Chicago sax player, composer, and arranger Neil Carson discusses New Nostalgia, taking the plunge as a full-time musician, his love affair with nonets, and more!
New Nostalgia @Andy’s, Or, What It Might Look Like If The Jazz Students Got Mortgages But Were Still Geeks
Bandleader Neil Carson described the group to the Andy’s audience as a “jazz-pop-rock” group that “can’t decide” which one they want to be. As he put it, they just “wanna rock out” while “embracing Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong as well as The Police and Metallica.”