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This performance used with permission from Theron Brown. If you're a frequent lister to this program we mention often that Theron Brown is the hardest working performer in show business. From his work as Artistic Director with the I Promise School to his role overseeing the annual Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival, Theron is intimately involved with making Northeast Ohio a magnet for musical talent. For this performance, Theron brings the Fender Rhodes Mk II to life with his trio. While the Hammond B3 gets the accolades for being the center of Soul Jazz, The Fender Rhodes might not get the credit it deserves for the warmth, authenticity and versatility it delivered to audiences. At least, the ones built before 1983.  If you like what you hear today and are looking for more jazz records focused around the Fender Rhodes, All About Jazz has an excellent article on this topic, written by Chris May. For now, though, featuring Zaire Darden on Drums, Jordan McBride on Bass and Theron Brown on Piano and Fender Rhodes and from a sold out April 26th, 2024 performance, it's the Theron Brown Trio – Live at the Bop Stop. There is No Greater Love - Jones Who Shot John? - Wilson Feel Like Making Love - McDaniels Swingin' at the Haven - Marsalis For more information on the program, click on the Live at the Bop Stop Radio Show link at thebopstop.org.

Listen to a conversation with the vocalist and actor Micky Dolenz, best known for his work with The Monkees. Dolenz will be performing in Central Indiana on April 25 at the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts.   In 1966, during the height of Beatle-mania, The Monkees premiered on NBC. The show focused on the lives of a fictional California rock band, featuring Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz. The Monkees would quickly grow beyond their television roots, recording four chart-topping albums and three chart-toppings singles. Dolenz provided lead vocals for many of the group's best-known songs, including "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "I'm a Believer”, and "Last Train to Clarksville”. Also hear an interview with jazz guitarist Charlie Ballantine, he'll be performing at The Jazz Kitchen on April 9. Ballantine has built an impressive discography of releases, featuring a unique mix of indie music, Americana and straight jazz. His albums, including the 2021 release Reflections/Introspection: The Music of Thelonious Monk and the 2019 project Life is Brief —The Music of Bob Dylan have earned praise from publications including DownBeat and All About Jazz.

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired March 11th, 2025) featuring Ulster County Poet Laureate, performance artist and President of CAPS (Calling All Poets), Mike Jurkovic.  Mike reads from his latest work and discusses exciting developments at CAPS now entering its 26th year in the Hudson Valley.  Poet-At-Large Pamela Manché Pearce appears later in the show for an extended conversation.Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com Visit: https://www.mikejurkovic.com, Visit: https://www.callingallpoets.net.  Visit:  https://www.pamelampearce.com 2025 Ulster County Poet Laureate, Mike Jurkovic's poetry, prose and music reviews have been published globally with little reportable income. Full length collections include Buckshot Reckoning, mooncussers,AmericanMental, (Luchador Press 2023, 2022, 2020); haiku collections Monet's Bamboo (CAPS Press, 2025) Blue Fan Whirring, (Nirala Press, 2018). President, Calling All Poets, now in its 26th year in the Hudson Valley. 2016 Pushcart nominee, CD reviews appear online at All About Jazz and lightwoodpress.com  He is the Monday 9am-10:30am host of NuJazzXcursions, WVKR-91.3FM Vassar College.

Antonia Bennett, acclaimed jazz songstress and daughter of world renowned vocalist Tony Bennett, to release heart-warming version of the 1929 Fats Waller classic “Ain't Misbehavin” on Friday, February 28th 2025, the first single taken from her forthcoming album titled ‘Expressions'.    Antonia's swingin' piano and vocal rendition will be accompanied by a light-filled intimate family-affair video that will feature Antonia, Antonia's daughter, and husband frolicking through sun-drenched rooms of their home, complete with fancy dress-ups and communal cooking moments in the kitchen.   “Ain't Misbehavin” was first recorded by a Bennett in 1964. Antonia's late father, Tony Bennett performed the classic for his album ‘When Lights Are Low'.    The youngest daughter of Tony Bennett and actress Sandra Grant Bennett, Antonia grew up in Los Angeles and started singing with her father by age four. During that time, Antonia was surrounded by some of the greatest vocalists of all time, including Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra – known to get up and sing at her father's parties during the holidays. Antonia's passion for music grew stronger.   In 2008, Antonia recorded "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" with her father, featured on his album"A Swingin' Christmas". In 2010, she released her own critically acclaimed EP, "Natural," produced by Holly Knight.  All About Jazz praised Antonia's debut, stating the EP "introduces Bennett as a gifted interpreter of jazz classics with an impeccable and accessible vocal style."    Her most recent album "Embrace Me", showcased ten standards from the Great American Songbook, including "All of You," "Embraceable You", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", and "Nice Work if You Can Get It." 

Waltz for Debby es un álbum en vivo delpianista y compositor de jazz Bill Evans y su trío formado por Evans, el bajista Scott LaFaro y el baterista Paul Motian . Fue lanzado en 1962. El álbum fue el cuarto y último trabajo de la unidad: LaFaro murió en un accidente automovilístico solo diez días después de la fecha en vivo en el Village Vanguard de la que se tomaron Waltz for Debby y su predecesor, Sunday at the Village Vanguard . La pérdida de LaFaro afectó duramente a Evans, y entró en una breve reclusión. Cuando Evans regresó al formato de trío más tarde en 1962, fue con Motian y el bajista Chuck Israels . [ 2 ] La canción principal, un retrato musical de la sobrina de Evans, se convirtió en un elemento básico de su repertorio en vivo en años posteriores. Originalmente apareció como una pieza para piano solo en el álbum debut de Evans, New Jazz Conceptions . Sigue siendo la que probablemente sea la canción más conocida de Evans, [ cita requerida ] una que tocaría a lo largo de su carrera. La reedición en CD del álbum contiene varias tomas descartadas. Las grabaciones de todo el día se publicaron en 2005 con el título The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 . El álbum es ampliamente considerado como uno de los mejores del canon de Evans, y el tipo de interacción emotiva entre los músicos que en algunos puntos parecía casi deconstruida ha servido como modelo para la interpretación en trío con piano. [ 9 ] El crítico de AllMusic Thom Jurek escribió: "Mientras que el álbum Sunday at the Village Vanguard se centró en material donde LaFaro solos prominentemente, esto es mucho más un retrato del trío en esas fechas... De las muchas grabaciones que Evans publicó, las dos fechas de Vanguard y Explorations son las expresiones máximas de su legendario trío". [ 4 ] C. Michael Bailey de All About Jazz escribió: "Junto con el prodigio del bajista Scott LaFaro y el baterista Paul Motian, Evans perfeccionó su visión democrática de la cooperación del trío, donde todos los miembros actuaron con perfecta empatía y telepatía... Son estas actuaciones, actualmente disponibles como Sunday at The Village Vanguard y Waltz for Debby, las que comprenden la mejor grabación de jazz en vivo número uno en esta serie actual" El grupo Libérica, liderado por el contrabajista Manel Fortià, nos presenta su segundo disco, ‘ALÉ – Iberian Chants’, con una banda de lujo donde destaca la incorporación de Alba Careta y las colaboraciones estelares de Antonio Lizana y Carles Dénia. Tras el reconocimiento obtenido con el anterior disco, Libérica ha podido tocar con gran éxito de público en escenarios tan emblemáticos como el Bimhuis de Ámsterdam, Lantaren Venster de Rotterdam, Festival de Jazz de Vitoria, Castello Sforzzezzo de Milán, Budapest Music Center o en el Unterfahrt de Munich, entre otros. Ahora con un sonido más maduro nos presentan ‘ALÉ – Iberian Chants’, un homenaje a los cantos libres y a los cantos de trabajo tanto del norte como del sur y a las fuertes conexiones que existen en la Península Ibérica, siempre buscando puntos en común entre la canción tradicional catalana, valenciana y el flamenco. Las voces del cantaor catalán Pere Martínez, el valenciano Carles Dénia y el gaditano Antonio Lizana, representan estos mundos coexistentes dentro de la Península que se encuentran en Libérica de una forma orgánica y libre gracias al jazz. La trompeta y la voz de la maravillosa Alba Careta y el saxo de la joven y talentosa Aina López, aportan aire fresco y nueva energía. En la base rítmica encontramos al pianista Max Villavecchia, la batería de Raphael Pannier y Oriol Roca, y el propio Manel Fortià en el contrabajo que, desde la retaguardia, dirige el barco. Un recorrido musical por la Península de este a oeste y de norte a sur a través de sus cantos y siempre al servicio de la música. Paseamos por tierras valencianas y descubrimos las Malagueñas, las Granaínas, los Cants de Batre… mientras seguimos con un pie en Cataluña y el otro en Andalucía, fusionando canciones de cuna y otras músicas emblemáticas de estas culturas, muy bien interpretadas por la voz principal de Pere Martínez, que nos seduce demostrando una gran variedad de registros y una facilidad innata para adaptarlas a nuestros tiempos. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thom Francis welcomes Mike Jurkovic to the stage at Albany Poets Presents at Restaurant Navona in Albany, NY. Mike Jurkovic‘s latest collection, "mooncussers," was published by Luchador Press in 2022. Recent collections include "AmericanMental," (Luchador Press 2019) and "Blue Fan Whirring" (Nirala Press, 2018). He is the president of Calling All Poets, New Paltz, NY. His reviews appear at All About Jazz and Lightwoodpress and he hosts New Jazz Excursions WIOX 91.3 FM. He loves Emily most of all. On February 15, 2017, Mike was the guest poet at the Albany Poets Presents, a bi-monthly featured reader series hosted by Thom Francis at Restaurant Navona in Albany, NY. Local poet Dan Wilcox noted in his blog that Mike "began appropriately enough with a poem looking at language as dangerous. A couple poems on mortality included “Gravity Gets Us All,” & “Breathing Issue” from a hospital visit. Mike ... read poems about the new administration in Washington, including “Cloud Land,” “I'm the Next Guy” & a poem of revolt beginning “I can't control myself these days…” Of course there was a poem for his wife, “Gather Here.” For more information about Mike and Calling All Poets events in the Hudson Valley , go to https://callingallpoets.net/

