Podcast appearances and mentions of george gee

[2022 Reciepient (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award - "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ] On the show tonight my special guest is George Gee from Baco Rolton, Florida; he is also a active member of the International Recording Artists Straight Company from Louisville, Kentucky.  "Song of the Week" featuring (R.A.I.N.) Realizing An Innate Need from Orlando, Florida.        NEW Single:  "A Merry Holiday" December (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring La Shance from San Francisco, California.     2018 Album "La Shance Acappella" "Funny Bone" ... "Old One Hundreds" ... "Shout Outs" DATE:  December 27, 2024  

[2022 Receipent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Awards - "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ] On the show tonight my special guest is George Gee from Boca Rolton, Florida.  He is a active member of the International Recording Artists Straight Company from Louisville, Kentucky.  Also my special guest is Corey Felton from Rockledge, Florida.  He will be debuting his NEW Single on the show. "Song of the Week" featuring (C3) Christ Chosen Children          Single: "Alright"         Album "The Time is Now" November (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Ron Walker from Edmond, Oklahoma.    2024 Album "Mind, Body and Soul" "Funny Bones" .... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE:  November 15, 2024

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award - "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ] On tonight's show my special guest is Cory Felton from Rockledge, Florida.   He has a NEW Single that we will be debuting on the show.  Also my special is George Gee from Baco Rolton, Florida.  He's a member of the International Recording Artists Straight Company from Louisville, Kentucky. "Song of the Week" featuring Straight Company from Louisville, Kentucky.      Single:  "Unto His Own"        2005 Album "Courtesy of God" August (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Regen Harmony from Nashville, Tennessee. "Funny Bones" ... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE:  August 30, 2024

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award - "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ] On the show tonight my special guest George Gee from Boca Raton, Florida; he will both be debuting his NEW Single on the show. "Song of the Week" featuring Divine Xperience from Tampa, Florida.      NEW Single:  "Neva Going Back" July (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Ron Walker from Edmond, Oklohoma.  2024 Album "Mind, Body and Soul."   "Old One Hundreds" ... "Funny Bones" ... "Shout Outs" DATE:  July 26, 2024

