Trombonist Craig Klein of the New Orleans Jazz/Rock Band Bonerama

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Trombonist of the New Orleans Outfit fulla Jazz & Rock – Bonerama .. I caught these cats live on September 22, 2018 at the Topeka Jazz Festival and they were smoking .. We caught up with them about their band’s history, time well spent on tour with Harry Connick Jr., the culture of New Orleans, their latest album and so much more .. So, get to know Bonerama and dig this interview my friends ..

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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/

Denver-based Jazz Tenor Saxophonist Keith Oxman on the 2018 CD Glimpses

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Denver-based Tenor Saxophonist Keithh Oxman about his latest 2018 CD Glimpses on Capri Records with the brilliant legendary sax man Dave Liebman .. The birth and recording of this record is a very good one ..

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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/

Canadian Vocalist Monika Wall

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Canadian Singer Monika Wall - After a decade of establishing herself as an international singer, her songs have been heard on national radio and concert stages, festivals and house concerts in North America and Europe. She just released a new 2018 CD called Earth and it again shows her talents and ranged .. she talked about this release 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/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Beats and Pieces Big Band Leader Ben Cottrell

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with The Leader of the Beats and Pieces Big Band – Ben Cottrell .. Now in their 10th year, This band of 14 musicians are together to and talking about their latest 2018 release to commemorate their longevity called Ten .. This band takes the big band sound to places it’s never been before, with a distinctive blend of rocking energy and precise dynamics, infectious floor-filling rhythms and widescreen arrangements, and generous individual freedom and tight collective interplay. Ben talked to us on tour in Switzerland about this Manchester UK outfit .. and there are plenty of stories to tell .. So, get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..

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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. 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 Jazz Saxophonist Javon Jackson

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Saxophonist Javon Jackson – This veteran with legendary status talked about his newest 2018 CD For You that is full of originals and covers by Wayne Shorter and Cedar Walton .. Initially he got his start In 1992 with his recording debut with Me and Mr. Jones, featuring James Williams, Christian McBride and master drummer and NEA Jazz Master Elvin Jones, but he came into international prominence touring and recording with the legendary drummer Art Blakey as a member of his band, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Symbolizing a new generation of musicians that blended tradition with neo-jazz, Jackson went on to release 14 recordings as a band leader and tour and record over 135 CDs with jazz legends .. like Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden, Betty Carter, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Donald Byrd, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and many others ..

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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. 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 NYC Jazz Pianist & Radio Host Lenore Raphael

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with NYC Jazz Pianist Lenore Raphael – She talked with Neon Jazz about quite a bit ..Like her latest 2018 CD Reunion .. The Critics, jazz hosts and jazz lovers all agree that she is one of the most SWINGING mainstream pianists today. Influenced by Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell and Bill Evans, she has taken these influences and created her own sound. She’s an internationally renowned jazz Pianist, Steinway artist, radio host and jazz teacher and has been critically acclaimed as one of the best pianists in the jazz mainstream today. 

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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. 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/

The Stan Kessler & Bill Murray Story

One Sunday Morning at Chaz in Kansas City turns magical for veteran Kansas City jazz trumpeter Stanton Kessler. Mr. Trumpet meets Mr. Soft Hands.

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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. 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 Multi-Instrumentalist Adam Price

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Saxophonist Adam Price – He talked about his latest 2018 CD House Ghosts .. written in a villa in Italy .. and that’s a great story .. These days he is again based in eastern Pennsylvania, but after graduating from Boyertown Area Senior High School, he went on to spend two years at Penn State University before transferring and receiving his Bachelor's in Classical Clarinet Performance from New York University. Since then he has performed and toured with many bands, songwriters, and musicians in NYC, Pennsylvania, and the rest of the US – and he is often on tour ..

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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. 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 Big Band Arranger & Composer Elliot Deutsch

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Southern California–based Jazz Big Band Composer and Arranger Elliot Deutsch – He talked at length with us about his latest 2018 CD Make Big Band Great Again…He is an award winning arranger and composer that received first place in the 2012 ASMAC/Bill Conti Big Band Arranging and Composing Competition and his music for jazz ensemble has been performed by the big bands at USC, UCLA, Cal Arts, and many other outfits.. Along with performing and recording, he’s an active music educator and a strong supporter of the future and growth of 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/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Minneapolis Jazz Pianist Javier Santiago

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist Javier Santiago – His fresh, hip and new 2018 Jazz CD is Phoenix .. We talked a length about this, growing up in Minneapolis, getting started early on the paino, how Dave Brubeck gave him the opportunity of a lifetime, why he loves jazz, who he is, the future 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. 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 Jazz Drummer Jay Lawrence

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Drummer Jay Lawrence.. He spoke with us about his latest 2018 CD Sonic Paragon and his very diverse career as a performing and recording artist. He’s a drummer, ethnic and orchestral percussionist, composer and arranger, educator, clinician, adjudicator, band leader, contractor and author. All of this began at the age of 15 when he was immediately in demand working as a drummer and percussionist for myriad celebrity shows in Reno, Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas. Since then, he’s gone on to have a very rich music life..

