Jon Greenbaum

Since: 2025 | Position: Radio / Podcast Host | Location: Rochester | Page Views: 1,600

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About Me

Jon Greenbaum is the cohost of North Star Sounds and writes the Jazz Expedition Substack

After a long and varied work life, much of it at non-profits, mostly doing community organizing, Greenbaum is shifting his focus to music.

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My Jazz Story

Like many teenagers of his generation, Jon Greenbaum was introduced to jazz via Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report and Jeff Beck. In college he continued to expand his jazz horizons doing jazz radio and helping book jazz bands. Those live shows (Ronald Shannon Jackson’s Decoding Society, Billy Harper, Sonny Stitt, James Blood Ulmer, Elvin Jones, Joanne Brackeen, Defunkt, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, David Murray, Oliver Lake, John Abercrombie et al), left a lasting impression. Greenbaum is enjoying his return to North Star Sounds after a two decade absence, alternating weeks with Rick Petrie (North Star Sounds explores the boundaries of creative improvised music and composition).