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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Porter and More

Read "Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Porter and More" reviewed by Joe Dimino


The 587th Episode of Neon Jazz is ushered in by the sounds of Lewis Porter on the keys and followed by those of his friend Dizzy Gillespie. From there, we look into Kansas City-born, New York-based trumpeter Dave Scott with a cut off his new CD In Search of Hipness. We then move on to the ...

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Charlie Porter

Label: PHP
Released: 2018
Track listing: Prologue; Mel Smiles; Rondo for Sticky; New Beginnings; A Lover Scorned; Brown Study; Messenger; Skain Train; Morning Glory; Anthem; Epilogue.

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Article: Album Review

Charlie Porter: Charlie Porter

Read "Charlie Porter" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


Charlie Porter is an album that is musically and structurally reminiscent of those iconic M.C. Escher prints: dizzying ziggurats, waterfalls to some/nowhere and eye-teasing figure-ground images. Porter, with the able assistance of his local colleagues -all ace musicians -has created an intriguing, intelligent recording that simmers and boils over with ingenious original compositions, stellar musicianship, and ...

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Label: PHP
Released: 2018
Duration: 5:18

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Article: Album Review

Charlie Porter: Charlie Porter

Read "Charlie Porter" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Trumpeter and composer Charlie Porter exhibits his innovative spirit and his brilliant musicianship on his self-titled debut as a leader. Working with a rotating cast of Portland (Oregon) area musicians, Porter performs ten of his originals and one cover with a refreshingly unique style and captivating spontaneity. Similar in concept to tenor saxophonist Benny ...

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Garden Of Delights

Label: Dot Time Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: The Skipping Tune; Garden of Delights; Mingus; Speed Bumps; Natural Beauty; Bluesman's Holiday; Warming Trend; Double Clutching; Chaconne a Son Gout; Discretion Advised.

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Article: Album Review

The Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra: Joyful Noise

Read "Joyful Noise" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Veteran bassist, arranger/composer Chuck Israels has had the good fortune of performing and recording with some of the best jazz musicians on the planet including legends and icons from Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins to John Coltrane and Stan Getz among many others, though he is best associated with the Bill Evans Trio from 1961 ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Travelling the “Rhythm Road”: Jazz Ambassadorship in the Twenty-First Century

Read "Travelling the “Rhythm Road”: Jazz Ambassadorship in the Twenty-First Century" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


When asked to define jazz, Count Basie, said, “Tap your feet!" Rhythm brings people together, and is part of what makes jazz America's musical bridge to the world. “Jazz ambassadorship," a concept which came on the scene over half a century ago, continues into the New Milennium. One current basis for its longevity is that every ...

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The Russ Spiegel Jazz Orchestra: Transplants

Label: RuzzTone Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Count Up The Very Thought of You Kangaroo Number One Chain Reaction Undertow I Let a Song Out of My Heart The Rub I Should Care


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