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Dan Willis, Paul Dunmall, Amok Amor & Treesearch

by Maurice Hogue
May 5, 2021

Many jazz musicians in Poland consider playing and/or recording the music of Poland's father of jazz, Krzysztof Komeda, a rite of passage. A similar feeling exists with most jazz musicians anywhere about the music of Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and more. This episode features some recordings that follow that path. Saxophonist Dan Willis tackles ...

Tomorrow’s Warriors: The Sound of London, Part 1

by Russell Perry
May 4, 2021

London has always been home to a thriving jazz scene. Several things distinguish that scene today—the gender and racial diversity of the players, their achievement at a young age and the wide range of musical influences from hip-hop, club sounds and the African and Caribbean diaspora. Much of this diversity has its roots in the innovative ...

A Quasi-Centennial Mingus Festivus: The Charles Mingus Songbook, Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 4, 2021

Charles Mingus would have turned 99 years old on 22 April 2021. So with a year ahead of his centennial celebration we've decided to focus this edition of Mondo Jazz on Mingus as a composer, featuring some of the best renditions of his most memorable compositions.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. ...

New Releases and Birthday Shoutouts To Ella Fitzgerald

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 3, 2021

This broadcast features new releases from saxophonist Berta Moreno, bassist/vocalist Kristin Korb, guitarist George Gilliam and pianist/vocalist Lauren Lee with birthday shoutouts to Ella Fitzgerald, Roxy Coss, Charles Mingus, Alan Broadbent, Lara Downes and Kendra Shank, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of ...

Imogen Heap: Here come the Heapsters

by Leo Sidran
May 3, 2021

Imogen Heap has to put her daughter to bed, then she can talk about what she's been working on. She can tell you about her latest single, “Last Night Of An Empire" which she released on December 9th. Coincidentally, that's also the day she launched The Creative Passport, a verified digital ID for Music Makers. In ...

Jeremy Green, Steve Weingart, Dave Weckl and Tomas Merlo

by Len Davis
May 2, 2021

New music from Canadian guitarist Jeremy Green, Steve Weingart, Dave Weckl and Tomas Merlo.Playlist Jeremy Green “Ain't No Chevy" from Standing 8 (Self Produced) 00:00 Steve Weingart “Childs Play" from Childs Play (Self Produced) 18:17 Dave Weckl “Tribute" from Live in St Louis (Autumn Hill) 30:26 Ben Matthews “Joshikihazure Ni Kami" from LiveWyre (self ...

Jordan Seigel, Christopher Burnett, Kamasi Washington

by Joe Dimino
May 2, 2021

We start the 697th Episode of Neon Jazz with Jordan Seigel, an Los-Angeles-based pianist and composer who has done TV and film scores with a song off his 2020 release Beyond Images. We also catch up with another Los Angeles-based musician and actor in Clifton Davis who teams with Beegie Adair on his debut album. Kansas ...

Veronica Swift, Daniel Casimir, Rahsaan Barber, Neil Ardley & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 1, 2021

This week we focus on music about fake news: Veronica Swift (pictured) and Daniel Casimir, Spaza, historic British jazz reissues by Neil Ardley and young compelling reeds players Rahsaan Barber, Pauli Lyytinen, Tobias Meinhart, Michael Thomas, Leonhard Skorupa of the Austrian angular trio Znap!, and Nathan Daems of the Belgian power-outfit Echoes of Zoo.

Duke Ellington meets Bordeaux

by Kristen Lee Sergeant
May 1, 2021

Lina Allemano, Benito Gonzalez, Stefano Bollani, Fredrik Nordström & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 1, 2021

The extrovert pianism of Stefano Bollani and Benito Gonzalez opens this show, which then dives into recent Nordic and Eastern European jazz (Fredrik Nordström, Julia Karosi, JAF Trio), embraces the compelling melodicism of Roberto Spadoni, Chris Pattishall, Stefano Coppari, Wayne Horvitz and Sara Schoenbeck, explores the music of two adventurous Canadians (Lina Allemano and Francois Houle), ...