Neon Jazz Interviews

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Platinum Award Winning Singer & Lyricist Mark Winkler & Grammy-Nominated Pianist & Composer David Benoit on their newest 2021 CD called Old Friends .. We caught up with them during the COVID-19 pandemic to discuss music, their lives lately, the return to live music and so much more abut their essence and long friendship .....

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran NYC Jazz Singer Roseanna Vitro .. We spoke to her in the afterglow .. 1 day after the 2021 Presidential Inauguration full of hope and vigor for the future .. She talked about her 2020 project that brought her 1984 vinyl recording, "Listen Here" for the first time to streaming and CD formats featuring an all star line...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran New York City Jazz Trombonist Clifton Anderson .. We talked on January 15, 2021 about quite a bit .. Like is latest 2021 CD Been Down this Road Before, this COVID-19 world and his life in music .. He was born in Harlem and surrounded by music .. at 7 he got his first trombone that was a gift from his uncle Sonny Rollins. He we...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Legendary Soprano Saxophonist & Composer Jane Ira Bloom .. We caught up on January 15, 2021 to talk about a new virtual project full of magic she did with bassist Mark Helias and the project is called Some Kind of Tomorrow .. They are long time bandmates separated by space and time and found a way to play in real time with one ano...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Drummer, Composer & Author Artt Frank.. We caught up with him on January 14, 20201- One month to the day he will release his newest memoir Chet Baker: The Later Years – Looking for the Light ..Artt was a dear friend to Chet.. He told me that Chet said Artt was the brother he never had ..Artt is part of a dying breed as one of...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Award-Winning Jazz Radio Host, Producer & Writer Mark Ruffin .. We had the honor of speaking at length with him about writing and jazz in early January 2021 .. Namely, he opened up about his latest 2020 Book - Bebop Fairy Tales: An Historical Fiction Trilogy on Jazz, Intolerance, and Baseball – A book full of engrossing tales and...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Chicago-based Jazz & Blues Vocalist Audrey Foxx .. She talked to us in late December 2020 about her newest EP Stone Cold Woman ..This artist is unconventional, inspired and uniquely delightful .. Her story is one you should hear .. Enjoy… Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our colle...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Celebrated Jazz Saxophonist Eric Person .. We talked to him from his home base during another variant COVID rage in America on January 12, 2022 about this new world, his upcoming 2022 CD Blue Vision and much more .. In 1982, he moved to New York City from St. Louis Missouri and quickly hooked up with legendary drummer Chico Hamilton.....

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Jazz Pianist & Composer Michael Weiss .. We talked on January 12, 2022 about his upcoming CD release called Persistence .. He elaborated on that, his life in music and COVID .. Born in Dallas, he started piano studies at age six and at 15 he discovered the world of jazz at the Interlochen academy in Michigan .. Over the pa...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Grammy Winning Violinist & Composer Mark O'Connor .. We talked to him on January 10, 2022 about this newly re-emerging COVID world, his life as a prodigy in music, his latest 2021 CD Meanings Of and so much in between .. He’s set to re-release a host of new albums and has had time lately to start on his biography in earnest .. Ove...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Grammy Winning Jazz Drummer, Producer, Educator & NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington .. We talked to her on January 11, 2022 about how she has been doing in COVID world, her prosperous life in jazz and what went into her latest and much celebrated CD Waiting Game .. She has over 40 illustrious years in music, she is an NEA Jazz...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with New York City Jazz Vocalist Samara Joy .. We caught up with her on January 2022 from her home in New York to talk about a recent trip to Russia to perform, her debut 2021 Self Titled CD, COVID life and her career in music .. Growing up in New York, music was a pervasive presence, due to the inspiration of her paternal grandparents .....

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with NYC & Seattle Musician, Emcee, Singer, Drummer & Producer Kassa Overall .. We talked on January 5, 2022 about quite a bit .. Like his latest 2021 CD I’m a King, COVID live in America and his world of melding avant-garde experimentation with hip-hop production techniques to tilt the nexus of jazz and hip-hop in unmapped directi...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Spanish-born Jazz Pianist & Composer Marta Sanchez on the new 2022 Year .. She opened up about her new 2021 Single – The Moment of Your Life and material that is on it’s way in 2022 .. She talked about the return to the live stage and hopes for the future as a brand new year begins to unfold .. Enjoy .. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ad...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Co-Author Wayne Enstice of the 2021 Memoir The Lady Swings about the life of Drummer Dottie Dodgion .. Dottie was a force and lived an entire lifetime before she was seventeen. Undeterred by hardships, she defied the odds and earned a seat as a woman in the exclusive men’s club of jazz. Her dues-paying path as a musician took her from...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Panamanian-born Jazz Pianist, Composer, Humanitarian & Activist Danilo Pérez .. He happened to be on the road as gigs are starting to happen again and he is in the midst of promoting his new, upcoming album .. The cornerstone of his mission is that he believes that a united global perspective for the arts and social justice are th...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Award Winning Veteran Jazz Trumpeter Carl Fischer .. He talked about his new 2022 Single .. the cover of What a Wonderful World done as a tribute to the greats that postured as more than just trumpet players, but also as innovators in the music, styles and social movements that surrounded them. Louis, Dizzy, Miles and Maynard .. Over...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Omaha, NE-born, Kansas City-based Jazz Drummer David Hawkins .. He’s a relatively new addition on the KC scene and he’s been very active .. Most recently, he was the featured drummer on the new 2022 CD High Plains by Kansas City Saxophonist Stephen Martin .. He loves KC and has a great story .. Have a listen .. Hosted by Simplecast, a...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City Jazz Drummer Natalie Bates .. I caught her live last week at the RecordBar with Grand Marquis and it was a powerful set of much needed live music .. We caught up with her to talk about current projects, COVID life, her history and so much more .. She is originally from Idaho and moved to Kansas City at a young age where sh...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Internationally Recognized Pianist, Arranger, Composer & Producer Delvon Lamarr of the Organ Trio .. We had a good talk abut their latest 2022 CD Cold as Weiss, COVID life and much more .. Over the course of the last five years, the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio have established themselves as the world's premier funky organ trio. Along...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Grammy Award Winning Legendary Jazz Bassist Buster Williams .. We caught up with him on the last day of January 2022 to talk about navigating COVID, upcoming gigs and projects and reflecting on his long jazz existence .. Originally from Camden, New Jersey, his father was a jazz musician and the first show he ever saw live .. He would...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with New York Jazz Singer, Composer, Lyricist & Musician Sasha Dobson .. We caught up with her to talk about her latest 2022 CD Girl Talk .. It’s a venture she felt a burning desire to make and she explains .. Originally from Santa Cruz, California, she performed across the world as both a leader and first-call collaborator. The stylis...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Philadelphia-born, Brooklyn-based Jazz Alto Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins .. He opened up at length about his latest 2022 CD The 7th Hand – This is a follow-up to his acclaimed debut called Omega that was the NY Times Best Jazz Album of 2020 .. He grew up in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia. After he graduated hi...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Chicago-based Jazz Musician & Composer Ken Vandermark .. He grew up in Massachusetts and as a kid in Boston his father gave him a charmed jazz life of seeing legends like Art Blakey and so many others .. Ince the 1990s, he has been a firm fixture on the Chicago-area music scene earning decades of critical praise for his pl...

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Guitarist Andrew Marzotto of the Band Pluto Juice .. We spoke to him during aftermath of a blizzard in his home base of Toronto .. This band is a super group and the brainchild venture of Drummer Anthony Fung .. It’s a unique blend of jazz and electronica that immediately grabs the listener into a fluid world of modern jazz going...