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Warren Wolf, Alexis Cole, Sonny Rollins and Leigh Pilzer

By Joe Dimino | Neon Jazz
September 1, 2024
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From the mind of veteran musician Leigh Pilzer, we get right into the 869th Episode of Neon Jazz. With her Seven Pointed Star, we hear the title track off her 2024 album called Beatin' the Odds. From there, we journey around a stellar line up of veterans with new albums in 2024 with Julieta Eugenio, Natalie Jacob, Alexis Cole and Warren Wolf. In betwixt, we hear from legends like Count Basie, Sonny Rollins, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Veteran Eric Jacobson finishes all of is off with an appropriate tune and title track off his 2024 album Heading Home. Dig the tasty jazz, my friends.

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• Leigh Pilzer's Seven Pointed Star "Beatin' the Odds" Beatin' the Odds (Strange Woman Records) 0:00
• Host talks 4:56
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Count Basie

piano
1904 - 1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Count Basie Big Band "The Heat's On" Basie Big Band (Pablo) 6:43

Julieta Eugenio

saxophone

Sonny Rollins

saxophone
b.1930

" data-original-title="" title="">Sonny Rollins "We Kiss in a Shadow" East Broadway Run Down (Verve) 17:13

Natalie Jacob

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Natalie Jacob "Wave" Sooner or Later (Records DK) 22:45

Ella Fitzgerald

vocals
1917 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Ella Fitzgerald and

Louis Armstrong

trumpet and vocals
1901 - 1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Louis Armstrong "Tenderly" Ella and Louis (Verve) 28:12

Alexis Cole

vocals
b.1976

" data-original-title="" title="">Alexis Cole And The Taipei Jazz Orchestra "You Make Me Feel So Young" Jazz Republic (Tiger Turn) 33:06

Danny Jonokuchi

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Danny Jonokuchi "Ping Pong" A Decade (Bandstand Presents) 37:57

Warren Wolf

vibraphone
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Warren Wolf "Bopstacle Course" History of the Vibraphone (Cellar Live) 42:34

Eric Jacobson

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Eric Jacobson "Heading Home" Heading Home (Origin Records) 50:40

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