What's Happening with JNote Music

 

This year seems to be speeding by with excessive speed.

 

It feels almost as if it were yesterday that the ball dropped into 2022 and we brought in the new year with screams of joy and hopes for a different season than the pandemic one that interrupted our flowing lives in so many different ways. But I am looking forward to the second half of the year that is about to embrace us with hopes that it will bring about much better times in all areas of our lives.

 

News

 

I have been in the studio working on new music and I looking forward to releasing brand new songs that I cannot wait for you to hear. I wrote about 90% of the songs and then I partnered with a few other amazing musicians who have contributed a great deal to who I am as a musician, singer and songwriter. 

My new music will definitely tell you a little bit more about who I am. So stay tuned.

In the midst of the new music that is about to be released, I will also join bassist and songwriting
partner, John Mueller for our second Midwest tour this summer and we will be doing it live and in style at various places such as the Magnus Music Festival in Dayton, MN on August 20^th and the Rock Island Labor Day Parade on September 5th. 

Other locations where we will play will be announced soon just in case you will be in the Midwest and are interested in coming.

 

As always, you can check out my current music online by going to the following:

 

APPLE MUSIC https://music.apple.com/us/artist/stephanie-jeannot/433710715

I HEART https://www.iheart.com/artist/stephanie-jeannot-950122/

SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/stephanay-jnote

SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WUF7BBajYlCVnn4phqIeU

WEBSITE http://jnotemusic.com

YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7x0BU65HnL3ivSoarAJphQ

 

 

Upcoming Shows
 

Friday July 8, 2022   

Ou La La Café located

428 Sunrise Highway  

Lynbrook, NY

8PM to 10:30PM

$10 Cover

 

I will be there performing with my jazz band, The JNOTE Jazz Group and we will do some covers and also some original music that I hope you will join us for.

There is a $10 cover at the door and the location is a unique Haitian Restaurant with food that will delight your palette.

 

Wednesday July 20, 2022

The Edge Harlem

101 Edgecomb Avenue

Harlem, NY

7PM to 10PM

$5 Cover

 

A cool duet gig featuring brilliant piano player and producer, Shawn Keys and Stephanie Jeannot gelling together for a cool, good vibe and positive energy all around.

There is a $5 cover at the door and the location is filled with lovely down to earth people, great food and great drink. The ambiance is definitely magnetic. Hope to see you there.

 

Sunday July 31st

Pink & Pearls Ladies Brunch

Restoration Plaza

1368 Fulton Street

Brooklyn, NY 11216

11:30 AM to 3:30 PM

$25 for patients - $35 for everyone else

Ladies Brunch to raise money for Kidney's Sake. It is a phenomenal event for phenomenal women with featured speakers Jessica W Bonds, Marvlieu Jolla Hall and Shanice Figeroux, live music/singing by singer/songwriter Stephanie Jeannot, a liturgical danc by Janese Knight and Tammie Joseph and music by DJ Tam Jams. 

Sunday August 14th 

On the lawn in front of the Black Spectrum Theatre

177th St & Baisley Blvd

Jamaica Queens, NY

5PM to 7PM

Free

Black Spectrum Theatre Co Inc presents a free outdoor summer cafe from 5PM to 7PM. Stephanie Jeannot will be singing with the Bartlett Contemporaries at this event that is free and open to the general public; so please come thru. 

Jazz on the JNote

 

Every Sunday, Jazz on the JNote goes live on the air at 7:30PM as part of the Medgar Evers College Community Radio stream over the airwaves of WNYE 91.5FM. And here is a rundown of what you can expect to hear:

 

Sunday, July 3 @ 7:30 PM Unofficial Birthday Celebration for Louis Armstrong

Sunday July 10 @ 7:30 PM July Birthdays

Sunday July 17 @ 7:30 PM July Birthdays

Sunday, July 24 @ 7:30 PM Carl Bartlett Jr

Sunday, July 31 @ 7:30 PM Carl Bartlett Jr

Sunday, August 7 @ 7:30 PM Official Louis Armstrong Birthday Celebration

Sunday August 14 @ 7:30 PM Jazz Dance

Sunday August 21 @ 7:30 PM Yoichi Uzeki Pt 1

Sunday August 28 @ 7:30PM Yoichi Uzeki Pt 2

Sunday, September 4 @ 7:30 PM Labor Day Fete

 

Please keep in mind that if you do not have access to a traditional radio, this show can also be streamed at the same time over the airwaves of http://theenglishconnectionmedia.com and click on play

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

 

If interested in staying even more up to date with what is going on, I am constantly posting videos, pictures and content on my social media pages and so please feel free to follow me on:

 

FACEBOOK http://facebook.com/jnotemusic

INSTAGRAM http://instagram.com/jnotemusic

 

 

Looking forward to vibing with you once again in the near future. God bless you!

