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Herb Alpert, Songbook Ink/Jazz at the Ballroom, Wycliffe Gordon and Staci Griesbach Celebrate the Holidays
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes more new holiday releases from Herb Alpert, Songbook Ink/Jazz at the Ballroom (featuring Vanessa Perea, Rob Edwards and others), Wycliffe Gordon and Staci Griesbach, plus birthday shoutouts to Honorable Men Sammy Davis Jr. (100!), Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams and Diane Schuur, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them ...
Adam Shulman: A Charlie Brown Christmas & Beyond
by Steven Roby
In this festive episode, Steve Roby chats with acclaimed pianist, composer, and educator Adam Shulman, a key figure in the San Francisco jazz scene since 2002. Known for his work as a sideman with artists like Paula West, Stefon Harris, and Miguel Zenón, as well as for his own original albums, Adam shares insights into his ...
Vince Guaraldi’s Christmas Sauce: Adding Spice to Charlie Brown Vanilla
by Arthur R George
It's not simply that pianist Vince Guaraldi slipped jazz past the unsuspecting in composing A Charlie Brown Christmas, the evergreen “Peanuts" animation and soundtrack that has become inescapably part of the holiday. First broadcast in 1965, going on to six decades ago, A Charlie Brown Christmas is a tradition unto itself. It returns to television through ...
Roland Kirk, Drew Williams, Laura Anglade, Sullivan Fortner & Ben Rosenblum
by Joe Dimino
We kick off the 937th Hour of Neon Jazz with a special moment in time--spotlighting a handful of New York City musicians who rolled through Kansas City for a live gig on December 2, 2025 at Epicycle Piano Craft. At the top of the hour, we feature the endlessly inventive pianist and accordionist Ben Rosenblum, drawing ...
Michael Mayo: A Voice Taking Flight
by Steven Roby
In this episode of Backstage Bay Area, host Steve Roby sits down with vocalist and composer Michael Mayo to discuss his whirlwind year. Fresh off two Grammy nominations--Best Jazz Vocal Album for Fly and Best Jazz Performance for “Four"--Michael opens up about the surreal moment he got the news in Paris. We dive into his viral ...
All About Jazz & Jazz Near You Improvements: 2025
A look at what your contributions made possible in 2025 Since 2018, reader and community contributions have helped fund ongoing development and infrastructure work across All About Jazz and Jazz Near You. These efforts focus on improving editorial tools, supporting musicians and venues, optimizing performance, and making both platforms easier and more rewarding to use. Below ...
Best Jazz Christmas Songs Of All-Time
by Ken Hohman
While moldy Christmas songs and great jazz seem as compatible as egg nog and Tanqueray, there have been instances where the planets have aligned to create songs that display the best of both genres. Ten instances, to be exact, and you'll find them below. Do you agree? Then post your holiday toast to my list. Don't ...
Nels Cline: Tales Of A Daunted Guitarist
by Lawrence Peryer
Most people know Nels Cline as Wilco's guitarist for the past two decades. But his range goes far beyond indie rock. He's spent forty-plus years moving between jazz clubs, punk venues, and studios where the rules get bent or thrown out entirely. Rolling Stone put him on their list of the top 100 guitarists of all ...
Ben Folds at Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Ben Folds Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA December 8, 2025 The holiday season often feels like a cultural rhyme--an annual cycle where the visuals, smells, and sounds are intentionally, comfortingly, and sometimes maddeningly similar to those of previous years. This was the perspective that pianist and singer-songwriter Ben Folds explored last Monday ...
