Sunday, December 24, 2017

USA: Jason Keiser & Jason Day-Conversations with Jason(2017)

Jason Keiser & Jason Day | Conversations with Jason
The duet's of Jason Keiser on guitar and Jason Day on piano in the new album, Conversations with Jason feature a wide variety of jazz duets including a rearranged composition by professional guitarist in bluegrass and the acoustic jazz scene, Tony Rice.
"Jason is a breath of fresh air in the local jazz landscape, bringing an Americana roots oriented approach to the standard repertoire "-Gus Kambeitz- Professional Bay Area Bassist & Music Educator. Jason Keiser is currently finishing his Undergraduate Degree in Bluegrass & Jazz Music Studies, and has currently been accepted into San José State Universities Masters Program in Jazz Studies, to begin his Master's Degree in the Fall of 2018. He is the recent recipient of The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Music Scholarship in 2016 for his guitar playing in Bluegrass from The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in Oak Hill, New York. As well, he is a recipient of East Tennessee State Universities Public Performance Scholarship & Roy M. Huskey Memorial Scholarship Endowment in 2017.