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Pat Metheny Trio at the Ferguson Center for the Arts

by Mark Robbins
February 15, 2022

Pat Metheny arrived at Newport News' Ferguson Center for the Arts on a cold and rainy Friday night to an audience willing to brave both the weather and Covid to hear live music again. Traveling with Metheny to promote his new album, Side-Eye NYC (Modern Recordings, 2021), was pianist/keyboardist/organist James Francies (who accompanies Metheny on the ...

Bill Charlap: Intellect And Emotion

by R.J. DeLuke
February 14, 2022

"I don't ever remember a time when I didn't play the piano," reflects pianist Bill Charlap, who has become one of the giants of his generation on his instrument of choice, as evidenced by the array of other great players with whom he has performed. With his deft and agile approach he can summon a fiery ...

Remembering Pianist Beegie Adair: 1937-2022

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 14, 2022

The broadcast includes new releases from pianists Sharp Radway, Addison Frei, vocalists Giacomo Gates, Shawnn Monteiro and Wild Blue Herons, with birthday shoutouts to Lil Hardin Armstrong, Bettye LaVette, Ed Reed, Melody Gardot, Jen Allen plus a special remembrance for pianist Beegie Adair, a jazz master in the country capital of Nashville for over sixty years ...

Cooking with Philly Joe

by Rob Mariani
November 19, 2006

Sitting over by the bar in the cheap seats at Birdland during a Monday night jam session, I watched a group of aspiring young drummers roll their eyes and shake their heads in disbelief. I saw them nudge each other, smile and even laugh out loud. They sat forward with their chins on their hands watching ...

Edward Simon and Beegie Adair

by Joe Dimino
February 13, 2022

We start the 738th Episode of Neon Jazz with music by San Francisco-based jazz pianist and SFJAZZ Collective member Edward Simon and a song from his Solo Live (Ridgeway Records, 2021) release. We follow “Monk's Dream" with music by one of Simon's influences, Stan Getz. We also hear music from long-time Neon Jazz friend and a ...

The Roma: The Roots of Flamenco, Gypsy Jazz, and Miles Davis' "Sketches of Spain"

by Martin McFie
February 12, 2022

In 1959, a magical year for jazz albums, Miles Davis, inspired by some flamenco performances he had heard, recorded Sketches of Spain (Columbia, 1960) at Columbia's 30th Street studio. Half of the album is a beautiful orchestral interpretation of the classical guitar piece “Concierto de Aranjuez," written twenty years before the Davis recording, by Joaquin Rodrigo, ...

Baaba Maal at Joe's Pub in New York City

by Ziga Koritnik
February 11, 2022

Jeff Hamilton

by Joseph Vella
February 11, 2022

AVG Records Announces New Album Release 'Transcendence' From Jazz Flutist, Michael Mason

February 10, 2022

AVG Records is proud to announce the new release from critically acclaimed Jazz Flutist, Michael Mason, Transcendence Transcendence is a nine song compilation of jazz/world fusion/rock original composed/arranged/orchestrated and performed by Mason, with his long time band of gifted musicians. From upbeat guitar riffs on “Joy” to the worldly “Night Skies” with the usage of multiple ...

Louise Cappi Will 'Keep That Dream Alive' With Her #2 UK iTunes Single And Lyric Video

February 9, 2022

Since the release of her 2nd full-length album, the inspirational-themed Hope (MTS), New Orleans singer-songwriter Louise Cappi has been instrumental in spreading her message to music fans across the globe. The first single, the title track,” reached #1 on the iTunes Vocal Songs chart in South Africa. The song also received more than 68K Spotify streams, ...