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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Green Means Go!

Read "Green Means Go!" reviewed by David Bixler


The colors black, white, brown, beige, and blue have all had a prominent place in music, but in the eyes and ears of saxophonist Troy Roberts the color green piqued his interest due to its ambiguity. Not only can the color green convey greed and envy or rot and decay, it can also represent nature and ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

David Sanborn, Eric Alexander & Anthony D'Alessandro

Read "David Sanborn, Eric Alexander & Anthony D'Alessandro" reviewed by Joe Dimino


From a rising star on the piano, we begin the 857th Episode of Neon Jazz with Anthony D'Alessandro and music from his album Searchin.' From there we pay homage to the late David Sanborn and his incredible contribution to jazz. We also get some music from Moby and Jose James along with new music from Eric ...

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Article: Album Review

Troy Roberts: Green Lights

Read "Green Lights" reviewed by Jack Bowers


There is an abundance of listenable music on Green Lights, the album from New York-based tenor saxophonist Troy Roberts--his sixteenth as leader in sixteen years. Clearly, he must be doing something right. That “something" includes playing graceful and eloquent tenor, mustering admirable sidemen for this quartet date, and focusing on largely agreeable music ...

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Calasanitus

Label: Krossover Jazz
Released: 2023
Track listing: I Am An Immigrant; Silent Maze; Bliss; Dance Of David; Cheers; Together; Ascension.

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Nu-Jive: Live at the Perth International Jazz Festival

Label: Toy Robot Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Funkafarian (Saturday Night); Tribes & Tribulations (Saturday Night); Big Night In (Saturday Night); Sobrino (Saturday Night); Through The Eyes Of Psychoville (Saturday Night); Convertible Burt (Sunday Night); Fame & Four Tune (Sunday Night); ..Band Intros (Sunday Night); Mind Melder (Sunday Night); Five Nations (Sunday Night); Dream Station (Sunday Night); Stoner (Sunday Night).

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Open City

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Hossland; Open City; Three and Out; Cole Henry; State of the Art; Underdog; Dark Horse; Ladybug; Cat Walk; Bone Man Walking.

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Veronica Swift

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: I Am What I Am; Closer; Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me; The Show Must Go On; I'm Always Chasing Rainbows; In the Moonlight; Severed Heads; Je Veux Vivre; Chega de Saudade; Keep Yourself Alive

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Article: Album Review

Veronica Swift: Veronica Swift

Read "Veronica Swift" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Leave it to the irascibly spirited and octane-charged Veronica Swift to release the party record of the year! From the pure joy scatting of the blast-off opener “I Am What I Am" (from Broadway's grand musical La Cage aux Folles) to the rabble rousing, mad-cap Joan Jett jam with The Ramones finale “Don't Rain On My ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Davis - Hip-Bone Big Band: Open City

Read "Open City" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Michael Davis is an accomplished trombonist who has had a long career of live and studio work accompanying a varied roster of big-name jazz and rock talents such as The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bob Mintzer, Buddy Rich, Paul Simon, and Sarah Vaughan. He is also an established solo artist and composer who leads an imposing ...

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Article: Live Review

Leavenworth Jazz Festival 2023: A First Breath of Mountain Air

Read "Leavenworth Jazz Festival 2023: A First Breath of Mountain Air" reviewed by Paul Rauch


Leavenworth Jazz Festival Leavenworth, WA May 5-7, 2023 The one-hundred-and-twenty-mile journey from the city of Seattle, to the village of Leavenworth, WA is one of perilous beauty and wonderment. Once arriving in the town of Monroe at the foot of the Cascade Mountains, Highway 2 east rises majestically over the Cascade summit ...


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