Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series Veteran NYC Studio Vibraphonist, Composer & Mallet Keyboardist Steve Shapiro .. He opened up about his new 2022 CD Plan to Be Spontaneous on Solidtone Records) .. It’s an album fueled by events of the pandemic and it’s great for this to be coming out .. Over the years, he has recorded or performed with artists like Steely Dan, Ornette Coleman, Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, They Might Be Giants, Pat Martino, and many others. He is also an accomplished producer and arranger with work has appeared in hundreds of high-profile projects for television, film, and Disney. He’s got a great Pat Metheny story .. that seems to be a theme since Neon Jazz is actually coming out of his hometown of Lee’s Summit, MO .. Enjoy this interview… Click to listen. More on Steve - https://www.vibraphonic.com/ Thanks for listening and tuning into yet another Neon Jazz interview .. where we give you a bit of insight into the finest players and minds around the world giving fans all that jazz ..  If you want to hear more interviews, go to Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino on the iTunes store, visit the YouTube Neon Jazz  Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc, go The Home of Neon Jazz at  http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/ and for everything Joe Dimino related go to www.joedimino.com When you are there, you can donate to the Neon Jazz cause via PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4 or through Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neonjazzkc - Until next time .. enjoy the music my friends ..