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Grant Geissman, Nicholas Payton and Art Blakey

By Joe Dimino | Neon Jazz
December 4, 2022
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We begin the 779th Episode of Neon Jazz with a tune from guitarist

Grant Geissman

guitar
b.1953

" data-original-title="" title="">Grant Geissman's new album Blooz. From there, we hear from one of his early mentors in

Chuck Mangione

flugelhorn
1940 - 2025

" data-original-title="" title="">Chuck Mangione. We get a bit of Chicago flair from singer

Tracye Eileen

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Tracye Eileen and the great

King Oliver

trumpet
1881 - 1938

" data-original-title="" title="">King Oliver. As the episode marches on, we hear new music from

Andrés Vial

piano
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Andrés Vial,

Jason Yeager

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Yeager and Kansas City Guitarist

Brian Baggett

guitar
b.1976

" data-original-title="" title="">Brian Baggett live at the Green Lady Lounge. We wrap all of the up with modern legend

Nicholas Payton

trumpet
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Nicholas Payton with music off his 2022 release The Couch Sessions. Dig the music, my friends.

Playlist

Grant Geissman "Preach" Blooz (Futurism Records) 0:00
Host talks 4:50
Art Blakey
drums
1919 - 1990
" data-original-title="" title="">Art Blakey and The New Jazz Messengers Featuring Chuck Mangione "Between Races" Buttercorn Lady Live (Essential Media Group) 7:25
Tracye Eileen "Love Being Here" You Hit the Spot (Honey Crystal Records) 12:01
Host talks 15:20
King Oliver "Sweet Baby Doll" Working Man's Blues (Crates Digger Records) 16:11
Andres Vial "Spring 2020" When Is Ancient (Chromatic Audio) 19:08
Host talks 24:30
Joe Chambers
drums
b.1942
" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Chambers "Rock Pile" New World (Porter Records) 25:35
Brian Baggett Trio "Door Man" Groovin' and Swingin' at the Green Lady Lounge (Jazz Daddy Records) 31:32
Host talks 37:52
Count Basie
piano
1904 - 1984
" data-original-title="" title="">Count Basie "Listen My Children" Complete Decca Recordings (Decca) 39:00
Jason Yeager "Blue Fairy Godmother" Unstuck In Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite (Sunnyside Records) 42:20
Host talks 47:25
Reginald Foresythe
b.1907
" data-original-title="" title="">Reginald Foresythe "The Duke Insists" Columbia Years (Columbia) 48:35
Host talks 51:16
Nicholas Payton "Q for Quincy Jones" The Couch Sessions (Smoke Sessions) 51:59

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