The Pace Report: "Future Stride" The Emmet Cohen Interview

The Pace Report: "Future Stride" The Emmet Cohen Interview,
Welcome to this special edition of The Pace Report live from the famed Birdland Jazz Club for the Official Reopening Ceremonies featuring Mack Avenue Records artist, Emmet Cohen.

Due to strict health guidelines for New York City restaurants and music venues for the last 15 months, Birdland owner and proprietor Gianni Valenti closed the club as a way to keep music fans safe but to also to make way for reopening now that the restrictions are now lifted.

Pianist and Mack Avenue Records artist Emmet Cohen opened the grand reopening festivities as an official record release party for his latest recording "Future Stride." The album features his trio consisting of Russell Hall on bass and Kyle Poole on drums with special guests Mellissa Aldana and Marquis Hill. Emmet pays homage to the great Stride Piano players from the Roaring 20's with some of his original and classic compositions.

Emmet is the 2019 winner of the American Pianist Association competition as well as a Cole Porter Fellow.

He has been one of a few artists during the entire COVID-19 pandemic to travel play all over the world at a time when many of the music venues had to shut down due to health restrictions.

His weekly live podcast "Live From Emmet's Place" has been seen by well over one million viewers and is shot in his apartment in Harlem. Some of his special guests include Christian McBride, Joe Lovano, Veronica Swift, Johnny O'Neal, and Benny Bennack III.

I sat down with Emmet during the Birdland reopening festivities to talk about the origins of stride piano as well as the success of his television show.

For more info on Emmet's tour dates as well as to order his latest CD, please visit him online at www.EmmetCohen.com. Or, visit his social media pages at Facebook.com/HeyEmmet or Instagram.com/HeyEmmet.

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