John Beasley

Arts Desk

Jazz Album of the Week: Saxophonist Bob Sheppard Shows The Fine Line Between Levittown and LA

Matt Silver

Monday, July 22, 2019. Hollywood, California and Levittown, Pennsylvania don't have much in common, though both can stake a claim to saxophonist Bob…
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Meet The Man Who Assembles The World's Biggest Jazz Concert

Howard Mandel

Pianist and composer John Beasley isn't exactly a household name. But he's now been tapped twice to direct many of them during the star-studded International Jazz Day concert. So is it difficult to play "jazz police" in an ancient church in Istanbul?