853rd Show – April 24, 2024

1 - The Lee's Summit Jazz Orchestra - Basie Straight Ahead – 2021
2 - Pat Metheny - MoonDial - MoonDial – 2024
3 - Ellie Lee - Escape - Escape - 2024
4 - David Larsen - Mount Fuji - Cohesion – 2024
5 - Riley Muhlherkar - Chicken Coop Blues - Riley – 2024
6 - The Buddy Bolden Legacy Band - Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor (Atlanta Blues) - Back and Forth the King's Path – 2015
7 - Ricky Alexander - Rubber Plant Rag - Just Found Joy - 2024
8 - The New Wonders - Cornet Chop Suey - Steppin Out – 2024
9 - Rachel Gould - Send Smoke Signals - Where Have I Been All Your Life - 2024
10 - Sean Fyfe - Skitch - Stepping Stones – 2024
11 - Ray Obiedo featuring Bob Mintzer - Twist - Twist - 2024
12 - Tierney Sutton & San Gabriel Seven - Happy Goodbye - Good People - 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-853-42424/

1st Annual Lee's Summit Jazz Festival Promo via Neon Jazz Radio

 

The Taylor Smith Band Live at BB's Lawnside BBQ - 4.18.24

 

852nd Show – April 17, 2024

1 - Kelly Green - Down That Road - Seems – 2024
2 - Harold Mabern - Blues For Phineas - Wailin' – 1994
3 - Martin Budde - Companion - Back Burner - 2024
4 - Bob Mover & Walter Davis Jr. - Bird Feathers - The Salerno Concert (Live) – 2024
5 - Scott Marshall - What Would Eddie Do - The Solitude Suite – 2024
6 - Grover Washington, Jr. - Just the Two of Us (feat. Bill Withers) - Love Songs – 1980
7 - David Schumacher - Cal Massey - Smoke In The Sky - 2024
8 - Four (Jazz Saxophone Quartet) - The Executioner Is Looking Away - Four plus Six – 2024\
9 - Wolff, Clark, and Dorsey - Turn Out The Stars - A Letter to Bill Evans – 2024
10 - Bill Evans & Stan Getz - But Beautiful - Stan Getz & Bill Evans - 1964

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-852-41724/

The Blue Room Monday Night Jam led by Trombonist Jason Goudeau - 4.15.24

 

The Folly Art Auction 2024

 

851st Show – April 10, 2024

1 - Matthew Whitaker - The Organ Grinder's Swing - Single – 2024
2 - Kandace Springs - Broken Keys - Run Your Race – 2024
3 - Rachel Z Feat. Omar Hakim - Shephard's Lullaby - Sensual - 2024
4 - Dave Bass - Offshore Breeze - Trio Nuevo – 2024
5 - Leigh Pilzer's Seven Pointed Star - Beatin' The Odds - Beatin' The Odds -  2024
6 - Nick Finzer -  CC - Legacy – 2024
7 - Queen Esther - Big Stuff - Things are Looking Up - 2024
8 - Brent Birckhead - Cold Fried Chicken - Cacao – 2024
9 - Brian Bromberg - Solar - Lafaro - 2024
10 - Noah Haidu - After You've Gone - Standards II – 2024
11 - Hyeonseon Baek - West 4th St (Eng) - Longing - 2024
12 - Albert Tootie Heath - Ethan Iverson - Ben Street - Pound Cake - Live at Smalls Jazz Club - 2009

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-851-41024/

Matthew Whitaker Live at The Folly in Kansas City, MO - 4.6.24

 

