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Jason Yeager

Originally from Framingham, MA, Jason Yeager is a New York-based composer, pianist, and educator. He has released four albums as a leader or co-leader, most recently All At Onceness (Red Piano Records) and United (Inner Circle Music), the latter being named one of 2017's best and receiving a 4.5-star review in Downbeat. His first two albums, Ruminations and Affirmation (both on Inner Circle Music), featured nearly all original compositions. Yeager has played at such venues as the Blue Note in New York, Thelonious in Buenos Aires, and the Panama and Dominican Republic Jazz Festivals. Yeager has also performed and/or recorded with such artists as Luciana Souza, Jason Anick, Ran Blake, Ayn Inserto, Sean Jones, George Garzone, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Jason Palmer, and Sara Serpa

Mr. Bennett's Mind

Label: Manhattan Daylight Media Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: Turn Clockwork and Push; The County Clerk; Talk to Your Panda; Bank Robbers; Variations on a Floating Theme; Jupiter, from 'The Planets;' Bending Bobby Brick; Three Studies on Emotion.

Christine Jensen, Sonny Clark, Nina Simone and Others

by Jerome Wilson
February 7, 2024

This episode, as usual, goes all over the jazz landscape with current names like Christine Jensen and Marius Neset as well as classic figures of the past such as Sonny Clark and Nina Simone. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry ...

Recent Jazz Releases including a new one from Kenny Barron

by Jerome Wilson
May 17, 2023

Here are reviews of a diverse selection of jazz releases from the past few months. Allegra Levy Songs For You And Me Little Moon Records 2023 Vocalist Allegra Levy has made a children's music album for the most natural of reasons. She became a mother in 2021, ...

Xhosa Cole, Lakecia Benjamin, J.D.Hive, Jason Yaeger & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 18, 2023

A playlist built around the work of impressive emerging saxophonists (Lakecia Benjamin, Xhosa Cole, Jason Marshall, and Alex Hitchcock), and guitarists (Ant Law and David Doruzka). Together with a tribute to Kurt Vonnegut, the reissue of an Acid Jazz classic, and much more, this is an hour of music that should keep you happy and full ...

Maddeningly Unintuitive Japanese Software

by Patrick Burnette
January 12, 2023

The robots are coming! The robots are coming! And they're after our jobs—as lounge singers. Skynet would not be amused. But we kind of are—at least, Mike says his first encounter with a vocaloid will be ever imprinted upon his brain. Don't worry—this episode isn't all about our electronic replacements qua masters. We look at music ...

Bokonon

January 10, 2023

Album: Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite
By Jason Yeager
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 6:59

Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite

By Jason Yeager

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2022

Grant Geissman, Nicholas Payton and Art Blakey

by Joe Dimino
December 4, 2022

We begin the 779th Episode of Neon Jazz with a tune from guitarist Grant Geissman's new album Blooz. From there, we hear from one of his early mentors in Chuck Mangione. We get a bit of Chicago flair from singer Tracye Eileen and the great King Oliver. As the episode marches on, we hear new music ...

New Music from Hernandez, Yeager, Granite, López, And, More

by Bob Osborne
November 24, 2022

On this edition of World of Jazz we feature music from Pia Hernandez, Jason Yeager, Avi Granite, So Long Seven, Rocío Giménez López Trío, Band of Pulses, and Elsa Nillson. Also music from Australian rock legends Dave Graney & Clare Moore who always manage to slip a little jazz into their repertoire. Playlist Show ...