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Article: Interview

Pierre de Bethmann: Sharing a Musical Breakfast in Lyon

by Artur Moral
June 27, 2025

If interviewing a musical figure is usually a great experience, having a face-to-face conversation with one is a true privilege. Besides, it is April in Lyon, cherry trees in blossom... and the roofs of the capital of the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes shine under a splendid spring sun. Pierre de Bethmann, winner of the 2024 Victoire ...

Article: Live Review

Connetto Jazz 2025

by Marco Iacoboni
June 9, 2025

Connetto Jazz Festival Teatro Politeama; Sonar; Bottega Roots Poggibonsi; Colle Val D'Elsa (SI) 21-25 maggio 2025 La terza edizione del Connetto Jazz Festival si è aperta con un concerto in piano solo di Rita Marcotulli, nella bella sala concerti del Teatro Politeama di Poggibonsi. “Autoritratto" è il nome dato dalla Marcotulli ...

Article: Album Review

Jo-Yu Chen: Rendezvous - Jazz Meets Beethoven, Tchaikovsky & More

Read "Rendezvous - Jazz Meets Beethoven, Tchaikovsky & More" reviewed by Frank Housh

by Frank Housh
May 21, 2025

New York-based pianist and composer Jo-Yu Chen treats the great composers like most jazz musicians treat the Great American Songbook: a familiar musical foundation upon which to build a musical style. Chen trained at Juilliard but was seduced by jazz's siren song. Her first four albums: Obsession (Sony Music, 2011), Incomplete Soul (Sony Music, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

MTB, Renee Rosnes, Darryl Yokley, Willie Morris and more

by Benjamin Boddie
February 26, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Jacob Wutzke, Harry Drabkin, Jeremy Pelt, Steven Feifke, Michel Petrucciani, Jackson Potter, Darryl Yokley, Mike Boone, Judy Wexler, Liz Cole, Mason Razavi, Eric Lilley, Bruce Harris, Renee Rosnes, Fred Hersch, Jenna Mclean, Jenny Hill, Scott Hamilton, Willie Morris, Kasan Belgrave, Eugenie Jones, Allegra Levy, Jessica Jones, Mafalda Minnozzi and more. ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jeremy Pelt, Darryl Yokley, Mason Razavi, Fred Hersch and more

by Benjamin Boddie
February 13, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Jeremy Pelt, Darryl Yokley, Mason Razavi, Fred Hersch, Willie Morris, Tom Wakeling, Rick Roe, Theoretical Planets, Jessica Jones, David Ballis, Larry Vuckovich, Jacob Wutzke, Dan Moretti, Mark Grandfield, Jackson Potter, Joe Syrian, Michel Petrucciani, Allegra Levy, Arturo Sandoval, Harry Drabkin, Carl Allen, Judy Wexler and more. Playlist Jeremy ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Billy Higgins, Hank Jones, Benny Green & Carl Allen

by Joe Dimino
February 9, 2025

We launch the 892nd episode of Neon Jazz with a true jazz veteran--Carl Allen--who's back with his first album in decades. Tippin' (2025) marks his triumphant return, all while he continues shaping the next generation of jazz as the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. This hour is packed with stories from ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

MTB, Michel Petrucciani, Judy Wexler, Carl Allen and more.

by Benjamin Boddie
January 24, 2025

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 ...

Article: Play This!

Remembering Roy Haynes: Modern Jazz Giant

by Ian Patterson
November 19, 2024

When Roy Haynes sat down at the tiny kit on the stage of the Everyman Theatre, during the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival in 2005, he shook his head ruefully and said, “Man, I feel like a midget!" Rising above the audience laughter, somewhere in the depths of the theatre, a voice replied, “Roy, you're a giant!" ...

Article: Album Review

Antonio Faraò: Tributes

by Neil Duggan
June 19, 2024

There is an old saying that you should judge a person by the company that they keep. If that is true of musicians, then Italian pianist Antonio Faraò is highly regarded. For his sixth trio outing, he is joined by bassist John Patitucci, who achieved worldwide acclaim for his work with Chick Corea's Elektric Band and ...

Article: Play This!

Stefano Di Battista: La Vita è Bella

by Scott Lichtman
April 4, 2024

"La vita è bella" ("life is beautiful" in Italian) is one tune whose title truly captures its essence. Alto saxophonist Stefano Di Battista leads his quintet through this peppy, hummable bebop piece, a remake of the movie theme of the same name. As the drummer's brushwork flies by at 160bpm, Di Battista and trumpeter Matteo Cutello ...