In this episode Listen to a conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Brooklyn based composer, violinist and educator from Japan Tomoko Omura as we talk about how she discovered playing Jazz on the violin, the way she finds inspiration for her composition, and balancing her art's life and motherhood. About Tomoko Omura Tomoko Omura is a composer, violinist and educator. Named #1 Rising Star Violinist by Downbeat Magazine's Critics Poll in 2021, she has released six albums as a leader.“Branches Vol. 2” (2021) was named Bandcamp's “Best Jazz of 2021”. She has been featured on major publications, including Grammy.com, WBGO Jazz United and The Pulse, Strings magazine, Jazz Sessions, AllAboutJazz. Originally from Shizuoka, Japan, she started violin under her mother's instruction. Almost quitting the violin in her teens, she discovered jazz when her brother was listening to "Kind Of Blue" by Miles Davis and fell in love with it. She moved to the U.S. to study at Berklee College of Music and relocated to New York after to pursue her dream of jazz violin. She became a mother in 2020 and is living in Brooklyn with her son, her partner and a pianist, Glenn Zaleski and her cat. She is a faculty member at Jazz House KiDS, leading the new String program. ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Website⁠ About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng. Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ the Album Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More about Vivienne here Follow the podcast on your favorite platform

Today, the Spotlight shines On Seattle pianist and composer Bill Anschell.We've had award winners of all types on the podcast, but as far as I can remember, Bill is the first to have won an award for humor: in 2014, Bill was the winner of the inaugural Paul Desmond Award, the website All About Jazz's celebration of the funniest jazz artists. We get to that and his satirical essay, “Careers in Jazz,” which is the all-time most-read piece on All About Jazz.As a much younger man, Bill left Seattle to study at Oberlin College and Wesleyan University. At Wesleyan, he worked with saxophone great Bill Barron and South Indian mridangam master T Ranganathan, developing an affinity for diverse and interesting rhythms that can be heard throughout his work.In Atlanta, Bill served as Jazz Coordinator for the Southern Arts Federation, the South's regional arts agency. While building their jazz program, Bill made time to publish a book on grant writing and created JazzSouth, a syndicated radio show heard on more than 200 stations around the world. And he worked as a sideman around town and led his own trio. Bill is a celebrated composer and his tunes have been heard in shows like The West Wing, NCIS: LA, The Wire, and Yellowstone.Our talk touched on the evolution of jazz, the impact and legacy of fusion music, the integration of electronic music into jazz, Bill's time in Atlanta, his potential upcoming projects, and more.(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Bill Anschell's album Improbable Solutions)–Dig DeeperVisit Bill Anschell at billanschell.comPurchase Bill Anschell's Improbable Solutions from billanschell.com or Qobuz, and listen to it on your streaming platform of choiceFollow Bill Anschell on Instagram and FacebookTop Five Funniest People In JazzCareers In Jazz - Bill AnschellDig into this episode's complete show notes at spotlightonpodcast.com–• Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate Spotlight On ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. • Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of Spotlight On in your podcast app of choice. • Looking for more? Visit spotlightonpodcast.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Spotlight On email newsletter. You can also follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Mastodon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, the Spotlight shines On Seattle pianist and composer Bill Anschell.We've had award winners of all types on the podcast, but as far as I can remember, Bill is the first to have won an award for humor: in 2014, Bill was the winner of the inaugural Paul Desmond Award, the website All About Jazz's celebration of the funniest jazz artists. We get to that and his satirical essay, “Careers in Jazz,” which is the all-time most-read piece on All About Jazz.As a much younger man, Bill left Seattle to study at Oberlin College and Wesleyan University. At Wesleyan, he worked with saxophone great Bill Barron and South Indian mridangam master T Ranganathan, developing an affinity for diverse and interesting rhythms that can be heard throughout his work.In Atlanta, Bill served as Jazz Coordinator for the Southern Arts Federation, the South's regional arts agency. While building their jazz program, Bill made time to publish a book on grant writing and created JazzSouth, a syndicated radio show heard on more than 200 stations around the world. And he worked as a sideman around town and led his own trio. Bill is a celebrated composer and his tunes have been heard in shows like The West Wing, NCIS: LA, The Wire, and Yellowstone.Our talk touched on the evolution of jazz, the impact and legacy of fusion music, the integration of electronic music into jazz, Bill's time in Atlanta, his potential upcoming projects, and more.(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Bill Anschell's album Improbable Solutions)–Dig DeeperVisit Bill Anschell at billanschell.comPurchase Bill Anschell's Improbable Solutions from billanschell.com or Qobuz, and listen to it on your streaming platform of choiceFollow Bill Anschell on Instagram and FacebookTop Five Funniest People In JazzCareers In Jazz - Bill AnschellDig into this episode's complete show notes at spotlightonpodcast.com–• Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate Spotlight On ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. • Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of Spotlight On in your podcast app of choice. • Looking for more? Visit spotlightonpodcast.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Spotlight On email newsletter. You can also follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Mastodon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NYC flutist, composer, Sunnyside Records artist, producer, and clinician, Jamie Baum, has toured the US and over 35 countries performing at major festivals, clubs, and concert halls including the Monterey, Madrid, Oeiras, Bermuda, Edinburgh, North Sea, Winter Jazzfest and London Jazz Festivals, Tampere Jazz Happening, Guimaraes Jazz Festival, Jazztopad, Bimhuis, Unterfahrt, Jazz Gallery, Jazz Standard, 55 Bar, Dizzy's, Blue Note, etc.. She's performed with artists as renowned and diverse as Randy Brecker, Roy Hargrove, Donald Brown, Tom Harrell, Paul Motion, Mick Goodrick and Kenny Barron to Dave Douglas, Fred Hersch, Leni Stern, Louis Cole, Jane Bunnett, David Binney, Ralph Alessi, Ben Monder, Anthony Braxton, Karaikudi Mani, V. M. Bhatt, Navin Chettri and Wadada Leo Smith. Though focusing primarily on jazz, she's been involved in several projects performing classical, new music, Brazilian and Latin music. Receiving critical praise for seven CD's as a leader, with most making several “Best CDs of the Year” lists and four stars from DownBeat, her recently-released What Times Are These received five stars in DownBeat. Inch By Inch (GM Recordings), by the cooperative band Yard Byard: The Jaki Byard Project (w/Jerome Harris, George Schuller), also received four stars from DownBeat. Jamie has appeared on over 40 recordings as a sidewoman including those by Dave Binney, George Colligan, Ursel Schlicht, Frank Carlberg, Patrizia