Neon Jazz Interviews

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with New Orleans-based Jazz Singer Carmela Rappazzo on the 2023 CD Whisperings .. On her new album, she offers a ripple of acoustic guitar, and a cello goes through a darkened nightclub. Then the rest of the small band—sax, accordion and bass—join in with a breezy rhythm as a single spotlight fades up, illuminating a singer on a stool. We get into this recording, surviving COVID, hurricane anniversaries, the future and much more .. Dig in..

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Toronto-based Jazz Saxophonist Andrew Rathbun on the 2023 CD The Speed of Time ..We get into his latest Steeplechase as a compelling addition to an already impressive body of work. Over his 20 years of work, he has achieved a rare depth of lyricism and compositional intelligence .. We get into this album, COVID life, the future and much more .. Dig in…

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Trombonist & Composer Audrey Ochoa on the 2023 Album The Head of a Mouse .. She opened up about her fourth album as a bandleader, surviving COVID, the future and much more .. This project was conceived of during one of the most challenging periods in recent history-the COVID-19 pandemic. As she couldn’t freely perform the music from Frankenhorn live, she dove into the creation of this recording. Dig the story..

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz/Pop Saxophonist & Educator Nick Stefanacci .. We got into his new 2023 CD Secrets, his life in music, the future and much more .. He has toured the world for over two decades sharing the stage with legends across Europe and North America as he brings a new vision and swagger to the music industry.  Dig his story .. 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Author & Writer of The Book Dangerous Rhythms T.J. English .. His spectacular book tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the century mobsters and musicians enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership. The timeline of story and fact followings a mincing of jazz legends like Louis Armstrong, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, and Ella Fitzgerald. This is cast against the glare and inevitable momentum of mobsters like Al Capone, Meyer Lansky and Charlie “Lucky” Luciano...  We cover the revelations and soul of the author and this important story that needed to be told from a jazz aficionado and brilliant writer .. Dig in .. 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Drummer, Composer & Producer Patrick Soluri of The Hot Toddies .. He opened up about their debut full-length album as New York City's leading hot jazz and swing band. The album celebrates the array of swinging vocal and big band numbers inspired by the legendary singers and composers of the era like Duke Ellington, Billy Holiday and Count Basie. As a relatively new group founded in 2018, they have quickly become one of the top bands on the swing scene in New York City. We cover quite a bit of ground .. Enjoy …

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist & Musical Director Joel Pierson  of the Group Queen’s Cartoonists .. We talked about their new 2023 CD Mozart’s Jazz Requiem .. Using Mozart’s renowned sense of humor as a guide, Joel re-composed this “tribute to one of the greatest pieces ever written” in the style of Raymond Scott and John Kirby, “with a hint of modern jazz in there, too.” Mozart died without finishing his requiem, so The Queen’s Cartoonists are here to finish the job in the form of a jazz tribute to one of the greatest pieces ever written. Dig the story ..  

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Barcelona-born, Boston-based Jazz Pianist & Composer Olivia Perez-Collellmir .. We get into her debut full-length album called Olivia. The album spans many of Olivia’s own musical interests like the marriage of flamenco music and Latin jazz with Spanish folk traditions and classical music, creating a universal sound with no musical boundaries. Hailed as a “Spanish virtuoso” who adds “a flamenco touch to chamber jazz”, she flourishes. Growing up amongst the sounds of flamenco, along with her studying classical piano, she has always held a life-long passion for the fusion of musical styles .. We cover this release and her life in music, along with the future. Enjoy .. 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Persian-Jewish Jazz Singer, Composer & Anthropologist Galeet Dardashti .. Traversing space and time, she collaborates with the haunting voice of her renowned Iranian grandfather, the late Younes. Sampling from an intense audio artifact he recorded in Iran, she brings some of the Persian legend's music to life for new audiences on her latest album called Monajat. We cover her life, the future and so much more .. Enjoy .. 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Saxophonist Sharel Cassity & Pianist Johannes Wallmann on the 2023 CD Precarious Towers – 10 Stories .. The Midwestern all-star quintet Precarious Towers featuring Sharel Cassity, Johannes Wallmann, Mitchell Shiner, John Christensen and Devin Drobka .. The group that began as a brainchild of Johannes with each member contributing new works. The group’s first gigs were conceived in 2020 when the quintet’s otherwise highly in-demand players suddenly found their schedules emptied and were looking for a new project. We cover the band’s evolution, hopes for the future, live gigs and much more .. Enjoy .. 

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