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Constantine Alexander

Chien Chien Lu, Ronald Shannon Jackson and Tim Buckley

by Jerome Wilson
February 21, 2024

This show includes folksingers doing jazz, a Sesame Street song, and several up-and-coming younger players. Musicians heard include Chien Chien Lu, Roy Nathanson, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Amanda Gardier, and Tim Buckley.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Record ...

Firetet

By Constantine Alexander

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Show; IDKY; Fire; Waltzin’ Long; Frequent Flyer; Forever and Always; Deez.

Constantine Alexander: Firetet

by Jack Bowers
December 12, 2023

On his debut recording, Firetet, Chicago-based trumpeter Constantine Alexander pays tribute to Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, the late great Clifford Brown and modern-day disciples Nicholas Payton and Sean Jones. Alexander does not do so by imitating anyone--that would be fruitless--but the swinging spirit of Blakey, Brown and the present-day artists already noted is ever- present on ...

Wendell Harrison, Kris Berg, Houston Person & Emmet Cohen

by Joe Dimino
December 10, 2023

The 833rd Episode of Neon Jazz is a year end showcase featuring some wonderful modern jazz released in 2023. We begin with pianist Emmet Cohen who came to greater prominence during the pandemic where he also collaborated with Houston Person. From there, we hear from Dan Balmer, Wendell Harrison, Joshua Redman and Kris Berg. In between, ...

Brubeck In '59 And Some Brand New Jazz Releases

by Bob Osborne
November 23, 2023

On this show we feature new new releases from Dave Brubeck, Voodoo Drummer, Matías Formica, Art Hirahara, John Herberman, Ivo Perelman, Susan Alcorn, Afro Peruvian New Trends Orchestra, Barry Deister, Constantine Alexander, and, Laurent Estoppey with Daniel Levin.Playlist Show Intro 00:00 The Dave Brubeck Quartet “Basin Street Blues" from Live from the Northwest, 1959 ...

Darrian Ford: New Standards

by Geannine Reid
June 17, 2018

New standards is a term that is often thrown around in jazz. As in all genres, there are articulate writers, with songs that stand the test of time, and others who simply fade into the background. Enter a new artist on the jazz scene, Darrian Ford. New Standards is Ford's debut full-length album ...