowers students to meet today’s changing world head-on, equipped with the tools and confidence to forge multidimensional lives of artistic depth and relevance. As an independent, not-for-profit institution that educates and trains musicians of all ages from around the world, NEC is recognized internationally as a leader among music schools. It cultivates a diverse, dynamic community, providing music students of more than 40 countries with performance opportunities and high-caliber training from 225 internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. NEC pushes the boundaries of music-making and teaching through college-level training in classical, jazz and contemporary improvisation. Through unique interdisciplinary programs such as Entrepreneurial Musicianship and Community Performances & Partnerships, it empowers students to create their own musical opportunities. As part of NEC’s mission to make lifelong music education available to everyone, the Expanded Education division delivers training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students, and adults. |
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