 

The Indie Music Show Airs This Tuesday, January 6, 2021 at 9PM EST/ 8PM CST with your hosts Stephanie Jeannot & Johnny J

 

Have you heard of the Indie Music Show?

It is an on-line radio show that airs each and every Tuesday evening at 9PM EST/ 8PM CST on The English Connection Media with your hosts Stephanie Jeannot from Brooklyn, NY and John Mueller from Chicago, IL.

Every week, the hosts come thick with words and have endless fun discussing a broad variety of topics and playing some beautiful indie songs that might peg your interest. This week’s topic is on the art of songwriting.

Nobody follows the same recipe when writing a song. Each person has their own way of approaching the creative process. The sounds you hear flooding through your speakers when you are listening to a tune went through a series of colorful actions by the composer, songwriter, and vocalist.

What inspired them? Were the lyrics written first or the music? How did they come up with the chord changes? What instrument or song was a source of inspiration? Did the writing process begin with a prompted idea? 

One thing is for sure; writing songs requires a lot of time and patience. You write the song then tweak it and can become hermitish because of the focus that a producer of a tune may have trying to correct and smooth out the problems.

The show hosts always have a jolly time interacting with each other and discussing whatever topic they cover. Hopefully you will join into the discussion. Tune in this Tuesday evening at 9PMEST/ 8PM CST on http://theenglishconnectionmedia or http://mixlr.com/jnotemusic to listen to the show. It is definitely worth the listen.

I’d also like to let you know that if you are an independent artists interested in being on this show to talk about your music, please send an email to jnotemusic@gmail.com and hopefully we can get you on the show.

Looking forward to connecting with you this Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 9PMEST/ 8PMCST for the Indie Music Show on http://theenglishconnectionmedia.com. The show can also be heard at http://mixlr.com/jnotemusic 

Jazz on the Jnote Featuring Professor Roman G Mitchell Airs This Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 7:30PM on WNYE 91.5FM

 

Music has always made a difference in my life. Ever since I was little, music has been like the coziest blanket someone could sleep on when they are seeking maximum comfort.

I remember being at an awards ceremony at Medgar Evers College and seeing Professor Roman Mitchell with his singer on the stage, directing her through her song from start to finish. I was impressed for a few reasons. 

First, it takes incredible courage to get up on anybody’s stage to perform song selections and I noticed that the singer didn’t seem scared or worried at all. She just honorably worked. I had always dreamt of the day when the butterflies in my stomach wouldn’t be a thing; but it was. The thought that I could one day rise above my jitters, started to come to my mind.  

Second, the selection was not an easy one to sing but for some reason, I couldn’t help but to feel mesmerized by her vocal approach and skill. I can’t tell you how many magical moments I pulled out of the song that the singer had been singing. She even came up for air appropriately between vocal phrases and it made me wonder if maybe, I could join forces with her director one day, to help me along in my own vocal journey.

A few months later, I was coming from one of my late-night classes at Medgar Evers College, and I saw Professor Mitchel at the front desk, I walked up to him and said, “I want to sing.” It took a while to get the response that I wanted out of him but a few months later, he called on me and invited me to come and be a part of his jazz ensemble, and I started working under his wing, getting vocal stretches, exercises and performance opportunities that were way beyond my expectation.

One thing that made Professor Mitchell stand out was his ability to help one to understand 

what they were doing with their instrument. He had a way of getting his point across with his sunny temperament, that is both witty and fun. When he plays the piano, you are reveling in sounds of brilliance. He blows his trumpet with freshness and delight. And then this man can sing, very well.  But the most important thing about him is that he likes to challenge those people who are under his wing to go beyond their comfort level and to try things that are both musically and lyrically complex, which can only make them stronger in skill.

Not only am I glad that I got to have him as a mentor at my alma mater, but I am excited that I will be sitting down to discuss a wide breadth of topics with this educator, musician, musical director and all-around talent such as, teaching music to college students during the pandemic via remote learning, the culture of jazz, the Dr Umolu Jazzy Jazz Festival at Medgar Evers College and more. 

Jazz on the JNote is a jazz-based radio show that stems from Medgar Evers College Community Radio Station and is hosted and produced by Stephanie Jeannot. The fact that Professor Mitchell was willing to sit with me to share bits of his life, speaks value to me.

On Sunday evening, January 24, 2021 at 7:30PM EST, I invite you to turn your radio dial to WNYE 91.5FM for the latest edition of Jazz on the JNote with your host Stephanie Jeannot, featuring Professor Roman G Mitchell. You can also listen by logging on the http://theenglishconnectionmedia.com and pushing play to start the online radio version of this show.

