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Ira B. Liss
Ever since the early 1970's, Ira was destined in life to be a band leader. A drum major/saxophonist at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, California, he was voted most valuable band member his senior year. In the local, regional and national scenes, Ira acquired extensive experiences in all phases of the music and entertainment industry. From music management, retail/wholesale products, talent acquisition, concert production & promotion, to jazz education and recording production. Ira B. Liss, at 6 feet 7 inches tall, is Southern California's most imminently watchable bandleader of San Diego’s favorite Big Band: The Ira B
Unexpected Guests
By Ira B. Liss
Label: Tall Man
Released: 2025
Track listing: Renaissance Woman; I’m Counting on You; San Joaquin; Knock on Wood; Extraordinary
Woman; Violinspiration; Tapped Out; Reeds Between the Lines; Pineapple Mango; Strings in
the Wind; French Fries.
The Birdland Big Band, Linda Dachtyl, Michael Mayo, Sofija Knezevic, Eric Byrd Trio, Carmen Staaf & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from The Birdland Big Band, Linda Dachtyl, Michael Mayo, Sofija Knezevic, Eric Byrd and the first single from Carmen Staaf's latest project, with birthday shoutouts to Teri Thornton, Sherrie Marricle, Claire Martin, Pete McGuinness, Akiko Tsuruga, Alyssa Allgood and Sinne Eeg, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you ...
Ira B. Liss: Unexpected Guests
by Jack Bowers
Unexpected Guests is the seventh recording by Ira B. Liss' southern California-based Big Band Jazz Machine since Liss formed the ensemble in 1979. His guests on this radiant and high-energy studio date are “unexpected" in more ways than one, as only one of their 11 names can be found anywhere on the album aside from the ...
Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Tierney Suttion, George Coleman, Christian McBride and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Josh Lawrence, Michika Fukumori, Tierney Sutton, Linda Dachtyl, Mike Pope, Marc Seales, Jen Allen, Joe Bowden, Randy Napoleon, George Coleman, Alberto Pibiri, Jaleel Shaw, Christian McBride, Kelly Green, Irving Flores, Caelan Cardello, Eric Byrd, Roger Glenn, Birdland Big Band, Conrad Herwig, Ira B. Liss, Paul ...
Remembering Sheila Jordan, New Releases By Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, Catina DeLuna, the Airmen Of Note, Richard Johnson, Jorge Garcia. Patricia Brennan & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from the Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, Catina DeLuna and Otmaro Ruiz, the Airmen Of Note, Richard Johnson, Jorge Garcia plus a single from Patricia Brennan, with birthday shoutouts to lyricists Dorothy Parker and Carolyn Leigh, pianist Mal Waldron (100!), Nora Germain, Fostina Dixon, Anita Wardell, Naomi Moon Siegel, ...
Mark Winkler, Lauren Henderson, Ben Clifton & Hal Galper
by Joe Dimino
We step into the 919th episode of Neon Jazz with a bittersweet note--bidding farewell to jazz titan Hal Galper, who left us at the age of 87 on July 18, 2025. His impact on the music was profound, but it was his role as an educator that continues to echo through generations of musicians. From that ...
Mazel Tov Kocktail!
By Ira B. Liss
Label: Tall Man Productions
Released: 2021
Track listing: Gimmie That; High Wire; Keys to the City; Love You Madly; Bass: The Final Frontier; You'd Better Love Me
While You May; Mazel Tov Kocktail; I Wish You Love; Springtime; Joy Spring; West Wings.
Don Ellis, Joe Williams & Ira B. Liss
by Joe Dimino
The heat of summer has Neon Jazz thinking about big bands and orchestras. For the 705th show on June 16, we start off with big band leader Ira B. Liss and the Big Band Jazz Machine with a cut from his 2020 release Mazel Tov Kocktail. We also hear from a sextet with Joseph Herbst off ...
Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine: Mazel Tov Kocktail!
by Jack Bowers
Any big band that has been alive and kicking for forty-two years surely deserves a Mazel Tov or two. Ira B. Liss formed his San Diego-based Big Band Jazz Machine in 1979, and it has been standing tall on the local scene ever since. Although the band puts its best foot forward at the outset on ...