With inspiration from his stylistic ancestors Nat King Cole and Joe Williams, John Dokes brings new life to the deep-souled world of baritone jazz vocals on his elegant new album, Our Day on his Swing Theory Entertainment imprint. In delivering a distinctive post-pandemic outing of classic songs embodied with hopeful passion, Dokes—also promises that his new endeavor is “an album that will make you move.” Our Day features songs associated with Cole (such as the smooth low-toned “Almost Like Being in Love,” the delightful Rodgers and Hart gem, “This Can't Be Love,” the Latin-vibed “L.O.V.E.” that elicits dancing), two vocalese numbers (Jon Hendricks' take on one-time Jazz Messenger composer Bobby Timmons' “Moanin',” Mark Murphy's swinging run through Freddie Hubbard's “Red Clay”), the full-energy pop vibe on Billy Ocean's hit “Suddenly,” the calming Michel Legrand tune “I Will Wait for You” made famous from the Frank Sinatra songbook. “I grew up dancing hip-hop, I made a transition to something that I could do for a longer time in my life,” says Dokes. “I switched to Lindy Hop also known as swing dancing. I came to singing later in my life, but I gravitated to the music I was most passionate about—the eras of the ‘40s, ‘50s, early ‘60s. I started picking songs that really moved me. Dokes' last two albums were quintet affairs. For Our Day, he convened a nonet that includes members of the New York-based George Gee Swing Orchestra where he launched his career as a vocalist. (He documented that with his debut album, John Dokes Sings, George Gee Swings.) Key to the album's success is the arranging of Gee's musical director trombonist David Gibson. “Dave is a great arranger,” Dokes says. “He provides layers for the nonet where everyone has a chance to shine on solos as he fills up the space with his lines.” Now, with his fourth album, Dokes has fully arrived. There's not a dull moment on Our Day. He opens with “Our Day Will Come.” “It's a love song,” Dokes says. but it's also an opening from the past. Now is our time. Now is our day. It's really a song about us as a band coming back together.” Originally, Dokes was in the midst of fashioning a trilogy of quintet recordings (2017's Forever Reasons and 2019's True Love on Ian Hendrickson-Smith's Rondette Jazz label). While the third album is still in the works, a couple of events intervened. “I got derailed,” says Dokes. “First, my drummer Lawrence Leathers died after True Love came out. I moved to Chicago with my wife and two children. Then there was the pandemic that changed how I was looking at the future. I had to restart my brain. I decided to work on some of my material that had never been recorded. I contacted George Gee and he was working on his nonet's Christmas album in May 2023, so we combined that with David arranging my album. It was a back-to-back operation of small big bands.” The nonet comprises saxophonists Anthony Nelson Jr. and Michael Hashim, multi-reeds player Patience Higgins, trumpeters Freddie Hendrix and Andy Gravish, Gibson on trombone. pianist Steve Einerson, bassist Malik McLaurine and drummer Chris Latona. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas who grew up living in Oakland, California, Dokes never dreamed of becoming a professional singer even though he was fascinated by black-and-white reruns of Nat Coles' short-lived 15-minute network television show that ran on NBC in 1956. “I watched them nonstop before I ever thought about singing,“ Dokes says. “But there was his elegance, his smoothness, his ease. That resonated with me. And it informed how I approach my singing today. I don't dive into a lot of vocal acrobatics - but like some of my favorite acrobatic and non-acrobatic singers I like to lean in and tell the story to connect with my audience.” His father was steeped in music while Dokes was growing up. He played Nat King Cole albums in the house, and he was in an r&b band in the Bay Area in the ‘70s that often opened for soul/r&b stars of the day like The Whispers and The Stylistics. He moved to New York and became a regular at swing dance shows including dates by the George Gee Swing Orchestra. One of his dance partners was the legendary Lindy Hopper, cabaret star, alto sax player Dawn Hampton, the cousin of jazz hero Lionel Hampton and sister of legendary trombonist and composer Slide Hampton. She told him that she really liked his voice when he was dancing. “If Dawn likes my voice, I'm going to surprise her one night and sing a couple of songs with George's band. George only knew me as a dancer. He saw my potential and asked me to join the band. That built my confidence and gave me the path to get better.”

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award - "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ] On tonight's show my special guest is the International Recording Artists Straight Company from Louisville, Kentucky.  Jesse Murrah (Essej); George Gee and Chris Turner.  Also Anthony Blunt he is the host of the Gospel Train Radio Show that you can tune into LIVE on Facebook, and on 94.7 FM WWBC 1510 AM in Rockledge, Florida. "Song of the Week" featuring Straight Company from Louisville, Kentucky.    Single: "I'll Go"                2020 Album "(A.M.G.) Amazing Magnificent God Legend" May (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Sincere Praise from Athens, Alabama.  2008 Album "Sincere Praise" "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" ... "Funny Bones" DATE:  May 24, 2024

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award -"Outstandig Achievement in Record or Radio" ] On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from Baca Raton, Florida.  He is currently on tour with Straight Company from Louisville, Kentucky. "Song of the Week " features Antony "Tony" Carter      Single: "Give Me A Song To Sing Like Jesus"         2020 Album "My All" April (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Regen Harmony from Nashville, Tennessee. "Funny Bones" ...."Old One Hundreds"... "Shout Outs" DATE:  April 26, 2024  

This month on Arts In The City… we take a look at the fashion of sleeves; visit a century-old fabric flower factory; discover The Secret World of Elephants; ​chat with big band leader George Gee; and check out Ukrainian folk singing in NYC.

