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“One of the best kept secrets in Canada, … a truly remarkable musician.” (- Bill King, Jazz Preview, Jazz FM91.1) Originally from Vancouver, Canada, jazz clarinetist/composer James Danderfer has been traveling, studying and performing around the world since the age of 16. His travels first began when he was accepted into the prestigious Interlochen World Center For The Arts high school (USA) to study with renowned clarinetist Richard Hawkins. James attended the University of North Texas and later received a bachelor’s degree in jazz performance from Western Michigan University where he was a featured soloist and composer in both concerts and recordings
If Not Now
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Ponderosa; My Brightest Lights; Nightlife; Tumbledown; Oh Brother; If Not Now; I Like You;
Garden of Weeds; Tempest of the Times.
Don Was, Mike Clark, Grant Stewart, Sacha Boutros and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Don Was, Mike Clark, Grant Stewart, Sacha Boutros, Stevie Holland, Margherita Fava, Tom Cohen, Al Muirhead, Rick Keller, James Danderfer, Ryan Keberle, Markus Rutz, Charlie Porter, Michael Mayo, Rin Seo, Snorre Kirk, Michael Dease, Jen Allen, Roger Glenn, Eric Byrd, Nick Finzer, JD Allen, Johnathan Blake, Mike LeDonne, Kate Wyatt, ...
James Danderfer: If Not Now
by Jack Bowers
The clarinet, which once was commonplace in jazz (think Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Pee Wee Russell, Tony Scott, Buddy DeFranco, Jimmy Giuffre, Pete Fountain, Bob Wilber and many others), is all but absent these days save for a handful of adamant diehards such as Paquito D'Rivera, Eddie Daniels, Don Byron and Ken Peplowski. That ...
David Kikowski, Nick Finzer, Michelle Lordi & Nancy King
by Joe Dimino
We open the 926th episode of Neon Jazz by honoring the incomparable Nancy King, joined here with Fred Hersch, as we bid farewell to her remarkable voice. She passed on August 5, 2025, at the age of 85, leaving behind a luminous legacy of music that will echo for generations. From there, the hour unfolds with ...
Baltimore Jazz Collective, Shawn Purcell, James Danderfer, Mike LeDonne and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Baltimore Jazz Collective, Milan Verbist, Shawn Purcell, Juliet Ewing, Harold Lopez-Nussa, James Danderfer, Steve Rosenbloom, Mark Winkler, Gabriel Alegria, David Kikoski, Mike LeDonne, Enrique Haneine, Heather McKay, Kelly Green, Brad Mehldau, Brandon Suarez, Roger Glenn, Jen Allen, Jim Witzel, Jimmy Greene, Eric Alexander, Carmen Bradford, Josh Lawrence, Michael Mayo, George ...
Home Cookin'
By Cory Weeds
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: Home Cookin'; Corner Kisses; Blossoms in May; Power Station; Thedia; Lullaby of the Leaves;
Metamorphosis.
Cory Weeds: Home Cookin'
by Jack Bowers
On Home Cookin', his second recording with an eleven-piece “little big band," tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds is doing the best he can. Really. As Weeds writes in the liner notes, the plan was to rehearse the band for two nights at Frankie's Jazz Club in Vancouver, Canada, home to Weeds and most of the band's personnel, ...
From The Pen Of...
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2022
Track listing: Night Spot; Queen's Pawn; It's A Human Race; Rabbit's Habit; Up In Steve's Room; Why Am I
Blue?; Waltz For Willi; Our Blues; For Your Love; Ol' Bill's Blues; Theme.
Fraser MacPherson: From The Pen Of...
by Jack Bowers
The late tenor saxophonist Fraser MacPherson was well-known in western Canada and elsewhere for his brilliance—but as player, not a writer. In fact, according to MacPherson's son Guy, who wrote the excellent liner notes to From the Pen of..., his father wrote barely a dozen or so original compositions, almost all of which are included on ...