850th Show – April 3, 2024

1 - Daniel Bennett Group - Talk To Your Panda - Mr. Bennett's Mind – 2023
2 - Monty Alexander - You Can See - D Day – 2024
3 - Jazz Ensemble Of Memphis - The Crawl - Playing in the Yard - 2024
4 - One for All feat George Coleman - Edgerly - One for All – 2024
5 - KJ Denhert - Blackbird - The Evening News – 2024
6 - Dayna Stephens - Bubbly - Closer Than We Think – 2024
7 - Abena Koomson-Davis - Abena's Bop - Where is Love – 2024
8 - Tom Collier - Birthday - Boomer Vibes Vol 2 – 2024
9 - Abe Pollack - Palling Around In The Parlor - Unprecedented Time – 2024
10 - Mimosa - Trouble - Bien Ensemble – 2024
11 - Hendrik Meurkens - Smada - The Jazz Meurkengers - 2024
12 - Larry Goldings and John Sneider - Laugh Clown Laugh - Chinwag - 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-850-4324/

Eddie Moore Trio at Johnson County Community College - Tuesday at Noon Series - 4.2.24

 

The Pretty Ricky Trio at Jazzy B's in Lee's Summit, MO - 3.29.24

 

849th Show – March 27, 2024

1 - Miles Davis - So Near, So Far - Seven Steps to Heaven – 1963
2 - Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Skating In Central Park- Undercurrent – 1962
3 - Will Régnier - Lights Out - Traces – 2024
4 - Spike Wilner Trio - Contrafactus - Contrafactus – 2024
5 - Rufus Reid - One for Amos - Celebration – 2022
6 - Eddie Harris - Born to be Blue - The In Sound - 1965
7 - Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra - Mornin' Reverend (Live At The Village Vanguard) - Monday Night – 1968
8 - Ken Peplowski - Ezz-Thetic - Unheard Bird – 2024
9 - Danette McMahon - Life Goes On - No More Excuses – 2024
10 - Melissa Aldana - Echoes of the Inner Prophet for Wayne Shorter - Echoes of the Inner Prophet f - 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-849-32724/

Joel Gordon's Happy Habitat at Tuesday @ Noon Show at Midwest Trust Center at JCCC - 3.26.24

 

848th Show – March 20, 2024

1 - The Neal Kirkwood Big Band - Alaskan Serenade - Night City – 2024
2 - Michael White - Spirit Dance - Spirit Dance – 1972
3 - Tina Schlieske - Lilac Wine - The Good Life – 2024
4 - Billie Holiday - You Turned the Tables on Me - Billie Holiday Sings – 1952
5 - Brandon Goldberg - Compulsion - Live at Dizzy’s - 2024
6 - Herbie Hancock - Goodbye to Childhood - Speak Like a Child – 1987
7 - Ingi Bjarni Trio - Fragile Magic - Fragile Magic – 2024
8 - Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Silly Walk - When Everyone Has Gone – 2012
9 - Jim Funnel’ls Word Out - Aquarius Funk - Single – 2024
10 - Eddie Moore - Black Flight - Aperture - 2024
11 - Mike Clement - Actualization – Hittin’ It - 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-848-32024/

DelMurrow Trio with Roman Gonzalez at JCCC Tuesday @ Noon - 3.19.24

 

Sean McDonnell Band Live at BB's Lawnside - 3.14.24

 

847th Show – March 13, 2024

1 - Brian Scarborough - Central Standard Time - We Need The Wind - 2024
2 - Logan Richardson  - Moonlight - Sacred Garden – 2024
3 - Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas And Ted Nash - Tell The Birds I Said Hello - Tell The Birds I Said Hello The Music Of Herbie Nichols - 2024
4 - Dan Pugach - Bella the Bear - Bianca – 2024
5 - Alliance w Sharel and Colleen - Wingspan - Alliance – 2024
6 - Daggerboard - Concrete Dim - Escapement – 2024
7 - Chris Rottmayer - On The Street Where Woody Lives - Being – 2024
8 - Ron Rieder - Capitol Mayhem - Latin Jazz Sessions – 2024\
9 - Vincen Hsu and The Supreme Jazz Orchestra - River Is Wide - Music for the River Suite The Spirit of Lover and Mississippi River – 2024|
10 - Curtis Taylor - Heightened Awareness - Taylor Made - 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-847-31324/