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award -  "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ] On tonight's show my special guest is Rakia Greene from Rochester, New York.  Her NEW Single: "The Sky" will be debuting on the show as my "Song of the Week."  Also my special guest is George Gee from Baco Roton, Florida.  He has a NEW Single that he will be debuting on the show.  NEW Single: "Joyful Noise" "Song of the Week" featuring Rakia Greene       NEW Single: "The Sky" "Monthly Triple Spin" featuring Anissa Cooper from Memphis, Tennessee       2020 Album "Stronghold" "Funny Bones" .... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE: February 23, 2024

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award - "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ]. On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida.  He will be debuting his NEW Single on the show. "Song of the Week" featuring Greg Owens & Dwanye from East Saint Louis, Missiour. January (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Straight Company from Louisville, Kentucky. "Funny Bones" ... "Old One Hundreds" ... "Shout Outs" DATE:  January 26, 2024

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award - "Outstanding Achievenment in Record or Radio" ] On tonight's show George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida will be debuting a NEW single. "Song of the Week" featuring Sincere Praise from Athens, Alabama      Single: "No Other Help"        2008 Album "Sincere Praise"  November (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring (C3) Christ Chosen Children from Athens, Alabama. "Funny Bones" ... "Old One Hundreds" ... "Shout Outs" DATE:  November 24, 2023

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award - "Outstanding Achievenment in Record or Radio" ].    On tonight's show I will have a special guest Host Melvin Jackson from High Point, North Carolina.  With my special guest is Lakeba from South Haven, Mississippi.  She is the spoke person for Kappella Radio.com. in Memphis, Tennessee.  Also later in the show my special guest is George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida.  He will be debuting a NEW Single.   "Song of the Week" featuring (C3) Christ Chosen Children from Athen, Alabama.     Single: "Alright" October (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Chris Turner from Burlington, New Jersey. "Funny Bones" .... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE: October 27, 2023

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artist Award - "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ] On tonight's show my special guests will be George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida and Eric Gwin from Montgomery, Alabama.  They will both be debuting their NEW Singles on the show. "Song of the Week" featuring Committed Acappella Choir from Rogersville, Alabama.  Single: "Blessed, Saved and Santified."      2017 Album "We're Not From Here" August (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring (R.A.I.N.) Realizing An Innate Need from Orlando, Florida. "Funny Bones" .... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE:  August 25, 2023

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artist Award - "Outstanding Achievenment in Record or Radio" ].   On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida. "Song of the Week" featuring Exodus 2.0 from Los Angeles, California.         NEW Single: "The Lord is in This Place"       2023 Album "The Lord is in This Place" June (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Dr. Joi Carr from Malibu, California.  "Funny Bones" ......"Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout It Out" DATE:  June 30, 2023

[2022 Reciepent (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artist - "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ].  On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida will be debuting a NEW Single.   "Song of the Week" featuring Thurmond Metters from Temple, Texas.  NEW Single: "Hallelujah to the Highest" May (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring (F.G.F.C.C.) Future Grown Folks Presents from Athen, Alabama.        "Old One Hundreds" .... "Funny Bones" ..... "Shout Outs" DATE:  May 26, 2023

[2022 Reciepient (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Award - "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ] On tonight's show my special guests is N'Season from the Bay Area in California.  We will be debuting some NEW music from this acappella group.  Also my special guest is George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida.   "Song of the Week" featuring La Shance from San Franscio, California.  2018 EP "La Shance Acappella"    Single: "N Reverse" March (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Exodus 2.0 from Los Angeles, California. "Funny Bones" .... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE: March 24, 2023

[2022 Reciepient (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award - "Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio" ].  On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida.   "Song of the Week" featuring Tabernacle from Houston, Texas.       Single: "Gospel Train" Febraury (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Durant from Nashville, Tennessee. "Funny Bones" ... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE:  February 24, 2023

[2022 Reciepient (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award - Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio] On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida and Steven Thompson from the acappella group "The Gospel Blend from Chicago, Illniois.  We have two NEW Single that we will be debuting on the show tonight.  Also my special guest is Hammond Burke from Plano, Texas.  He is the creator and founder of the Shelcaster Network and the Facebook group "World of Acappella" on Facebook. "Song of the Week" featuring The Soul Influence from Houston, Texas.  2007 Album "You Gotta Believe"      Single: "That's All I Think About" January (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Mo City Singers from Missiouri City, Texas.  2010 Album "Sanctuary"   Featuring Monte Cuba from Houston, Texas. "Funny Bones" ... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs"  DATE: January 27, 2023 

