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Joy And Wonder - More Holiday Releases

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 19, 2022

This broadcast presents more Christmas goodness to savor, with new holiday releases from from Chris Ruggiero, Sarah Partridge, Sweet Megg and Joe McCarthy's New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band, plus birthday shoutouts to Dave Brubeck and Diane Schuur, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during ...

The Sam Rivers Sessionography: A Work in Progress

by Mike Chamberlain
December 18, 2022

The Sam Rivers Sessionography: A Work in Progress Rick Lopez 768 Pages ISBN: # 9 780578 948713 The Vortex2022 Twenty-five years in the making, Rick Lopez's 768-page opus The Sam Rivers Sessionography: A Work in Progress is a dizzying, stunning achievement of research and scholarship that stands as a ...

Dan McCarthy, Igor Butman and Harold Betters

by Joe Dimino
December 18, 2022

From the world of Hunter S. Thompson, we begin the 781st Episode of Neon Jazz with a song off vibraphonist Dan McCarthy Songs of the Doomed. From there, we get one more from the Hunter tributes with Pete Candoli with the Salty Dog Rag. On this final show of November, we profile some quality cats with ...

Chicago Trumpeter & Composer Markus Rutz announces new album 'Storybook'

December 16, 2022

JMARQ Records is pleased to announce the February 17, 2023 release of Storybook, celebrated trumpeter and composer Markus Rutz’ sixth studio release as a bandleader. Fresh off the heels of the release of his critically acclaimed albums Blueprints – Figure One, Blueprints – Figure Two, and One Saturday in September, Rutz’ new innovative work takes listeners on a musical journey from past to present, ...

Arturo Sandoval At Yoshi's

by Walter Atkins
December 16, 2022

Arturo Sandoval Yoshi's Oakland Oakland CA November 20, 2022 Emmy and ten-time Grammy-winning trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and his band performed Sunday night before an enthusiastic audience at Yoshi's Oakland. This was the final show in a completely sold out weekend of Afro Cuban music and much more at the popular ...

jazzahead in New York during APAP and Winter Jazz – Meet us!

December 16, 2022

Germany as a partner country, this is a unique opportunity to promote jazz from Germany worldwide. True to the motto “Building Bridges", the pre-premier of the commissioned work around Ingrid Laubrock in New York is the perfect opportunity to build a bridge from Germany to the motherland of jazz. A delegation from Bremen will be travelling ...

Learning the Art of Jazz, Part 2

by Monk Rowe
December 13, 2022

Ron Carter & The Jazzaar Festival Big Band Directed By Christian Jacob

December 12, 2022

The live recording, Remembering Bob Freedman at the 2019 Jazzaar Festival, Switzerland was released on October 6, 2021 on Shanti Records. The 17-piece Jazzaar Festival Big Band was assembled specifically for the 2019 festival showcasing the phenomenon of the “Bandstand Learning with Role Models” platform. This was founded in 1992 by Fritz K Renold and Helen ...

Tis The Season - New Releases and Jazz Holiday Fare

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 12, 2022

This broadcast is full of jazz holiday fare, with new Christmas releases from Jonathan Karrant, Jane Monheit and Lyn Stanley, as well as the latest from Houston Person, Nicholas Payton, Nadje Noordhuis and The String Queens, plus birthday shoutouts to Amina Figarova, Ethel Ennis, Fay Claassen, Melissa Aldana, Cassandra Wilson and Beth McKenna, among others. Thanks ...

Ramsey Lewis, Mick Goodrick & Ted Kooshian

by Joe Dimino
December 11, 2022

With the song “McQueen" from pianist & composer Ted Kooshian, we start the 780th Episode of Neon Jazz with some good audio elbow grease. From there, we hear the artist Ted first saw in a live venue in the legendary Count Basie. Also, new music from Pedro Neves, Cheryl Ann Spencer and Rich Willey plus a ...