Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Trumpeter Derrick Gardner  .. We caught up with him on July 13, 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown to talk about his latest 2020 CD Still I Rise ..  He was inspired by the finest hard-blowing funky bop bands of the 1960‟s and made his mark upon arriving on the New York jazz scene in 1991. Over the last 18 years, he has worked with a tremendous litany of artists that include late Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Frank Foster, Jon Faddis, Nancy Wilson, Tony Bennett, Joe Williams, Rufus Reid and Clark Terry just to name a few. Enjoy his story ..