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Djerassi Films Presents 'Resurrection! Airto Moreira And Preservation Hall Jazz Band'

October 2, 2021

With an upcoming premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival Djerassi Films is excited to present Resurrection! Airto Moreira and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. In this new documentary, producer/director Dale Djerassi brings two powerful forces in the world of jazz together and takes us behind the scenes as famed percussionist Airto Moreira joins the Preservation Hall ...

Mary Halvorson Residency At New England Conservatory Features Live Public Concert On Thursday, October 7

October 1, 2021

New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Contemporary Improvisation (CI) Department hosts groundbreaking guitarist, composer, and improviser and MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson for a three-day residency Tuesday, October 5 – Thursday, October 7. Halvorson, “one of the most exciting and original guitarists in jazz” (Wall Street Journal), will participate in student rehearsals, present an artist discussion about her ...

Dramatic film depiction of guitarist Jeff Golub’s struggle with PSP to premiere in New York October 6

October 1, 2021

CurePSP provided seed funding for debut documentary by director Kyle I. Kelley The new film Train Keeps a Rolling, which dramatically documents the musical achievements and final years of the great jazz, blues, and rock guitarist Jeff Golub when he was battling progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), will have its premiere in New York City on October ...

International Jazz Project, Oasis, On Tour In Eastern US, November 2021

September 30, 2021

French Embassy, DC; JCTC White Eagle Hall, NJ; Firehouse 12, CT Oasis (Enja Records/Yellowbird), the 2019 recording from award-winning guitarist and 2021 Guggenheim fellow Rez Abbasi and compelling French harpist Isabelle Olivier, makes the pairing of their respective instruments sound predestined. OASIS—Olivier Abbasi Sound In Sound—is a rich, acoustic conversation between harp and guitar, offering unique ...

The Ed Palermo Big Band Releases A Blues-Rich Tribute To The Music Of Edgar Winter

February 22, 2022

The Ed Palermo Big Band Delivers an Entrancing Tribute to Legendary Texas Blues/Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist Edgar Winter with I’ve Got News For You: The Music of Edgar Winter. An Instrumental and Vocal Tour de Force, the Sky Cat Records Release Features Palermo’s Swaggering 17-Piece Jazz Orchestra Joyfully Conjuring a Soul-filled, Blues-Drenched Sound. For acclaimed jazz big band ...

Tim Hagans: A Conversation

by David Bixler
September 28, 2021

The pandemic has given trumpet player and composer Tim Hagans a chance to step away from the physicality of the trumpet and focus on seeking new paths for his music. In this episode of LINER NOTES Tim speaks about preparing for an upcoming gig in Europe after not playing with other musicians for nearly two years, ...

New Releases By Nadje Noordhuis, Lisa Hilton, Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Vanisha Gould, säje And More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 27, 2021

This broadcast presents a bounty harvest of new releases from trumpeter Nadje Noordhuis, pianist Lisa Hilton, vocalists Staci Griesbach, Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Vanisha Gould plus a single by säje (Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, Erin Bentlage) with Gerald Clayton, with birthday shoutouts to Lovie Austin (Downhearted Blues), Doris Tauber (Them There Eyes), Emily Remler, Helen ...

Herbie Hancock, Hilary Kole & Dave Miller

by Joe Dimino
September 26, 2021

From a musician who has been at it for decades, though a relative newcomer to the jazz scene—we start the 718th Episode of Neon Jazz with pianist and attorney Dave Miller with a song off his new ode to the pandemic with “The Mask-erade is Over." We also profile the impressive New York City singer Hilary ...

Electric Violin, Vocal Master L. Shankar Unwraps His First Ever Holiday Album

September 25, 2021

Celebrate the holidays this year with a little international flavor, courtesy of one of the most widely revered violinists, vocalists and musical geniuses who has collaborated with everyone from Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel and U2 to Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and many, many more- Indian-born L. Shankar. Known for his incredibly dexterous playing and his unique singing ...

Vince Gill

by Joseph Vella
September 24, 2021