Leader & Baritone Saxophonist Adam Lee of the L.A. Swing Barons

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with the leader and Bariton Saxophonist Adam Lee of the LA Swing Barons .. He was on the road from a gig in St. Louis en route to Kansas City for a weekend of gigs promoting their latest debut 2017 album Kansas City Stride .. He talked about how they have been enamoured with Count Basie to get their sound, how they developed it in LA, why the KC jazz sound is so important and so much more ..

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Brazilian-born Jazz Guitar Eduardo Mercuri

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Guitarist Eduardo Mercuri .. He just released the 2018 CD Prelude to a Kiss .. He was born Brazil and was always around music .. He started playing the guitar at 11 and In 2011 he released 2 albums and received a scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston .. Along withhis works as a leader – he has worked with world-class artists like Dave Douglas, Paquito D’Rivera, Mark Walker, and others .. He talked about this and so much more ..

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Jazz Pianist & Composer Johannes Wallmann

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist Johannes Wallman .. He was born in Germany and lived there for 12 years before moving and being raised on Canada's Vancouver Island .. He would go on to study at the Berklee College of Music and New York University .. He has seven critically acclaimed CDs as a leader – Including his latest that he is promoting these days – 2018’s CD Love Wins – He’s performed with jazz luminaries, travelled the globe and teaches ..

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Veteran saxophonist, Composer, Author & Educator Jim Snidero

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Jazz alto saxophonist, composer, arranger, author and educator Jim Snidero ..  He grew up in Camp Springs, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC  and is promoting his newest 2018 CD with Jeremy Pelt called JUBILATION! CELEBRATING CANNONBALL ADDERLEY – So, As a teenager, he studied with the great Phil Woods and attendedworld-renowned jazz program at the University of North Texas – He got to NYC in 1981 at age 23 and first appeared on the jazz radar when he joined Brother Jack McDuff’s band, recording 3 albums with a jazz giant – that led to stints in the Mingus Big Band, saxophone icon Frank Wess, the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, Eddie Palmieri, and Frank Sinatra (Duets II, Capitol) – he’s got great tales to tell  ..

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Canadian Jazz Bassist Jen Hodge

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Bassist Jen Hodge ..  - Originally from Courtenay, BC, on Vancouver Island, she began playing bass at age 11 with the full intention of making a career out of it. She started to do her first paid musical gigs at age 15 .. In recent years, Jen is in frequent rotation on CBC Radio through over two dozen recordings in both the side player and bandleader context – She is promoting her latest release  - the 2018 CD All's Fair In Love And Jazz ..

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

UK Jazz/Pop Singer & Songwriter Mark Kingswood

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with UK Jazz Singer Mark Kingswood ..  He’s originally from the United Kingdom and has been at it for over a decade. He spoke with me from his new home in Montreal about his debut album – 2018’s CD Strong .. The new album pays homage to the pioneers of the big band genre, including Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett -  bringing the orchestral power ballad to a whole new generation of music fans. His love for jazz, big band music, and pop shine through his evocative songwriting.

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Kansas City Drummer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Producer & Educator Brandon Draper

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City Jazz Drummer, Performer, Producer and Educator Brandon Draper .. He’s a restless sort of cat who a friend just aptly called him a chameleon .. He grew up in Lindsborg, Kansas and went to Bethany College there .. Then moved on to University of New Mexico – Over the years, he’s been a a lot of different outfits other than jazz .. Like with the Turkish-Jazz group Alaturka and toured the U.S. with the live-tronica pioneers Particle – He also play guitars with his father who is a a renowned Hammond B3 organist - in The Draper Family Band and he runs the acclaimed children's interactive music program Drum Safari with his wife of 14 years Teryn. These days he is on the music faculty at the University of Kansas and always has a plan moving in forward motion ..

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Jazz Guitarist & Composer Jean Chaumont

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Guitarist and Composer Jean Chaumont .. He just released his latest debut album  2018s The Beauty of Differnces .. He grew up in a susburb outside of Paris, France and moved to Princeton, New Jersey in 2014 – He’s building his family in America, a solid career and much more ..

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Jazz Pianist Danny Green on the 2018 Album 'One Day It Will'

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Southern California Jazz Pianist and Composer Danny Green .. He opened up with Neon Jazz about his latest 2018 CD - One Day It Will  - an album featuring bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm – this trio nails another solid recording together and Danny opens up about it .. and more ..

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Legendary Jazz Trumpeter and Flugelhornist Eddie Henderson

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Legendary Jazz Trumpeter and Flugelhornist Eddie Henderson .. He opened up with Jazz about his latest 2018 CD Be Cool .. it’s #2 on the charts and pays respects to his roots in jazz .. and they run deep from parents that were very musical .. So, at 9 he was given an informal lesson by Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis was a family friend that stayed at his house .. and he was heavily influence by him as he studied the instrument as a teenager in San Francisco - He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of pianist Herbie Hancock's band – and over the years worked with Pharoah Sanders and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - He earned his medical degree and worked a parallel career as a psychiatrist and musician – Eddie is a gracious and fascinating man ..

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

The Author Of UNESCO City of Music – Kansas City Anita Dixon and Mayor Pro Tem of KC Scott Wagner on the UNESCO Honor

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with The Author of the UNESCO City of Music - Kasnas City Anita Dixon and the Mayor Pro Tem of Kansas City Scott Wagner – Both of them spoke at length aobut how the UNESCO designation came about, what it means, the historical significance of jazz in Kasnas City and so much more .. Both of them have great insights into this honor, our city, jazz and much more ..

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Chicago Jazz Vocalist Keri Johnsrud on the 2018 CD Beyond the Neighborhood: The Music of Fred Rogers

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Chicago based Jazz Vocalist Keri Johnsrud .. Along with Grammy nominated pianist Kevin Bales .. they combined their jazz powers to create a new album called Beyond the Neighborhood: The Music of Fred Rogers. She succeeded in reimagining and rearranging the music that has been heard by numerous generations on the beloved children’s television program Mister Rogers Neighborhood.  She talks about this new venture .. and a bit more .. dig .. 

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Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/