Neon Jazz Interviews

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Celebrated Montana-based Jazz Trombonist & Composer Naomi Moon Siegel .. We caught up with her about her new 2024 CD Shatter the Glass Sanctuary and an amazing life in music. Her latest album is a collection of adventurous original works that chronicles her adjustment to small-town living in Missoula, Montana, after residing for many years in Seattle, Washington. The music follows her inward journey of emotional highs and lows, propelled ever forward by a stellar sextet of acclaimed Seattle musicians. We talk about her new adventure in motherhood, moving, playing and loving jazz. Dig in.

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with LA Jazz Singer & Interviewer Cathy Segal-Garcia on the 2024 CD Social Anthems Volume 2 .. She worked on both volumes over several years (2019 - 2023) and with two amazing bands. She is doing new jazz versions of some of my favorite pop songs from the 60s through the 90s. She is a child of the 70s and that generation had a whole lot of love and hope for mankind. They were also touched by horrors that were happening around the world. Many things ring true in our modern world today. We delve into this social music, her interview prowess and so much more. It’s our third interview and they keep getting better. Enjoy.

All Things Cathy - https://www.cathysegalgarcia.com/

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Legendary Guitarist Mike Stern .. We were honored to catch up with this veteran musician about his new 2024 CD "Echoes and Other Songs” that serves as a love letter to jazz, to the guitar, and to bandstand camaraderie – dedicated to the memory of my wonderful friend and musical collaborator Jim Beard. The band features a bevy of jazz’s best like Christian McBride, Chris Potter, Jim Beard, Antonio Sanchez, Dennis Chambers and many special guests like his wife Leni Stern. He has been on the scene since the 1970s dipping into multiple genres with the likes of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, The Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn, Béla Fleck, Yellowjackets and so many others .. We cover quite a life in music .. Dig in…

More Mike - https://www.mikestern.org/

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Harmonica Virtuoso, Classical Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Arranger & Composer Enrico Granafei .. We caught up with this Italian-born, New Jersey-based former club owner about this new 2024 CD It’s Hard to Say Good-bye .. We get into his life as a musician, former business owner and well beyond .. He has a long history of musical experience which encompasses both Classical Music and Jazz. Following in the tradition of the legendary Toots Thielemans, he began to explore new possibilities for the harmonica, an instrument too often associated solely with Rock and Blues. His love for Jazz led him to New York City, the world capital of Jazz. This is where he soon started to perform in local jazz clubs, including The Blue Note, Birdland, Visiones, Angry Squire,  and the Bottom Line. It’s a robust story .. Enjoy.

More Enrico - http://www.enricogranafei.com/index.html

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with h Jazz Saxophonist, Composer, Innovator & Educator Kyle Brooks .. We caught up with this Illinois-based player to talk about his debut and very new 2024 CD Monarch and a life in jazz. He has been making waves around the Midwest and beyond for his introspective, informed, and collaborative approach to music. Having worked extensively in the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Northwest Ohio music communities at large. This new and personal album features lifelong friends and collaborators & original music inspired by the work of musicians such as Ben Wendel, Terrace Martin, and Marquis Hill. Dig his story.

More Kyle - https://www.kylebrookssaxophone.com/bio

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Toronto-based Jazz Artist Marie Goudy .. We get into her new 2024 project with her band Paloma Sky and the album Hold on to Me. It stands as the debut of this jazz- pop quintet full of ten tracks composed and arranged by bandleader and trumpet player Marie Goudy. The music traverses a wide range of jazz sub-genres, from Latin to soul to swing, but the common thread is a strong foundation of catchy melodies and rich grooves. We cover her life in music from her base in Toronto and well beyond. Enjoy this interview.

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Orlando-based Veteran Jazz Saxophonist, Bandleader & Educator Jeff Rupert on the 2024 CD It Gets Better .. We get into all things that are going on now and veer off the route for some good insights. His new project is a blend of six original compositions and three thoughtfully selected standards. The recording features an ensemble of jazz luminaries: Kenny Barron on piano, Peter Washington on bass, and Joe Farnsworth on drums, with Maureen Sickler engineering the sessions. We peel into the this stellar recording and all things jazz. He’s been a guest before and we are always delighted when her returns. Dig in…

More on Jeff - https://www.yamaha.com/artists/jeffrupert.html 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Grammy Award Winning Vocalist Janis Siegel and Acclaimed Pianist/Musical Director Yaron Gershovsky .. We caught up with this duo to discuss the new 2024 CD The Colors of My Life – A Cy Coleman Songbook, their final show with the Manhattan Transfer, live shows and so much more about their decorated lives in music.  When The Manhattan Transfer performed its final concert at Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall in December 2023, the event brought to a close one of the most storied chapters in vocal jazz history. Several months later, they evaluated the future. Over drinks at the bar following a Transfer concert several years earlier, they discovered that both had worked with the revered songwriter Cy Coleman. That was the beginning of a grand journey to getting the music made. Much of it during the pandemic that proved tricky, yet they are here to talk about it. Dig this story.

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Acclaimed Jazz Violinist & Composer Jenny Scheinman .. We caught up with this decorated and veteran musician about her first album in seven years .. the new 2024 CD All Species Parade .. For years, she nursed the idea of a musical homage to Humboldt County, California .. in particular the area known as the Lost Coast, a remote, earthquake- and mudslide-prone region of coastal northern California, where she was raised. For many years, she was a a stalwart of the New York jazz and creative music scenes, then returned to her native Humboldt County, California in 2012. She has spent a charmed life in music and her path has intersected giants and luminaries along the way .. And that is what she has become. Enjoy this interview.

All Things Jenny - https://www.jennyscheinman.com/

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Chicago-born, NYC-based Jazz Vocal Sensation Julia Danielle .. We caught up with this rising star on her new 2024 CD Self Titled Debut Album and her life in jazz. It is full of original arrangements of cherished jazz standards. As the 2022 International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition Winner, Julia got to perform alongside The Tierney Sutton Band at the renowned Blues Alley Jazz Club in Washington D.C. and since then, has led her own band and music at the incomparable venue. She also won DownBeat’s 46th annual Student Music Award for “Undergraduate College Outstanding Vocal Soloist” and was mentioned in their 2023 June edition. This is an artist on the rise. Dig this story.

More Julia - https://www.juliadanielle.com/ 

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