Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with San Diego-based Jazz Big Band Leader Ira B. Liss.. We talked to him in mid_January 2021 about his latest 2021 CD with the Big Band Machine – Mazel Tov Kicktail - A Celebration of 40 Years. This sixth full length album from The Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine and is full of action.
Read MoreWhat started out as a way to have a high school music teacher give his charges a way to hone chops and blow off steam has become a SoCal institution now celebrating it's 40th year of madly swinging.
Read MoreMazel Tov Kocktail!, the newest recording by the Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, is a swinging, rollicking collection of new and standard big band numbers performed by a tight-knit group of top-notch musicians.
Read MoreDiscover great new music this weekend with our weekly roundup of new songs and albums! This week’s New Release Cheat Sheet features new music by Sibusile Xaba, Wynton Marsalis, Apifera and more.
Read MoreIra B. Liss first formed the Big Band Jazz Machine in 1979 as a vehicle for students in Southern California - especially in the San Diego area – to polish up their skills. Now he produces and conducts his 6th recording, and the sound and the verve just heighten!
Read MoreListen again to the programme first broadcast on Coastal Sound Radio on January 13 featuring The Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, Pete Rugolo & His Orchestra, Patrick Williams, The Mike Barone Big Band, Big Beat Jazz, The Interplay Jazz Orchestra and many more...
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