Thursday @ Noon @ The Blue Room in Kansas City with Nya & Trio - 3.7.24

 

846th Show – March 6, 2024

1 - Sean Mason - Kid - The Southern Suite – 2023
2 - Ray Charles - Strike Up the Band - Genius + Soul = Jazz – 1961
3 - Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Hey Goombah - Single - 2024
4 - Will Matthews - Lil' Darling - Kansas City's Finest Local – 2010
5 - John Korbel - Lizard Of Oz - Falling Feels Like Flying – 2024
6 - Maynard Ferguson Orchestra - I'm Beginning To See The Light - Plays Jazz For Dancing – 1959
7 - Julie Kelly - Nothing Like You - Freedom Jazz Dance – 2024
8 - Lynne Arriale Trio - Courage - Being Human – 2024
9 - Rose Mallet - Feelin' Good - Dreams Realized – 2024
10 - Abdullah Ibrahim - Dreamtime (Live At The Barbican) - Still Hard Boppin' – 2024
11 - David Friesen - Perseverance - This Light Has No Darkness, Vol. 1 – 2024
12 - John Coltrane and Red Garland Trio - Slow Dance - Traneing In - 1957
13 - Tony Monaco - Da Daddy - Over and Over - 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-846-3624/

845th Show – February 28, 2024

1 - Eddie Henderson - Freedom Jazz Dance - Witness to History – 2023
2 - Louis Armstrong - Home - Louis Under The Stars – 1958|
3 - James Zollar - The Fruit - The Ways In – 2024
4 - Cecil McBee - After the Morning - Power Trio – 1991
5 - Hiury Tirfe - The Believer - 10000 Hours – 2024
6 - Josh Lawrence · Ken Pendergast · Michael De Castro - Sugar Hill Stroll - Roots – 2010
7 - Kuba Cichocki - Coming Back - Flowing Circles – 2023=
8 - Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra - Caminhos Cruzados - Hiding Out – 2019
9 - Draper Family Band - Aim All Around - Single – 2024
10 - Jill McCarron - The Gin Suite - Gin - 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-845-22824/

844h Show – February 21, 2024

1 - Vin Venezia - Solar - The Venetian – 2024
2 - Wes Montgomery - S.O.S. (Live  Take 3) - Full House – 1962
3 - Molly Miller Trio - Orchids and Cowboys - The Ballad of Hotspur
4 - Sammy Miller and The Congregation - Searching for Ragtime - Leaving Egypt – 2020
5 - Cliff Beach - Alright, OK You Win - You Showed Me The Way – 2024
6 - Shout Section Big Band - Everybody Wants To Be A Cat - Swing Forward – 2024
7 - Lisa Hilton  - Coincidental Moment - Coincidental Moment – 2023
8 - Rudy Royston - Flatbed Buggy - Flatbed Buggy – 2018
9 - Lori Bell Quartet - Out Of The Night - Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson - 2024
10 - Wendell Harrison - What's Up - Tribe - 2024
11 - Grand Green - The Kicker - Solid - 1961

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-844-22124/

843rd Show – February 14, 2023 – “The Apollo Theater Hour”

1 - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Caravan - Live At The Apollo Theater – 1953
2 - Billie Holliday - Strange Fruit - Apollo Soundtrack - 1960.
3 - James Brown - I Found Someone - Live At The Apollo Theater - 1962
4 - Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra - Apollo Jump - Single – 1941
5 - Ella Fitzgerald - How High The Moon (1st Take) - Apollo Soundtrack - 1960
6 - Earl Bostic & his Orchestra - Apollo Theater Jump the Collection 39-59 -2015=
7 - Johnny Hodges - Come Sunday - Apollo Soundtrack - 1960
8 - Charlie Parker - Easy to Love - Live at the Apollo Theatre – 1950
9 - Earl Hines & His Orchestra - Second Balcony Jump - 1942
10 - Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa - Live from the Apollo Theater=
11 - Billy Eckstine and Four Tops - I'm Falling For You Live Apollo Theater - 1965
12 - Fletcher Henderson - Memphis Blues - Apollo Soundtrack – 1960
13 - Dizzy Gillespie - Duke's Last Soliloquy -Apollo Soundtrack – 1960
14 - Jimmy Smith - T'aint No Use - Apollo Soundtrack – 1960
15 - Count Basie - Jive At Five - Apollo Soundtrack - 1960
16 - Tiny Bradshaw - Bride and Groom Boogie - Single – 1946