[2022 Reciepient (NACAMA) National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Award - Outstanding Achievement in Record or Radio] --- [2018 Nominee (NACAMA) ] "2022 ARTISTS APPRECIATION SHOW" I want to thank all of the acappella artists, producers, writers and comedians that appeared on the show for the year 2022. On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida.  Also Ronald Walker from Atlanta, Georgia.  Also Tiffany Machille Bumphis from Rochester, New Yorker.  They all will be debuting NEW Singles on the show. "Song of the Week" featuring Tiffany Machille Bumphis from Rochester, New York       NEW Single: "You Said" January (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring the Mo City Singers from Missouri City, Texas.   2010 Album "Sanctuary" "Funny Bones" .... "Old One Hundreds" ... "Shout Outs" DATE:  January 6, 2023

[2018 Nominee NACAMA National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artist Award] On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from West Psalm Beach, Florida.  We will be debuting some NEW Singles. "Song of the Week" featuring Cornelius "The Strong" Edwards from Galveston, Texas.      NEW Single: "Washed By The Blood of Jesus" September (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring George Gee from West Psalm Beach, Florida. "Funny Bones" .... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE: September 30, 2022

[2018 Nominee NACAMA National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artist Award] On tonight's show my special guest is Louise Cooper from Dizel Records from Memphis, Tennessee.  We will be debuting his NEW Single: "God is Good." "Song of the Week" featuring Louise Cooper from Dizel Records from Memphis, Tennessee.   NEW Single: "God is Good" September (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring George Gee from West Psalm, Florida. "Funny Bones" .... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE:  September 23, 2023

[2018 Nominee NACAMA National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artist Award] Stevie B. is playing the world's greatest acappella gospel music artists; the sweet sounds of voices.  On tonight's show my special guest is Comedian Nate Williams from Little Rock, Arkansas.    "Song of the Week" featuring Dorain Paul from Houston, Texas.  Single: "Rough Day"  2007 Album "ACCA Ther Praise"  Volumne One. September (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida. "Funny Bones" .... "Old One Hundreds" ... "Shout Outs" DATE:  September 9, 2022

[2018 Nominee NACAMA National Academy Christian Acappella Music Artist Award] On tonight's show my special guest J.T. Edmerson aka Cali J.T. from Reseda, Califorina.  He is a member of the acappella group Exodus 2.0.  he will be debuting their new single from their new 2022 Album "The Lord is in This Place." "Song of the Week" featuring Curtis Williamson from Miami, Florida.  NEW Single: "Trust In Him." September (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring George Gee from West Palm Beach, Florida.  "Funny Bones" ... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE:  September 2, 2022

[2028 NACAMA National Academy Christian Acappella Musice Artist Award] On tonight show my special guest is George Gee from Miami, Florida, who will be debuting some NEW singles.  Also my special guest is (R.A.I.N.) Realing An Innate Need from Orlando, Florida.  We are debuting their NEW Single. "Song of the Week" featuring Angelena Kyles - "When God Says No" (NEW Single)  Boston, Massachusetts August (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Nu Image from Nashville, Tennessee (1999 Album "Christ N U"  2010 Album "NU Life" Funny Bones,... Old One Hundreds,... Shout Outs DATE: August 26  

[2018 Nominee NACAMA National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artist Award] On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from Chicago, Illnois.  He will be debuting his NEW Singles. "Song of the Week" featuring Anissa Cooper from Memphis, Tennessee   NEW Single: "God's Hand"    2020 Album "Stronghold" July (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring The Soul Influence from Houston, Texas.   2001 Album "Persuded"       2007 Album "You Gotta Believe" "Funny Bones" ... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE:  July 29, 2022    

[2018 Nominee NACAMA National Academy Christian Acappella Music Artist Award] On tonight's show my special guest is Chef Brian Brown from Atlanta, Georgia.  He is the promoter for the "The Acappella Experience Tour."  Al Pratt is the founder of the NACAMA National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artist Award, from Hollywood, Florida. "Song of the Week" featuring George Gee from Chicago, Illnois.  NEW Single: "Just Another Time" July (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring The Soul Influence from Houston, Texas.  2001 Album "Persuaded" and 2007 Album "You Gotta Believe." "Funny Bone" .... "Old One Hundreds" ... "Shout Outs" DATE: July 8, 2022

