Spotlight On: What is your first memory of music?

Ed Neumeister: Marching band.

SO: You want someone to understand you. What song or album do you give them?

EN: What Have I Done?


SO: What instrument(s) can you play?

EN: Trombone, drums, piano.

SO: What is a creative work or artist, outside of music, that you love or admire?

EN: Pablo Picasso.

Pablo Picasso: 150 Famous Paintings, Bio & Quotes by Picasso

SO: What was your first concert?

EN: Marching band parade.

SO: What instrument do you wish you could play?

EN: Piano, better.

SO: What is your theme song?

EN: "I Can't Get Started".

SO: Who is your musical hero?

EN: John Coltrane.

SO: What song, album or artist never gets old for you?

EN: John Coltrane.

SO: There's a band playing in Heaven tonight. Who is in it?

EN: Miles Davis.

SO: When you were 15, your favorite artist, song, or album was:

EN: J. J. Johnson.

J.J. Johnson
1996 NEA Jazz Master J.J. Johnson dominated his instrument of trombone for more than 40 years, and was known as a potent composer and arranger.

SO: You are programming a music festival. What artists, dead or alive, headline Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night?

EN: Joe Lovano, John Scofield, Maria Schneider.

SO: What artist is the most underrated or misunderstood?

EN: Me.

SO: What is the last concert you saw?

EN: Bruckner's 9th Symphony.


Ed's new album, Covers, is available now

Ed Neumeister ‘Covers’ His Musical Journey
Trombonist Ed Neumeister, a fixture in the jazz world for over four decades, is set to release “Covers,” an album that revisits the soundtrack of his youth.

You like Spotlight On. If you also like coffee, art, clothes and more, check out our online shop. We have an ever-changing selection of some terrific limited edition collectibles. Your purchases help us do more of those things we do. Thanks.