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)