Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist, Accordionist & Composer Ben Rosenblum on the 2023 Album A Thousand Pebbles .. The album’s diverse influences include Bulgarian vocal polyphony, Northern Brazilian party music, Afro-Caribbean rhythms and traditional Irish music. Musical traditions collide and commingle, ignite and recombine, coalescing into strikingly expressive new forms. We cover the post-pandemic world, this new project, the future and much more .. Dig in…

The Home of Neon Jazz:
http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Contribute to Neon Jazz:

PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA 

For More Interviews:Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc
Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639
Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Paris-based Jazz Flutist, Vocalist & Composer Naïssam Jalal .. She opened up about her latest 2023 Project called Healing Rituals .. Over time, she has created a unique and vibrant musical universe. A few years ago, in search of meaning, as she sought to reconcile the necessities of being and of the spiritual in a world marked by possession, she took to exploring the deeply spiritual dimension of music by imagining a mystical repertoire turned towards trance and based on silence, Quest of the Invisible. As she pursued this search, she started the creation of healing rituals .. Enjoy this story .. 

The Home of Neon Jazz:
http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Contribute to Neon Jazz:

PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA 

For More Interviews:Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc
Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639
Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Montreal-based Singer & Songwriter Roxane Reddy on Her Debut 2023 Album Jaywalking .. After years in the making, she presents an intense and velvety opus with a major focus on vocals representing the view we have on life after overcoming depression. In a brilliant mix of jazz, progressive rock, French song and Disney-like songwriting, the eight-piece album charms and confronts, moves and mobilizes, but most of all, it brings the listener on a journey where the answer to all challenges is always authenticity .. We cover the album, live shows, life in the post-pandemic era and much more. Enjoy ..  

The Home of Neon Jazz:
http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Contribute to Neon Jazz:

PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA 

For More Interviews:Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc
Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639
Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Blue Note Jazz Saxophonist & Composer Walter Smith III .. He opened up about his new 2023 album Return to Casual .. He signed with Blue Note Records and enters a new era of his band leading career on this remarkable label debut return to casual. It is a long-anticipated follow-up to his self-released 2014 recording still casual. He is always dedicated to collaborative work with some of the music’s most influential voices — including Terence Blanchard, Gerald Clayton, Eric Harland, Jason Moran, Herbie Hancock, Maria Schneider, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Dee Dee Bridgewater .. We cover a lot .. Dig in .. 

The Home of Neon Jazz:
http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Contribute to Neon Jazz:

PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA 

For More Interviews:Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc
Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639
Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with NYC-based Jazz Vocalist Ben Cassara .. He talked about his new 2023 Album What a Way to Go! .. Born and raised in NYC, he began singing around the family piano and went on to perform in both church and high school choirs which culminated in a televised performance at Carnegie Hall at the age of 16. He tried his hand at theater and after college performed in a number of Off-Off Broadway productions. However, music was his first love and it didn’t take him long to start working in piano bars all around the city and in the tri-state area. He’s got quite a story .. Dig in… 

The Home of Neon Jazz:
http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Contribute to Neon Jazz:

PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA 

For More Interviews:Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc
Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639
Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer & Arranger Robert Kyle &  Pianist & Vocalist Alyse Korn .. They opened up abut their latest collaboration as musicians and a couple on Tuesday’s Child .. Comprised of nine captivating compositions written and performed by the duo .. The songs are intimate and lyrical, inspired by their love of Jazz, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban music .. We get into this album, live music, their beginnings and much more .. Dig in .. 

For More Interviews:

The Home of Neon Jazz:
http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Contribute to Neon Jazz:

PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA 

Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc
Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639
Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Vibraphonist & Composer Cecilia Smith … She is proud to announce the release of her 2023 CD Volume 1: Small Ensemble Repertoire, the new album from her NEA American Masterpiece Award-winning Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project. Cecilia is a leading vibraphonist of the four-mallet technique and an avid composer and arranger, with six albums as a leader to her credit. She has recorded and performed with Gary Bartz, Milt Hinton, Randy Weston, Marian McPartland, Donald Harrison, Greg Osby and so many others .. She’s got quite a story .. Dig in .. 

The Home of Neon Jazz:
http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Contribute to Neon Jazz:

PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA 

For More Interviews:Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc
Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639
Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Chicago-based Band Leader Shawn Maxwell on the 2023 Album Story At Eleven .. This record is his eleventh album as bandleader and composer done a long-form composition in four movements. Each movement stands independently, but they are connected musically and emotionally .. We cover this project, live shows, post-COVID living and much more. Enjoy ..  

For More Interviews:

The Home of Neon Jazz:
http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Contribute to Neon Jazz:

PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA

Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc
Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639
Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Chicago-based Jazz Guitarist Kenny Reichert .. We talked about his new 2023 Album Deep Breath .. Coming out on Shifting Paradigm Records, this sophomore effort is a masterful showcase of his musicianship and versatility as a performer, composer, and bandleader. Born in Brookfield, Wisconsin, he began his study of classical piano at the age of 5 and guitar at the age of 12. The rest is good history .. Enjoy ..  

For More Interviews:

The Home of Neon Jazz:
http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Contribute to Neon Jazz:

PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA 

Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc
Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639
Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with UK-based Jazz Pianist, Composer & Bandleader Gabriel Latchin .. He opened up about his new 2023 CD with the Trio called Viewpoint .. Over the years, he has made a name for himself as one of the UK’s finest musicians, praised by critics and world renowned musicians alike. Known for his effortlessly swinging feel, deep repertoire and compelling performances. Jazzwise recently described his playing as “impeccable... the clarity of his lines evoking something of Hank Jones or Tommy Flanagan”.  Dig the story .. 

For More Interviews:

The Home of Neon Jazz:
http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Contribute to Neon Jazz:

PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA 

Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc
Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neon-jazz-interviews/id546432639
Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4gAltD2kVLq8uNkpSFtkm0

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices