Neon Jazz Interviews

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Jazz Keyboardist & Composer on the New 2024 Album Unity Dan Siegel .. We get into his 23rd release as a leader in the new 2024 project Unity. He always covers a broad swath of the jazz spectrum over the course of his four-and-a-half decade career, from straight ahead swing to sleek contemporary sounds. This new album reunites the keyboardist with drummer Oscar Seaton for the first time in 20 years and his first meeting with bassist David “DJ” Ginyard, Seaton’s rhythm section partner in Terence Blanchard’s electrically charged E-Collective band. It’s a great talk about this project. Enjoy.

More on Dan - https://www.dansiegelmusic.com/

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Guitarist Ryan T. Bailey & Drummer Luis Briones of the LA-based Jazz Band King Llama .. We primarily talked to them about the release of their newest album Fata Implexis. This prog/fusion band specializes in genre-bending, elastic compositions. This project is produced by multi-platinum and GRAMMY-Award winning producer/engineer Dennis MacKay. We cover their meeting, history, live shows and so much more. Enjoy.

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with French Jazz Drummer, Producer & Composer Antoine Cara .. We caught up with him from New York City to talk about his new 2024 CD Status Quo, coming to America to further his jazz vernacular and so much more. This new project provides a close and vibrant look at him as player, writer and leader. It brings in heavy cats like guitarist Mike Stern and trumpet legend Randy Brecker. We cover his trek from France to America and many other stories in between. Dig this story.
More Antoine - https://www.antoinecara.com/

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with London-based, New Zealand Jazz Pianist & Composer John-Paul Muir .. We talked to him about his new 2024 CD Home Now, a good life in music and bounding between homes in London and New Zealand. He is a gifted and highly recognized player across both classical and jazz disciplines. He won First Prize at the Kerikeri International Piano Competition, First Prize at the New Zealand National Concerto Competition and First Prize at the New Zealand National Young Performer of the Year Awards. We get into his well lived life. Dig in.. 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Italy-born, NYC-based Jazz Bassist & Composer Giuseppe Cucchiara .. We caught up with him to talk about his new 2024 CD Music for your Soul, roots in Sicily, NYC dreams and much more. He grew up among countless jazz vinyls and varied musical influences from an early age. His father, who happens to be a classical upright bass player, laid the path for him to explore playing various instruments during his childhood until 2010, when at the age of 16 he picked up the bass to never put it down. In 2015 he was granted a scholarship at the prestigious Berklee College Of Music, which led him to move to Boston to further develop his skills and establish himself in the US scene. Since them, he has made NYC home and continues to grown and learn. Dig this story. 

More - https://www.giuseppecucchiara.com/

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Singer/Songwriter, Composer, Playwright and Actor Marie-Claire Giraud .. We caught up with her about new music that includes a cover of Duke Ellington’s standard Caravan on Plaid Dog Recordings, along with an esteemed life in jazz. Born on the island of Dominica and raised in The Bronx. She started her operatic training in Rome, Italy. The pandemic afforded her the luxury of time to reflect, and she overcame obstacles that were blocking her creative path. With her creativity freed, she wrote her first musical, discovered her true voice of soprano. It’s quite a story. Dig in.

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City-based Jazz Saxophonist & Educator Matt Otto on the 2024 CD The Landscape Listens .. Recorded in Portugal, this new album features Matt on tenor alongside  Xose  ZOH- SAY Miguélez on tenor and Abe - AHHHH BAY- Rábade on the piano. It showcases a collaboration between three renowned musicians bringing about a musical landscape rich in emotional depth, improvisational dialogue and sonic beauty. We cover the entirety of this project, what is coming up and much more .. Enjoy.

Get the album - https://xosemiguelez.bandcamp.com/album/the-landscape-listens 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran KC-based Jazz Trumpeter & Flugelhorn Man Stan Kessler  on the 2024 Album Two's Company .. We caught up with a now legendary player, educator and collaborator on the vibrant Kansas City scene. The album features three generations of pianists in Joe Cartwright, Brant Jester, Andrew Ouellette, Brian Ward, Roger Wilder & Charles Williams. We get into the history of this album, the power of the current KC scene and all things going on with Stan at the end of 2024.

Stream the album - https://www.soundexchange.com/

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Journeyman Saxophonist & Composer Stan Harrison .. We caught up with him fresh of the road to talk about his new 2024 CD Some Poor Soul Has a Fire and a gloriously good and luck filled life in music. Born in Philadelphia, raised in New Jersey, and a resident of New York City for the last few decades, has traveled the globe performing and/or recording, sound-checking, rehearsing, bussing, flying, dining, laughing, emoting, etc., with David Bowie,  Radiohead, They Might Be Giants, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger and many others. He is a jazz musician though and has been since he first heard the music of Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Miles Davis. We get into the full story. Dig it .. 

Link to the album:
https://stanharrison.bandcamp.com/album/some-poor-soul-has-a-fire

Link to Twenty Seconds of Something:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv0brAcGymrR2Jfnep-x2jP95Z1CLLRU8

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Brooklyn-based Jazz Guitarist and Composer Nico Moreno .. We talked to this native of Columbia about his new 2024 CD Cornerstone, a life in jazz, coming to America and so much more. This new project captures his journey of finding meaning in NYC as it explores modern jazz guitar, blending Latin American sounds and pop-rock elements to reflect Nico’s diverse musical influences. His playing is characterized by the convergence of different styles such as Latin American music, rock, and pop, deeply rooted in the jazz guitar tradition. He started on the instrument at nine and has never stopped. Dig this story.

More Nico - https://nicomorenomusic.com/

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