(bright music) - Hello, and welcome to "Expressions."

I'm your host, Adara Alston.

This episode, we welcome one of New York City's most accomplished jazz artists to the program.

Chris McCarthy was first captivated by jazz music in high school, and graduated with honors from the New England Conservatory in 2016.

Since then, he has released two studio albums and regularly plays with some of the best musicians on the East Coast.

Here is Chris performing his original song, "Happy Tired," with bassist, Alex Tremblay, and drummer, Steven Crammer.

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