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Neil Podgurski

Neil Podgurski lives in Philadelphia where he works as a sideman and leads his own band, New Fire. Neil has performed with Mickey Roker, the late Arthur Harper, Larry Mckenna, Frank Tibiri, George Garzone, David Schnitter, the late Jimmy Oliver, Tim Warfield, Eric Alexander, the late Dennis Charles, Joe Cambers, the late Arnie Lawrence, Byron Landham, and Robert Landham. Neil also acknowledges the great lessons he has learned in rhythm section playing as a pianist from his good friend and mentor Sid Simmons. The band repertoire consists of a steadily growing book of Neil's originals. The band is a quintet comprised of John Swana on trumpet, Brian Settles on tenor saxophone, Mike Boone on bass and Doug Hirlinger on drum set

Jazz Bridge Project Named A 'Hometown Hero' By Channel 6 ABC (Philadelphia)

August 6, 2023

From the desk at Jazz Bridge: We’re excited to let you know that Jazz Bridge was the subject of a very nice piece that aired on July 12 on WPVI TV 6 ABC, recognizing us as a “Hometown Hero.” How great is that!! We at Jazz Bridge are so proud to have our good work ...

Message

By Tom Tallitsch

Label: TT Productions
Released: 2021
Track listing: Let's Go!; Message; Zipline; Bubble; Fearless; Dusk; Mablestates; In The Weeds; Moon.

Tom Tallitsch: Message

by David A. Orthmann
March 28, 2021

There is hard bop DNA in tenor and soprano saxophonist Tom Tallitsch's twelfth record as a leader, the third consecutive release for his TT Productions imprint. While it is always tempting to start making comparisons to classic sides from the genre, or to simply dismiss recognizable sounds as old hat in a world bursting with new ...

Zipline

January 29, 2021

Album: Message
By Tom Tallitsch
Label: TT Productions
Released: 2021
Duration: 06:50

The Daily Biological

By Chad Taylor

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Shepherd; Prism; Swamp; Resistance; Matape; Birds, Leaves, Wind, Trees; Untethered; Recife; Between Sound and Silence.

Decomposing Force

By Matt Nelson

Label: NNA Tapes
Released: 2020
Track listing: Brutal Kings; Nythynge; The Weight of Literacy; Cold Seep.

Chad Taylor Trio: The Daily Biological

by Giuseppe Segala
May 25, 2020

Chad Taylor è conosciuto in particolare per essere cofondatore, insieme a Rob Mazurek, del Chicago Underground Duo, con le sue varianti nei diversi ampliamenti degli organici. La sua attività si è dipanata ad ampio raggio negli ultimi trent'anni, facendo fulcro sulla scena di Chicago prima, e di New York poi, collaborando tra l'altro con protagonisti storici, ...

Tim Warfield: Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas

by Edward Blanco
December 18, 2012

Veteran saxophonist Tim Warfield delivers one of the finest modern Christmas jazz albums around on Jazzy Christmas. Performing a selection of familiar songs with a heavy contemporary flavor, the music is so straight-ahead in nature that such seasonal tunes like “Let It Snow," “Joy To The World," and “Silent Night," are almost unrecognizable as Christmas music ...

Captain Black Big Band: Captain Black Big Band

by Bruce Lindsay
March 31, 2011

The man behind the Captain Black Big Band is pianist Orrin Evans. The ensemble's eponymous debut recording is a CD of such style, musicality and instrumental power that it seems only right to ensure that Evans gets the credit upfront. This is straight-ahead, swinging, big band music, recorded at three live performances in New York and ...