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Hello my friends. After several months, I had the chance to return to the studio the previous Sunday. Some family obligations held me far from this. Certainly, I missed the studio. It was a great show. I enjoyed it. I will show you two photos from the studio during my show.

  Hello my friends, I have already informed you that tomorrow Sunday I'll be back in the studio. I remained far from the studio for some months due to some family obligations. I decided to return. However 3 days ago, the family of Coni-OnAir lost the man who planned and formed the studio. For this reason the show tomorrow it will be dedicated to this man, to Nassos. Also, I will have a guest in the studio. His name is Panos Golfis who is one of the best cinematographers in Greece. Tomorrow Sunday, tune in from 8pm to 10pm (GMT/UTC+2). Greek Time 20:00-22:00. I'll be glad to see you on air. https://www.coni-onair.com/ https://tunein.com/radio/Coni-On-Air-s248476/ bit.ly/2Ze6CDn#

Hello my friends, I'm in the pleasant position to announce that after so many months far from the studio, I decided to return to. This Sunday I'll be on air. Stay tuned in.

Hello my friends. Some days ago, I had the great pleasure to meet in person, the renowned guitarist Bobby Broom. He came to Athens in order to take part in two events. The first one was on Saturday in January 2025, 25th. In fact it was a seminar at Musikarama. The place is a music school in which musicians from Greece learn their first steps in the music. I want to thank the very talented musician, Konstantinos Stouraitis who gave me an invitation.     I went there with two vinyls. I was determined to show him these vinyls. One of them was his first album under the direction of the amazing Dave Grusin. The second album that I showed to Bobby Broom, is a jazz album from Japan. In fact this album was the third album that he sang during his career. I was impressed with him because he immediatelly remembered the song. I had the opportunity to present it on my radio show in 2018. Several friends and lovers of jazz music who listen to my show, ran to buy this album. And now it was r...

Hello my friends, as a fan of Eddie Jefferson I decided to make an article about his murder in 1979. Eddie Jefferson was one of the most innovative singers of jazz music. The saxophonist Richie Cole and Eddie Jefferson had created a great friendship and partnership from the mid 70s. It was one night in early 1976, when alto saxophonist Richie Cole and vocalist Eddie Jefferson were both participants in the same New York City gig. Despite there was a big age gap between Eddie and Richie, they found a deep musical chemistry. For about 4 years, they were touring as a pair around the states with a minivan, playing just about everywhere until 1979. On the 9th of May 1979,  Eddie Jefferson was shot dead in the streets of Detroit. After completing his live performance at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, he left the venue with his road manager and a female friend. As they were walking, suddenly a vehicle pulled up and its driver fired four shotgun blasts. The police said that Mr.Jeferson got shot...

  A few days ago I learnt that the saxophonist Amadee Castenell passed away. I had the opportunity to come in contact with him through Facebook and email messages. Also, he had sent me a few tracks, recordings in order to listen to them. Amadee was a master tenor saxophonist and flautist. He had collaborated with Dr. John, The Neville Bros, Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, Irma Thomas and many others in his career. He was a member of the seminal New Orleans funk band Chocolate Milk . He was also musical director of this group. He was a member of Allen Toussaint's orchestra for many years. I love the song " Save The Last Dance ". It was included in the album of 1979 " Milky Way ". He co-wrote that song. After the last album with his group Chocolate Milk in 1981, they continued to play music in the festival. But the loss of the RCA deal and his growing reputation as a master on saxophone and flute, opened the door for more performances with Allen Toussaint and Da...

Hello my friends, due to the fact that a few days ago the legendary saxophonist Benny Golson passed away, I decided to make this article. He was 95 years old. He died on Saturday the 21st of September at his home in Manhattan. He collaborated with some of the biggest names in jazz music and was a founder of one of the leading groups of the hard bop era.  I need many pages in order to talk about him. Simply, I want to tell you a few words. Every time that I think of Benny Golson, I always remember the 2004 film " The Terminal " starring Tom Hanks. I love this film. Also, I had the opportunity of playing on my show a few tracks from his album of 1978 " I'm Always Dancin' To The Music ". I want to mention two of these songs. The first one is the song " Love Is The Key " which was written by Sharon McMahan who became known with the sublime song " Get Out Of My Life ". The second song was the well-known track of Emotions " Don't Ask M...

I remember back in the day in 1999 when I bought the CD " Crying For Love " by the group Bridge. Amazing songs and amazing sound. It is worthy to mention that this album was unreleased music from the early 80s. Now I have the pleasure of listening to the vinyl 45 that was recently released by Izipho Soul Records. Definitely quality music, I say that because I see every day many guys are looking for rare music without paying attention to the quality of music. I'm laughing because they are not able to separate masterpieces from the trash. This vinyl 45 includes two songs. "Crying For Love" written by the leader of the group Paul Tillman Smith and Michael Robinson. Debravon Lewis on vocals. The other song is entitled "Listen" and was written by Paul himself. First recording by Norman Connors in 1977 with James Robinson on vocals. Here in this version you can enjoy the voice of the late great Freddie Hughes with Sonny Lewis on sax. If you want, you can fin...

Hello my friends, I love music but my family is priority. I'm so sorry, I will not present my show today. Thank you for your understanding!