Listening to him speak will definitely inspire you in some way because he has a lot of good things to say. Turning your radio dial to 7:30PMEST this Sunday, January 24, 2021, will be a good investment of your time. Hope that you’ll join us this Sunday evening.

Talks of Jazz, The Music and The Culture with Lon Ivey

On Sunday evenings when New York is being illuminated by the light of the moon, some folks log on to their computers or phones to listen attentively to the positive vibrations of my radio show, Jazz on the JNote.

Because April was Jazz Appreciation Month, I thought it would be fitting to capture the energy and excitement of the melodious artform by featuring some of the world’s many men and women of jazz who could talk to a meaningful extent about their momentous journeys as craftspeople of music. The idea danced through my head for a while. I am thankful for the most part that I was able to shape the vision into reality and remained remarkably consistent throughout the entire month of April, even in these benighted times.

Our special guest on April 5, 2020 was NYC drummer, Lon Ivey who had an endless supply of ideas that he was willing to share about how his career started, about his definition of jazz and about how young aspiring artists can prosper in their efforts to yield their fruit. 

He definitely had some knowledge to pass on that you might get in a typical classroom situation from a teacher delivering a lesson and leaving students well-equipped to move forward. I admire his courage and was honored to have him present on the show. For the most part, it was an intelligent discussion of unique viewpoints, shared stories and prodigious knowledge.

The question, what is jazz alone, can set someone off on a spate of wondering. And so, it is interesting to tap into the brain of different people to see what their philosophies are. The engaging melodies, the conversation and the cultural landscape of jazz is what the show is centered on.

Some of the viable community of listeners tune in while plopped on their couches in the comfort of their living rooms. Some of the members of the diverse audience, listen to the montage of jazz while driving in cruise control down the thoroughfares of their hometowns. Others enjoy the creative freedom of jazz that is built into this show while sitting on the sand at the ocean and taking in the atmosphere.

I thought the content of this show was worth sharing for folks who didn’t get a chance tocapture the energy of the show when it was aired. On any given Sunday, Jazz on the JNote can be heard all around the globe at 7PM EST at http://theenglishconnectionmedia.com.

If I aroused interest in you and you are willing to patronize of the arts and to take in the absorbable, joyous sounds, you can get your fix on the episode of Jazz on the JNote Radio Show which was hosted and produced by Stephanie Jeannot and featured NYC drummer Lon Ivey; as previously aired on April 5, 2020. Here is the link:  https://youtu.be/8-O_Syg_8PQ via @YouTube. 

Listening might do a few things. It might lift your spirits and fill your heart with content. It might calm the mind that is usually full of busy thoughts. It might birth new feelings of creativity in you. It might get you moving them undulating hips to the twists and turns of the music. It might even compel you to want to listen to a live show on a Sunday evening at 7PM EST at http://theenglishconnectionmedia.com.  You might have negative feedback to sting me like a bee because it was a dismal experience for you. Or, you might be in the absence of care just because it is not your thing.

Regardless, I feel mightily blessed that you took the time to read my blogpost. Your simple act of kindness means everything in the world. I am content that there are still ways to have a connected presence with people all over the globe such as in the human connection that is present in reading, writing and music. I am eternally grateful to you.

November 27, 2016, Jazz on the JNote from 7 to 8PM on the English Connection Media

This Sunday, November 27, 2016, Jazz on the JNote which will air from 7PM to 8PM EST on the English Connection Media.

Jazz on the JNote is a non-stop music flow of jazz hosted by Stephanie Jeannot. Today's episode comes with a twist; a jazz and not-so jazz mix. 

Tune in to hear some fantastic tunes that you might not have ever heard before or maybe you have and you haven't heard for a minute that you love. 

The link to use for your listening pleasure is mixlr: http://mixlr.com/the-english-connection-media/ for this week's show. 

Jazz on the JNote: Taking Chances Tonight at 7:30 PM on WNYE 91..5FM

It's August and I am smiling because we still have a lot of 

summer left before the weather starts changing and we are 

back to wearing sweaters again. But Thank God for the days 

we can chill outside, barbecue or swim in the pool with 

family and friends.  But even on those days, it is a chance 

that we take on going outside because you  never know 

what each day will bring.  

Today brings Jazz on the JNote which will air on WNYE 91.5 

as part of the Medgar Evers College Communty Radio flow 

on WNYE 91.5FM and I'd like to invite you to listen in today 

at 7:30PM for Jazz on the JNote which will be on the topic of 

taking chances. For those in NY, NJ and CT, tune in on 

WNYE 91.5FM. Anywhere else you are in the world, use this 

link for mixlr: http://mixlr.com/the-english-connection-media/ 

to listen to this week's show.


Hope that you will join us and thank you in advance for 

sharing your time with me. Have a wonderful day!