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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/

Russian Jazz Drummer Sasha Mashin

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Drummer Sasha Mashin.. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and hese days he lives in Moscow .. His latest 2018 CD "Outsidethebox” is getting some good in and he’s digging it .. So, in 2005 he was in the educational program Open World Program USA in New York and played with such legends as Clark Terry, Kenny Barron and Jimmy Heath at the Blue Note Jazz Club .. and since then, he’s been a very busy jazz cat .. 

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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. 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 Jazz Vocalist Millie Edwards

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City Veteran Jazz Vocalist Millie Edwards .. She is introduced to audiences as "the little woman with a big voice," and over her years in Kansas City she as proved skilled at performing cabaret, pop, blues and jazz tunes .. She performs regularly as a solo act at The Phoenix downtown and is always glad to be a part of the jazz mix in KC .. We spoke about her career, what’s on the horizon 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/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/

Jazz Saxophonist & Composer Patrick Zimmerli

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Saxophonist & Composer Patrick Ziimmerli – He talked about his newest 2018 CD Clockworks and so much more .. This New York- and Paris-based musician writes a sophisticated and approachable hybrid of contemporary classical and jazz music. He has written numerous orchestral, chamber and choral works and in 2015 was awarded the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation .. His journey in music has been a long and rich one .. His music has been featured in MoMA’s Summergarden series, at the Guggenheim Museum, on NPR and at the Jazz Composers’ Collective ..

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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/

Veteran Jazz Pianist, Composer & Educator Karl Berger

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Jazz Musician Karl Berger .. He grew up in Heidelberg, Germany and started to play piano at 10 and worked in his teens at a club  .. He learned modern jazz from visiting American musicians like Don Ellis and Leo Wright. During the 1960s, he started playing vibraphone and received a doctoral degree in musicology and worked as a member of Don Cherry's band in Paris. He would end up in New York City and with Ornette Coleman created the Creative Music Studio .. He’s a six time winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll as a jazz soloist and quite a Professor ..

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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. 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 Helen Sung on the New 2018 CD Sung with Words with Poet Dana Gioia

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist and Composer Helen Sung “Sung With Words” came to be as a result of becoming friends with poet (& former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts) Dana Gioia. Together we have created a set of jazz songs – he’s written new poems and I use their words as lyrics for new songs. One of the main inspirations behind the project is my fascination with the connection vocalists have with the listener via words. She spoke about this project at length ..

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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. 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/

Brooklyn Jazz Pianist Julia Chen

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Brooklyn Jazz Pianist Julia Chen – She talked to us about her debut EP Silver Spoons and how she started her life off as a shy bespectacled child learning to rely on music to express her personality and connect with others in ways she couldn't with words. Raised in Brooklyn by parents from Poland and China, she grew up learning piano by ear from her mother who was a poet and mathematician. She would go on to get a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio. And she made her way back to New York to form her rendessvous trio .. 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. 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/

Israeli-born Jazz Guitarist Gilad Hekselman

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Guitarist Gilad Hekselman .. He talked about his latest 2018 CD – Ask for Chaos and his childhood in Israel and how he studied classical piano from age 6 and began studying guitar at the age of 9. From age 12 to 14 he performed regularly with the band of a weekly children's television show and since coming to New York in 2004 he has established a reputation as one of the most promising guitarists playing at all major jazz clubs in New York City like the Blue Note, The Jazz Standard, Dizzy's Club and Smalls.

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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. 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/

Japanese-born/NYC Jazz Pianist Miki Yamanaka

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist Miki Yamanaka.. She gre up in Kobe, Japan and moved to New York City in 2012 to study Piano with Jason Lindner, Jeb Patton, and Fred Hersch, and Organ with Sam Yahel and Larry Goldings. In 2015 she was one of three pianists selected to participate in “Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead” and recently earned her Master of Music degree from Queens College, receiving the Sir Roland Hanna Award. She is promoting her newest album simply called Miki and has much to say ..

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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. 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 Jazz Pianist Jackie Myers of The Myers Swingset

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with KC Jazz Pianist Jackie Myers of the Myers Swingset  .. She spoke with us about her newest album – 2018’s The Instrumental One - a live album she was invited to record at The Green Lady in Kansas City, MO .. It’s getting some great reviews and she’s very happy with it .. These days she is splitting time between Austin – which was where she was involved in the Indie Pop scene .. and now she is focusing more on her jazz life in Kansas City .. she loves this town and it’s flourishing .. she spoke 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/

Kansas City Jazz Trumpeter Nate Nall

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City Jazz Trumpeter Nate Nall .. He talked about his debut album .. 2018’s Places to Go – An he is going places himself .. Originally from Cape Girardeau, MO .. He came to KC to develop into a talented composer and arranger and student of saxophonist Bobby Watson at UMKC .. Since then, he has performed at Kansas City’s most prominent jazz venues like the Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum and Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts with Chris Hazelton Quartet, Clint Ashlock’s New Jazz Order Big Band, the David Basse/Joe Cartwright Septet, and his own group, the Nate Nall Quintet ...

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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/