We’re Still Here
NYO Jazz’s first full-length studio album, We’re Still Here, is now available for digital download and on all streaming platforms.
The album—recorded during the ensemble’s summer 2021 training residency at Purchase College, State University of New York, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic—features Carnegie Hall–commissioned works, a range of classic and contemporary jazz repertoire, and works exploring themes that include social justice, resilience, and the power of music to spark joy.
The CD is also available at the Carnegie Hall Shop.
NYO Jazz
We’re Still Here
Sean Jones, Artistic Director
with Special Guest Melissa Aldana
Featuring Wycliffe Gordon
- A Taste of Honey (Duke Pearson)*
- Pleasingly Plump (Quincy Jones)*
- Oyelo (Miguel Zenón)
- Mr. Jones and Co. (Ayn Inserto; 2019 NYO Jazz commission)
- Bedouin (Duke Pearson)
- We’re Still Here / He’s Alright (Wycliffe Gordon)
- Fête dans la tête (John Beasley; 2020 NYO Jazz commission)
- Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool (Duke Ellington and Laura Rembert, arr. Reginald Thomas)
- RPM’s (Igmar Thomas; 2021 NYO Jazz commission)
- Run with Jones (Miguel Zenón; 2018 NYO Jazz commission)
- Cute (Neal Hefti)
- I Be Serious ‘Bout Dem Blues (John Clayton)*
- The Art of War (Ralph Peterson)
- Transitions (Sean Jones)
*Digital exclusive