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News: Recording

Composer / Guitarist Justin Morell To Release 'Exit Music For Intelligent Life On Earth'

January 6, 2022

Guitarist and composer Justin Morell is releasing his newest album, Exit Music for Intelligent Life on Earth, a collection of twenty-one short works for multiple guitars and drums. This is the follow-up to the much acclaimed All Without Words: Variations Inspired by Loren (2021) by the John Daversa Jazz Orchestra featuring Justin Morell, on which Morell ...

News: Performance / Tour

Downtown's Premier Jazz Club, The Django, Announces Line-up For February Including La Reserve Records Anniversary, Calvin Johnson CD Release, Mingus Festival And More

January 5, 2022

The Django, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, continues to host today’s jazz legends and rising stars. On February 3, The Django celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Brooklyn-based record label, La Reserve, with special performances by the label’s artists. Two enchanting female vocalists celebrate Valentine’s Day 2/14 in back-to-back concerts: Martina DaSilvafollowed by Lauren Henderson. For ...

News: Recording

Vocalist-Songwriter Eugenie Jones Revels In Variety Both Musical And Geographical On 'Players,' Set For March 11 Release By Open Mic Records

January 4, 2022

“Wide-ranging” takes on a new meaning with the March 11 release of vocalist/composer/lyricist Eugenie Jones’s Players on her own Open Mic Records. Jones’s third album is the result of an odyssey that took her from her Pacific Northwest base (Seattle) to the Deep South (Dallas), the bustling East Coast (New York), the Midwestern Plains (Chicago), and ...

Article: Interview

Gretchen Parlato: Pursuing Her Passion

by R.J. DeLuke
January 3, 2022

"I haven't gotten dressed up like that for a few years," says singer Gretchen Parlato with an infectious chuckle. “It'll be nice." The unassuming and down-to earth Parlato was breezily referring to the 2021 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 31. Her latest album Flor (Edition Records), inspired by the music of Brazil, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sorry To See You Go - More Holiday Music From CeCe Gable, Amanda Turre Plus Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 3, 2022

This Boxing Day broadcast presents holiday music from CeCe Gable, Andromeda Turre and Laura Wells, with new releases from Amy Engelhardt and Jazzmeia Horn, plus birthday shoutouts to Edith Piaf, Sue Maskaleris, Roberta Gambarini and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of pandemic so ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lester Young & Ron Wilkins

by Joe Dimino
January 2, 2022

Our 732nd hour of Neon Jazz arrives right before Christmas and is the penultimate for 2021. The most fitting musician for this episode is the mighty veteran trombonist Ron Wilkins. He survived a nasty bout with COVID and reigned on the top of the charts with a wonderful new album Trombcalist. He's the resounding testament to ...

News: Recording

Flautist Nestor Torres - New Release January 17th 'Thank You Willie' Latin Grammy Award Winner And Multi-Grammy Nominee!

December 28, 2021

Standing on the shoulders of flute giants from worlds as diverse as Rampal & Galway in Classical Music; Richard Egues’ Cuban Charanga style; rocker Ian Anderson’s Jethro Tull; Herbie Mann and—most influential of all—Hubert Laws as pioneers of Jazz Flute, Latin Grammy Award winning Nestor Torres’ rhythmic and mellifluous flute sound remains apart in a class ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

There Will Be Christmas - More Holiday Releases Plus A Salute To Winter Solstice

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 27, 2021

This broadcast presents more music to celebrate the season, with new releases from Kat Edmonson, Deb Bowman, Carolyn Lee Jones and The Bird & the Bee, with birthday shoutouts to singer pianist Una Mae Carlisle (protege of Fats Waller), celebrations of the Winter Solstice and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Barry Harris & Joey DeFrancesco

by Joe Dimino
December 26, 2021

The 731st Episode of Neon Jazz begins with the powerful Joey DeFrancesco and the song “Free" off his More Music release. Keeping it in the family, we also hear from his dad Papa John DeFrancesco, plus Jake Baldwin, Lisa Hilton, Barrett Martin, Timo Lassy and Edward Decker. We also say farewell to the wonderful Barry Harris ...

News: Opinion

The 10 Best Jazz Albums To Own On Vinyl

December 23, 2021

In jazz circles, it's common knowledge that the best way to listen to jazz is in a live setting. But while most agree, some argue listening to jazz on vinyl is even better. In reality, there’s no way to judge which is best as they are completely different experiences, One thing is clear: it's hard to ...