Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series. In this episode, we catch up with Montreal-based jazz singer and composer Marie-Soleil Lambert to talk about her 2025 release Anastasia and a life deeply devoted to music, Growth, and creative exploration.

Always evolving as both a musician and composer, Marie-Soleil leads her sextet Sun Fantasia, formed in 2022, as she continues to carve out a distinctive voice in contemporary jazz. Craving a new sound, she blends influences from Chick Corea, Weather Report, Joni Mitchell, and Frank Zappa, fusing genres and stylistic approaches to create something original, personal, and forward-thinking.

We dive into the making of Anastasia, her compositional process, the vision behind Sun Fantasia, and the musical journey that continues to shape her artistry. It’s a wide-ranging and inspiring conversation with a rising voice in modern jazz.

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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.