Scascitelli, Taylor Haskins, Monika Herzig, Louise Rogers, Sarah McKenzie, Steve Lampert, Brian Landrus, Laura Andel, Judi Silvano, Shigeko Suzuki, James Hall, etc. Ms. Baum's many awards and grants for composing and touring include the 2022 Cafe Royale Recording Grant, 2021 South Arts Jazz Road Touring Grant, 2020 International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC) Covid Relief Commission, Foundation for Contemporary Arts 2020, 2020 Chamber Music America Jazz Presenter Consortium, 2018 USArtists International Touring Grant, 2017 New Music USA Project Grant, and a 2014 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Baum was selected as a 2014-15 Norman Stevens Fellow/MacDowell resident and has since been awarded residencies again at MacDowell (2021), at UCross (2015), and at VCCA (2020). She won the '99 International Jazz Composers Alliance Award, 2010 CAP Award (American Music Center), the 2003 New Works: Creation and Presentation Award and the 2007 Encore Award, both components of the Doris Duke/CMA Jazz Ensembles Project. Ms. Baum has been in the DownBeat Critics Polls annually since 1998, making #1 “Rising Star Flutist” in '12, #2 “Flutist” in '19, and #3 “Flutist” in '20. She was named a "Major New International Talent” in 2015 lists by both “Musica Jazz” and “Jazzit” (Italy), was #2 “Flutist of the Year” in the 2018 Eleventh Annual International Critics Poll and tied for 4th place with Hubert Laws in the 2018 JazzTimes Critics Poll. Jamie was included in Huffington Post's "Twenty-five Great Jazz Flute Performances”, nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association for “Flutist of the Year“ fourteen times, and The Jamie Baum Septet+ was nominated in 2014 "Best Midsize Ensemble" - in the same list with only two other bands -The Wayne Shorter Quartet and Steve Coleman's Five Elements! Media attention for her recent CD, Bridges, and previously released, In This Life, brought features on WBGO's RADAR and NPR's All Things Considered, reviews in The New York Times, DownBeat, JazzTimes, All About Jazz, etc.. and two hour-long feature/retrospectives on major German and Czech public radio shows. Bridges was voted #4 in the 2018 JazzTimes Readers Poll for “Best New Release,” and In This Life was in the "Best CDs of 2013” lists including Boston Globe, iTunes, and Francis Davis' NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll. Recently, Baum was included in the JazzTimes 10: Essential Jazz Flute Albums (2019), 3 Questions for Today's Jazz Musicians by Lilian Dericq, Cricket Publishers (Paris), the “Woodshed” in DownBeat, January 2019, and was the flutist on “The Essence of the Blues -- Flute: 10 Great Etudes for Playing and Improvising, Book & CD”, (Jim Snidero “play-along” series, 2019). Through a highly competitive auditioning process, Jamie was chosen to tour for the DOS/Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador program from '99 -'03 in South America and South Asia. The US State Department also sponsored later shorter tours, in addition to several isolated US Embassy-sponsored programs while Baum was on her tours in Europe and South Asia. Baum's two main active projects featuring her compositions include The Jamie Baum Septet+, together since 1999, and her Short Stories band marking five years by performing at the 2020 Winter Jazzfest. In addition, she co-leads Yard Byard: The Jaki Byard Project and is involved in several other projects either as co-leader or side-woman, including The Richie Beirach/Jamie Baum Duo and NYC Jazz Flutes. Baum has been on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts department at since 2006, on the adjunct faculty roster at the New School University since 2004, and taught at Berklee College of Music (2011-2013). Summer jazz programs Baum has taught composition, improv, and flute technique, and coached ensembles at including the Stanford Jazz Workshop Institute, Litchfield Jazz Camp, Maryland Jazz Camp, etc. A clinician for Altus Flutes/KHS America since 1993, they have sponsored her innovative, pioneering workshop "A Fear Free Approach to Improvisation for the Classically-Trained Musician” TM, "A Fear Free Approach to Composition for the Improvising Musician” TM and “Flute Technique for Doublers” at colleges, conservatories, festivals, flute clubs and “music and art” schools worldwide.  

Thom Francis welcomes Mike Jurkovic to the stage at Restaurant Navona in Albany, NY. Mike Jurkovic‘s latest collection, mooncussers, was published by Luchador Press in 2022. Recent collections include AmericanMental, (Luchador Press 2019) and Blue Fan Whirring (Nirala Press, 2018). He is the president of Calling All Poets, New Paltz, NY. His reviews appear at All About Jazz and Lightwoodpress and he hosts New Jazz Excursions n WIOX 91.3 FM. He loves Emily most of all. On February 15, 2017, Mike was the guest poet at the Albany Poets Presents series at Restaurant Navona in Albany, NY.

Jazz is a national treasure, but is no longer a common pastime. First, rock and then hip-hop eclipsed its popularity long ago. Historian Gerald Early claims that three things uniquely define America: the Constitution, baseball, and jazz. Yet the sale of jazz records accounts for only a small fraction of the music market. The last time I checked, it was 4%. Many of my students at Denver Seminary and at other institutions where I teach know very little about it, and are a bit puzzled if not flummoxed by my references to it. Others claim they “do not understand jazz,” perhaps with a twinge of guilt that they should. Last summer, a very intelligent and godly campus minister and long-time friend attended a jazz concert with me. Afterward, he said, “The music has a center, but I cannot find it.” I humbly or not-so-humbly told him that I had found it and that I loved it. I love it for many reasons. One outstanding reason is that it can help inform and reform our apologetics engagements through its distinctive genius. All that is needed is a bit of transposition from the sensibilities of jazz to the skills of apologetics. . . . Jazz Skills for Apologetics Know the standard arguments in apologetics. See Douglas Groothuis, Christian Apologetics, 2nd (InterVarsity, 2022) and Douglas Groothuis and Andrew Shepardson, The Knowledge of God in the World and in the Word (Zondervan, 2022). (1 Peter 3:15; Jude 3) Spend time in the woodshed. Study and practice. (2 Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 5:11-14) Improvise according to your knowledge. (John 15:5) Learn to syncopate, or be creative in apologetics. (Luke 19:1-10; see also Acts 17:16-34) Recommended books William Edgar, A Supreme Love. Robert Gelinas, Finding the Groove. Ted Gioia, The Imperfect Art. Ted Gioia, Douglas Groothuis articles about jazz at AllAboutJazz.com. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Any jazz aficionado knows the musical virtues of jazz, whether they are a musician, a jazz writer, or simply a committed jazz listener. In classical Western thought (that is, in the musings of cats like Aristotle and Plato) a virtue is a kind of excellence in performance that flows from a settled habit. One who plays the flute as it ought to be played—the proper tone, pitch, and timing—displays a virtue or sharp skill in that musical instrument. One may be virtuous with respect to any endeavor worth doing, since anything worth doing is worth doing well. One who masters a worthwhile skill is a virtuoso. The four virtues of jazz that translate to other areas of life: Tradition Collaboration Improvisation Transcendence For more, see Douglas Groothuis's articles on jazz at www.AllAboutJazz.com and Ted Gioia, The Imperfect Art.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

