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Article: Album Review

Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne: Together

Read "Together" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Eric Alexander and Mike LeDonne's album Together is an acknowledgment of the magic that can emerge when two masterful musicians collaborate in a duo setting. This release, featuring nine tracks, captures the essence of their longstanding musical relationship, offering a rich tapestry of spontaneous interplay, deep grooves and expressive storytelling through sound. And that sound was ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases By Lakecia Benjamin, Allyson Briggs, Eric Hollaway, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Bill Banfield, Madeleine Peyroux & More

Read "New Releases By Lakecia Benjamin, Allyson Briggs, Eric Hollaway, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Bill Banfield, Madeleine Peyroux & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Lakecia Benjamin, Allyson Briggs, Eric Hollaway, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Bill Banfield and Madeleine Peyroux with birthday shoutouts to ((Mavis Staples}}, Carol Morgan, Hey Rim Jeon, Gayelynn McKinney, Akua Dixon, Amber Weekes and Lauren Sevian, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Katie Bull, Joe Fonda, and Julian Lage

Read "Katie Bull, Joe Fonda, and Julian Lage" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This episode features imaginative jazz works by Katie Bull, Dave Douglas, and Joe Fonda, as well as new releases by Julian Lage, Mike LeDonne, and Ulysses Owens Jr. 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 So-Called ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike LeDonne: Wonderful!

Read "Wonderful!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Organist Mike LeDonne's latest recording, Wonderful!, is a labor of love on several levels. Of course, there is love of the music and love of accomplishing something that had not been done before--teaming a gospel choir with jazz quartet. Above all else, there is love for LeDonne's wife, Margaret, and daughter Mary who is disabled but, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From Lois Deloatch, Randy Napoleon, Kersten Stevens, Mike LeDonne, Hilary Gardner, Womens History Month & More

Read "New Releases From Lois Deloatch, Randy Napoleon, Kersten Stevens, Mike LeDonne, Hilary Gardner, Womens History Month & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


Happy Womens History Month! This broadcast includes new releases from Lois Deloatch, Randy Napoleon, Kersten Stevens, Mike LeDonne and Hilary Gardner plus birthday shoutouts to Sara Caswell, Claire Daly, Dexter Gordon, Roseanna Vitro and Sara Gazarek, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their ...

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Article: Album Review

Tony Monaco Trio: Over and Over

Read "Over and Over" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


B-3. The organ model resonates with jazz fans as something musically profound which fundamentally hits in the soul. Perhaps it is the Gospel and church roots or the list of greats in the jazz organ pantheon--Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Shirley Scott, et al. Now that Joey DeFrancesco has left us, there is a ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike LeDonne: Wonderful!

Read "Wonderful!" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


In jazz's rich tapestry, where tradition meets innovations, there emerged a convergence exemplified by the present release Wonderful! with the virtuosic Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet + Gospel Choir, who embark on a transcendent journey into the heart of gospel- infused jazz. The project is informed by LeDonne's desire to offer a heartfelt tribute to his wife ...

News: Recording

Mike LeDonne: Wonderful!

Mike LeDonne: Wonderful!

Mike LeDonne is a bad-ass. I thought of five different ways to say this more elegantly but I kept coming back to the same phrase. Mike, whose mastery of the Hammond B3 organ is legendary, takes the instrument's sound up a notch on his new album, Wonderful! (Cellar), by enlisting an 11-member non-denominational gospel choir. The ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Joel Ross, Pat Metheny & Francesco Crosara

Read "Joel Ross, Pat Metheny & Francesco Crosara" reviewed by Joe Dimino


From the talented Italian-born, Seattle-based pianist Francesco Crosara, we start the 842nd Episode of Neon Jazz with the title track off his album Circular Motion. From there, we get into an inspiration of his in Chick Corea's Return to Forever. Also, new music from Joel Ross, Doug MacDonald and Mike LeDonne. We close out the hour ...

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The Heavy Hitters

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2023
Track listing: Hub; New Day; Silverdust; Una Dia es un Dia; Big Richard; Chainsaw; This Is Something New; Cedar Land; Bluesit.


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