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FINE TUNED

Bassist and composer Michael Feinberg recently released his eighth album as a bandleader, Hard Times—aptly titled given current events. He’s joined by Leo Genovese on keyboards and synths, Billy Buss on trumpet, Godwin Louis on alto, Noah Preminger on tenor, Gabriel Globus-Hoenig on percussion, and Orrin Evans on piano—and there’s also a very special guest, Randy Brecker, who would likely not have been available for the session in non-pandemic circumstances, explains Feinberg. Moreover, this is no ordinary jazz album, he adds: It’s a record with a mission.

Where are you from, Michael?

I’m from Atlanta. I went to University of Miami for school, and as soon as I graduated, I got the van and drove up to New York.

Miami must have been a fun place to go

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