[2018 Nominee NACAMA National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artist Award] On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from Chicago, Illnois.  He will be debutting some new music on the show. "Song of the Week" featuring June (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Monte Cuba from Houston, Texas.  2020 Album "Learning" "Funny Bones" ... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE:  June 23, 2022

[2018 Nominee NACAMA National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artist Awards] On tonight's show my special guest is George Gee from Chicago, Illnois.  Stevie B. is playing the world's greatest acappella gospel artists; the sweet sounds of voices.  "Song of the Week" featuring the Genesis Archer from Jacksonville, Florida.  Single: "Walk With Me"       2012 Album "I'm A Soldier" May (Monthly Triple Spin) featuring Vizion from Houston, Texas.  2019 Album "While I Am Still Young" "Funny Bones" .... "Old One Hundreds" .... "Shout Outs" DATE: May 27, 2022  

[2018 Nominee NACAMA National Academy of Christian Acappella Music Artists Awards] [Top 20 Countdown Show - May 2022]  On tonights show Stevie B. is counting down his Top 20 acappella gospel songs for the month of May 2022. "Song of the Week" featuring George Gee from Chicago, Illnois       NEW Single: "Hold On" "Funny Bones" DATE:  May 20, 2022

It's Friday, time to make stories for Monday! Or at least make questions for Frank because it's time for this week's Ask Frank Anything. Frank has been blessed with amazing luck... besides when he steps up to the craps table. He asks listeners what strike of dumb-luck they were hit with that changed their lives. It is Friday, so Frank gathers the stories from the past week that deserve shame and dishonor in this week's edition of Denunciations. Clinical hypnotherapist, motivational speaker and author, 5th kind UFO contactee, and at this point, mythical figure Dr. Turi joins the program to talk about his latest prediction dates that everyone should be alerted of. Swing big band leader, and New York staple, George Gee joins The Other Side of Midnight to talk about his career, his inspirations, and revival wave of swing and big band music. To close out the show, Frank is joined by fan-favorites Marlaina Schiavo & David Schwartz who have a panel discussion of the biggest headlines today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Swing big band leader, and New York staple, George Gee joins The Other Side of Midnight to talk about his career, his inspirations, and revival wave of swing and big band music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, former processional basketball player and owner of Strength N Motion International George "Gee" Gervin Jr. talks about his life growing up, and about his business career. Gee talks about how it was growing up being the son of Hall of Fame Basketball player George Gervin, and the obstacles that he went through as a player. He talks about his time at the University of Houston playing for Hall of Fame player Clyde Drexler, and how he was received by the city of Houston during that time. He discusses his journey playing overseas, his post playing career as the owner of Strength N Motion developing players, and coaching in Ice Cubes Big 3 League.

George Gee with Sen. Tom Begic

George Gee discusses his book, Flutters from Side Street: Dry Erase Drawings, Social Discourse and Political Ramblings and shares his thoughts about life. ( Note, the presentation is also posted in iTunes.) In 1992, George Gee and his wife Deborah Seaton opened Side Street Espresso, on G St. in downtown Anchorage. Soon the daily white boards for the cafe mirrored the intensity of contemporary American culture with social and political caricatures and commentary. Whereas George would erase each board at the end of the day, starting in 1997, he began to preserve the artwork, which resulted in the book, Flutters from Side Street: Volume One, Dry Erase Drawings, Social and Political Commentary, and Reflections From A Morning Walk To Work. The book is an amazing collection of dry erase drawings that highlight pieces of Anchorage and American history.

George Gee discusses his book, Flutters from Side Street: Dry Erase Drawings, Social Discourse and Political Ramblings and shares his thoughts about life. (Note, the audio podcast is also posted in iTunes.) In 1992, George Gee and his wife Deborah Seaton opened Side Street Espresso, on G St. in downtown Anchorage. Soon the daily white boards for the cafe mirrored the intensity of contemporary American culture with social and political caricatures and commentary. Whereas George would erase each board at the end of the day, starting in 1997, he began to preserve the artwork, which resulted in the book, Flutters from Side Street: Volume One, Dry Erase Drawings, Social and Political Commentary, and Reflections From A Morning Walk To Work. The book is an amazing collection of dry erase drawings that highlight pieces of Anchorage and American history.

