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  • March 25, 2024

      “Nevertheless” was composed for, recorded by, and premiered at Carnegie Hall by Trio Casals – Alexandr Kislitsyn, violin, Anna Kislitsyna, piano, & Ovidiu Marinescu, cello. Click to hear Trio Casals perform Nevertheless on YouTube

  • January 22, 2024

    January 22, 2024 marks the 100th birthday of jazz trombone great J.J. Johnson. One of my career highlights was working with him. In 1984 I had just finished a spotting session with Earle Hagen on the Warner lot for the [...]

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A GRAND JOURNEY VOL. 2 - Album Cover
SUSTAIN VOL. 3 - Album Cover
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“An impression of musicality which is very pleasant, indeed… a convincing sense of an overall mood… knows what he wants … sure of what he’s doing.”

– Aaron Copland

“…a musician who blends superior craftsmanship with a colourful, expressive sense of narrative.”

– Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone
on TIME, STILL

“Like a master sculptor of sonic marble, Babcock carves out wonderfully energetic dissonances; never allowing an unneeded doubling to disrupt his perfect balance.”

– Casey Cook, judge, The American Prize
on Be Still