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431 - Tina Raymond: Her New Record, Running a College Jazz Program, Setting Boundaries

Tina Raymond is an accomplished drummer, composer, bandleader, and educator based in Los Angeles, CA. A unique voice in the contemporary improvised music scene, Raymond blends traditional jazz vocabulary with African polyrhythm and classical percussion technique. She is the Director of Jazz Studies at Cal State Northridge, and her new trio album Divinations will be released October 6th.

In this episode, Tina talks about:

Creating a jazz program where students don’t feel like they’re in competition with each other

Putting boundaries around her professional life, whether it’s as an educator or…

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