This podcast is brought to you by Second Line Arts Collective. Find out how you can join the second line at SecondLineArts.org. Jon Beshay and I had a very interesting conversation about his origin, leveraging intensity, and the direction of the music he creates! This one is definitely a good one. Connect with Jon here: https://www.facebook.com/jbeshay Connect with Darrian Here: SecondLineArts.Org Bio: Jonathan Beshay-jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer-says that there's no other agenda when his group takes the bandstand.  Fortunately for audiences, Beshay likes to hear good music.  His first role models were the old masters of jazz (John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and Lester Young) but it would be a mistake to assume that modern music isn't fair game for Beshay.  Artists such as Walter Smith and John Ellis make their way onto his list of influences, all uttered in the same breath as Coleman Hawkins and Woody Shaw.  When pressed, he compares his musical process to the late Mulgrew Miller's; something that is rooted deep down in the history of jazz, but has blossomed outward into an art that is unique and new. The result is an adaptable, energetic, fearlessly hard-swinging sound that pulls from a vast body of musical sources.  Beshay has no trouble moving from the street-band wailing of traditional jazz to the intricate post-bop melodies of a Joe Henderson tune.  It's all fair game, “. . . as long as it sounds good!”  And it does sound good—these musicians are hungry, playing with the fire and easy confidence that come from being completely at home in a genre. Beshay's band is a mix of fresh young faces, some familiar and some not.  The 2011 graduate of Michigan State University is working hard to push his own writing and that of other people his age.  “The future of the music is in my peers,” he says, and that's fueling his drive to create a band that's more than just a collection of disparate individuals.  “The way that Miles Davis, Art Blakey injected their bands with such incredible personality, such a strong unified sound . . . that's the level I'm aiming for.” He's also served as the musical director on tours with Winard Harper's band for more than two years, through the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, and the Omani Royal Opera House, and is currently the musical director for his brother, Philip Harper. Beshay also spent seven weeks in Doha, Qatar performing to an international audience at the St. Regis. Between that, a brief stint with Delfayo Marsalis in New Orleans, a Downbeat Magazine award, and playing in George Gee's Swing Orchestra, the young saxophone player is keeping very, very busy. Support this podcast

This month, I am joined by one of the swing world’s most popular bandleaders and sought-after clarinetists, Paul Cosentino. Paul founded the Boilermaker Jazz Band in 1988 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and quickly became a mainstay at traditional jazz and Dixieland festivals for over a decade. Then in 2001, the Boilermakers first played specifically for Lindy Hoppers at the first PittStop Lindy Hop and have been a fixture in the swing dance scene ever since, playing around the world at countless exchanges and events like ILHC and DCLX. Paul and I got together at Stompology in Rochester NY, where we spoke about his extended family of musicians, his immersion in the Great American songbook at an early age, some of his early gigs playing clarinet with George Gee’s Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra in the 80's, and the Boilermakers' transition from Trad Jazz festivals to Lindy Hop events. We also discussed the differences between being a sideman and a bandleader, touched on some of the great jazz clarinetists, explored the magic of improvisation both on the bandstand and the dance floor, and wondered if popular music will ever again see another Cole Porter.

"I think Iâ??m the only Chinese/American Big Band Leader in the country," says George Gee, and a more enthusiastic proponent of this music cannot be found. George discusses keeping this music alive and the great advice he got from his mentor Count Basie.

Welcome to episode #042 of Hey Mister Jesse. June's show features a recap of Frankie's 95th Birthday Festival with George Gee s hard-swinging transcription of the music from "Hellzapoppin " and an eMusic spotlight on the festival's bands, an unreleased track from The Jonathan Stout Orchestra shared by lindy hopper/audio engineer Marcelo Tes n, lots of audience feedback and a brand new track from The Yalloppin Hounds' upcoming album. (60 minutes)

Welcome to episode #015 of Hey Mister Jesse. March's show features lots of news, another episode of 2-Second Spins, an interview with George Gee, unreleased songs by The George Gee Swing Orchestra, and listener comments. (67 minutes)