Neon Jazz Interviews

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Madison, Wisconsin-based Award Winning Jazz Bassist & Composer John Christensen .. We get into his new 2024 album Soft Rock that stands as his sophomore album. His debut album was the  celebrated 2018 release of Dear Friend. He always supplies an open-hearted solidity and adventurous spirit to all of his music endeavors. While an ardent student and practitioner of improvised Black American Music, his music also has deep roots in Rock, Folk, and Americana. It’s quite a story. Enjoy. 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Guitarist, Composer & Educator Philip Weberndoerfer .. We caught up with this rising jazz musician about his new 2024 CD Tides and a live in jazz. Originally from Germany, he has been thriving in the pursuit of music since his early childhood in the countryside of Bavaria. He has been portrayed as a resourceful visionary with a highly expressive yet sensitive and intricate voice on the instrument. Since his arrival to New York in 2016, Philip has steadily been contributing to the Jazz scene as a bandleader and sideman. Dig his story. 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City-based Veteran Jazz Singer & Creative Cynthia van Roden .. She is a talented vocalist, model, and performer who won the Bar Natasha Idol, a local competition for new cabaret talent, and was nominated by KC Jazz Ambassadors as KC's Favorite Vocalist. She has also worked at Hallmark, where she booked talent and voice overs, and created music and voice overs. Her playfulness, lush contralto and sophisticated delivery transport all back to another era. We cover quite a journey that began in Philadelphia and stopped in New York for quite some time and finally landed in her current home of Kansas City. The place she has grown to love. Enjoy this story. 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Saxophonist & Composer Paul Carlon .. We caught up with him about his new 2024 CD Blues for Vita and a quality life in jazz. He grew up in rural central New York and started started playing music in the 4th grade at school. Paul attempted to follow in the footsteps of his older string-playing siblings by taking cello lessons, but the vibrant timbre and mystery of the sax called to him more. From there his experience with music was a mixture of schooled and self-taught. After finishing a degree in English Literature from Cornell University in 1991, Paul moved to NYC and became part of the thriving 90's straight ahead jazz scene. He’s got quite a story. Dig.

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Swedish Jazz Singer, Songwriter and Arranger Anna-Maria Nordström .. We caught up with her to talk about her new 2024 CD Mod and her life in music. On her debut album, she has invested her heart, it consists of a collection of musical short stories with a variety of musical expressions, some with lyrics and some without. She came back to music after a several decades hiatus. We get into this fascinating story.

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Nova-Scotia-based Jazz Guitarist Russ Brannon .. We got into his new 2024 CD Sojourn and his interesting life as both a musician and entrepreneur. Known for his melodic and improvisational playing style, his sound has never stopped evolving over the course of his sixty year career. Influenced early on by Chet Atkins, The Ventures, and Howard Roberts, and later on by Larry Carlton, George Benson, and Robben Ford, his music is infused with the sensibilities of these musical giants without ever sounding contrived or derivative. We cover quite a ride in the jazz. Dig in…

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Twin Cities-based Jazz Pianist and Composer Kavyesh Kaviraj .. We caught up with this rising talent to discuss his new 2024 CD Fables out on Shifting Paradigm records. He puts his life and stories into his music, carefully weaving all of his influences into a boundary-breaking modern jazz outfit. This debut album unfolds after a long journey of honing his craft in Oman, India and now the Twin Cities. Accompanied by some of the Minnesota’s finest musicians, this project is a vivid journey through this young composer’s lens. He’s going places. Dig into this story.

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Virtuoso Colombian Jazz Pianist, Vocalist & Tutor Jesus Molina .. We caught up with this world-class musician to discuss his new 2024 CD Selah.  This 27-year-old is a one-man force of nature. He is a Berklee College of Music grad and Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation award winner who has already carved out an impressive career. This new album literally means a blessing meaning “praise” or “lift up” – perfectly captures his spiritual approach to music. It’s a story you need to hear. 

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Jazz Clarinetist & Composer Harry Skoler on the 2024 CD Red Brick Hill .. The last time we caught up with him was in 2022 and now he has a transformative and cathartic new recording. Things of beauty can come from the release of one’s traumas. He experienced the loss of a friend as a teenager, a passing that deeply impacted him and left an indelible mark on his person. On his new recording, he revisits the past and delivers the story instrumentally with an incredible array of musicians in an effort to cleanse his soul, keep his friend’s legacy alive, and to, hopefully, help others with such burdens through the gift of music. Harry is always a treat. Dig in.

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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Artist, Composer, Educator & Cultural Seeder Jonathan Suazo .. We caught up with this rising jazz star about his new 2024 CD Ricano Live in 2023, surviving COVID, growing up in Puerto Rico and beyond .. This award-winning artist opened up about this album that is a unique Afro Caribbean Jazz concept that blends the sounds of Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic. Jonathan was named one of the top ten emerging Jazz artists of 2023 by the GRAMMYS and has gone on to receive many honors. This star is on the rise and we get into all of it from his base in Boston. Dig in…

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