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Sam Dillon

Sam Dillon is a saxophonist, woodwind player, composer and teacher based in New York. In 2013 Sam was selected as a semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition. As a semifinalist, Sam performed at The Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. for Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Heath, Branford Marsalis, Bobby Watson and Jane Ira Bloom. Most notably, Sam has performed at Carnegie Hall, Jazz @ Lincolin Center, Symphony Space, Smoke Jazz Club, The Iridium, Yoshi's Jazz Club, Smalls Jazz Club, The 55 Bar, The Zinc Bar, The Kitano Hotel, Cornelia Street Cafe and live on WBGO 88.3 FM

Short Songs

By Hina Oikawa

Label: Tiny Storage Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Introduction (comp. Hina Oikawa); Manhattan (comp. Hina Oikawa); Broken Meter (comp. Naoya Ogura); Yuba no Kuni [湯葉の国] (lyrics: Hina Oikawa / comp. Naoya Ogura); You Are Still Here (comp. Hina Oikawa); Beyond the Night, Swallowing the Morning (comp. Hina Oikawa); Summer Song (comp. Dave Brubeck / arr. Hina Oikawa); Short Songs (comp. Hina Oikawa / arr. Naoya Ogura); Thirty-One Syllables (comp. Hina Oikawa)

Out Of The Blue

By Lou Marini

Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: You Dirty Dog; Bubbles; Subway Faire; Fatman; Girl With No Name; Twister; UR So Nasty; Ami Gillaumes; Jake & Dory; A Bao A Qu; Danse Romanse; Klong; The Big Shebang

Michael Dease, Betty Bryant, Miles Donahue & Chuck Redd

by Joe Dimino
January 18, 2026

We begin the first episode of 2026 with a salute to percussionist & vibraphonist Chuck Redd for standing up to political corruption. He kicks off the 941st Episode of Neon Jazz with music off his 2024 collaboration with Nate Najar off the album Meet The Graingers. From there, we step into the Kansas City-born legendary figure ...

Most Read Album Reviews: 2025

by Michael Ricci
January 2, 2026

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our most popular in 2025 Alma Libre Arturo Sandoval Reviewed by Karan Khosla July 23, 2025 And Now Kjetil Mulelid Reviewed by John Eyles February 16, 2025

Sound Advice

By Irv Grossman

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Sound Advice; X Rays Dilemma; Four The Moment; Fallen Hero; Lelani's Leap; Three Way Split; Nefertiti; Espresso (No) Bongo.

Storybook: The Music of Mark Miller

By David DeJesus

Label: Birdland Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Storybook; Water Lily; Tenderly; Chorale and Alleluia; Sail Away; WTF; Close Your Eyes; Concierto de Aranjuez/Spain; The Doubledown; Nonsense.

My Ideal

By Sam Dillon

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: No Promises; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise; Past Times; Have You Met Miss Jones; My Ideal; I Love You; Path of Totality; SD Card.

Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Jack Bowers
December 17, 2025

2025: Another year which proves that jazz is not only alive and well but flourishing in its own little corner of the musical world. The number of splendid new recordings by groups large and small was as plentiful as ever and, even better, spanned the globe from the U.S. to Europe, Asia to Latin America, and ...

RIP Ray Drummond and Klaus Doldinger--Additional jazz classics from Charles Mingus and others

by David W. Daniels
November 18, 2025

Tribute to Ray Drummond including music from Grachan Moncur III and more. Other jazz classics from Wayne Shorter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and more. Newly released jazz from Horace Silver, Carmen Bradford, and more. Music recognizing the birthdays of Mose Allison, Houston Person, and more. Playlist Grachan Moncur III “Exploration" from Exploration (Capri) 00:00 Bobby ...