902nd Show – April 9, 2025

1 - Lonnie McFadden - El Montecristo - Live at the Green Lady – 2018
2 - Bennie Moten - The Count - Moten Swing – 2016
3 - Daggerboard & Erik Jekabson Orchestra - Solstice Blues - The Axes, Vol. 2 Summer Solstice - 2025
4 - Rufus Reid - It's the Nights I Like - It's the Nights I Like – 2024
5 - Jeff Libman -  A Sleepin' Bee - Feet off the Ground - 2025
6 - Monty Alexander - Mack the Knife (Swing - Jazz Secrets) (Short Cut - Monty Alexander piano solo into end theme) – 2024
7 - George Freeman - It Was a Very Good Year (Live) - George freeman with Charlie Earland Live - 2014
8 - Peter Smith - Road Song - Smitty Straightens Out – 2025
9 - Silvano Monasterios - Ambar's Courage -The River - 2025
10 - Ermelinda Cuellar - Morning -Under a Lavender Sky – 2025
11 - Trilogy - Hi-Fly - The Slow Road - 2025
12 - Ben Neill - Sweetness and Light - Horizontal – 2025

Listen here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-902-4925/

901st Show – April 2, 2025

1 - Count Basie Orchestra with Carmen Bradford - Honeysuckle Rose - All About that Basie - 2018
2 - Frank Sinatra and Count Basie - Fly Me To The Moon - It Might As Well be Swing - 1964
3 - James Zito - Bird In The Wind - Zito's Jump! - 2025
4 - Kenny Barron - Well You Needn't - The Source – 2023
5 - Mark Scott III - The Sun Behind the Cloud - Soft Light - 2025
6 - Harold Mabern - Boogie For Al McShann - Live at Smalls – 2013
7 - Mitch Towne - Wolverine - Refuge - 2025
8 - Eddie Henderson - Dflat Mood - Eddie Henderson & Friends Play the Music of Amit Golan – 2012
9 - The Dave Robbins Big Band - Happy Faces - Happy Faces - 2025
10 - Jeffrey Gimble - Somebody Groovy - Brand New Key – 2025
11 - Phil Brown - In Stride - Rule Of Three - 2025
12 - Zhengtao Pan - City Machine - Scenery in my Story - 2025

Listen to the show:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-e/

Catch 90 Years of Count Basie’s Swing at The Music Hall in KCMO on April 30, 2025

 

900th Show – September 26, 2025 – “Legendary”

1 - Sonny Rollins - There's No Business Like Show Business - The Complete Prestige Recordings - 2024
2 - Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 - Oh, Lady Be Good - Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 - 1962
3 - Carla Bley - Baseball - 4x4 - 2000
4 - Randy Weston and Billy Harper - Blues to Senegal - Roots of the Blues – 2023
5 - Diane Schuur - Don't Touch Me - The Gathering. - 2011
6 - Phil Woods - Everything Happens To Me Bird with Strings and More – 2023
7 - Sheila Jordan - You Must Believe In Spring - Portrait Now - 2025
8 - Joe Lovano - Giving Thanks - Homage – 2024
9 - Dr. Lonnie Smith - For Heavens Sake - Evolution - 2026\
10 - Hubert Laws - Shades of Light - Laws Cause - 2005

Listen here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-900-32625-legendary/

899th Show – March 19, 2025

1 - Sean Nelson and the New London Big Band - About Time - Don't Stop Now – 2025
2 - Harry James - You Made Me Love You - Best of Big Band – 2004
3 - Michael Buckley - Strange Taste - Ebb and Flow – 2025
4 - George Coleman - The Sheik of Araby - My Horns of Plenty – 1991
5 - Jon Bentley - Go Ahead! - Go Ahead! - 2025
6 - Reggie Watkins - Wizards - Rivers – 2025
7 - Michelle Nicolle - All The Things You Are - The Silent Wish – 2025
8 - Lenore Raphael - My Foolish Heart - Solo – 2025
9 - Leon Anderson - Understanding - Live at Snug Harbor - 2025
10 - Shuffle Demons - Sunny Side Up - Are You Really Real – 2025
11 - Yelena Eckemoff - Village Tavern - Scenes from the Dark Ages - 2025
12 - Russ Spiegel - Soul Station - Nitty Gritty - 2025

Tune In:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-899-31925/

898th Show – March 12, 2025

1 - Jazz Sabbath - Paranoid - Jazz Sabbath Vol 2 – 2022
2 - Roy Ayers - Reggie Of Chester - West Coast Vibes – 1963
3 - Mark Grandfield - The Street Where You Live - It's Getting Late - 2025
4 - Eddie Safranski And The Poll Cats - Sa-Frantic - Atlantic Jazz-West Coast – 2005
5 - Oh People - The Beat - Part Time Elegance - 2025
6 - John Ellis - Beautiful Day - Heroes – 2025
7 - Rachel Therrien - Beauty Free - Latin Jazz Project - Mi Hogar II - 2025
8 - Los Angeles Improvisation Ensemble - Tunisian Hookah Bar - Insubordinate Lunar Transgressions – 2025
9 - Bill Moio - 720 Berkeley  - Try This - 2025
10 - Ben Markley - Tell The Truth - Tell The Truth - 2025
11 - The Reddish Fetish - Confirmation - Llegue - 2025

Listen here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-898-31225/

897th Show – March 5, 2025

1 - Thomas Marriott - Dexter's Tune - Screen Time - 2025
2 - Leon Brady Leads the Sumner HS KCK - Paris Festival Competition - Live – 1972
3 - Rodney Jordan - Escapatoria - Memphis Blue - 2025
4 - Harry Allen Trio - Seems To Me I've Heard That Song - It Takes Three – 2025
5 - Henry Scamurra - Urban Forum - Urban Forum - 2025
6 - Greg Abate - Growing All The Time - Positive Energy – 2025
7 - Simón Willson - Feel Love [Live] - Bet Live At Ornithology - 2025
8 - Bigger Badder Bones - Stuff Like This - Sliders – 2025
9 - Dave Potter - Straight Up  - Retro Groove 2 - 2025
10 - La Banda Ramirez - Lizzie's Lounge - Lizzie's Lounge -2025
11 - Steve Allee Big Band - Spang a Lang - Naptown Sound - 2025

Listen here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-897-3525/