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-843-21424-apollo-theater-hour/ 

842nd Show – February 7, 2024

1 - Francesco Crosara - Circular  - Motion - Circular Motion – 2024
2 - Return to Forever with Chick Corea - Captain Marvel - Light As A Feather – 1972
3 - Joel Ross - Central Park West - Nublues - 2024
4 - Doug Macdonald - Bubbles In The Wine - Sextet Session – 2024
5 - Jeff Babko - Souvenirs of Hollywood (Live) - The Libretto Show – 2023
6 - Steve Gadd with Mika Stoltzman - Wigwam - Spirit of Chick Corea – 2022
7 - The Hot Sardines - Meet Me at the Bottom of the Bottle - C'est la Vie (A Jazz Soundtrack) – 2023
8 - Pat Metheny - Trust Your Angels - Dream Box – 2023
9 - Mike LeDonne - Make Someone Happy - Wonderful - 2024
10 - The Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra - Theme from Vertigo - Flying Colors - 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-842-2724/

UMKC Jazz Small Ensembles Concert No. 2 - Grant Hall - Kansas City, MO - 2.1.24

 

841st Show – January 31, 2024

1 - Rotem Sivan - Mack The Knife - Dream Louder – 2024
2 - Kenny Burrell - I Surrender Dear - A Generation Ago Today – 1967
3 - Bill Anschell - Naked Truth - Improbably Solutions - 2024
4 - Bobby Hutcherson - Candle - Skyline – 1999
5 - Giorgi Mikadze - Wind Takes It Anyway - Face to Face – 2024
6 - Art Farmer - Farmer's Market - Farmer's Market – 1958\
7 - Wire Town (Embrey Strait Fleeman Spaits) - Tell Me Now - Kansas City (Live) - 2024
8 - Nu London Jazz - Jazzscape - Enluv – 2024
9 - Joseph Daley - Better Days - The Tuba Trio Chronicles Vol II – 2024
10 - Sam Rivers - Downstairs Blues Upstairs - Fuchsia Swing Song - 1965
11 - Mercer Hassy Orchestra - Daybreak Express - Dukes Place - 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-841-13124/

The Hot Sardines Live in Kansas City at The Folly Theater on January 27, 2024

 

Joe Dimino of Neon Jazz Radio Hosts JazzTalk with The Hot Sardines at The Folly - 1.27.24

 

840th Show – January 24, 2024

1 - Nasheet Waits - Snake Hip Waltz - Equality – 2008
2 - Kenny Barron with Freddie Waits - The Night We Called It a Day  - You Had Better Listen – 1967
3 - David Gibson - Chief Distortion - Fellowship - 2024
4 - Herbie Nichols - The Spinning Song - Herbie Nichols Trio – 1956
5 - Jay McShann - Blue Devil Jump - The Last of the Blue Devils - 1978\
6 - Ethan Iverson - Killing Me Softly With His Song - Technically Acceptable – 2024
7 - Bennett Paster - Agile Wallaby - Radiance – 2023
8 - Tadd Dameron Sextet - Our Delight - Fabulous Fats Navarro – 1947\
9 - Sharon Minemoto - Alexandra (for Natasha) - Dark Night Bright Stars – 2023
10 - Neal Caine Trio – Mr. Sandman - Skip to My Lou – 2024
11 - Art Taylor - C.T.A. - Taylors Wailers - 2023
12 - Hot Club Of Los Angeles - Swing 42 - Nova -  2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-840-12424/

