Neon Jazz Interviews

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Brooklyn-based Jazz Bassist & Club Owner Arthur Kell .. We talked about his new 2023 CD Speculation Quartet: Live at LunĂtico, out on Origin Records .. This project is a homecoming for Arthur as it merges the his disparate pursuits & bringing his music full circle. As the co-owner and through Bar LunĂtico, he has contributed g...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with NYC Musician & Artist Molly Skuse .. She opened up about the new 2023 CD called Everybody by the Sixth Street All Stars .. We also covered her life in music .. She graduated from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where she studied Vocal Jazz Performance and was recognized for her vocal prowess by Down Beat magazine's stud...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Italy-based Pianist Roberto Magris and Owner of JMood Records Paul Collins on the 2023 CD High Quote .. We spent some quality time talking about this project that has been in the can for some time. Originally recorded on November 3rd , 2012 at Chapman Recording Studios, Lenexa, Kansas, this is now seeing the light of day. Roberto agai...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Composer on the 2023 CD Open Spaces Daniel Hersog .. We caught up with him about his new 2023 CD Open Spaces .. It taps into the universal qualities of folk music for the second release by his Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra featuring his  arrangements of traditional tunes like “Shenandoah” & Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” .. Out...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Award-Winning Video Game Composer & Electric Bassist Lennie Moore .. He opened up abou this new 2023 CD Mentors. It had been decades he wanted to do a big band album and it’s here. Several years ago, he was thinking back on all the mentors he had in his life who helped to shape or influence who he was as a composer and artist. This al...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series Philadelphia-based Jazz Vocalist Maci Miller .. We caught up with her about her life in music and the brand new 2023 CD Nine. It is her first CD in quite some time .. In the field of numerology, the number nine is connected to wisdom and experience .. As she notes, “The number nine is significant because it's closely associated with the sp...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Conga & Percussionist Alberto Nacif .. He opened up about Aguankó's new 2023 project .. Their 5th album called Unidad .. It is an all original Latin Jazz recording, comprised of 11 creatively fresh Cuban Jazz inspired pieces from the incredibly rich Detroit area jazz scene. Alberto was born in Mexico City and lived the isthmus st...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Sweden-based Multi-Award Winning Jazz Saxophonist Klas Lindquist .. He reached out to the show and talked at length about his new 2023 CD Alternative Source of Energy done with his nonet .. The album will be released during the Stockholm Jazz Festival in October. He has studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at the Man...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Philadelphia-based Jazz Pianist, Organist & Educator  Bobby Zankel .. He opened up about his new 2023 CD A Change of Destiny recorded with his Wonderful Sound 8—an offshoot of his Warriors of the Wonderful Sound big band. The work is a response to the discovery of slave quarters in George Washington’s President’s House—the fir...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Singer/Songwriter Candice Hoyes of the Band Nite Bjuti .. This new album taps into the transcendent communicative powers shared among the trio to delve into the spiritual intimacies of Black life .. Candice opens up about the band and her life in music .. Nite Bjuti [pronounced Night Beauty] is a trio of Black women artists who w...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Korean-born, NYC-based Pianist, Composer & Educator Eunmi Lee .. She talked to us about her debut album.. The 2023 CD Introspection .. She is fearless in experimenting with blending her cultural background with contemporary Jazz. At a young age, she discovered her love for music. She did her associate degree at the Seoul Institute of...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Amsterdam-based Vocalist, Composer & Bandleader Gabriela Martina .. She talked about her new 2023 CD Homage to Gramlis .. It was delayed some years because of COVID, but now she is out there promoting and getting grand reviews. She grew up in Switzerland and spent 13 years living and working in the US (Boston & New York) learning from...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Nashville-based Jazz Drummer & Composer Sofia Goodman .. She opened up about her new 2023 CD Secrets of the Shore .. It takes listeners on an odyssey exploring the human psyche and its primordial link to the ocean .. She was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan to parents who’d met in college: a mother who is first-generation Puerto Rican Amer...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series Jazz Trumpeter and Composer Pablo Masis .. We had a good talk about his new 2023 CD Thought and Memory .. In February 2015, he traveled from his home in New York City to Kabul, Afghanistan as a guest artist with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music for their Winter Academy. On this fourth recording of his, it serves as a musical sna...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist, Organist & Educator Steve Snyder .. He talked about his new 2023 CD Prime Vintage and a great life in jazz .. The new album features 7 original compositions that cover a wide range of moods and stylistic approaches. He maintains an active playing schedule locally, nationally and internationally. His work as an organist a...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Sam First Record/Club Executives & Artistic Visionaries David Robaire and Paul Solomon .. Since opening in 2017, Sam First has become Los Angeles’ leading jazz club for world-class modern, eclectic, and straight-ahead jazz in an intimate setting, and all within walking distance of Los Angeles International Airport. With the guidance o...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Jazz Singer Linda Purl on the 2023 CD This Could be the Start .. Again, she teamed up with longtime collaborator & music director Tedd Firth for their fourth album. The tunes collectively explore what happens when you stand on the edge and take the leap. Things go right, things go wrong too, love awakens, deepens, is lost and...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Grammy-Winning Jazz Pianist & Composer Kris Davis .. It was an honor to catch up with this modern legend about her new 2023 CD Live at the Village Vanguard .. Following in the footsteps of Shirley Horn and Geri Allen, with the release of Live at the Village Vanguard, Davis joins the handful of women instrumentalists to record at the l...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Vocalist, Songwriter & Performer Hannah Gill .. She discussed her debut and new 2023 CD Everybody Loves a Lover and her life in music .. This 26-year-old artist based in Bushwick, Brooklyn has over 10 million streams on Spotify, and her YouTube videos have exceeded 22 million views. She has been covered by The New York Times, Tee...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Portland-based Jazz Pianist, Composer & Educator Gordon Lee .. He has been busy lately with pandemic projects coming out in 2023 in the form of the projects The Remainder & How Can It Be .. We cover these albums and his life in music .. He is a longtime institution on the Pacific Northwest jazz scene best known for his jazz pe...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist & Leader Dred Scott of The Pacific Jazz Group .. He opened up about this project, upcoming albums, his life in music and the future ahead .. His label has referred to him as the ‘maestro of mayhem’ in his earlier years and has the resume to back it up. He’s played and recorded with a long list of diverse artists ranging f...

Welcome to a Special edition of the Neon Jazz & Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series .. On this episode, I get into something that is not specifically jazz, but plays into how this host got into jazz radio. Furthermore, Dr. K embodies that spirit, swagger and grace that goes into the jazz community. On September 9, 2023 he was in Kansas City at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as a part of a...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Trumpeter & Composer Danny Jonokuchi .. We talk about his new new 2023 CD Voices as the Outside in Music label debut as a bandleader in a celebration of the enduring power of collective artistry and the boundless possibilities of vocal expression featuring a stellar 17-piece Big Band. He first moved to New York City a decade ago,...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Jazz Saxophonist Dave Goldberg .. We dig into his newest 2023 CD The Other Side in a trio with organist Joe Bagg and drummer Adam Nussbaum.  We also get into his life of jazz, stellar live shows he has caught, what he teaches the youth and so much more .. Dig in ..  The Home of Famous Interviews : http://famousinterviewswithjo...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Philadelphia-based Jazz Pianist Jessica Magoch .. She reached out to the show and we had to know more about her and a new 2023 CD called Trivial Pursuit .. It is a glam cocktail of Retro Swing and Pop as a genre-bending masterpiece with influences from Caro Emerald and Norah Jones .. As a self-proclaimed “Bad girl stuck in a good girl...