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Charles Ruggiero

Charles Ruggiero was born to be a drummer. The son of world renowned jazz musician Vinnie Ruggiero, Charles spent his early years surrounded by the "who's who" of Jazz. There was always music around, and with musicians like Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Freddie Hubbard, and Jon Hendricks coming to spend time and play, it was only a matter of time before he caught the bug and asked his father to play the "bang-bangs". As a teen Charles got serious about drumming, playing anywhere he could. He knew he was onto something when other high schools, local colleges, professional theatre groups and popular local bands throughout western N.Y

LaFaro

By Brian Bromberg

Label: Be Squared Productions
Released: 2024
Track listing: Solar; Waltz for Debby; Alice in Wonderland; Gloria's Step; Blue in Green; Israel; Milestones; Nardis; My Foolish Heart; Scotty's Song; What is This Thing Called Love?; Danny Boy.

Sextet Session

By Doug MacDonald

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Desert Blues; Whispering; Gee’s Flat; You’ve Changed; AT #33; Try Ads; Si Miner; Bubbles in the Wine.

What Is This Thing Called Love

April 10, 2024

Album: LaFaro
By Brian Bromberg
Label: Be Squared Productions
Released: 2024
Duration: 03:55

Doug MacDonald: Sextet Session

by Jack Bowers
March 22, 2024

Guitarist Doug MacDonald records albums like someone who is either making up for lost time or does not have much time to spare. According to his discography, Sextet Session is at least the thirty-second album MacDonald has led or co-led, almost half of which have been released in the past couple of years or so. To ...

I Wished On The Moon - A Birthday Shoutout To Dorothy Parker Plus New Releases From Kris Davis, Don Braden, Miguel Zenon & Luis Perdomo

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 4, 2023

This broadcast includes new releases from Miguel Zenon & Luis Perdomo, Kris Davis Diatom Ribbons, Don Braden and Linda Purl, with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Parker (I Wished On the Moon, How Am I To Know), Alice Coltrane, Vicki Burns, Nanny Assis, Mimi Fox, Nicky Schrire, Linda May Han Oh, among others. Thanks for listening and ...

The Message

By Doug Webb

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Caught In The Webb; Nekide; The Message; I Was Doing Alright; Frustration; Doug's Dilemma; Keeping Up With The Joneses; New Beginning; Baubles, Bangles & Beads; Where Did You Come From?; Bonnie Lass.

What Fresh Hell Is This - Celebrating Jazz Virgos Dorothy Parker, Dinah Washington, Alice Coltrane And More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 5, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from pianist Jeryl Johnston and DOMi & JD Beck, with birthday shoutouts to lyricist Dorothy Parker (I Wished On the Moon, How Am I To Know), Dinah Washington, Alice Coltrane, Mimi Fox, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Linda May Han Oh, Rosana Eckert, Hilary Gardner and Wayne Shorter among others. Thanks for listening ...

T.S. Monk, Grant Stewart & Theo Croker

by Joe Dimino
August 14, 2022

Innovative trumpeter Theo Croker begins the 764th Episode of Neon Jazz with a song off his album Love Quantum. The theme of the hour is modern jazz released in 2022. We also hear new material from T.S. Monk off his first live album and feature Dan Olivo, Steve Hudson, Tim Lin and Steve Knight. Listen in ...

Doug Webb: The Message

by David A. Orthmann
June 17, 2022

The trappings of The Message, tenor saxophonist Doug Webb's eleventh release for Posi-Tone Records, are perhaps recognizable to anyone with an interest in jazz conventions. All hands, except for drummer Charles Ruggiero, contribute at least one composition. While some are more adventurous (tenor saxophonist Bob Reynolds' “Where Did You Come From?," and alto saxophonist Greg Osby's ...