For those unaware, Jason Arkins, hailing from Carmel, NY, is a saxophonist and composer currently in his senior year at the Frost School of Music.

Indeed, Jason was recently named the 2022 Vandoren Emerging Artist Jazz Saxophonist and has achieved many other accolades including YoungArts Finalist, participation in both the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra and NYO Jazz, and he was member of the JAS Aspen Big Band under the direction of Christian McBride.

In January of this year, he released his debut EP entitled In Focus, which features Mike Ramos, Jack Dratch, Leo Folsom, and Beau Cornelius.

1. Mister Behaving (7:26)
2. The Higher Road (7:54)
3. Cut Scene (5:53)
4. In Focus (7:46)
5. A Squeegee Situation (4:31)

This collection of original music inspired by his very own musical journey thus far, opens on the translucently fluctuating melodies within Mister Behaving and the gently furtive The Higher Road and they are in turn backed by the veritably glistening Cut Scene, the joyously sculpted, titular In Focus, with the uplifting EP coming to a close on the all-embracing, dutifully impassioned A Squeegee Situation.

Musicians:
Jason Arkins - Saxophone/Compositions
Beau Cornelius - Piano/Keyboards
Leo Folsom - Synths/Keyboards
Mike Ramos - Bass
Jack Dratch - Drums

Purchase Link

www.jasonarkinsmusic.com