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Episode 304: The 11 highest rated Jazz albums of 2024

I've been busy since mid-November going through the "Best Of" lists of 123 jazz critics, reviewers, jazz internet sites, etc. I've tabulated all the jazz albums mentioned (1,023 at last count)....and put a tick beside each one when someone puts it as one of their top albums. This week, I play a…

Episode 219: More Bopless Jazz and Big Band/Swing Evolution. (Part 2)

For this episode I play some music from some modern big bands: You’ll hear The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with John Pizzarelli, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, and Kansas Smitty’s. One somewhat older big band too–Maynard Ferguson Orchestra from 1964. Closing off with something really weird from…

Discovering Jazz -137- Tribute to Chick Corea and his Compositions

This past week we lost a musical giant: one of the most eclectic pianists ever. Chick Corea. There have been many well deserved tributes online. This one will focus more on some of his great compositions. Most of them are played by Chick Corea himself, but I also include a great Canadian voc…

Atlantic Jazz Nights

Get ready for some smooth jazz licks as the third season of Atlantic Jazz Nights launches Saturday night at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John's. We welcome some of the key players to the On The Go studio to hear what's in store. (Krissy Holmes with pianist and series co-curator Florian Hoef…

2025-01-In-Transition-January-05

January 05 2025 PART1 01 mike murley and david occipinti - dialogue vol. 2 - love letters - 6.46 02 lou donaldson - the complete blue note sessions 1957-1960 - mary ann - 6.45 03 roy haynes - homecoming - equinox - 13.25 PART2 05 roy haynes - crackin' - dorian - 6.48 06 mike murley and david occipi…

Ted Warren Jazz Drummer About His Sister

Ted Warren has a solid reputation as a musical, versatile drummer. Join me as we talk about his sister who died by suicide. In fact, Ted Warren is one of Canada’s great drummers, along with fronting his own group Ted’s Warren Commission. Throughout the pandemic, Warren has been keeping musicall…

Mike Murley

Saxophonist Mike Murley traces his arc from jam sessions in Windsor, Nova Scotia - where musicians crammed his family’s living room - and the grade-seven trip that first let him hear Phil Nimmons and the Boss Brass live, to busking across Europe with the irreverent Shuffle Demons and discovering th…

Atlantic Jazz Collective – Florian Hoefner, Mike Murley & Jim Vivian on 2025 Album Seascape

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series. In this episode, we talk with jazz pianist/composer Florian Hoefner, saxophonist Mike Murley, and bassist Jim Vivian of the Atlantic Jazz Collective about their highly anticipated 2025 debut album, Seascape. This stunning modern jazz relea…

Tara Davidson

In this episode, saxophonist Tara Davidson joins longtime friend and collaborator Ernesto Cervini for a conversation about memories, music, and the quiet courage of coming into one’s own. From early piano lessons that ended in tears to a formative encounter with Mike Murley in high school, Davidson…

Live N' Local with Jamie Reynolds

Jamie Reynolds is a Canadian pianist, keyboardist and composer who has lived in New York City since 2005. He graduated with honors from the University of Toronto in 2004, where he studied with David Braid, Mike Murley, Phil Nimmons, and many others. Jamie moved to New York in 2005 when he was award…