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Jon Gordon: Passing It On
by David Bixler
Saxophonist Jon Gordon's new recording, 7th Ave South takes its name from the iconic club owned by the Brecker Brothers that closed its doors in 1987. The title of the album is emblematic of a time that shaped Jon as a musician as a high school student in NYC in the '80s. In this episode of ...
Matt Wilson, Kerry Politzer & Christopher Burnett
by Joe Dimino
We kick off the 856th Episode of Neon Jazz with the esteemed Kansas City musician and educator Christopher Burnett with music from his album Originals recorded with a stellar cast KC's finest. From there, we dig into another one of KC's own in Karrin Allyson with music from her album A Kiss for Brazil. Then it's ...
David Bixler: BEATitude
by Dan Bilawsky
Felicity finds its way into the heart and soul of David Bixler's music on BEATitude. Reconvening the quartet that drew wonder out of adversity on In The Face Of Chaos (Red Piano, 2019), this acclaimed alto saxophonist delivers eight numinous originals that speak to conviction and faith in moving form(s). “A Power Deferred," ...
Stephan Crump: What Does Water Want?
by David Bixler
Slow Water is the latest release from bassist and composer Stephan Crump. In this ambitious 67 minute work, Crump explores how society uses water and addresses the question “What does water want?" as proposed by Erica Gies in her 2022 book Water Always Wins. For this project he assembled a new ensemble comprised of musicians with ...
David Bixler, Milosz Pieczonka, Reza Askari, Marilyn Crispell & Jason Stein
by Maurice Hogue
This edition of One Man's Jazz is the 600th done for Taint Radio, and to mark the occasion two albums that would have fit in perfectly with Black History Month in February, but good music has no timetable. Saxophonist David Bixler drew upon not on the jazz poetry of the great Black Poet, Langston Hughes, but ...
Luis Perdomo: El Arte Del Grammy
by David Bixler
This month we join in congratulating pianist Luis Perdomo for his recent GRAMMY award for El Arte del Bolero vol 2 in the category of best Latin jazz album. In this episode of LINER NOTES, Luis recounts the musical journey from his native Venezuela and then coming to New York initially to study before transitioning into ...
A Conversation with Peter Bernstein
by David Bixler
The week of March 5 guitarist Peter Bernstein brings a quartet to the Village Vanguard in New York City that includes pianist Sullivan Fortner, bassist Doug Weiss, and the iconic drummer Al Foster. In this episode of LINER NOTES Peter expresses a genuine gratitude for being able to play music. He also offers insights on how ...
Joe Fiedler: Will Be Fire
by David Bixler
As an improviser, trombonist Joe Fiedler describes himself as living half in the inside world and half in the outside world. This is evident in his new recording Will Be Fire. For this project, Fiedler collaborates with guitarist Pete McCann, tuba virtuoso Marcus Rojas, and percussionist Jeff Davis, in an elegant instrumentation that pays homage to ...
Time and Time Again with Loren Stillman
by David Bixler
The last several years have brought about significant change for saxophonist Loren Stillman. A lifelong New Yorker, Loren and his family did a 180, and moved to Montana several years ago. With the time afforded to him by the pandemic, Loren, having made a name for himself as an alto saxophonist focused his energies on the ...
Ron Blake: No Mistaking His Identity
by David Bixler
Holding down the bari chair at Saturday Night Live, performing with musicians like Christian McBride, and teaching at Julliard have saxophonist Ron Blake at full capacity. These time constraints left little time for him to focus on his own music, but fortunately he enlisted the help of his long time-friend guitarist Bobby Broom and has recently ...