I am a jazz aficionado as well as a philosophy professor. Being in front of a classroom teaching is my favorite place on earth, second to a good jazz club with hip friends. In the midst of a philosophy class, I may wax enthusiastic about the transcendent qualities of a John Coltrane saxophone solo or the preternatural swing of Buddy Rich's timekeeping or the song-writing and band-leading genius of Duke Ellington.  These comments are not merely idiosyncratic. They reflect something of a philosophical theory of pedagogy that is steeped in jazz sensibilities. After over thirty years of teaching philosophy in various settings, I have come to realize that my pedagogy has developed in ways that reflect the sensibilities and philosophy of jazz. This has much to do with my long-time love of jazz: the music, the history, the culture, and the players.  The classroom should swing; students and their professor should spend time in the woodshed; the class will jam on philosophical themes deeply rooted in tradition, but be open to new chops.  Some of my students learn these terms, incorporate them into their vocabulary, and start using them in relation to whatever subject we are addressing—and not just about jazz. Three elements of jazz to appropriate for the classroom. Jazz works from and creatively appropriates a revered and rich tradition, the origins of which are not entirely clear and are a matter of scholarly dispute. Jazz is, at its best, highly creative in composition and in performance. Although jazz virtuosi are steeped in tradition, they must find their own voice in order to perpetuate that tradition in new forms—that is, to refract jazz through the prisms of their own unique personalities. Finding that voice requires moving from imitation to creation. Third, jazz is, according to the master jazz writer Whitney Balliett, “the sound of surprise.” A well-played piece of jazz music—even the most well-known standard—summons new ideas from jazz performers. The well-known need not be the well-worn, since the musical form—tied to the discipline of the musicians—can always yield something fresh and inspiring—or disastrous.  Swinging in the Classroom There are many more chops to develop and traditions to fathom and appropriate in order to draw out the connections between the artistry of jazz and the artistry of the philosopher's professorial pedagogy. But if we attend to the jazz sensibilities of mastering and extending a tradition through a strong work ethic; if we labor to find our own philosophical and pedagogical voices; and if we savor “the sound of surprise,” we will be well on our way to swinging in the classroom—and beyond. Resources1. Douglas Groothuis, “The Virtues of Jazz,” All About Jazz: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-virtues-of-jazz-john-coltrane-by-douglas-groothuis.php#.VGL4XPl4p4c 2. Douglas Groothuis, “How Teachers Can Swing in the Classroom” All About Jazz, http://www.allaboutjazz.com/jazz-pedagogy-by-douglas-groothuis.php#.VGL5Zfl4p4c 3. Douglas Groothuis, “John Coltrane and the Meaning of Life,” All About Jazz: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/john-coltrane-and-the-meaning-of-life-john-coltrane-by-douglas-groothuis.php.  4. Douglas Groothuis, “Whiplash and Philosophy.” Film review at And Philosophy: https://andphilosophy.com/2015/06/18/whiplash-and-philosophy.  5. Douglas Groothuis, “Jazz, Suffering, and Meaning.” All About Jazz: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/jazz-suffering-and-meaning-cyrus-chestnut-by-douglas-groothuis.php.  6. Douglas Groothuis, “Jazz and Philosophy” at All About Jazz: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/jazz-and-philosohy-john-coltrane-by-douglas-groothuis.php.  7. Douglas Groothuis, “Jazz and Moral Theory: Swinging the Right Way: All About Jazz: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/jazz-and-moral-theory-swinging-the-right-way-by-douglas-groothuis.php Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Ten years ago, on a bit of a whim, I invited bassist Will Lee to come over to my home studio in Brooklyn to do an interview with me for a new project I was starting: a podcast. A year or two earlier, my friend Michael Fusco-Straub had turned me on to Marc Maron's WTF podcast, and I was totally hooked on the concept of casual long form interviews among peers. At the time Maron spoke almost exclusively to comics, and I thought there might be a space for something similar but focused on music. Although I didn't have any real experience as a journalist or a broadcaster, I knew I could do it. In fact, maybe more than anything else I've ever done professionally, it was the most natural decision I can ever remember making.  But the format was a bit of a mystery. Who was I supposed to be? An expert on music? A friend of my guests? I thought maybe we would perform together. Or maybe they would demonstrate something. Or maybe it would be a document of the local scene in New York - in the early episodes I asked my guests “where are you coming from today” and “where are you going after this”. Actually, those are pretty good questions. Maybe I should go back to asking them again.  I spent a month futzing with my Will Lee interview, carefully editing each pause and “um”, working and reworking the introduction. I designed a crude logo based on a Google Earth image of my house in Park Slope, and built a website on Squarespace.  I posted the episode and sent an email to my friends to explain the new project. I wrote:  Since moving to New York nine years ago, I have tossed around the idea of conducting informal interviews with musicians in my studio when they come in to record. Over the years so many great players and singers have shared tremendous insights and history with me, and it seemed like such a missed opportunity not to record it. Of course, everything changes when the “red light” is on, so the question for me became how to maintain that same level of spontaneity and candor in a somewhat more formal setting. Then I sat nervously with a pit in my stomach, not knowing what I had just done. Would anyone like it? Would anyone care? Was I any good at it?  Ten years and 268 episodes later, I continue to refine, to tweak and futz, to agonize and scramble to the finish line every time. As I write these words it is 12:30am, and I sit in my darkened studio - essentially an extension of my bedroom - with my wife, Amanda asleep just a few feet away, and our daughter asleep in the next room. That is to say that The Third Story has become an extension not only of my life, but of my entire household. Fortunately the initial nausea has passed but it has been replaced by a constant sense of urgency to get the next episode finished.  I have also developed a style, an unstructured but intentional approach to talking to people, in search of a narrative thread in each journey, an attempt to get somewhere together. Sometimes it's more technical, sometimes it's more esoteric, sometimes it's personal. There is no real theme to the show, and there is no real dogma. If it's interesting to me, the hope is that it will be interesting to others too.  The good news about an ongoing show like this one is that there's always another episode to make, so you can never get too precious about any of them because there will be more. The bad news is the same as the good news: no matter how much time you spend on one episode, or how good it was, you still have to make another one, and you're probably already behind schedule. The project has become a way of moving through both space and time for me. It provides a kind of structure when I travel - nearly everywhere I have gone over the last decade, I have returned home with at least one interview.  Whether talking to Gabriela Quintero in Mexico, Jorge Drexler in Spain, Madeleine Peyroux in Paris, Butch Vig in Los Angeles, Howard Levy in Chicago, David Garibaldi in Oakland, David Maraniss in Madison, or Jack Stratton in Cleveland, the interviews have provided purpose to my movement through the world.  I have traveled specifically to cover jazz festivals like Copenhagen, Newport, Montreal and Umbria, and chronicled my own tours too. I have used the platform to mark the passage of time and significant events along the way. From The 2016 and 2020 Elections to the Covid outbreak, from my 45th birthday to my father's 80th, from the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris to memorializing lost friends like Tommy LiPuma, Clyde Stubblefield, Tim Luntzel or Richie Cole.  I have captured both first and final conversations with some remarkable people. I did the first long form interview with Jacob Collier in his house in London in 2014, and the last long form interview with Creed Taylor in his New York apartment 2015. Interviews with Peter Straub, Howard Becker, Clifford Irving, George Wein and Al Schmitt now live on as part of their legacies.  While The Third Story has never become what you might call “popular” it has become kind of a cult show. I continue to be astounded when I meet someone who knows the show. It happens more often than I expect, and I have made more than a few real meaningful friendships that way too.  When several years ago I was invited to publish my episodes on All About Jazz, I knew I was making credible content. When in 2022 I was asked to partner with WBGO Studios, it was an acknowledgement that I was on the right path, and when we won a Signal Award in 2023 I was further encouraged.  By the way, my logo was eventually redesigned by a real graphic designer, Michael Fusco-Straub (the same guy who turned me on to Marc Maron to begin with). Last month, on another whim, I called Will Lee again to see if he would like to meet up for a reunion and to help me celebrate my tenth anniversary. When I first talked to Will for episode one, he was still performing nightly on The Late Show with David Letterman and we talked about his career as one of the most recorded bassists in history, his early education, playing on Letterman, his solo projects… the kind of general overview conversation that has come to loosely define what I do here. This time was more casual and more conversational. We sat on the couch in his Manhattan apartment and traded quips, and I managed to gently extract some new information from him.  Then I asked my wife, Amanda, to join me to help process this anniversary in more domestic terms: how does it look and feel to live with someone who is constantly in the process of mining another life story for content and making podcast episodes? What are the similarities between her career as a yoga teacher and mine as a… whatever I am? What do raising a child and producing a podcast have in common? It was extremely entertaining, as is usually the case when Amanda joins me on the show.  At the risk of getting too sentimental, I will simply say that making The Third Story is one of the great privileges and joys of my life, I am grateful to all of the extraordinary people who have shared their stories with me, and I am even more grateful to you for listening to it. www.third-story.com www.patreon.com/thirdstorypodcast www.wbgo.org/studios www.leosidran.substack.com  

