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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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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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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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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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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.

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Michael Dease: Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill

Read "Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Even though all but unsung outside his customary locale, Michigan-based composer Gregg Hill has drawn into his orbit a small but well-respected circle of jazz artists including bassist Rodney Whitaker, guitarist Randy Napoleon and trombonist Michael Dease, all of whom have recorded albums dedicated to Hill's diverse and sophisticated music. Found in Space is Dease's second ...

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Michael Dease: Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill

Read "Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill" reviewed by Paul Rauch


Leaving a legacy in this life is a subject that holds different meanings for people. For some, it involves building a structure of permanence that will stand up to the test of time after one's entrance into eternity. For others, it is more fleeting, something that can be shaped and reshaped, and if desired, completely torn ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Michael Dease: Found in Space - The Music of Gregg Hill

Read "Michael Dease: Found in Space - The Music of Gregg Hill" reviewed by Bill Milkowski


The title itself is revealing. A clever play on words of the old '60s sci-fi show Lost in Space, it immediately suggests an irreverent wit and slightly twisted perspective; qualities that also permeate the unique music of prolific Michigan-based composer Gregg Hill. How this fairly obscure presence on the national music scene has managed ...

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Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
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