Emmet Cohen - Future Stride

Winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards

Limited time album download included

Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation's pivotal figures in music and the related arts. Leader of the Emmet Cohen Trio and creator of the Masters Legacy Series, he is an internationally acclaimed jazz artist, dedicated music educator and the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists Association as well as Artist-in-Residence at the University of Indianapolis.

On his latest album, Cohen revisits one of the music's earliest forms without a trace of quaintness or throwback pastiche by meticulously covering the genre's lexicon spanning the past century and melding its context with "modern" music. Future Stride instead finds the immediacy in a stylistic approach that can speak volumes to modern listeners open to recognizing its thrilling vitality. Though he's made a point of connecting with masters from the past throughout his still-young career, Cohen pointedly invites a group of his peers to realize this project, including his longtime rhythm section partners, bassist Russell Hall and drummer Kyle Poole, along with two of modern jazz's most progressive voices, trumpeter Marquis Hill and saxophonist Melissa Aldana.

Cohen is the 2019 winner of the American Pianists Awards presented by the America Pianists Association. The goal of the Association is to discover, promote and advance the careers of young, American, world-class jazz and classical pianists. The APA celebrates the beauty of music through America's premier jazz and classical awards. Visit www.americanpianists.org for more information.

Side A

1. Symphonic Raps

2. Reflections at Dusk

3. Toast to Lo

4. Future Stride

5. Pitter Panther Patter

Side B

1. Second Time Around

2. Dardanella

3. You Already Know

4. My Heart Stood Still

5. Little Angel

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