Paul Motian Band album Garden of Eden was released on ECM Records in 2006. I feature the album with readings from a Motian interview with Paul Olson for All About Jazz from the same year. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/paul-motian-theres-a-million-songs-out-there-paul-motian-by-paul-olson Members of the band are Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby, Steve Cardenas, Ben Monder, Jakob Bro, Jerome Harris and Paul Motian.Set List: https://jazzcloset.blogspot.com/2023/08/garden-of-eden-101615.htmlPhoto: Jerome Haris, Steve Cardenas, Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby, Jakob Bro  2006  photo: Robert Lewis  courtesy ECM Records

Award-winning New York City jazz pianist and accordionist Ben Rosenblum has been described as “mature beyond his years,” (Sea of Tranquility), an “impressive talent” (All About Jazz), who “caresses [the music] with the reverence it merits” (Downbeat Magazine). Since the release of his debut trio album, Instead (4 stars, Downbeat), Rosenblum has toured extensively with his trio and sextet throughout the United States, including multiple trips to the Northeast, Midwest, South and West Coast, as well as internationally in Canada, Europe and Japan. He was a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall's Stern-Perelman Auditorium – with Reona Ito's New York Harmonic Band – and has appeared at prestigious venues throughout the world, including at the Appel Room at Lincoln Center, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Ravinia, Himawari-No-Sato Concert Hall in Yokohama, Bird's Eye inBasel and the Library of Congress. Rosenblum's second trio album in 2018, River City, was called “richly romantic” and “well-realized” by JAZZIZ Magazine, which featured the title track as part of their Best of Fall 2018 CD. In 2020, Rosenblum released his third album, Kites and Strings, which is the first to feature him on both piano and accordion alongside his new sextet, the Nebula Project. That year, the Nebula Project was votedrunner-up for Best New Artist in JazzTimes' Readers' Poll. Most recently, Rosenblum recently his fourth album, A Thousand Pebbles, in 2023. In May 2023, Rosenblum and the album were featured in a Downbeat Magazine article entitled "Worldly Jazz Adventuring." Rosenblum has been privileged to share the stage with many highly acclaimed jazz musicians, including extensive work with Curtis Lundy, Winard Harper, Deborah Davis and Chris Washburne, as well as appearances with Bobby Watson, Sean Jones, TS Monk, Warren Wolf, Eliot Zigmund, and many others. Rosenblum's musical interests also extend beyond jazz to include work in numerous world music scenes, including musical styles from Brazil, Peru, Croatia, Bulgaria, India, Ireland, Jewish traditions and more.Support the show

The Pugsters welcome apologist and philosopher Doug Groothuis to the show this week to talk about neither apologetics nor philosophy but music. Doug is a jazz fan who has published articles and concert reviews for “All About Jazz.” We talk about the elements that make jazz what it is, jazz performers and standards, and how jazz points to an approach to other activities beside music, including Pugcasts and teaching. Find more from Doug: https://www.douglasgroothuis.com/ https://www.lifeaudio.com/truth-tribe-with-douglas-groothuis/ https://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles-by-douglas-groothuis Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8 Order Jason Cherry’s The Making of Evangelical Spirituality: https://a.co/d/5LdNXiu

The Pugsters welcome apologist and philosopher Doug Groothuis to the show this week to talk about neither apologetics nor philosophy but music. Doug is a jazz fan who has published articles and concert reviews for “All About Jazz.” We talk about the elements that make jazz what it is, jazz performers and standards, and how jazz points to an approach to other activities beside music, including Pugcasts and teaching. Find more from Doug: https://www.douglasgroothuis.com/ https://www.lifeaudio.com/truth-tribe-with-douglas-groothuis/ https://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles-by-douglas-groothuis Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8 Order Jason Cherry’s The Making of Evangelical Spirituality: https://a.co/d/5LdNXiu

