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Billy Higgins, Hank Jones, Benny Green & Carl Allen
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We launch the 892nd episode of Neon Jazz with a true jazz veteran—Carl Allen—who's back with his first album in decades. Tippin' (2025) marks his triumphant return, all while he continues shaping the next generation of jazz as the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. This hour is packed with stories from his remarkable career and the jazz legends who shaped him—giants like Sonny Rollins, Benny Green, Billy Higgins, Art Blakey, and Charlie Parker. Along the way, we drop fresh sounds from Eldad Tarmus, Blue Jitters, and Hans Luchs, before wrapping things up with a classic Hank Jones story. So settle in, turn it up, and dig the jazz, my friends.Playlist
- Carl Allen "Happy Times" Tippin' (Cellar Live) 0:00
- Host talks 5:57
- Sonny Rollins "I Can't Get Started" Live At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note) 9:20
- Eldad Tarmu "Opus De Funk" Silver on Aluminum (Queen of Bohemia Productions) 13:49
- Host talks 17:10
- Benny Green "Central Park South" Benny's Crib (Sunnyside Records) 17:43
- Blue Jitters "Jazz (Ain't Nothing But Soul)" Blue Jitters (Swinguez Mustaches) 20:37
- Host talks 23:32
- Billy Higgins "Easy Walker" The VIP Trio Standards (Fresh Sound Records) 24:29
- Michel Petrucciani Trio "Someday My Prince Will Come" azz Club Montmartre -CPH 1988 [Live] [Disc 2] (Storyville Records) 29:44
- Host talks 34:06
- Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers "Blues March" Compact Jazz (Verve) 34:44
- Ebo Taylor and Adrian Younge with Ali Shaheed Muhammad "Get Up" Ebo Taylor JID022 (Jazz is Dead) 40:21
- Host talks 44:08
- Charlie Parker "Perdido (Live)" Bird in Kansas City (Verve) 45:31
- Hans Luchs "Your Truth or The Truth" The Spell is Broken (Fresh Sound New Talent) 47:58
- Host talks 51:37
- Hank Jones "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" Great Jazz Trio (After Beat) 52:26
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