959th Show – May 13, 2026

1 - Sam Baum with David Amram Dan Block and Bobby Sanabria - Dancing with the Calypso Noon Borrowers - From My Shiny Imagination - 2026
2 - Ben Markley Big Band -  Ben's Tune - Tuesday Morning Feeling – 2026
3 - Yelena Eckemoff - Oresund Bridge - Rosendals Garden - 2026
4 - Arturo Sandoval - Scat - Sangu – 2026
5 - Samuel Torres - Fragility - Trio Libre - 2026
6 - Tomas Janzon - Muddy Shoes - Jazz Diary – 2026
7 - Rebecca Rafla - Fundamentally Unfinished - Fundamentally Unfinished - 2025
8 - Hadley Caliman - Quadrivium - Iapetus – 1971
9 - John Pachnos - Getting Outta Dodge - John Pachnos  - 2026
10 - Gabriel Espinosa - Morning Breeze - The Brazilian Project - 2026
11 - Will Lyle - Saturn Return - The All Seeing Eye - 2026

Listen here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-959-51326/

Top 100 Jazz Blog - 2026

 

958th Show – May 6, 2026

1 - Nolatet - Somethin' To Relax With - Somethin' To Relax With - - 2026
2 - Terry Waldo - Kansas City Stomp - Treasury Volume 3 – 2026
3 - Audrey Ochoa - Maintenance Phase - The Sorceress
4 - Pete Mills - Up To Go Down - This is Now – 2026
5 - Chicago Soul Jazz Collective - So Alive, Pt. 2 - No Wind and No Rain - 2026
6 - Andrea Miller - Blue Skies - Let Our Love Take Wing – 2026
7 - Mitch Dalton - First Thoughts Are Best - Out of the Shadows - 2026
8 - Abate Berihun & The Addis Ken Project - Des Des - Addis Ken – 2026
9 - Lazy Californians - Busted Key Stomp - Back To San Francisco -2026
10 - Ben Wolfe - Always Four - Any Time After Now – 2026
11 - Pat Metheny - In On It - Side-Eye III - 2026

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https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-958-5626/

957th Show – April 29, 2026

1 - John Beasley and SWR Big Band - Concentric - Invisible Piano - 2026
2 - Bobby Broom - The Freedom Suite - Note of Thanks – 2026
3 - Isabella Isherwood - The Song Is You - The Sweetest Sounds - 2026
4 - Catherine Russell - You Ain't Livin' Right (Live) - Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center (Live) – 2026
5 - James Judson - All of Me - Songs of My Dreams - 2026
6 - Nat Reeves - Blue Ridge - Now in Time – 2026
7 - Federica Colangelo and Acquaphonica - Jekov - Forward - 2026
8 - Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet - A Blue Time - A Blue Time – 2026
9 - Joe Gransden - Where Or When - Let's Take A Chance Together - 2026
10 - Mal Waldron - It Could Happen To You - Stardust & Starlight Live At The Jazz Showcase - 2026
11 - Mike McGinnis - April Fools - Contrapunctus - 2026

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https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-957-42926/

956th Show – April 22, 2026

1 - Jeff Lofton - Night Life - ATX Rhythm - 2026
2 - Billy Childs - One Fleeting Instant - Triumvirate – 2026
3 - Steve Wilson - The Eyes of Love - Enduring Sonance – 2026
4 - Ahmad Jamal - A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square - At the Showcase Live in Chicago – 2026
5 - Roosevelt Hoover III - Back at the Chicken Shack - Backyard Blues - 2026
6 - Adrian Younge - Clockwise - Younge – 2026
7 - Meridian Arts Ensemble - Vrooom - The Zappa House Concert – 2026
8 - Harry Skoler - Pow (Lionel Hampton) - Echoes – 2026
9 - Benjamin Cousins and The Sonic Architects - Inner Voices - What We Dream it To Be - 2026
10 - Adam O'Farrill - Eleanor's Dance - Elephant – 2026
11 - Mike Clement - Chad Bop - Polka Dots and Ray Bans - 2026
12 - The Joymakers - Elephant's Wobble - A Texas-Sized Band - 2026

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https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-956-42226/

Bram Wijnands and Peter Shilliday at KC Bier Co. - 4.18.26

 

955th Show – April 15, 2026

1 - Lionel Cole - Cool Blue Mountain - Small Town Vol. 2 - 2025
2 - Tia Fuller, Shamie Royston & Fuller Sound - Black Viking - Dynasty Vol 2 – 2026
3 - Dave Stryker - Every Dark St - Blue Fire - 2026
4 - Ben Flocks - Midnight Sun - Moonshades – 2026
5 - Sam Robinson - The GateKeeper - Chasin the Dream - 2026
6 - Chris Parker Septet - Just a Thought - Reunion – 2026
7 - Tom Lippincott - Radtional Peace - Ode to the Possible - 2026
8 - Jaana Narsipur-  Breakout - The Re-Collection – 2026
9 - Jack Wood feat Lenore Raphael and Doug MacDonald - Fore Very Man Theres a Woman - For Every Man Theres a
10 - Chris Aschman - Neon Dream - Volcanic - 2026
11 - Joe Henderson - Relaxin at Camarillo - Live at the Jazz Showcase - 2026

Listen here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc/neon-jazz-episode-955-41526/