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Claudia Vorbach: Rainbows Of Your Love
by Jakob Baekgaard
Back in 2002, Norah Jones released her album Come Away with Me, blending acoustic roots music, soft pop and jazz through a singer-songwriter lens. While Jones was not the first to explore this sound, she stamped her identity on it. Claudia Vorbach, a singer-songwriter and jazz vocalist from Tübingen, Germany, follows in this tradition, bringing her own distinctive voice to the genre. In 2016, Vorbach released her debut album, Come Down Easy, followed by Is There a ...
Continue ReadingGreta Matassa Sextet at Jazz Alley
by Paul Rauch
Greta Matassa Sextet Jazz Alley Seattle WA April 2, 2025 Truth is a constant, something that remains rooted to fact no matter how many times told. That being said, the obvious must be stated here, as it has many times previously--Greta Matassa is the most important jazz singer to emerge from the city of Seattle since the great Ernestine Anderson rose from the scene on Jackson Street to international stardom. There ...
Continue ReadingZhengtao Pan Jazz Orchestra: Scenery in My Story
by Jack Bowers
Zhengtao Pan, born in Shanghai, China, less than twenty-five years ago, was already well-known as a designer of video games when he chose to move to Boston, MA, to study jazz composition at the Berklee College of Music. Scenery In My Story is Pan's debut recording as leader of his Jazz Orchestra, and as its title suggests, the music is personal and thematic, tracing in solicitous terms Pan's impactful voyage from Shanghai to Boston. Intimate, yes, but ...
Continue ReadingCarla Bley, Count Basie, Diane Schuur, Hubert Laws & Sonny Rollins
by Joe Dimino
Welcome to the 900th episode of Neon Jazz! After 14 incredible years, we've hit yet another milestone--one that wouldn't be possible without the legends who have shaped jazz and the fans who've supported us every step of the way. For this special hour, we take a deep dive into the icons who have defined the sound of jazz and graced our interview series. We begin with the saxophone giant Sonny Rollins, featuring music from his brand-new 2024 album The Complete ...
Continue ReadingVince Guaraldi: It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown!
by Joshua Weiner
The series of complete Peanuts television special soundtracks put out by Lee Mendelson Film Productions continues to thrill fans of Vince Guaraldi, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and all the gang. After the highly successful Christmas, Halloween, and Thanksgiving animated specials, the stage was set for 1974's It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! Recorded over two days at Wally Heider Studios in Guaraldi's hometown of San Francisco, the soundtrack--resurrected for the first time from the 16-track master tape and freshly mixed--features the ...
Continue ReadingJeff Lorber Fusion, Synchronicity, Lo Greco Bros, Kneebody, Brad Shepik and much more
by Len Davis
We welcome to Melbourne Jeff lorber Fusion with some of their recent recordings, and Melbourne band Synchronicity featuring Guitarist Jack Pantazis. Italian duo Lo Greco Bros, and Japanese band Jizue with their latest. Kneebody with Ben Wendel, and the new single from Greg Spero. Guitarist Brad Shepik, and Finnish guitarist Varre Vartiainen with Mike Stern. Some fine Jazz Fusion from Hemispheres with Phil Turcio and Ric Fierabracci, Korean Band S.T.E.P.S and progressive rock from Syzygy. From 1991 the band Gamalon, ...
Continue ReadingYes Deer at Friforma and AKC Nama
by Petra Cvelbar
A collection of photos from the Signe Emmeluth, Yes Deer concert at Friforma and AKC Nama in Skofja Loka, Slovenia on March 7, 2025 featuring Signe Emmeluth, Karl Bjorå and Anders Vestergaard. ...
Continue ReadingJosephine Davies, 3 Cohens, WDR Big Band, Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Naima Joris
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy a set featuring three of the most exciting European large ensembles, the WDR Big Band, the Brussels Jazz Orchestra and the Ensō Ensemble, delving into compelling original music and covers of gems by Joe Jackson and Nick Drake.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 3 Cohens, WDR Big Band “Footsteps & Smiles" Interaction (Anzic) 0:16 Host talks 7:04 WDR Big Band “Elzic's Farewell / Yew Piney Mountain" Bluegrass ...
Continue ReadingCelia Cruz: La Reina y Su Corte
by Richard J Salvucci
However complicated “Latin Jazz" may seem--ethnically, rhythmically, politically, culturally--guess again. It is more so. Even the term “Latin" irritates some players, notably Arturo Sandoval, who has the chops, the cred, and the ethnicity to be irritated. Because, Latin, he says, is heard only in Church. Well, Sandoval is at least half right, but for the wrong reason. The term was invented by a French economist, Michel Chevalier, in the 1830s to cement France's claim to have something in common with ...
Continue ReadingSimin Tander: The Wind
by Ian Patterson
A journey of progression and discovery might best describe singer Simin Tander's musical evolution. From the outset, with her debut album Wagma (Neuklang Records, 2011), the German-Afghan singer was already stretching the boundaries of jazz, displaying a deeply personal approach to vocal improvisation and forging a sound that remains elusive. With Where Water Travels Home (Jazzhaus Records, 2014), Tander began to explore her Afghan roots, singing Afghan poems in her father's native Pashto--an exploration she continued on Unfading (Jazzhaus Records, ...
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