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Article: Live Review

2025 Detroit Jazz Festival: All Free, All Jazz

Read "2025 Detroit Jazz Festival: All Free, All Jazz" reviewed by Paul Rauch


2025 Detroit Jazz Festival Hart Plaza & Cadillac Square Detroit, MI August 28-September 1, 2025 There is a story Detroit Jazz Festival President and Artistic Director Chris Collins loves to tell about an intimate conversation he had with Gretchen Valade. Valade had rescued the festival from the brink of financial demise ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Eric Alexander, Yoko Yates, Carmen Bradford, David Murray and more

Read "Eric Alexander, Yoko Yates, Carmen Bradford, David Murray and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Eric Alexander, Yoko Yates, Michael Wolff, Jamile, Susan Krebs, Todd Herbert, Todd Zimberg, Carmen Bradford, Airmen Of Note, David Murray, Snorre Kirk, Mike Pope, Eric Byrd, Lili Maljic, Neal Miner, Josh Lawrence, Joe Bowden, Jen Allen, Jason Forsythe, Michika Fukumori, Linda Dachtyl, Joe Farnsworth, Christian McBride, George Coleman, and more. ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Nick Finzer, Neal Miner, Michael Mayo, Jason Forsythe and more

Read "Nick Finzer, Neal Miner, Michael Mayo, Jason Forsythe and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Nick Finzer, Neal Miner, The Waitiki 7, Michael Mayo, Jason Forsythe, Roberto Magris, Lili Maljic, Gino Amato, Roger Glenn, Wild Iris Brass Band, Bob Schlesinger, Joe Farnsworth, Greg Chako, Peter Campbell, Birdland Big Band, Nolasia, Caelan Cardello, Christian McBride, Tom Gershwin, Mike Pope, Jaleel Shaw, Syndee Winters, Kelly Green, Josh ...

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Article: Album Review

Randy Napoleon: Waking Dream

Read "Waking Dream" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


In Waking Dream, guitarist Randy Napoleon has assembled a musical family whose shared history fosters a strong sense of cohesion, one that goes beyond the leader's skillful guitar work. Longtime collaborators bassist [[ {{m: Rodney Whitaker, pianist Rick Roe and drummer Quincy Davis form the rhythmic and harmonic foundation, while four additional guitarists , Luke Sittard, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Tierney Suttion, George Coleman, Christian McBride and more

Read "Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Tierney Suttion, George Coleman, Christian McBride and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Josh Lawrence, Michika Fukumori, Tierney Sutton, Linda Dachtyl, Mike Pope, Marc Seales, Jen Allen, Joe Bowden, Randy Napoleon, George Coleman, Alberto Pibiri, Jaleel Shaw, Christian McBride, Kelly Green, Irving Flores, Caelan Cardello, Eric Byrd, Roger Glenn, Birdland Big Band, Conrad Herwig, Ira B. Liss, Paul ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Patricia Brennan, Eddie Palmieri, Tatum Langley & Eric Alexander

Read "Patricia Brennan, Eddie Palmieri, Tatum Langley & Eric Alexander" reviewed by Joe Dimino


We blast into the 920th episode of Neon Jazz with the powerhouse duo of Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, featuring music from their brand-new 2025 release Split Decision. From there, the journey takes us deep into the treasure chest of fresh sounds landing in the Neon Jazz mailbox--spotlighting Tatum Langley, Emma Hedrick, Randy Napoleon, Marc Seals, ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Dease: City Life: Music of Gregg Hill

Read "City Life: Music of Gregg Hill" reviewed by Paul Rauch


Michigan-based composer Gregg Hill is on a remarkable roll, authoring an impressive run of compositions represented on eight albums released on the Origin Records label. Each has featured a bandleader associated with the top shelf staff at Rodney Whitaker's jazz program at Michigan State University. City Life (2025) is the third under the leadership of trombone ...

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Article: Album Review

Anthony Stanco: Stanco's Time

Read "Stanco's Time" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Anthony Stanco. Keep the name in mind, as you are likely to hear it mentioned soon enough as the most recent link in a chain of renowned bop trumpeters that started with Dizzy Gillespie and has numbered among its illustrious members Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Carmell Jones and a host ...

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The Door is Open: The Music of Gregg Hill

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Lost Tune; The Door is Open; Escape to Cat Island; Motel Blues; Spa-Teneity; April Song; The Last Pop Tune; Skyline; Triple Play.

Album

Stanco's Time

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Showtime; Stanco’s Time; Hot House; If You Could See Me Now; Josie Rosie; Dig; Deep Time; Worth the Time; Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me; Minor Time; Ask Me Now; Now’s the Time.


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