If These Walls Could Talk with Wendy Stuart & Tym MossHosts: WENDY STUART & TYM MOSSSpecial guest: JOHN PIETAROWednesday, August 24th 2pm ESTLIVE from PANGEA Restaurant, NYCWatch LIVE on YouTube at Wendy Stuart TVJOHN PIETARO is a writer, poet, spoken word artist and musician from Brooklyn, NY. Pietaro's latest work is the poetry/fiction collection A Bleeding in Black Leather (MD: Uncollected Press, 2022). In 2020, his The Mercer Stands Burning: Night Poems was published by Atmosphere Press, and in 2019 poetry chapbook Smoke Rings was launched. Earlier, Pietaro penned contemporary proletarian fiction collection Night People & Other Tales of Working New York (2013) and contributed a chapter to Paul Buhle and Harvey Pekar's SDS: A Graphic History (NY: Hill & Wang 2007). He also wrote multiple entries for the upcoming edition of The Encyclopedia of the American Left (Verso) and is deep into first novel Of Seconds and Shadows. Columnist/critic of The NYC Jazz Record, Pietaro is a contributing arts reporter to PleaseKillMe, The Wire (UK), Z, Sensitive Skin, AllAboutJazz, The Nation, The Village Sun, Counter Punch, People's World, TruthOut and others, and his poetry or fiction has appeared in numerous international anthologies and journals. He was also among the honorees at the New York Press Association 2021 "Better Newspaper" awards ceremony for his obit of drummer Deep Pop in The Village Sun. Pietaro founded the annual BRECHT LIVES! Festival (NYC), hosts radio shows 'Beneath the Underground' (WFMU) and 'Jazz Just After Dark' (makerparkradio.nyc), and fronts post-punk jazz/poetry ensemble the Red Microphone, recording artists of the ESP-Disk label. The band's latest album, A Bleeding in Black Leather will drop August 2022. And I Became of the Dark was released in May 2021, and previously the Red Microphone collaborated with poet/activist Amina Baraka for Amina Baraka & the Red Microphone (ESP-Disk, 2017). Ms. Baraka also performed Pietaro's "Her Side of the Road" as a dramatic reading in 2018. A guest speaker at Left Forum and the Vision Festival, Pietaro has been featured at Boog City Festival, The International Human Rights Arts Festival, Great Weather for Media's Spoken Word Sundays, People's Music Network Festival, Workers United Film Festival, UpSurge JazzPoetry Festival and many other readings. He's been the subject of interviews by Word City Lit, Levure Litteraire , l'Unita, WBAI-FM, WDST-FM and others. Pietaro has collaborated with Allen Ginsberg, Pete Seeger, Amina Baraka, Karl Berger, Steve Dalachinsky, Nora Guthrie, Erika Dagnino, Ras Moshe, historian Paul Buhle, record producers Ivan Julian and Kramer, among many others. Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style, of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstories of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride. Wendy Stuart is an author, celebrity interviewer, model, filmmaker and hosts “Pandemic Cooking With Wendy,” a popular Youtube comedic cooking show born in the era of Covid-19, and TriVersity Talk, a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. Tym Moss is a popular NYC singer, actor, and radio/tv host who recently starred in the hit indie film “JUNK” to critical acclaim.

The Pugsters welcome apologist and philosopher Doug Groothuis to the show this week to talk about neither apologetics nor philosophy but music. Doug is a jazz fan who has published articles and concert reviews for “All About Jazz.” We talk about the elements that make jazz what it is, jazz performers and standards, and how jazz points to an approach to other activities beside music, including Pugcasts and teaching. Find more from Doug: https://www.douglasgroothuis.com/ https://www.lifeaudio.com/truth-tribe-with-douglas-groothuis/ https://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles-by-douglas-groothuis Support the Pugcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thetheologypugcast?fbclid=IwAR17UHhfzjphO52C_kkZfursA_C784t0ldFix0wyB4fd-YOJpmOQ3dyqGf8 Order Jason Cherry's The Making of Evangelical Spirituality: https://a.co/d/5LdNXiu

The playlist for today's episode was inspired by discussion threads on the social media service Mastodon. Jazztodon is a server on the Mastodon network that was created for jazz fans. Find out more about Mastodon for jazz in this article I wrote for AllAboutJazz.com. You can look me up on Mastodon at http://jazztodon.com/@digginjazz. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Roland Kirk ~ Serenade to a Cuckoo ~ Kirkatron Jackie McLean ~ Appointment in Ghana ~ Jackie's Bag Elvin Jones ~ H.M. On F.M. ~ Midnight Walk Thelonious Monk ~ Sweet and Lovely ~ Monk's Dream Michael Feinberg ~ Blues Variant ~ Blues Variant Tyshawn Sorey ~ Jitterbug Waltz ~ The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism Wayne Escoffery ~ Like Minds ~ Like Minds Herbie Hancock ~ Heartbeat ~ Man-Child Al Di Meola ~ Julia ~ Across the Universe

Spend some time with Phillip and David on Valentines Day with some romantic jazz as they are joined by stunning vocalist Corinne Mammana.Praised by JazzTimes for “superb technique”, and All About Jazz for her “sheer genius” arrangements, American jazz singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist and bandleader Corinne Mammana is passionate about preserving the music of the past while placing her own personal spin on the American Songbook, as well as popular tunes from the past few decades. With creative arrangements sung in a sophisticated and soothing style, fans have described Mammana's voice as a cross between Norah Jones, Julie London and Stacey Kent.Thank you to Carver Commodore, argonaut&wasp, and Blair Crimmins for allowing us to use their music in the show open and close. It makes everything sound so much better!If you'd like to sponsor our show or if you're a musician who'd like to come on the show, or if you have a recommendation for OUR next favorite band, hit us up on any of the social media platforms at @nextfavband, or visit our website at stereophilia.studio for more information and to contact us. Let's catch a live show together soon!#nextfavband #livemusic #music #musicinterview #musician #singer #guitar #song #newmusic #explorepage #instamusic #bestmusic #musicismylife #musicindustry #musiclife #songwriter #musiclover #musicfestival

Join us as we go over Yes-related news, including a lookback at the Play for Chris 8 - Alan White tribute, an upcoming charity stream by Yes tribute band Awaken, Cruise to the Edge lineup thoughts, and more involving Yes members and alumni! Relevant Links: -Play for Chris 8 - Alan White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkePHlhQkiE -Total Mass Retain dates: https://www.facebook.com/yestheband/posts/pfbid05bkgTCpypfzdysoZpnyaPeB1ZA1a52gGBhFvWQ31iAtTne4nKvCPpiLk1ESpsP4hl -Awaken's Online Concert for St. Jude's Hospital: https://www.facebook.com/events/668169334764982/?ref=newsfeed -Cruise to the Edge: https://cruisetotheedge.com/ -The Story of Drama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8lPW6WZ2wo -The Tormato Story: https://tormatobook.com/ -All About Jazz poll: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/your-favorite-living-jazz-drummers-poll-results -Jon Anderson and Jerry Seinfeld: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10230644416482272&set=gm.1888793908130217&idorvanity=874797302863221 -Rick Wakeman article about traveling: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-11471971/Rock-star-Rick-Wakeman-talks-travels-including-loves-Buenos-Aires.html?fbclid=IwAR07O3fW5r3FDXiT-xpzmUZJwr4h7IV7rXRWYIPQNs8KzWDF6N1w8JbPQTg -A Gallery of Imagination: https://www.rwcc.com/notices/agoti.php -Rick Wakeman with Jazz Sabbath: https://youtu.be/qfTMCAQ4pLY -Asia in Asia discounted: https://www.amazon.com/Asia-Live-Budokan-Tokyo-Deluxe/dp/B09RMBX28F --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yesshift/support

