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Bobby Wellins Quartet: What Was Happening

by Chris May
March 19, 2024

In 1965 tenor saxophonist Bobby Wellins made an indelible mark on jazz history with his contribution to pianist Stan Tracey's Jazz Suite Inspired By Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood (Columbia). The exquisite “Starless And Bible Black" is the most frequently cited track (check the YouTube below) and is indicative of the album's overall beauty. For a ...

Roberto Magris: Love Is Passing Thru

by Dan McClenaghan
March 18, 2024

Italian pianist Roberto Magris started his jazz journey on his home turf, notably with a trio of albums on the Soul Note label: Check-In (2005), Il Bello del Jazz (2006) and Current Views (2009). But his profile rose substantially when he got involved with JMood Records, beginning with Kansas City Outbound (2008). He offered his masterpiece ...

Out to Lunch Tribute, Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald

by David Brown
March 5, 2024

This week we celebrate the recording anniversary of Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch. We'll pay tribute by playing tracks from the LP as recorded by Vandermark 5, Orchestre National De Jazz, James Newton, The Lounge Lizards and Eric Dolphy himself. A vocal set will follow featuring big band era vocalists Antia O'Day, Helen Humes and Ella ...

Joe Lovano: da New York a Bergamo

by Libero Farnè
March 4, 2024

Joe Lovano è di casa in Italia. Non so quanto in questo possa influire l'origine siciliana della sua famiglia; penso che la ragione sia da ricercare piuttosto, oltre che nell'estroversa giovialità del carattere, nella sua vocazione di globetrotter che lo ha portato in ogni angolo del mondo con le più svariate formazioni, sue o di altri ...

Scenes from the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival

by Matt Hooke
February 29, 2024

The greatest gift any music festival can give a listener is the chance to think about a genre differently and the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival did just that between February 16 and February 18. Most concert goers attend a show to hear a specific artist they are already familiar with, but the beauty of a ...

Luca Missiti e il Questionario di Proust

by Paolo Peviani
February 28, 2024

Musicista, arrangiatore, direttore d'orchestra e docente di armonia e arrangiamento presso i Civici Corsi di Jazz di Milano di cui, dallo scorso anno, Luca Missiti è anche Coordinatore didattico. Ha fondato la Monday Orchestra, di cui è anche direttore. Il tratto principale della mia musica Cerco di scrivere musica che ...

Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz Band

Learn more about Mountlake Terrace Jazz at https://mthsmusic.org/jazz/.

Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Charlie Parker & Ella Fitzgerald

by Joe Dimino
February 25, 2024

We dedicate the entirety of the 843rd Episode of Neon Jazz to the history and culturally vital institution, Harlem's Apollo Theater. After finding an illustrated book on the history of this landmark institution in the history of African American culture, it was essential to cover the jazz side of things from the book's perspective. We begin ...

Jazz And Death: Reception, Rituals And Representations

by Ian Patterson
February 24, 2024

Jazz and Death: Reception, Rituals and Representations Walter van de Leur 200 Pages ISBN: 9781138553422 Routledge 2023 The title might seem a tad non-felicitous, but it surely invites reflection. How do we respond to and commemorate jazz musicians' deaths? In what ways do these rituals manifest themselves from one ...

Joel Weiskopf: New Beginning

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 21, 2024

For better or worse, it seems that any artistic endeavor that involves the true expression of raw human experience and emotion is destined to have appeal to only a small and select audience. This dilemma becomes even more daunting for the artist in today's technology-laden society where electronic communication has taken the place of face-to-face conversation. ...