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Hiromi, Ella Fitzgerald, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist, Deborah Silver, Johnny O'Neal & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast celebrates the close of Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Deborah Silver, Hiromi, Ella Fitzgerald, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist and Johnny O'Neal, with birthday shoutouts to Kay Swift, Ella Fitzgerald, Ma Rainey, Ariane Racicot, Blossom Dearie and Kendra Shank, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place ...
Continue ReadingEmmet Cohen Trio at The Freight
by Ronald Davis
A collection of photos from the Emmet Cohen Trio at The Freight in Berkeley, CA on April 3, 2025 featuring Emmet Cohen, Yasushi Nakamura and Joe Farnsworth. ...
Continue ReadingRichard Peña: The Latin Side of Jazz Guitar
by Edward Blanco
Presenting his fifth album as leader, Puerto Rican jazz guitarist Richard Peña unveils The Latin Side of Jazz Guitar, continuing his personal exploration of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, leading a quintet of stellar musicians documenting an eight-piece swinging set of light Latin-styled sounds. Considered one of the leading new generations of jazz musicians in Puerto Rico, Peña's intricate style blends the traditional harmonies of Latin music with the more modern colors of post-bop and fusion forging his own unique take on the ...
Continue ReadingLorenzo Tucci New Trio at Bourbon Street Napoli Jazz Club
by Pietro Previti
A collection of photos from the Lorenzo Tucci New Trio concert at Bourbon Street Napoli Jazz Club on April 25, 2025 featuring Lorenzo Tucci, Simone Sansonetti and Jacopo Ferrazza. ...
Continue ReadingFini Bearman: Last Night of the World
by Neil Duggan
As professor of Jazz Voice and Songwriting at London's Guildhall School, Fini Bearman naturally incorporates songwriting exercises into her teaching. Over time, some of the songs born from these sessions evolved into fully realised pieces, several of which now appear on her fifth album, Last Night of The World. Bearman brings an impressive jazz pedigree to the project. A celebrated singer, composer, and instrumentalist, she has earned nominations for London Jazz Singer of the Year from the Global ...
Continue ReadingNathan Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, The Freedom Affair & Sam Sadigursky
by Joe Dimino
We kick off the 904th episode of Neon Jazz with the incredible clarinet work of Sam Sadigursky, showcasing fresh tracks from his brilliant The Solomon Diaries series. From there, we dive into the Record Store Day spirit, spinning timeless cuts from legends like The Heath Brothers and Nathan Davis. Next up, we ride the soulful waves of Kansas City's powerhouse supergroup, The Freedom Affair, before exploring the cutting-edge sounds of modern innovators like Ingi Bjarni, The Zoo Too Trio, and ...
Continue ReadingWilliam Parker / Hugo Costa / Philipp Ernsting: Pulsar
by John Sharpe
Inestimable bassist William Parker has made hundreds of records, but this unlikely meeting with two stalwarts of the Rotterdam scene, Portuguese alto saxophonist Hugo Costa and German drummer Philipp Ernsting, should not to be overlooked. The Dutch-based pair invited Parker to join them for a recording in October 2023 and Pulsar is the splendid result. Costa and Ernsting more than hold their own. However, this date is notable for featuring Parker in an unencumbered free environment where he displays the ...
Continue ReadingAntoine Fafard, The Hypersonic Factor, Amphitrio, Lyle Workman and Allan Holdsworth
by Len Davis
The latest from Antoine Fafard featuring Gary Husband and saxophonist Jean Pierre Zanella,The Hypersonic Factor-with Benevolent Beasts, Romanian band Amphitrio and Lyle Workman with Fight For Freedom. A tribute to Allan Holdsworth who passed April 15th, 2017 with music from Metal Fatigue and Blues For Tony. Celebrating the recent birthday of keyboard wizard Jan Hammer with Oh Yeah, and collaborating with the late John Abercrombie on Timeless. More from Slovenian band Moonlight Sky and Spanish band T Punch!. The Haas ...
Continue ReadingThelonious Monk: Monk's Mood
by Geno Thackara
Thelonious Himself (Riverside, 1957) was a perfectly suitable title for a solo album showcasing the quirky essence of Thelonious Monk. It may forever be a mystery as to why he and/or producer Orrin Keepnews saw fit to add other players for the very last track, but whether it was out of place or not, we can be thankful to have another example of him playing alongside John Coltrane during their legendary but too-little-documented stint working together. Wilbur Ware contributes only ...
Continue ReadingPokaz Trio: Voices
by Ian Patterson
The title track from the second album by Pokaz Trio is an atmospheric, potent affair. Andrew Pokaz (piano & electronics), Oleksandr Poliakov (drums) and Yevhenii Myrmy (electric bass) marry aching melodicism and mantra-like rhythms in slow-burn meditation before a climactic, rhapsodic release. Think e.s.t meets Nik Bartsch's Ronin--with ethnic percussion adding spice. ...
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