NEC Alumni & Faculty Represented in NPR's 2023 Best Jazz Albums

Published on December 21, 2023

There are multiple NEC community members represented on NPR's list of the 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2023! Alumnus Darcy James Argue ’02 MM made the list for his album "Dynamic Maximum Tension." NEC jazz faculty member Jason Moran was included for his release "From the Dancefloor to the Battlefield." Jason Palmer, another jazz faculty member, collaborated on Allison Miller’s "Rivers in Our Veins" with alumna Carmen Staaf ’05 Tufts/NEC.

Congratulations, all!

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