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Joe Elefante
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Joe Elefante is a pianist, saxophonist, vocalist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
Joe has traveled 4 continents playing and conducting jazz and musical theater. Joe founded the Joe Elefante Big Band in 2001, which was the house band at Cecil's Jazz Club for three years, and was featured on ABC's Nightline and in the Wall Street Journal. He was named a Jazz Ambassador by the Kennedy Center, and has toured Eastern Europe and the Middle East as a jazz pianist for the U.S. State Department. He has also been selected to the prestigious BMI Jazz Composers Workshop in NYC and the Betty Carter: Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center. He has also musically directed, conducted or played countless theater productions, including several at the Paper Mill Playhouse and Jersey Boys on Broadway and National Tour.
Return of the Light
By Joe Elefante
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Jazz for Dummies; Mudita; Return of the Light; Cromwell; Ankara Blues; Nobly Born; Don’t
Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder); Simple Girl; Loving Kindness; Sore on the Floor; Some
Other Blues.
Joe Elefante's Wheel of Dharma: Return of the Light
by Jack Bowers
The second act of Joe Elefante's laudable jazz career was born in tragedy: the loss in 2024 of his wife of sixteen years to cancer. It was then that Elefante, who once led the world-class Joe Elefante Big Band, decided to leave his long-time position as a schoolteacher and return to his first love, jazz, and ...
Stanley Cowell, Charlie Rouse, and Darius Jones
by Jerome Wilson
This show features newly reissued music by Stanley Cowell and Charlie Rouse as well as the usual collection of old and new jazz from Darius Jones, Joe Elefante, and Lauren Henderson among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill ...
Rachel Therrien, Rodney Jordan, Diane Marino, Rodney Whitaker and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Rachel Therrien, Dr. Purgatory, Rodney Jordan, Diane Marino, Ross Valory, Rodney Whitaker, Max Leake, The Reddish Fetish, Tomas Martin Lopez, Willie Morris, Steve Smith, Yellowjackets, Jeremy Pelt, Ryan Middagh, Nick Hempton & Cory Weeds, Posi-Tone Swingtet, Fernando Ferrarone, Jenna McLean, Artemis, Kasan Belgrave, Michelle Nicolle, Mafalda Minnozzi, MTB, and more. ...
Steve Sieck, Don Paul, Joe Elefante & Holman Alvarez
by Joe Dimino
We launch into the 890th episode of Neon Jazz with a bang, featuring the remarkable Holman Alvarez and the title track from his 2024 album, Hidden Objects. From there, the journey unfolds with a dynamic lineup of fresh sounds: George Colligan and his band Theoretical Planets bring their bold brilliance, Honolulu's Groovology grooves with swinging flair, ...
MTB, Michel Petrucciani, Judy Wexler, Carl Allen and more.
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by MTB, Jacob Wutzke, Michel Petrucciani, Judy Wexler, Bruce Harris, Jenny Hill, Oz Noy, Eugenie Jones, George Cables, Brian Lynch, Bill Moio, David Caffey, Alvin Queen, Christopher Boscole, Dave Stryker, Carl Allen, Brad Goode, Joe Syrian, Peter Erskine, Ryan Middagh and more. Playlist MTB “Angola" from Solid Jackson (Criss ...
#SongbookSeries
By Joe Elefante
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: You Do Something To Me; On A Clear Day; Day In, Day Out; In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning; I Wish I Were In Love
Again; Hey There; Old Devil Moon; I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face; All Or Nothing At All; How Little We Know; I’ll See
You Again; I’ve Got The World On A String; Some Other Time
Wheel of Dharma
By Joe Elefante
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Bad Dancing; Rocky; The One Who Knows; The Earth Is on Fire; Samadhi; Lion's Eyes.
Take Five with Pianist / Composer Joe Elefante
by AAJ Staff
About Joe Elefante: Joe has traveled 4 continents playing and conducting jazz and musical theater. Joe founded the Joe Elefante Big Band in 2001, which was the house band at Cecil's Jazz Club for three years, and was featured on ABC's Nightline and in the Wall Street Journal. He was named a Jazz Ambassador by the ...
