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Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Dynamic Maximum Tension
by Katchie Cartwright
Darcy James Argue's superb double-album Nonesuch debut offers compositions written throughout his career. He turns to twentieth-century thinkers for “ideas that can help us in the present, that we can reexamine and reconfigure for our own purposes." These include futurist designer Buckminster Fuller, cryptanalyst-computer scientist Alan Turing, composer-arranger Bob Brookmeyer, actress-screenwriter Mae West, trumpeter-mentor Laurie Frink, ...
Steven Watts (Dotsero) and Mike Mauer, Plus Vice Jazz
by Steven Roby
Musician interviews on this episode include Steven Watts (Dotsero) and Mike Mauer (Mike Maurer Band.) Plus, we'll explore the vice jazz genre. On Backstage Jazz, you'll hear a blend of contemporary and classic jazz and a touch of soul, funk, and world music, all selected by music journalist and host Steven Roby.Playlist Billy Stewart ...
Tony Bennett, Milt Hinton & Israel Tanenbaum
by Joe Dimino
The versatile and talented musician, composer & producer Israel Tanenbaum kicks off the 814th Episode of Neon Jazz with music from his release Impressions. From there, we hear more chartbound music with the likes of Steve Carrington, Anthony Hervey, Steve Snyder and the Terry Gibbs Legacy Band. An interesting project from guitarist Ryan Meagher called AftEarth ...
Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington & Lena Horn
by Joe Dimino
In honor of the 2022 book Dangerous Rhythms by New York Times best selling author T.J English, we constructed an hour of jazz celebrating the story of his intersection of the mob and the music. It starts in Chicago with the great King Oliver and ends in New York City with Jimmy Durante. In between, we ...
I Want You di Marvin Gaye: una rigogliosa foresta di simboli jazzistici.
by Maurizio Zerbo
L' approccio multidisciplinare della scuola storiografica Les Annales offre interessanti spunti di riflessione anche per lo studio della popular music, attraverso un'analisi incrociata di fonti musicali, etnologiche, iconografiche, letterarie, fotografiche e cinematografiche. Grazie al visionario quadro The Sugar Shack del pittore statunitense Ernie Barnes, la copertina di I Want You è una rigogliosa foresta ...
Holiday Releases Plus A Celebration of Cab Calloway and More Christmas Capricorns
by Mary Foster Conklin
The Christmas broadcast presents holiday releases from Herb Albert and Jessy J as well as more Yuletide music penned by women, with birthday shoutouts to Cab Calloway, Edith Piaf, Sue Maskaleris, Camille Thurman, Chris McNulty, Kerry Politzer, Sean Harkness and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during ...
Angles: A Muted Reality
by Mark Corroto
For Swedish saxophonist Martin Küchen, all music is folk music. Proof of that statement is the Angles' release A Muted Reality. Whether he is referencing Balkan, African, Swedish, American jazz or Spanish dialects, he is drawing on kindred spirits in his music. With the various editions of his Angles projects, from trios to 10-piece small big ...
Django Reinhardt, James Moody and Nancy Kelly
by Joe Dimino
We kick off the 756th Episode of Neon Jazz with vocalist Nancy Kelly then spin an array of new music from the likes of Sidney Jacobs, The Extended Trio, Pasquale Stefano and Charlton Singleton. Brazilian jazz artist Tetel Di Babuya steps away from her violin in a new role as a singer on her new album ...
Groove Town: Buffalo Jazz And Its Legacy - Historical Insights
by Barbara Ina Frenz
From early on, Buffalo attracted musicians as a place to live and pursue their artistic endeavors—and they were excellent ones: Lil Hardin Armstrong, Jimmie Lunceford, Pete Johnson, and Stuff Smith. Dodo Greene, two masters of polyrhythm, Frankie Dunlop and Clarence Becton, as well as pianist and bassist Wade Legge grew up here. Two distinctive voices on ...
Kevin Eubanks, Orrin Evans & Immanuel Wilkins
by Joe Dimino
From a new super jazz group Pluto Juice, we begin the 745th Episode of Neon Jazz with the 2022 song “Pluto and Beyond." The band includes Dayna Stephens and we play on song off his 2015 album Reminiscent. From there, we get into new music from Gregg Hill, Remy Le Boeuf and Micah Graves. Kansas City ...
