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Mike Jones

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Specifically, Mike Jones performs music from what’s become known as the Great American Songbook for more people each year than any jazz pianist in the world. Really. This is because, as music director for the enduringly popular Penn & Teller Show in Las Vegas and other venues across the globe, he plays these classic standards in the “warm-up” hour – and during and between the onstage magic – for the millions of visitors who attend the show. In a career spanning four decades, Jones has wowed audiences with his virtuoso skills and stylistic flair – nowhere to greater acclaim than at the sold-out houses in New York that marked Penn and Teller’s 2015 six-week return to Broadway. In general? Mike Jones plays the piano as if had more than 88 notes and as if each of his fingers were Usain Bolt. How He Does It Mike Jones is a thoroughly modern throwback to what used to be called the “two-handed pianist,” which is not as obvious as it sounds

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Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You're Doing?

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: "S Wonderful; Doxy; What A Difference A Day Makes; The Girl From Ipanema; Watch What Happens; On Green Dolphin Street; You've Changed; Perdido; Medley: I'll Close My Eyes; Close Your Eyes; Gone With The Wind; Blues For Burns.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

An Eclectic Mix Of New Music With Pablo Masis, Brian Blade & More

Read "An Eclectic Mix Of New Music With Pablo Masis, Brian Blade & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


On this showwe present an eclectic mix of new music from Tristan De Liège X Jambal, Lifecycles, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, Triio, Bobby Kapp and Richard Sussman, Miguel Zenon & Luis Perdomo, Kenneth Jimenez with Michaël Attias & Francisco Mela, Hsinwei Chiang, Christer Fredriksen, Pablo Masis, Marcus Klossek, Aline Homzy, Mike Jones, and Kris ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From Nellie McKay, Aline Homzy, Bellbird, Gaea Schell, Monika Ryan With Birthday Shoutouts To Terry Pollard, Iola Brubeck & More

Read "New Releases From Nellie McKay, Aline Homzy, Bellbird, Gaea Schell, Monika Ryan With Birthday Shoutouts To Terry Pollard, Iola Brubeck & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Mike Jones, Bellbird, Monika Ryan, Nellie McKay, Gaea Schell and Aline Homzy, with birthday shoutouts to Terry Pollard, Mary Stallings, Lorraine Desmarais, Cecilia Smith, Iola Brubeck and Bill Evans, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Jones: Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You're Doing?

Read "Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You're Doing?" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Some years ago, after Penn Jillette heard Mike Jones playing in a small club in Las Vegas, he approached the pianist, introduced himself, and said he would like to hire Jones to open his popular magic show, Penn & Teller--on one condition. And what might that condition be, Jones asked, to which Jillette replied, “I'm your ...

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Mike Jones / Penn Jillette / Jeff Hamilton: Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You're Doing?

Read "Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You're Doing?" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


If the tired old cliché “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" ruled the roost, perhaps the talents of pianist Mike Jones might have been limited to being the music director for the Penn & Teller Las Vegas show of mind-blowing illusions. Fortunately, a tired old cliché is just that. Jones' dynamic talent and creativity could ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mike Jones, Terell Stafford & The Hot Toddies Jazz Band

Read "Mike Jones, Terell Stafford & The Hot Toddies Jazz Band" reviewed by Joe Dimino


With “Kansas City" from NYC's The Hot Toddies Jazz Band, we swing into the 815th Episode of Neon Jazz with music from their debut album. This hour of music highlights modern jazz that's brimming on the radio charts. We hear from singers Douyé, Olivia Van Goor and Matt Catingub, plus a strong dose of instrumental jazz ...

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Song of the Day

Perdido

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Label: Capri Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 5:15

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Popular Jazz Songs: 2021

Read "Popular Jazz Songs: 2021" reviewed by Michael Ricci


All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2021. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! Say It Again From: From Now On By Leon Brenko Menart I ...

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All By Myself

Label: Jonesjazz Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else; The Sheik Of Araby; All by Myself; I'll See You In My Dreams; It Had To Be You; Chicago; Lady Be Good; Poor Butterfly; Chinatown, My Chinatown; Back Home Again In Indiana; Lazy; Linger Awhile; After You've Gone.


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