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Joe Henderson, Tia Fuller, Jack Wood, Dave Stryker & Lionel Cole

by Joe Dimino
April 26, 2026

Turn it up--Episode 955 of Neon Jazz is bursting with flavor and fire. We kick things off with the great Lionel Cole--born into jazz royalty yet carving a bold, unmistakably personal path through the music. From there, we step into another powerful lineage with Tia Fuller, Shamie Royston, and the dynamic sound of Fuller Sound. Then ...

Harriet Tubman, Peter Brötzmann, Angelika Niescier and many exciting new releases

by Jon Greenbaum
April 26, 2026

Featuring music from Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, Ornette Coleman & Prime Time, Elliot Sharp, Ishmael Ali, Ken Vandermark Pulverize, The Sound Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Angelika Niescier/Christopher Tordini/Gerald Cleaver, Filippo Sala, Albert Mangelsdorff/Jaco Pastorius/Alphonse Mouzon, Peter Brötzmann/John Edwards/Steve Noble/Jason Adasiewicz, Adam Schatz, Chrome Hill & DŌJŌ NPV, Chris Speed Trio, Aruan Ortiz with Andrew ...

Armen Donelian Crafts A Unique Pianistic Perspective On 'Inquiry,' Set For June 5 Release By Sunnyside Records

April 26, 2026

Ever restless, pianist-composer Armen Donelian takes yet another bold creative turn with Inquiry, his 15th album, to be released June 5 on Sunnyside Records. The result of a four-year, carefully conceived and painstakingly executed studio process, the album is a haunting and introspective work with no real precedent in Donelian’s long career. Beginning life as an ...

Tomeka Reid: The Low Seat, The Long Haul, And 'Dance! Skip! Hop!'

by Lawrence Peryer
April 25, 2026

Today, The Tonearm's needle drops on cellist and composer Tomeka Reid. Tomeka Reid has spent the last decade building one of the most distinctive voices in creative music. The New York Times called her a “New Jazz Power Source." She's a MacArthur Fellow, a founder of the Chicago Jazz String Summit, and a key ...

Psychedelic Cowboy Gary Van Miert Returns With 4th LP Of
cosmic Gems On 'Music Sounds Better When You're Stoned'

April 25, 2026

Gary Van Miert, the New Jersey-based “Psychedelic Cowboy," is at it again as he continues to snatch melodies from the cosmos for his project The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! This time out, he expertly validates the age-old adage that “Music Sounds Better When You're Stoned" with a crafty set of modern day classics hitting the ether ...

Diana Krall at The Music Center at Strathmore

by Mark Edelman
April 24, 2026

Diana Krall The Music Center at Strathmore North Bethesda, MD March 26, 2026 Downsizing gets a bad name these days, but when Diana Krall reduced the big stage at the Strathmore Music Center in North Bethesda, MD., to the intimate scale of a smoky piano bar, nobody in the sold-out crowd ...

Stacy Dillard and Keigo Hirakawa

by Daniel Peck
April 24, 2026

A chance meeting with Wynton Marsalis in Dayton, Ohio led Stacy Dillard to New York where the saxophonist thrives fronting three of his own bands that cut across r&b/funk and hip hop and serves as an in-demand sideman. It's also where he met pianist Keigo Hirakawa with whom he partners for this performance. Keigo ...

Potpourri: Part 2

by Monk Rowe
April 24, 2026

Brian Eaton Returns With A Sprawling Wooden-Hewed Epic ‘Parable Of The Trees’

April 24, 2026

Brian Eaton has never been one for the path of least resistance, and his eighth studio outing, Parable of the Trees, proves the veteran musician and composer is still chasing the horizon. This new release deftly grafts Americana grit with the intricate architecture of prog-rock, along with his signature “cowboy jazz” mode—a sound as expansive as ...

Chicago Saxophonist Michael Hudson-Casanova Releases 'Heyman 2' On Each And Only

April 23, 2026

Led by Chicago saxophonist and composer Michael Hudson-Casanova, Heyman presents its sophomore release as an ensemble. The quartet continues to explore the jazz repertoire from exciting new angles in this 8-track record, with five new compositions from Hudson-Casanova and three from the band’s guitarist, Mike Lorenz. This album is a studio documentation of the music played ...