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Marco Colonna, Resilient Vesssels & Muriel Grossmann

by Maurice Hogue
July 28, 2021

Three new recordings by excellent reed players highlight this edition. Italy's multi-instrumentalist Marco Colonna fronts a risk-taking trio with double bassist Dario Miranda and drummer Fabrizio Spera on their recording N-EST, while one of the hottest saxophonists in the universe—James Brandon Lewis—is a member of Resilient Vessels, a quartet assembled by bassist and visual artist Josh ...

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England vs. Italy: A Jazz Re-match, First Half

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 27, 2021

A few days ago, England and Italy faced each other in the finals of the European Soccer Cup. It was a compelling match with a nail-biting end between two teams that exceeded expectations and that promise to have a brilliant future. Italy won in a penalty shootout because in sports--especially in the finals of a tournament--there ...

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Allison Miller and Friends

by Russell Perry
July 27, 2021

For over a decade, drummer Allison Miller has led and been the principal composer for the band Boom Tic Boom. The group was launched in 2010 as a quartet with Jenny Scheinman on violin, Myra Melford on piano, and Todd Sickafoose on bass, but was augmented to a sextet more recently with the addition of virtuosic ...

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Ladies Don't Write Lyrics - Celebrating the Words of Dorothy Fields

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 26, 2021

The broadcast begins with several Dorothy Fields standards to celebrate her birthday. Although the daughter of vaudeville star Lew Fields who coined the phrase “That was no lady—that was my wife," he did not approve of her vocation, saying “Ladies do not write lyrics." She retorted “I'm no lady—I'm your daughter!" The rest is herstory. Also ...

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Mauricio Farfan, Steve Khan, Alex Garcia, Erik Escobar, John Escreet

by Len Davis
July 25, 2021

Latin infused fusion from Mauricio Farfan, Steve Khan, Erik Escobar and Alex Garcia's AfroMantra. Plus John Escreet, Lost Tribe and Gene Lake. Playlist Mauricio Farfan “Simbiosis" from Travesia (M F Latin Music) 00:00 Steve Khan “Heard" from Subtext (Tone Centre) 12:05 Alex Garcia's AfroMantra “Coltranesque" from This Side of Mestizaje (Afro Mantra) 17:59 Erik ...

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Tony Tixier, David Larsen, Charlie Mariano, Miles Donahue and more!

by Joe Dimino
July 25, 2021

We begin the 709th Episode of Neon Jazz with the talented Paris-based Tony Tixier with new material off his latest 2020 album I am Human. He has a history with many Kansas City musicians and is a great fit to begin a new episode featuring music from brilliant young cats. We also profile new music from ...

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Benoît Delbecq, Charles Mingus, Danilo Gallo, Tom Rainey & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 24, 2021

In this installment of Mondo Jazz we check out the latest releases by prolific French pianist Benoit Delbecq, the expanded version of Charles Mingus' 1974 legendary concert at Carnegie Hall, the textural work of Waxwing and the trio of Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea, and a couple of albums that may end up very high ...

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John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Teymur Phell, Justin Rothberg

by Len Davis
July 23, 2021

New music with John McLaughlin Liberation Time and Justin Rothberg, Steps Ahead, Teymur Phell, Mike Stern and Matt Twaddle.Playlist John McLaughlin “Lockdown Blues" from Liberation Time (Abstract Logix) 00:00 Steps Ahead “Tee Bag" from Live Under The Sky 1980 (Equinox 09:02 Teymur Phell “Master Volume" from Master Volume (Music TP) 18:05 Mike Stern “All ...

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A Selection Of New Releases

by Bob Osborne
July 22, 2021

A selection of tracks from recent releases including music from the fourth album from drummer Andrés Elstein, cutting edge avant-garde playing from Joe O'Connor, Theo Carbo & Tim Green, and sampling and sculpting of sounds from Matias Riquelme. Then to the UK for new albums from Slowly Rolling Camera, and Sons of Kemet and to the ...

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Past Grapplin'

by Patrick Burnette
July 22, 2021

Since the seventies, it's arguable that most jazz musicians work in “old" idioms (even if they mix and match them in new ways), but this episode's artists each take on aspects of jazz's past that seem, well, more past than most. Sometimes the commitment to the older idiom is complete, sometimes it comes and goes, but ...