Before heading out on tour with Jane Getter Premonition, Alex sat down with Jane to talk about her new album Anomalia, the diverse musical influences that are woven into her music, and the evolution of her sound. Jane reminds Alex of the time when he taught her how to play metal and shares the story of the New York moment that inspired the song Train Man, from her album “On”.NYC-based Jane Getter is a “triple-threat” (Geoff Wilbur)—guitarist, singer, and award-winning composer. Getter's 6th release, Anomalia, coalesces a lifetime of musical exploration into intricate arrangements, powerful playing, and killer solos. Her band, Jane Getter Premonition, has carved out a niche at the intersection of jazz, metal, rock and singer-songwriter with masterful playing of Getter's “complex, sophisticated, and dynamic” compositions (All About Jazz). On tour, JGP has dazzled audiences at ProgStock, Outreach Music Festival (Austria), San Francisco Jazz Festival, bFlat Bar (India), Guitar City (Poland), Borderline (UK), North Sea Jazz Club (Netherlands) Iridium, and opened for Allan Holdsworth and Brand X.Catch Alex on tour with Jane Getter thru November 13Get Jane's new album Anomalia hereFollow Jane on IG @janegetter and Twitter @janegetterJane Getter websiteFollow Alex on IG and Twitter @alexskonickMoods & Modes is presented by Osiris Media. Hosted and Produced by Alex Skolnick. Osiris Production by Kirsten Cluthe. Editing and mixing by Justin Thomas. Music by Alex Skolnick. Artwork by Mark Dowd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Greg and Jeffrey discuss Greg's music career, software endeavors, his many learnings along the way, his passion for releasing the infinite creative potential in every human, and more… Watch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/T69ciFvnCjk Recorded: 8/26/22 Learn more: Greg: Website - https://www.gregspero.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/gregspero/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/gregspero YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCON3ixoHJ46HXlkQR4ttdw Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gregspero/ Pitch: Website - https://welovepitch.com/ Facebook - https://facebook.com/welovepitch Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/welovepitch Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/welovepitch/ Tiny Room studio: Website - https://www.tinyroom.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tinyroomstudiosla/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tinyroomlive/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@tinyroomstudios YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/TinyRoom Spirit Fingers band: Website - www.spiritfingers.live Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SpiritFingersLive/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/spiritfingerslive Greg Spero and a million creative paths. Greg Spero is a musician on a mission. A multifariously creative force who's built an entire ecosystem that empowers self-expression, Spero creates music and tech that embodies limitless possibilities. A Los Angeles-based pianist/keyboardist, producer, arranger, composer, bandleader, YouTube educator, label-owner and internet entrepreneur, he's devoted a good deal of his time to building vehicles that connect fellow artists with audiences. “We all have this ability to be infinitely expansive, to be everything that we want to be,” he says. “It's a matter of how we manifest our goals.” What sets Spero apart isn't so much his expansive vision as his combination of musical prowess and entrepreneurial acumen. As a recent piece for the Philadelphia public radio station WRTI declared, "Any notion that supremely talented musicians cannot be savvy, intentional entrepreneurs is upended by the idea of Greg Spero." Familiar to a diverse array of listeners through his collaborations with the pop star Halsey and the funk/fusion Miles Electric Band, Spero has also composed music for film, theater and television, written songs with Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones, and co-produced tracks with Ski Beatz. In recent years he's focused on Spirit Fingers, his powerhouse quartet featuring a cadre of the era's definitive players, including bassist Hadrien Feraud (or Max Gerl), Italian guitarist Dario Chiazzolino, and drummer Mike Mitchell (aka Blaque Dynamite, a key Kamasi Washington collaborator). AllAboutJazz summed up the combo by describing Spero as “an undeniably gifted pianist” who has assembled “a veritable supergroup in terms of their prodigious talent...Imbued with preternatural levels of skill and a high replay value" The group released an eponymous debut album on Shanachie Entertainment entitled Spirit Fingers, a project centering on a piece hailed by WGBO's Nate Chinen as “a cinematic composition whose main attraction is the polyrhythmic groove [that] morphs and changes like a weather system.” …bio continued at https://www.gregspero.com/bio

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series Jazz Drummer Marcello Carelli .. We got into his debut release in the new 2022 CD The Era .. It is the culmination of his first four years as a composer and seven of the eight tunes are original compositions .. This 22 year old musicians is originally from Bedford Hills, New York and has done enough in the jazz world already to consider him a veteran old soul .. He's got quite a tale to weave ... Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Listen to each show at https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/ If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future. https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with NYC Jazz Drummer, Vibraphonist & Composer Ches Smith on the 2022 CD Interpret It Well .. This ablum features his stellar quartet album with guitarist Bill Frisell, violist Mat Maneri and keyboardist Craig Taborn out on May 6, 2022 on Pyroclastic Records .. Interpret It Well takes its title from artist Raymond Pettibon's three-word prompt as both title and instruction, for bandmates and listeners alike. We cove this album, COVID life and much more .. Dig .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/For everything Joe Dimino related go to www.joedimino.com and if you feel like it, you can donate to the Neon Jazz cause. 

