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Bill Charlap

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Bill Charlap was born in New York City into a musical family. His father, Moose Charlap, was a Broadway composer and songwriter whose credits included the scores to "Peter Pan, The Conquering Hero," "Whoop-up," "Alice Through the Looking Glass" and "Kelly." His mother, Sandy Stewart, is a popular song singer who performed with Benny Goodman, co-starred on TV's Perry Como Show and scored a Grammy nomination for her hit single, "My Coloring Book" by the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb. Mr. Charlap began playing the piano at a very young age. He studied with jazz pianist Jack Reilly and classical pianist Eleanor Hancock and informally picked up pointers from jazz/popular song pianist Dick Hyman, who was a distant cousin on his father's side. Mr
Elemental

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Beginning To See The Light; Mood Indigo; Honeysuckle Rose; Here's That Rainy Day; Love For Sale; 'S Wonderful; In The Still Of The Night; Caravan.
Latin Sounds from the Catskills + New Releases

by David Brown
First up, Sonny Rollins our man in jazz, a live free-form date recorded 63 years ago this week at the Village Gate, NYC; from there, we move into a summer set of sounds from the NY Catskill mountains via the 50s Latin jazz craze with Johnny Conquet and his Orchestra, vocalists Ruth Wallis and Abbe Lane ...
Julian Shore: Sharing Secrets Under The Rose

by Dean Nardi
Piano trios walk the thin line between exhibitionism and intimacy, and you can look no further than Bill Evans whose tones vibrated ever so slightly with the distant thrill of zeal. Despite insistent attempts to overlook its worthiness in contemporary jazz, the piano trio is alive and well, in good hands with pianists such as Kris ...
Mary Halvorson, Michael Andrew, John Sturino, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap

by Joe Dimino
Kicking off the 916th episode of Neon Jazz, we dive straight into the deep end of excellence with a powerhouse pairing--jazz royalty Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap--serving up fresh brilliance from their 2025 release, Elementa. From there, the journey gets bold and unpredictable, featuring fearless new sounds from Emile Londoner, Mary Halvorson, John Sturino, Michael ...
New Music from Weiss, Flying Sutra, Jackson Heinemann and Shead, & More

by Bob Osborne
Perhaps the most fascinating and rewarding gift from jazz music is its' unpredictability. On this show the selection of new releases continue to demonstrate that the music never fails to surprise and excite. As well as new material there is further exploration of Ivo Perelman's back catalogue on Leo Records and the recent reissue of the ...
Steve Davis, Thelonious Monk, Greg Murphy, Jazzmeia Horn & Roy Hargrove

by Joe Dimino
From the electric grooves of Simon Paterson's Electric Gumbo, we launch into the 910th episode of Neon Jazz with a jolt of fresh energy from his 2025 release It's On. The journey continues with a soul-stirring, newly unearthed gem from the legendary Roy Hargrove, featured on the posthumous album Grande-Terre--a timeless reminder of his genius. We ...
Johnny Hartman, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Will Downing, Joanna Majoko and More

by Jua Howard
Greetings Music Family! It's time for another episode of the First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got new music from Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joanna Majoko and Sandra-Mae Lux, and more timeless music from Johnny Hartman, The Blackbyrds, Whitney James, Will Downing, Etta Jones, Darmon Meaderand many more. Come get lost in the music with me!Playlist ...
Pete McGuinness: Mixed Bag

by Pierre Giroux
With Mixed Bag, Pete McGuinness once again affirms his place among the elite of modern big band composers and arrangers, presenting a luminous tapestry of jazz idioms that ranges from the exuberantly traditional to the adventurously modern. As the title suggests, the album is a delightful potpourri. However, rather than feeling scattered or unfocused, McGuinness weaves ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba with Chris Potter, Larry Grenadier and Eric Harland

by Hobart Taylor
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Live at Dizzy's Club with Chris Potter, saxophonist Josh Johnson performing with both SML and Brandee Younger, Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap and classic Bill Evans with Jim Hall. Playlist Dee Dee Bridgewater Bill Charlap In the Still of the Night" from Elemental (Mack Avenue) 0:00 Mike Clark Mike Zilber Turnaround ...