Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series featuring veteran jazz bassist Dave Sharp. We talk with him about his new 2025 release, Catalyst: The Music of Gregg Hill, performed by the Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet featuring Elden Kelly.

This dynamic world jazz ensemble—celebrating a decade together—includes Dave Sharp (bass), Hendrik Karapetyan (violin), Igor Houwat (oud), and Mike List (percussion). Known for blending global rhythms and textures with deep jazz roots, the group continues to push boundaries while honoring the compositional brilliance of Gregg Hill.

In this episode, we explore Dave’s life in music, the origins and evolution of his genre-defying quartet, and the collaborative spirit behind Catalyst.

🎶 Get the album: https://www.gregghilljazz.com/product-page/catalyst 

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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.