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series Toronto-based Trombonist, Composer and Educator Karl Silveira .. We had a good conversation about his life in music and newest 2022 CD A Porta Aperta .. The album was recorded over the course of two intensely focused days in July 2021. Karl completed a Master of Music in Jazz Performance and Composition from the University of Toronto in 2019 and has gone on to great things .. Enjoy the story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Israeli-born, New York-based Jazz Guitarist and Composer Yuval Amihai .. His new 2022 CD My 90s Summer tells the story of a journey through music over two decades and three continents featuring David Kikoski on piano, Eric Wheeler on bass & Jeremy Dutton on drums on Fresh Sound Records  .. It goes from his native Israel, Paris, and the epicenter of jazz in New York City .. He began piano at 8 then switched to the electric guitar at 13 .. By the time he was 16k, he was leading his own bands and performing regularly around the country. Dig his story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Chicago-based Jazz Singer-Songwriter, Entrepreneur & Educator Michele Thomas .. She opened up about her new 2022 CD The Assumption .. In a time of upheaval, where cultural norms, relationships, and authority are being questioned, on this thought-provoking third album it shows her embracing the full spectrum of her artistry with a stylistically cohesive and creatively adventurous jazz album. Her restless creativity reflects jazz's improvisatory spirit—for jazz, like life, is a journey and not a destination .. And she opens up about her journey and muc more ... Enjoy her whole story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Canadian Jazz Vocalist & Composer Angela Verbrugge on the 2022 CD Love for Connoisseurs .. All twelve songs on this album features original lyrics to either new of existing jazz compositions by modern-day composers .. We cove this, COVID life, the future and hope .. as we all move forward .. It was great to catch up with a friend of the show .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Singer Megg Farrell on the new 2022 CD Christine's Daughter .. It's out on April 29, 2022 and it rides the line between bitter regret and hopeful love, boasting a barrelhouse honky-tonk sound from a crew of jazz players .. She grew up with parents in the acting profession and was frequently out late in the Big Apple .. She also established herself well in NYC known as jazz sensation Sweet Megg .. Now, she is in her new home of Nashville .. and she opens up about the move, COVID life, the new album and more .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Los Angeles-based Jazz Pianist & Composer Cameron Graves on the 2022 CD Live from the Seven Spheres .. It's due out on April 8, 2022 on Artistry Music and triumphantly reconvenes his core quartet featuring guitarist Colin Cook, bassist Max Gerl and drummer Mike Mitchell .. Cameron calls this the third chapter in the trinity .. He opens up about this COVID living, the future and much more .. Dig .. Click here to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Serbian Singer-Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalists, Producer, Author & Award-Wining Screenwriter Nenad C. .. He reached out to Neon Jazz and sent over his new 2022 CD The Boogie Man. It's a conceptual double album with 16 tracks and 78 minutes of music that is psychedelic & electronic jazz funk fusion inspired by the work of George Clinton .. .He opened up about his history in music, this project, the modern world and much more .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Minneapolis-based Jazz Musician David Billingsley on the 2022 CD Hymns From Mama's House: Family Reunion .. This project is dedicated to Carol Bostick, David's Mother who recently passed in December 2021. On a warm Minneapolis Summer Day while Covid was raging, he gathered his closest music friends and created an Album in two days. They picked the key signatures and arrangements on the spot. He's an old friend of the show .. we were destined to run into each other during June 2020 as the pandemic was taking hold and he was looking to promote his album .. He opened up about COVID, projects, hope and much more .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Detroit-born, Los Angeles-based Jazz Singer & Songwriter Jesse Palter .. She opened up about quite a bit .. Like her new 2022 Nothing Standard that draws inspiration from both masterful composers and vocalists who composed and interpreted "The Great American Songbook” as she pushes the music forward .. This ablum harkens back to her early days in Detroit or her home as a “music-obsessed 13 year old” hearing Miles Davis for the first time – while also being entrenched in the pop music of the era. She is full of passion and insight .. Enjoy her whole story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Sousaphone Player Xan Perkins & Trumpeter Justin Crossman of Kansas City-based Jazz Collective Back Alley Brass Band .. They opened up about their new 2022 CD that just hit the web and the streets .. This New Orleans style brass band based is becoming one of the most sought after groups to play in KC. These high energy players have a powerful sound that are making their way around town and will be at the forthcoming Boulevardia festival.  Enjoy this story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Los Angeles-based Saxophonist & Flutist Ron Cyger & Double Bassist, Guitarist & Ukulele Player Brent Butterworth of Take2 .. This is the much anticipated debut album full of eight originals and one standard span multiple genres, including straightahead jazz, pop, bossa, mambo and blues .. Ron has been active in the Los Angeles jazz scene for years, while Brent is a well-known audio writer for such publications as JazzTimes and Wirecutter. Together, they make quality tunes .. Enjoy their story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Brooklyn-based Jazz Singer & Educator Sachal Vasandani .. We had a wide ranging talk about quite a bit .. like is new 2021 CD Sachal Vasandani - Midnight Shelter with his friend and fellow musician Romain Collin .. Sachal is recognized for his singular voice, with a tone and unique phrasing that mark him as one of the most compelling artists on the scene today. These days he also hosts a monthly emerging singers concert series at The Django showcasing an up and coming singer on stage. He is also a preeminent educator bridging a strong technical foundation and disciplined, immersive jazz study with a fundamentally open spirit. Dig his story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City-based Jazz Keyboardist, Composer & Producer Angela Ward .. I caught her live at the Blue Room off 18 and Vine in Mid-March and had to talk to her about her life in music .. She performs regularly around the Kansas City Metro area with her band and free lances with other groups .. Especially now as the world wakes up .. She always brings a rare blend of fusion, jazz, and classical to everything she plays. She writes and arranges for the internationally known JWB, also known as The James Ward Band. Her journey on the keys began at 3 and led her to being a graduate of Florida A&M University where she majored in Computer Information Systems and minored in Music Performance. She's got quite a story .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with San Francisco-based Jazz Saxophonist, Flutist, Composer & Bandleader Jean Fineberg .. We had a great talk about her latest 2022 CD -  With her contemporary octet Jazzphoria .. Their material ranges from swing and blues to funk, R&B, hip hop, bebop and New Orleans second line. This Bronx, New York native has recorded on more than 50 albums .. She has been the world over recording and touring with David Bowie, Luther Vandross, Melba Liston, Bo Diddley and many others. She is a true artist and a poet .. Her passion and stories are wonderful .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with NYC Jazz Singer & Songwriter Naama Gheber on the 2022 Single Old Mother Hubbard & Upcoming Album .. We caught up with her in April of 2020 to talk about her previous release Dearly Beloved .. and that met a COVID world and the shock of no live shows .. Now, the world is in a different place and live shows are back .. She is ecstatic and we had a good talk about her new material, surviving COVID, the hopeful future and much more .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Saxophonist Chris Greene on the 2022 PlaySPACE 2: Play Harder CD .. This Evanston, IL-based tenor and soprano saxophonist leads his quartet on his home turf at the Evanston venue of SPACE. The music is both intense and refined, the sound of a band that stretches out at every opportunity while still playing the room and maintaining an overall accessibility. He talks about this music, COVID life, hope for the future and much more .. Enjoy…Click here to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Denver-based Jazz Saxophonist & Educator Keith Oxman on the 2022 CD This One's For Joey .. It was an album recorded for the Joey Pearlman Original Music Project released on Capri Records. We covered quite a bit of ground in this interview .. He's a platinum member of the re-occuring interview club, so there is always much to discuss .. Like the life of Joe Pearlman, his great friend we just lost in Ron Miles, COVID life and so much more on this modern 2022 world of ours .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Jazz Pianist Lenny Marcus on the 2022 Lenny Marcus Trio CD When A Door Opens .. It's an album that is an ode to his piano heroes ranging from Brubeck to Beethoven full of powerful original jazz piano trio compositions with a stellar rhythm section of bassist Zachary McDonald and drummer Denver Nuckolls .. We talked music, COVID, the future and more .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Jazz Guitarist Peter Curtis .. We had a conversation about his latest 2022 CD Pete's Pandemic Playlist .. It's a solo guitar outing  full of songs that went through his head at various times throughout this pandemic. It was recorded at home, primarily during lockdown .. Over the years, he has performed or recorded with notable jazz and blues musicians like Claudia Acuna, James Carter, Freddy Cole, Taj Mahal, Barbra Morrison and James Moody that has taken him all across the U.S. and Canada .. Dig this story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Los Angeles-based Jazz Drummer & Composer Dan Schnelle .. He opened up about his new 2022 debut recording: Shine Thru on Outside In Music .. He is originally from Merrick, NY and gravitated towards the drums from a very early age. Although he excelled in classical percussion and snare drum, it was when he began studying with Al Miller in high school that he began to quickly develop on the drum set .. And his career is jazz has been spectacular .. Enjoy the story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Boca do Rio was the second band to be awarded the annual Davis Independent Music Initiative (DIMI) grant, in 2021. The committee that awarded it included the 2020 winner, Davis musician Joel Daniel of the Hoots, reported the Sacramento News and Review in July 2021: "The grant is part of an annual effort to boost Davis's music scene by providing one local band with funding. Daniel's hope is that it offers musicians who might otherwise seek a career in Sacramento or the Bay Area the support they need to foster their talents closer to home." Applications for the 2022 grant are due by April 1. We wrap up this show playing a Led Zeppelin song as interpreted by the Alex Jenkins Trio. Here is an All About Jazz review of their newest album, Tri-Cycle, from 2021.  

Harpist Megan Bledsoe Ward joins us to chat about how she stumbled into improvisation as a harpist and how her early experiences resulted in the genre-weaving collaboration that Pacific Harp Project has become. We talk about her process for funding and then recording her first album, and how her ensemble approaches marketing. And we discuss how much there is to learn about a work by recasting it in new and interesting ways. Praised for their “engaging jazz...with scintillating plays of light and subtle colors” by DownBeat Magazine, Pacific Harp Project's emergence on the jazz scene has surprised listeners with a unique sonic experience. By incorporating classical harp music into the realms of jazz, pop, and fusion, this groundbreaking group “leads the listener to the conclusion: The harp has been unchained.” (AllAboutJazz.com) Pacific Harp Project launched in 2014 and released their self-titled debut album in December, 2015 with a sold-out concert. The album won the 2016 Na Hoku Hanohano Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and received positive reviews from DownBeat Magazine, Jazz Weekly, CD Hotlist, AllAboutJazz.com, The Aquarian Weekly, TheJazzPage.com, Midwest Record, LA Jazz Scene, Honolulu Star Advertiser, and ASX.com. Pacific Harp Project's 2017 recording of “Loops” by Noel Okimoto was nominated for a RoundGlass International Music Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Single, and the group's second album, “Play,” was released in 2019 to critical acclaim. Pacific Harp Project formed when harpist Megan Bledsoe Ward teamed up with illustrious jazz musicians Noel Okimoto (vibraphone), Todd Yukumoto (saxophone), Jon Hawes (bass), and Allan Ward (drums). Bledsoe Ward approaches jazz harp from a new perspective, leaning on her experience in classical performing, composing, and arranging. CD Hotlist notes: “Megan Bledsoe Ward has a solid grasp of the jazz idiom—she's not a dabbler or dilettante...When she ventures into the very dangerous territory of arranging classical pieces in a jazz style, she comes out the other side not just unscathed but triumphant.” Combined with original compositions by Bledsoe Ward and Noel Okimoto, the result is an innovative collaboration in which the musicians delight in working together and captivating audiences at each performance. The transcript for this episode can be found here. For more information about the Pacific Harp Project, please visit their website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.