The Jazz Hole with Linus spotlights NYC-based bassist and composer Sam Bevan today in form of a two-part phone interview. Sam Bevan recently released his new album Emergence, recorded a couple of years ago in the San Francisco Bay Area just before moving to New York. You can purchase the album in most online stores, including sambevan.bandcamp.com. Next to Sam Bevan, you can listen to tracks from two other brand new albums today: The title track from The Richard Shulman Group’s new album Turned Into Lemonade, and two tracks from Two Hands To Tango by the Norwegian pianist Håkon Skogstad

The Richard Shulman Group - Turned Into Lemonade

Album: Turned Into Lemonade

Richard Shulman (p), Jacob Rodriguez (ts, ss), Zack Page (b) and Rick Dilling (d)

Sam Bevan - Wide and Awake

Album: Emergence

Sam Bevan (b), Kasey Knudsen (as), Cory Wright (ts, b-cl), Patrick Cress (bs), Henry Hung (tp) and Eric Garland (d)

Sam Bevan - Old Cool

Album: Emergence

Sam Bevan (b), Kasey Knudsen (as), Cory Wright (ts, b-cl), Patrick Cress (bs), Ian Carey (tp) and Eric Garland (d)

Sam Bevan - Parallel Falcon

Album: Emergence

Sam Bevan (b), Kasey Knudsen (as), Cory Wright (ts, b-cl), Patrick Cress (bs), Ian Carey (tp), Donna Viscuso (fl), Eric Garland (d) and Jackie Rago (perc)

Håkon Skogstad - “Milonga Impromptu” & “Norte”

Album: Two Hands To Tango

Håkon Skogstad (p)

00:00 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

03:17 - Turned Into Lemonade - The Richard Shulman Group

05:58 - Wide and Awake - Sam Bevan

14:16 - Interview with Sam Bevan, Part I

25:40 - Old Cool - Sam Bevan

32:55 - Interview with Sam Bevan, Part II

43:36 - Parallel Falcon - Sam Bevan

50:39 - Milonga Impromptu - Håkon Skogstad

53:24 - The Jazz Hole with Linus

55:08 - Norte - Håkon Skogstad

61:43 - Finish