Jazz/classical virtuoso Derek Menchan is about to drop his third album. He’s a fascinating individual, effortlessly (it seems) juggling his roles as music producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer, vocalist, and philosopher. His two earlier albums The Griot Swings the Classics and The Incredible, are considered cult classics, favorites of music insiders because of their creativity (for …
I heard it through the grapevine—multi-talented singer/musician/music producer-arranger/philosopher/humanities professor Derek Menchan is about to drop his new album, his second, entitled The Incredible. His first album, The Griot Swings the Classics (2018), was quite well-received, even achieving top of the chart ranking for its category on Amazon for a time. At the end of this interview, …
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Derek Menchan, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, doctoral candidate, visual artist, philosopher, and Humanities professor, always has something cooking on the stove, metaphorically speaking. CW’s Eileen Murphy talks with Derek to find out what he’s been up to. Eileen Murphy (EM): You’re taking a semester off to pursue recording of your second album. I can appreciate …
Cultural Weekly’s Eileen Murphy recently caught up with music producer Derek Menchan. Here is their conversation. Eileen Murphy: You’re the producer of the eclectic album The Griot Swings the Classics that’s already a big hit (#4 on Amazon’s Contemporary R & B charts). You’re a tenured professor of the Humanities at a Polk State College …
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