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Kenny Barron, Mitch Towne, Zhengtao Pan and The Count Basie Orchestra
by Joe Dimino
Kicking off the 901st episode of Neon Jazz, we ride in with the legendary sounds of the world-famous Count Basie Orchestra. As Kansas City gears up for the grand 90th Celebration of Count Basie at The Music Hall on April 30, 2025, we shine a spotlight on band director Scotty Barnhart and the powerhouse ensemble keeping Basie's spirit alive. We journey to the stars--literally--as we revisit the iconic tune Fly Me to the Moon, famously delivered by Count Basie and ...
Continue ReadingSergio Armaroli: Introducing A Very Heavy Person, First Visit
by Mark Corroto
If you reject the assumption that time is linear, the ability to conceive of a time machine is simple. Assume for this discussion that the concepts of past, present, and future are a false dichotomy. In other words, the past and the future simultaneously occur with the present. Composer and percussionist Sergio Armaroli accepts this premise and his quintet accomplishes a rather time-less travel through twelve tracks. Let's back up a bit. In his career, Armaroli has been ...
Continue ReadingFinnish bassist Jukka Haavisto - Live, Rain Sultanov, Trilok Gurtu, Brad Shepik and Vasil Hadzimanov
by Len Davis
The latest from Finnish bassist Jukka Haavisto, Live at Eclipse Club, from Azerbaijan saxophonist Rain Sultanov featuring bassist Linley Marthe and drummer Paco Sery. Indian drummer and percussionist Trilok Gurtu, New York drummer Varun Das, guitarist Brad Shepik and New Zealand guitarist Callum Allardice with Alimenta. Japanese Trio Nautilis, Serbian pianist Vasil Hadzimanov and Austrian guitarist Gerald Gradwohl. Andy Summers with World Gone Strange, California band Code-3, The Zawinul Syndicate and we finish with Dixie Dregs Dregs Of the Earth. ...
Continue ReadingAlbert Ayler Trio: Prophecy Live, First Visit
by Mark Corroto
No jazz artist has been as polarizing as Albert Ayler. Listeners either revere him as a prophet or dismiss him as a charlatan. To some, his music is a divine revelation; to others, an indecipherable cacophony. But while Ayler's music was undeniably radical, he was no insurrectionist-- he was simply a true original. His sound was Ayler being Ayler. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1936, Ayler's life ended in mystery in 1970 when his body was found floating ...
Continue ReadingMediterranean Waves featuring Javier Girotto Piacenza Jazz Fest 2025
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the Mediterranean Waves featuring Javier Girotto concert at Milestone Jazz Club in Piacenza on April 3, 2025 featuring Javier Girotto, Michele Sannelli, Simone Locarni, Enrico Palmieri and Antonio Marmora. ...
Continue ReadingIngrid Laubrock: Purposing The Air
by Thierry De Clemensat
Purposing The Air is a recording of extreme quality, though it is undoubtedly aimed at an informed audience, one more inclined toward contemporary classical music. While some pieces carry faint echoes of jazz, listening to this album is akin to stepping into a museum to attend a recital. Each artist is striving for excellence on every level: musicality, interpretation and even theatricality. It is, without a doubt, a powerful creation. To fully grasp the artistic approach behind this ...
Continue ReadingVince Giordano and the Nighthawks at Birdland
by Mark Edelman
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks Birdland New York, NYMarch 18, 2025 The sign on the door reads “Birdland Jazz Club," but when Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks take the Intimate downstairs stage on 44th Street, append the words “and College of Fine Music" to that moniker. For when Giordano hits that lectern, discerning students of great jazz lean in and listen up. And why not? Surrounded by some of the best sidemen in the tri-state ...
Continue ReadingPeter Madsen Trio: Faces of Love
by Troy Dostert
Although its title might suggest a surfeit of sentimentalism or saccharine balladry, there is nothing mawkish about pianist Peter Madsen's latest trio offering. Madsen instead is seeking a wider perspective from which to explore love in all its forms, drawing inspiration from a panoply of sources both familiar (Shakespeare, Dickinson, Blake) and not-so-familiar (Indian poet-activist Sarojini Naidu, Japanese poet Ono no Komachi). Accompanied by his stellar partners, bassist Herwig Hammerl and drummer Martin Grabher, the results are a stirring set ...
Continue ReadingMats Öberg Trio - Hermeto's Cheese (Live at Nyhetsmorgon)
by Mike Jacobs
Swedish phenom Mats Öberg is primarily known for his Zappa-esque keyboard work as part of the Mats/ Morgan Band (his longtime duo-led group with drummer Morgan Agren). In more recent years, Öberg has taken some solo piano and piano trio-oriented musical departures--the latter taking him more squarely into jazz territory. Witness the Mats Oberg Trio's “Hermeto's Cheese," with all those iconoclastic influences funneled into what might be termed as a 'Dave Brubeck 5/8 on steroids.' ...
Continue ReadingDiana Panton: Soft Winds And Roses
by Pierre Giroux
Diana Panton has long been an artist of quiet yet undeniable depth, uniquely transforming melodies into deeply personal narratives. On Soft Winds and Roses, she focuses on modern classics from the 1960s onward, drawing from the songbooks of Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Gordon Lightfoot, Lennon and McCartney, Leonard Cohen, and Joni Mitchell, among many others. In doing so, she creates an album that is both a journey through timeless compositions and a meditation on love's delicate arc, marked by hesitant ...
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