The MGDs Live at Club 1909 in Downtown Lees Summit, MO - 1.20.24

 

839th Show – January 17, 2024

1 - Ulysses Owens Jr. - Heart Full Of Rhythm - A New Beat – 2024
2 - US Air Force Band - Swing That Music - Airmen of Note - 2023 Jazz Heritage Series – 2023
3 - Noah Becker - Canal Zone - Mode for Noah - 2024
4 - Adam Birnbaum - Prelude In B-Flat Minor - Preludes – 2023
5 - Kirsten Edkins - Bird Shapes - Shapes and Sound - 2024
6 - Myles Wright - Prince Of Persia_ Suite V - Stage - Gamer – 2024
7 - Dave Solazzo & The Bridge - Begin At The End - Locrian Sky - 2024
8 - Jeremy Monteiro - Candy - Sings – 2023
9 - Charles Chen - Simple Pleasure - Charles Play - 2024
10 - Andy Pratt - Something Big - Trio - 2024
11 - Marshall Gilkes & Wdr Big Band - Sugar Rush - Lifesongs - 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-839-11724/

838th Show – January 10, 2024

1 - Larry Vuckovich Trio - Oh, You Crazy Moon - Street Scene – 2006
2 - Eddie Cleanhead Vinson w Larry Vuckovich - They Call Me Mr. Cleanhead - Redux Live at the Keystone Korner – 2003
3 - Duke Ellington - Warm Valley - Best of the Big Band Vol 1 – 2004
4 - Barry Harris - Morning Coffee - At the Jazz Workshop Live in San Fancisco – 1960
5 - Lester Young - Peg O' My Heart - Lester Young Trio – 1946
6 - Horace Parlan - Light Blue - Up and Down – 1961
7 - Red Garland Trio - Makin' Whoopee - A Garland of Red – 1957
8 - Bud Powell - Wail - The Amazing Bud Powell – 1952
9 - Cal Tjader - Tropicville - Latin Kick – 1958
10 - Jon Hendricks - The Shouter - A Good Git-Together – 1959
11 - Dexter Gordon - Our Love is Here to Stay - Our Man in Paris – 1963
12 - Les McCann w Stanley Turrentine and Blue Mitchell- Someone Stole My Chitlins - In New York (Live At The Village Gate) - 1962

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-838-11024/

The Adam Larson Trio Live at Westport Coffeehouse in KCMO - 1.4.24

 

The Pete Fucinaro Quartet Live at Westport Coffeehouse in KCMO - 1.4.24

 

837th Show – January 3, 2024

1 - Gerald Cannon - Inception - Live at Dizzy’s Club - 2024
2 - David K. Mathews featuring Chris Cain - Hard Times - The Fantasy Vocal Sessions Vol. 3 – 2023
3 - John Ellis Quartet - Habanera - Bizet Carmen in Jazz – 2023
4 - Kelly Jefferson - Rituals - Rituals – 2023
5 - Darrell Grant - Drop Me Off In Harlem - Our Mr Jackson - 2023
6 - The Rob Dixon Steve Allee Quintet - Flat Tire Blues - Standards Deluxe – 2023
7 - Donald Vega Feat Lewis Nash, John Patitucci & Luisito Quintero - I Know You Can Fly - As I Travel 2023
8 - Mark Burnell - Ain't Dat Good News - Gospel Piano – 2023
9 - Darden Purcell - Come Back To Me - Love's Got Me In A Lazy Mood - 2023
10 - Christian Dillingham - Like No Other - Cascades – 2023
11 - Marius Van Den Brink -  Coral Sun - New York Knock - 2024
12 - Chris Mondak - Complicated - Blank with Colour - 2023

https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-837-1324/