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Radio & Podcasts

David Weiss, Oscar Peterson, Hot Toddies & Leslie Pintchik

Read "David Weiss, Oscar Peterson, Hot Toddies & Leslie Pintchik" reviewed by Joe Dimino


Welcome to the thrilling 873rd Episode of Neon Jazz! We dive into a world of cinematic jazz magic, starting with the enchanting sounds of Chicago's own Maxx McGathey from his upcoming 2024 album, Imaginary Eyes. Next, we explore the profound influence of Medeski Martin & Wood on his early musical journey. Then, we bounce through a vibrant selection of fresh tracks from seasoned artists like Ann Sajdera, Hot Toddies Jazz Band, Benjamin Deschamps, Zack Foley, and David Weiss. Sprinkled throughout ...

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Album Review

David Weiss Sextet: Auteur

Read "Auteur" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Trumpeter, composer and bandleader David Weiss delivers the fourth album from his exquisite sextet entitled Auteur, a French term originally used to define film directors as the “author' of the film and in musical respects here, to mean the director or “scene setters" of the music. A master of the bebop sound Weiss, as stated in the excellent liner notes from author Aidan Levy, “is dedicated to the proposition that there are still new stories to be told from within ...

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Liner Notes

Joe Chambers: Moving Pictures Orchestra: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Read "Joe Chambers: Moving Pictures Orchestra: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" reviewed by John Kelman


It's one thing to have an established `place in the jazz pantheon, another to continue redefining that position, long after others might be content to rest on their laurels. Joe Chambers' work behind the drum kit with artists including Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Mingus, and McCoy Tyner has already ensured a prominent place in jazz history. His output as a leader may be small, but he's delivered two outstanding Savant recordings in 2006's The Outlaw ...

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Album Review

David Weiss & Point of Departure: Wake Up Call

Read "Wake Up Call" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Trumpeter David Weiss incorporates a heavy-duty guitar assault into this exhilarating program designed with a diverse track-list, comprised of originals by jazz luminaries Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, John McLaughlin and Tony Williams among others. The trumpeter's Point of Departure ensemble generates a neo-jazz fusion panorama, coupled with an emphatic integration of progressive jazz amid references to bop and a few excursions into the outside realm. Besides the triad of outstanding guitarists, Weiss yields a big payout from all-star saxophonists Myron ...

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Jazz Near Me

The Cookers at Birdland

Read "The Cookers at Birdland" reviewed by Dorothy Johnson-Laird


The Cookers Birdland New York, NY September 17, 2016 On a warm night in New York City The Cookers took the stage. This appearance at Birdland marked the release of their latest CD, The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart (Smoke Session Records, 2016). Each member of the front line is a jazz stalwart, and leaders of their own bands. Billy Harper is old enough to have played with Art Blakey's Jazz ...

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Jazz Raconteurs

David Weiss: Memories of Freddie Hubbard

Read "David Weiss: Memories of Freddie Hubbard" reviewed by David Weiss


Noted trumpeter, composer, and New Jazz Composers Octet founder, David Weiss shares several stories about his experience with trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard. As told to David Kaufman. I met Freddie Hubbard soon after he damaged his lip. I guess what basically happened was he had a blister on his lip that popped and got infected. His doctor thought it might be cancer or something related so they did a biopsy. It came back negative and he thought he ...

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Album Review

David Weiss: When Words Fail

Read "When Words Fail" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


"Where words fail, music speaks." Jana Herzen, head of Motema Music, shared this Hans Christian Anderson quote with David Weiss after the trumpeter had already titled his new record; the sentiment of that statement just happens to perfectly connect with this album. In 2013, loss seemed to hover around Weiss, his friends, and the jazz community at large. So, when faced with the cruel realities of life and death, Weiss did what any artist of great character ...


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