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Ed Palermo

Ed Palermo is not a “business as usual” musician. After all, when most people think of “big bands” they think of Duke and Dorsey. But go to see Ed Palermo’s Big Band and you might hear Zappa, Hendrix, the blues of Paul Butterfield & Mike Bloomfield or one of Ed’s own compositions, loaded with lush turns and unexpected twists.

Gil Evans wonderfully articulated Palermo’s unusual approach to traditional instrumentation:

“I first heard Ed Palermo’s music in a small club in the SoHo section of Manhattan. He was using the instrumentation of a traditional big band yet his arrangements and songs were anything but that. When I thought the music was going a certain direction, it would suddenly turn a corner. Ed has the ability to keep that important balance between cohesiveness and unpredictability. Ed Palermo’s music is alive and represents now.”

It's An Ed Palermo Christmas! God Bless Us, Everyone!

By Ed Palermo

Label: Sky Cat Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Opening Narration; Viennese Musical Clock; Let's Make the Water Turn Black; How Can I Be Sure This Is Candy's Room; Narration "Stellar Performance"; God Bless Us, Everyone!; I Believe in Father Christmas; Little Drummer Boy; Sofa/Away in a Manger; Candy's Room/Cruisin' for Burgers (reprise); Toads of the Short Forest; Christmas Carol; A Christmas Song; Narration "Rootny and Scrootny"; Rootny and Scrootny, the Christmas Babies; Dustin's Lullaby; Narration "Mike James"; Dominick the Donkey; Narration "Tiny Toy Soldiers"; Tiny Toy Soldiers; Nut Rocker; Ending Narration; I Believe in Father Christmas (reprise).

The Ed Palermo Big Band Announces It’s An Ed Palermo Christmas! God Bless Us, Everyone!, Arriving November 13, 2026

October 23, 2026

The Ed Palermo Big Band will release It’s An Ed Palermo Christmas! God Bless Us, Everyone! on November 13, 2026, via Sky Cat Records. The 23-track holiday album brings together the ensemble's wide-ranging musical influences, original compositions, inventive arrangements, narration, and a Christmas performance tradition spanning more than thirty years. Ed Palermo is a saxophonist, composer, ...

Loren Schoenberg, Horace Silver, and Masabumi Kikuchi

by Jerome Wilson
January 28, 2026

This episode features music by Loren Schoenberg, Horace Silver, Joe Gallant, Masabumi Kikuchi, and Chet Baker among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Sebastien Ammann's Color Wheel “Castello di Traliccio" from Resilience (Skirl) 00:59 ...

Prog vs. Fusion: A War of the Ages

By Ed Palermo

Label: Sky Cat Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Resolution; Black Hole Sun/Bodhisattva; There Comes A Time; Tarkus; Vrooom; Long Distance Runaround; Snake Oil; There's No Mystery About My G-Spot; Spanish G-Spot Tornado; Mystic Knights Of The Sea; On The Milky Way Express; Take A Pebble; One Word; The Fish; Fred; Black Hole Sun; Pictures Of A City.

Dawn Clement, Dena DeRose, Antonio Adolfo, MzVal and more

by Benjamin Boddie
July 25, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Cyrus Chestnut, Eric Scott Reed, Dawn Clement, Dena DeRose, Antonio Adolfo, Marcello Carelli, Robert Turner, Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell, Brandee Younger, Nicholas Payton, Albare, Alon Farber & Hagiga, Alan Broadbent, Marina Pacowski, Isaiah J.Thompson, Michael Dease, Pete McGuinness, MzVal, Benny Benack III, Mike Clark & Mike Zilber, Royce ...

Eric Scott Reed, John Clayton, Kandace Springs, George Colligan and more

by Benjamin Boddie
May 23, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Eric Scott Reed, Beatle Jazz, John Clayton, Ellie Martin, Premazzi / Nasser Quartet, Gabriel Latchin, Jane Ira Bloom, Kandace Springs, George Colligan, Jordan VanHemert, James Moody, Bobby West, Dave Anderson, Mira Choquette, Shiri Zorn & George Muscatello, Mads Tolling, Reggie Watkins, Atlantic Jazz Collective, Michael Waldrop, Romain Pilon, Brandon Woody, ...

Ed Palermo: Prog vs. Fusion: A War of the Ages

by Jack Bowers
May 21, 2025

Well, if it walks like a big band and talks like a big band...chances are it's a big band, even though, in the case of Ed Palermo's New York-based 18-piece ensemble, it neither walks nor talks much like any other big band on planet earth. On Prog Vs. Fusion, Palermo casts aside many established harmonic principles ...

The Ed Palermo Big Band: Prog vs. Fusion: A War of the Ages

by Kyle Simpler
May 15, 2025

Sometimes musicians with serious chops take their music a little too seriously. Others, however, manage to combine talent and humor in a way that proves infectious. The Ed Palermo Big Band is one of the best examples of the latter. With albums drawing on such diverse influences as Frank Zappa, Paul Butterfield, and King Crimson, Palermo ...

Ed Palermo, Planet D Nonet, Herbie Hancock & Don Byas

by Joe Dimino
May 11, 2025

In celebration of Con Chapman's freshly minted 2025 release Sax Expat, we crack open the 905th episode of Neon Jazz with the timeless tones of Don Byas, taking us back to a smoky stop in 1944. It's the perfect prologue to a show steeped in innovation, homage, and the ever-expanding universe of jazz. From there, we ...