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Confronting the Questions: Race, Anonymity, and the American Experience

by David Bixler
December 9, 2025

In the early 1900s, James Weldon Johnson explored the complex life of a bi-racial man who chose to disappear into white society in The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Now, saxophonist Mark Turner uses this powerful novel as the foundation for his latest project. Join us as we listen to and discuss Turner's powerful compositions--a musical ...

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Camila Nebbia, Jacopo Fagioli, Lena Bloch & Erin Rogers/Kelsey Mines

by Maurice Hogue
December 9, 2025

The focus in this episode is on Argentine saxophonist Camila Nebbia who's quickly becoming a very important voice in the avant-garde/free jazz world. Other saxophonists heard on new releases are Lena Bloch, Erin Rogers (with bassist Kelsey Mines), and Rick Countryman from Manila. If you like trumpet players, track down Italy's Jacopo Fagioli. His new Dialogue ...

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Remembering Phil Upchurch

by Leo Sidran
December 9, 2025

Phil Upchurch was a musician's musician. Those who knew, knew. He played on over a thousand recordings, including some of the most iconic popular music ever made including Michael Jackson's Off The Wall, Donny Hathaway Live, Chaka Khan's “I'm Every Woman," Curtis Mayfield's Superfly, and George Benson's Breezin' to name only a few. He was there ...

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John Donegan Trio, Linda Dachtyl, Horace Silver, Rufus Wainwright

by Cheryl K.
December 8, 2025

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, more music than one could hope for. We start with saxophonist Yusef Lateef; then onto vocalists Rufus Wainwright and Sacha Boutros; the John Donegan Trio; guitarist Brent Laidler; drummer Al Foster; the trio Organology; the duo Inclusion Principle with their fourth EP of the year; and ...

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Centennial Shoutouts For June Christy and Johnny Mandel Plus New Releases James Suggs, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant,

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 8, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from James Suggs, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter & Superblue, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant, with birthday shoutouts to June Christy (100!), Johnny Mandel (100!), Etta Jones, Billy Strayhorn, Ethel Ennis, Rebecca Coupe Franks, Aline Homzy, among others with just a hint of holiday fare (more to come in December). Happy ...

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Red Garland, Samara Joy, Billy Hart, Mark Sherman & Marilyn Maye

by Joe Dimino
December 7, 2025

We step into the 935th episode of Neon Jazz with unmistakable class and pure showbiz magic courtesy of Kansas City's own vocal icon Marilyn Maye, shining brightly with “Time and Time Again" from the newly remastered 2024 album Interludes. She's gearing up for a heartfelt homecoming at the historic Folly Theater on December 21, 2025--a venue ...

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Damien Erskine, Chris Potter, Steve Smith, Marl Lettieri, Michael Brecker

by Len Davis
December 7, 2025

This will be the final Bitches Brew Radio program of 2025. We'll return on January 9th, 2026 with a brand-new year of boundary-pushing music. This show is packed with fresh sounds and deep cuts, including new music from J-Rod Sullivan & the 4 Korners, guitarist Franky Freedom with Gary Willis, Dan Arcamone with Steve Pruitt, Wayne ...

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Ned Rothenberg: Solo Improvisation In Bizarre Times

by Lawrence Peryer
December 6, 2025

Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on composer and improviser Ned Rothenberg. Ned's first solo album in thirteen years, Looms & Legends (Pyroclastic Records), shows why he's been called America's most intimate composer and improviser. Ned's improvisations and compositions showcase his use of extended techniques such as circular breathing and multiphonics, while others tell stories ...

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Branford Marsalis, Eric Scott Reed, Artemis, Jeremy Pelt and more

by Benjamin Boddie
December 6, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Branford Marsalis, Altin Sencalar, Reginald Cyntje, Marianne Solivan, Thomas Marriott, Mitch Towne, Paul Hecht, Lorraine Feather, Eric Scott Reed, Beatle Jazz, John Clayton, Ellie Martin, Jane Ira Bloom, Kandace Springs, Artemis, Posi-Tone Swingtet, Caili O'Doherty, Max Leake, Judy Wexler, Liz Cole, Jeremy Pelt, Darryl Yokley, Mason Razavi, Fred Hersch, Willie ...

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Improvising the Classics: Roll Over Beethoven

by Larry Slater
December 5, 2025

Beethoven was a musical revolutionary. He transformed every musical form he used to create his body of music.The pianist and composer Jon Batiste said “Beethoven's work taps into a universal connective, magnetic truth in music." Beethoven was a master of motivic development, taking small musical ideas and expanding them into long and varied ideas, ...