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Hanna Paulsberg, Oddjob, Federico Calcagno, Daniel Zimmermann & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy another playlist where we trade the same-old standards for future ones, which hopefully you'll be discovering here first.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Oddjob “Up & Away" Atlas (Koyo) 0:16 Host talk 4:58 Daniel Zimmermann “Les maximiseurs de Pi" Snapshots (Label Bleu) 6:03 Host talk 10:51 Hanna Paulsberg Concept, Elin Rosseland “Himmel over Hav" Himmel over Hav (Grappa) 13:05 Federico Calcagno & The Dolphians “Wake Up Humanity!" ...
Continue ReadingOrlando Molina: Autorretrato en tres colores
by Ian Patterson
Autoretratto en Très Colores--A Portrait in Three Colors--the debut of Venezuelan guitarist and composer Orlando Molina as a leader, and it is a work steeped in experience. Though recorded over two years, these compositions feel like the product of a much longer journey--one shaped by study, migration, and growth. The album traces the emotional arc of Molina's move from Venezuela to Ireland, carrying with it echoes of loss and distance, discovery and renewal. Melancholy and hope coexist throughout, bound by ...
Continue ReadingA Savoy Revival: New OJCs from Hank Mobley & Yusef Lateef
by C. Andrew Hovan
Although the Concord Music Group acquired the legendary Savoy Records archives in 2017, the catalog has seen little reissue activity since. Founded in 1942 by Herman Lubinsky, Savoy earned distinction for documenting rhythm and blues, gospel, and jazz over several decades. The label captured many of bebop's pioneering voices--Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Clarke, and Dizzy Gillespie, among them--on a series of landmark recordings. By the mid-1970s, Savoy endured a turbulent stretch of shifting distribution deals, first aligning ...
Continue ReadingAtlantis Quartet: Live at Berlin
by Kyle Simpler
Since arriving on the scene in 2006, the Minneapolis-based Atlantis Quartet has established itself as a vital voice in modern jazz. With five albums already under their belt, the group continues to honor tradition while exploring new sonic territory. Live at Berlin captures their remarkable group chemistry during an engagement at the city's newest jazz venue, Berlin. Atlantis Quartet features four of Minnesota's most exciting jazz musicians: saxophonist Brandon Wozniak, guitarist Zacc Harris, bassist Chris Bates and drummer ...
Continue ReadingLuca Curcio: Fisk
by Ludovico Granvassu
You know you're in for a good day when extraordinary music lands in your headphones completely out of the blue. That's how I stumbled upon the remarkable debut album by bassist Luca Curcio, Bomba (Boomslang Records), through a chain of insignificant coincidences.What struck me most is the ease with which his Italo-Scandinavian quintet--Erik Kimestad (trumpet), Sölvi Kolbeinsson (alto saxophone), Francesco Bigoni (tenor saxophone), and Simon Olderskog Albertsen (drums)--manages to sound both deeply rooted in the tradition and strikingly ...
Continue ReadingJohn O'Gallagher: Ancestral
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist John O'Gallagher keeps moving east in his search for musical expression. Born in Anaheim, California, before relocating to New York City and living there for thirty years, he finds himself (in 2025) in Lisbon, Portugal. He boasts a played with/recorded with resume to knock the proverbial socks off (Joe Henderson, Tony Malaby, Maria Schneider, Kenny Wheeler, and more). He also dived John Coltrane's late period explorations--Interstellar Space (Impulse!, 1974) and Stellar Regions (Impulse Records, 1967), From this Coltrane-ian immersion, ...
Continue ReadingMelvin Rhyne: Tomorrow Yesterday Today
by C. Andrew Hovan
A disciple of some of the earliest jazz organ practitioners, such as Jackie Davis, Milt Buckner, and Wild Bill Davis, jazz veteran Melvin Rhyne's major claim to fame has been the five years he spent with the renowned Wes Montgomery in the early '60s. Yet this is really only a fraction of the story for the 67-year-old organist. Much like the proverbial hibernating bear, Rhyne kept a low profile throughout the '70s and '80s and he even told writer Pete ...
Continue ReadingJan Bang - Arve Henriksen: After The Wildfire
by John Eyles
Jan Bang is a musician, composer and record producer who was born in August 1968, in Denver, Colorado, but grew up in Kristiansand, Norway. Arve Henriksen is a trumpeter, vocalist and composer who was born in March 1968, in Stranda, Norway. For the 42nd Skopje Jazz Festival in 2023, Bang and Henriksen were commissioned to work together on new music. The result was After the Wildfire. It was first performed at the Festival with Bang on live sampling and electronics, ...
Continue ReadingJames Suggs, Ted Rosenthal, Steve Houghton & Sacha Boutros
by Joe Dimino
We step boldly into the 931st episode of Neon Jazz with the brilliant artist, singer, and peace activist Sacha Boutros, spotlighting her enchanting new 2025 release, Paris After Dark--a record brimming with elegance, emotion, and late-night allure. Keeping with the Halloween spirit, we spin Heather McKay's hauntingly fun track “Boo" from her 2025 album Life Got in the Way. The journey continues through the sounds of veterans and jazz luminaries like Neil Gray, Ted Rosenthal, Irving Flores, James Suggs, and ...
Continue ReadingThe Long Shadow of Steely Dan
by Patrick Burnette
It's been a hot minute since the boys did a “pop" episode, but given this very special installment is devoted to jazz-rock gods of the seventies Steely Dan, maybe this doesn't count. The Dan's somewhat controversial 1980's sign-off gets a good look in and then various tributes are dissected, with Pat arguing that jazz musicians need to take the kid gloves off when confronting this most seminal of cross-over hit-makers. Also, Keith Jarrett called and he wants his royalties.
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