Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with KC-native, NYC Jazz Trumpeter Dave Scott .. He is returning to his home city for two shows and a great reunion with local cats. One is on December 23, 2019 at the Westport Coffeehouse with Michael Eaton and Co. The other is going to be his gig he will lead on December 29, 2019 at the RecordBar in Downtown KC with Jeff Harsbarger and Co. Get the skinny on this and so more ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Toronto-based Guitarist & Composer Eric St. Laurent .. The philosopher Joseph Campbell wrote extensively about “following one's bliss.” These influential writings form the conceptual basis for Bliss Station, the 13th album of original music by called Bliss Station .. He was born and raised in Montreal and went on to study improvisation in New York before moving to Berlin, where he toured with both big and small names in the German and Scandinavian music scenes. Over the years, he’s recorded and toured with the likes of Dave Liebman, Dave Binney, Dave Douglas and so many others ..
So get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Guitarist, Composer & Arranger Randy Napoleon .. He talked to us about his 2019 CD Common Tones .. This Ann Arbor, Michigan native is known as a forward-thinking musician with a passion for the jazz tradition and spent some quality years touring with the legendary singer/pianist Freddy Cole .. He is a composer and an arranger for singers, big bands, and small combos and has performed on The Tonight Show, Late Night With David Letterman, The View, The Today Show, and The Ellen DeGeneres .. Guitarist George Benson calls him“sensational.” So, get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist, Composer & Educator Jen Allen .. Her latest 2019 CD Sifting Grace is a great album .. She is a musician who never shies away from honest self-revelation. Her composition output reads like an intimate diary of life experiences and relationships, offered with subtle and surprising narrative power. Following the release of her debut album "Pieces of Myself" .. She got critical acclaim in 2011 and has been at it every since .. As a performer, educator and more .. So get to know her and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with NYC Jazz Guitarist, Composer, Educator & Advocate Andy Bianco .. His latest 2019 CD NYC Stories is a great one and a testament to the big city .. So, he was born and raised In Pensylvania and has played with the likes of Angie Stone, Deborah Cox, Kandace Springs, Bob Moses and George Burton over the years .. He’s got great stories and insights about his career and more .. So get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series Trumpeter Jack Lightfoot of the Kansas City band Too Big 2 Fail .. This band is a group of veteran Kansas City musicians playing latin jazz, funk, and rhythm and blues classics by such as Mongo Santamaria, Ray Charles, James Brown. Their shows have lit up KC venues such as the Blue Room, the Ship and Californos. Jack is a part of seven veteran members of the band and they are having a great time .. he opened up .. You’ll want to hear about it .. So get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City-Based Saxophonist Brad Gregory .. He was born and raised Edmonton, Alberta Canada and was taught by G Gordon Nicholson and was heavily influenced by many of the great Edmonton musicians such as PJ Perry and Tommy Banks. He went on to the University of North Texas and was a member of the One O’Clock Lab Band – then it was on to the Houston Jazz Orchestra – working in New York City as a professional jazz musician and then he began a full-time career in the plastics industry and relocated his family to Kansas City. He is a fixture in the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and the Boulevard Big Band .. He’s got a great story .. So, get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Sweden-born, NYC Jazz Guitarist Tomas Janzon .. His 2019 CD 130th and Lenox is exactly where he lives in Harlem and is a homage to where he calls home and plays music .. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden and his musical quest started at the age of 7 playing the recorder. At 8 he began studying the cello and by 12 was performing with the chamber orchestra - then it would be the guitar. Once he arrived in Los Angeles - he would study with Joe Diorio at Musicians Institute/GIT and taught as an adjunct faculty member from 1995 to 2008. In 2001 he went to Canada teaching as Artist-in-Resident and since 2002 he’s been residing in New York and very busy with touring and teaching throughout the US, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Austria – He’s a fascinating cat .. So get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kent Rausch .. the Director of the Kansas City Vine Street Rumble Orchestra .. Kent is a retired teacher and formed this band in 2013 to honor the legacy of the "golden era" of KC’s world renowned jazz history. The band exclusively performs the same outrageously exciting music that made Kansas City THE place to be in the 30's and 40's, dedicated to taking the audience back to the wildly famous "jam sessions" and concert performances that literally changed the jazz world and influenced musicians from coast to coast and beyond. He opens up about his history, the band and more .. So, get to know him, the band and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Guitarist & Composer Jonathan Kreisberg .. He spoke about his latest 2019 CD Capturing Spirits .. Combining melodicism with forward–thinking textures .. He was born in New York City and started playing guitar at the age of ten after moving to Miami with his family. He won a scholarship to the University of Miami and learned from Joe Henderson, Michael Brecker, and Red Rodney. In his 20's, he returned to NYC with his focus on cutting edge acoustic jazz .. Since that time, he has 8 plus albums and has gigged with the likes of Dr. Lonnie Smith, Lee Konitz, Joe Locke, Donald Edwards and many others .. So, get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Paris-born, NYC Jazz Composer and Educator Yvonnick Prene .. His new 2019 CD New York Moments is a great one .. and we talked about it .. So, ever since moving to New-York City from his hometown Paris, France, he has fast become one of the rising stars in the harmonica world. He has recorded with the likes of like Pasquale Grasso, Peter Bernstein and toured in the USA, Europe and Africa. He talked about his life in music and a bit more .. So get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Drummer William Hooker .. During an interview that focused on the present and the future, we spoke with him about his newest and very well reviewed 2019 CD Symphonie of Flowers .. We also delved into his life as an artist, who he thinks he is, upcoming projects and a projected Spring swing through Kansas City .. So get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Toronto Jazz Guitarist Ted Quinlan .. He talked to us about his new 2019 CD Absolutely Dreaming – from this veteran of the Canadian jazz scene, combining his deep roots in the tradition with an adventurous spirit and an eclectic point of view. These days he is seeing as one of Canada’s top guitar players and his skills are highly in demand as a jazz player, session musician, writer and educator. Over the years, he’s played with the likes of Chet Baker, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Michael Brecker, Dave Holland, Maria Schneider and Dave Liebman. His debut CD " As If" received a Juno nomination and he’s been off and running every since .. So get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/
