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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series featuring Cory Combs, Executive Director of the Stanford Jazz Workshop, discussing the highly anticipated 54th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival. In this conversation, Cory takes us through his journey from Wichita to one of the most respected positions in jazz education and presents a comprehensive look at the six-week celebration of music, culture, and learning taking place from June 21 through July 31, 2026. Since its founding in 1972, the Stanford Jazz Festival has grown into one of America's premier jazz destinations, attracting thousands of music lovers from around the world to the beautiful campus of Stanford University. The 2026 edition celebrates jazz's rich history while showcasing its vibrant future through more than 25 performances, educational opportunities, world premieres, family-friendly events, and international collaborations. Highlights include centennial celebrations honoring jazz legends Miles Davis and Jimmy Heath, featuring performances by acclaimed artists Jeremy Pelt, Jeb Patton, and David Wong. The festival lineup also includes world-renowned performers such as Billy Childs, George Cables, Branford Marsalis, and Anat Cohen, alongside celebrated artists including The Westerlies, Nick Rossi, Nicolas Bearde, and Sasha Berliner. We discuss jazz education, the importance of live performance, the festival's unique atmosphere, community impact, and why Stanford Jazz Festival remains one of the most exciting annual events on the jazz calendar. For program details, artist updates, and tickets: Stanford Jazz Festival Official Website For More Famous Interviews: Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgi6GpDDDrc_PgOzaERGbLQ Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/famous-interviews-with-joe-dimino/id1660256991 Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7j92QDS13LXgajPt80X2dh The Home of Famous Interviews: http://famousinterviewswithjoedimino.blogspot.com/ Contribute to Famous Interviews via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_b Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Juancho Herrera is a World Music star. He’s a Latin Grammy nominated guitarist, producer, singer-songwriter and vocalist. His background is Colombian and Venezuelan. His music combines Latin, world music, jazz, blues, African and electronica. He’s performed in Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, US, Spain, France, Hungary and Venezuela. And at major venues such as the Kennedy Center, the Blue Note and Symphony Space. He’s worked with stars like Claudia Acuna, Branford Marsalis, the Chieftains and Arturo O’Farrill. My featured song is “The Queen’s Carnival” from the album of the same name by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link . ------------------------------------------ The Follow Your Dream Podcast: Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries! Click here for All Episodes Click here for Guest List Click here for Guest Groupings Click here for Guest Testimonials Click here to Subscribe Click here to receive our Email Updates Click here to Rate and Review the podcast —---------------------------------------- CONNECT WITH JUANCHO: www.juanchoherrera.com ____________________ ROBERT’S NEWEST ALBUM: “WHAT’S UP!” is Robert’s new compilation album. Featuring 10 of his recent singles including all the ones listed below. Instrumentals and vocals. Jazz, Rock, Pop and Fusion. “My best work so far. (Robert)” CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL VIDEO CLICK HERE FOR ALL LINKS —---------------------------------------- Audio production: Jimmy Ravenscroft Kymera Films Connect with the Follow Your Dream Podcast: Website - www.followyourdreampodcast.com Email Robert - robert@followyourdreampodcast.com Follow Robert’s band, Project Grand Slam, and his music: Website - www.projectgrandslam.com YouTube Spotify Music Apple Mus

On the January 11 WBGO Journal, a chat with legendary saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis and we take you to Jazz Congress 2025

No album title in recent memory was more to the point than the Branford Marsalis Quartet’s 2012 release Four MFs Playin’ Tunes . That CD was filled with the kind of great give and take that only musicians steeped in tradition, and heady enough to work off and with each other could make. The core of the band – Saxophonist Marsalis, bassist Eric Revis and pianist Joey Calderazzo – has been together for more than twenty years, while drummer Justin Faulkner just celebrated a decade with the group. We haven’t had a pure quartet album since then, as Marsalis and crew backed singer Kurt Elling in recording and touring in support of their collaboration Upward Spiral . That drought is over with the release of The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul . A true group effort, the album allows room to showcase the different band members’ strengths and talents, always towards a cohesive sound. Branford stressed the importance of having players who actually “like” playing jazz, as opposed to those looking for “vehicles for improvisation” against which they can solo and flex their chops. Calderazzo and Revis each wrote two strong tunes for the project – with Calderazzo’s “Conversation Among the Ruins” and Revis’ “Dance of the Evil Toys” two of the finest. There are also two well-chosen covers – Keith Jarrett’s “The Windup,” which gets a great re-working and Andrew Hill’s “Snake Hip Waltz”, brought to the band by Eric Revis. During the course of our conversation, we discussed the making of The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul , plus reminisced about Marsalis’ jazz/hip-hop project Buckshot LeFonque and talked about what he brings to his playing when he works with singers, and in performing classical music. Marsalis had a reunion of sorts with members of the Grateful Dead touring as Dead & Company last summer at the Lock’n Festival, reprising some of the tunes he played in a classic 1990 date at Nassau Coliseum in New York. That show, often rated as one of the Dead’s best, was released as Wake Up to Find Out . Musical selections for Podcast 667 include “Conversation Among the Ruins” and “Snake Hip Waltz”, plus a portion of “Bird Song” from the Lock’n show on August 26, 2018 .