Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with New York Keyboardist Theo Hill on his new 2020 CD Reality Check during mid-April 2020 in the middle of the global pandemic of the Coronavirus Quarantine .. He recently relocated to Costa Rica and opened up about his new life, old life and this brand new world we are living in .. It was revealing and refreshing .. Dig ..

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Nashville-based Jazz Singer Kandace Springs .. During late March 2020 as the COVID-19 Quarantine began ramping up we talked from her home base of Nashville about her latest 2020 CD The Women Who Raised Me ..  She has a defined mix of R&B, jazz, and pop has been off and running with a very eventful career .. We talk about all of this and so much more .. So please get to know her and dig this interview.

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Legendary Jazz Saxophonist & Composer Joe Lovano .. We caught up with Joe on April 17, 2020 during the COVID-19 Quarantine shutdown and he opened up about the new world we live in .. and talked about his 2019 CD Tapestry and upcoming projects .. This Cleveland born cat talked about the huge influences of his dad, Tony, aka Big T and a blessed existence that put him alongside Jack McDuff, Lonnie Smith and so many others .. It was a raw and revealing discussion about today’s new world, the past and what the future may just hold .. Dig it ..

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Guitarist Al Di Meola .. During a very trying COVID-19 Quarantine world we talked about his newest 2020 CD – his sophomore homage to the Beatles called Across The Universe – it came out on March 13, 2020 – Right around when the actual live music was silenced on the planet .. So, he opened up about this project, the state of the world today and the hope .. all that hope as we move forward here in April 2020 .. .So please get to know her and dig this interview.

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Avant-Garde Jazz Guitarist Mary Halvorson ..  We caught up with Mary during the COVID-19 Quarantine in April 2020 going on around the world to talk about a great number of thing .. Like her latest 2019 CD A Tangle of Stars…. Originally from Brookline, Massachusetts, from 2017-2019 she has won Best Guitar in DownBeat's International Critics Poll and is always a perennial fan favorite .. She’s done so much stellar with with a huge crop of jazz musicians and she keeps on innovating with each successive project .. We talked about her career and this very unique time in the jazz world .. It was an honor to speak with her here at the show ..  So please get to know her and dig this interview.

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City Jazz Legend .. Saxophonist and Educator Bobby Watson  .. He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and started taking piano lessons at age 10 .. From there, he attended junior high and high school in Minneapolis, where he learned saxophone. He went on to attend the University of Miami and moved on to New York to begin his professional career. He met and started a fruitful union with his mentor Art Blakey – We discussed his chart topping new 2019 CD Bird at 100 .. He talked about the upcoming 100th Birthday for Charlie Parker, new touring plans and recording .. So, his 20-year tenure at UMKC will come to an end – he will retire from academia at the end of the 2019-2020 school year and his impact has been monumental and key to the renaissance in KC .. He trained more than 100 musicians since he arrived at UMKC in 2000 and now at 66 ..  It’s high tide for to dedicate himself to performing, composing and recording full time .. So, get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Ukulele Virtuoso Jake Shimakukuro  .. He has a new 2020 Trio CD out and this musician has been redefining what the  ukulele is capable of for the last 20 years .. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, at 4 he was drawn to the sound of the instrument .. that literally means ‘jumping flea’ .. It was nearly 15 years ago that his rendition of George Harrison’s ballad ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ in Central Park, became one of the most-watched clips on YouTube and went viral .. it now sits at 16.5m+ views. – Since the, he has been re-imaging classics and 21 years after his first release, he continues to push boundaries on both the instrument and himself.  So, get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist Prodigy Joey Alexander .. He took some time out to talk about his 6th album .. and his latest  - 2020’s CD Warna on Verve Records .. Originally from India, he stormed America and the International jazz scene since arriving in New York City back in 2014 .. He’s 16 now and talked about averaging about 100 show’s a year for some years now .. He’s wise beyond his age and hopes that this album will vault him past the “jazz prodigy” hoopla .. We talked about a lot of aspects of his life .. including at 8 when he played with Herbie Hancock who was visiting Jakarta as a UNESCO goodwill ambassador .. So, get to know Joey and dig this interview my friends ..

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Philadelphia-born, NYC-based Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Arranger and Producer Duane Eubanks  ... Kansas City-based Saxophonist B.J. Jansen is bringing Duane to Kansas City to perform on May 13th, 2020 at the Westport Coffeehouse Theater – and we had to catch up with him about it .. He also talked about his Live at Smalls CD from 2018 .. Jazz is in his family lineage and he’s grateful for it .. His mother Vera is a pianist, and his brothers are celebrated trombonist Robin Eubanks and guitarist Kevin Eubanks and the legendary pianist Ray Bryant is his uncle. So, he got a  business degree at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore and joined the university’s jazz band – then he studied jazz in master classes at Temple University with the legendary Dr. Billy Taylor before heading on to New York .. So, get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Vintage-Pop & Jazz Vocalist, Songwriter & Actress Kat Edmonson .. Her latest 2020 CD Dreamers Do is a story for all those who dream of a different path in life – the album explores the shared human struggle around daring to dream and it illuminates a range of emotional and psychological consequences that can happen along the way. She was born and raised in Houston as the only child of a single mother who enjoyed songs from the Great American Songbook - She wrote her first song at age nine while riding the school bus .. Over her career, she tasted the American Idol limelight – and was an opening act for Lyle Lovett and credits him as a big mentor .. and she appeared on one of the final episodes of the Late Show with David Letterman  - She’s full of great insights and stories ..  So, get to know her and dig this interview my friends ..