Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series. We sit down with jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger Russ Spiegel, speaking from his base in Miami about his swinging new 2025 album Nitty Gritty. With a global career that spans rock, blues, funk, Latin, and modern jazz, Russ has earned acclaim as a respected international guitarist, bandleader, musicologist, and award-winning sound engineer.

Russ has toured extensively around the world and brings deep musical insight from over a decade of living and performing in Europe before moving to New York City. In this interview, we dig into the creative process behind Nitty Gritty, the evolution of his sound, and what fuels his enduring passion for jazz.

🎧 Listen in to discover the layers behind the music and the man.

🎶 Get the album Nitty Gritty here:

👉 https://russ-spiegel.bandcamp.com/album/nitty-gritty

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Joe Dimino has been writing & creating in a variety of capacities since his college days at the University of Missouri-Kansas City somewhere around 1993. If you are keeping score, that would be about 29 years+. It all began at UMKCs University News as a Sports Writer & turned into a myriad of expressive avenues. Inventing poems, art, video & audio has always been in the proverbial cards.