Jon Armstrong
Host of Don't Call It JazzHost of Don't Call it Jazz (DCiJ) on KISU-FM. DCiJ air's twice monthly on Saturday nights at 7:00 pm.
Jonathan Armstrong is an Idaho based creative musician, bandleader, composer, and innovative educator. In 2015, he moved to Pocatello to take the job as the Director of Jazz Studies at Idaho State University. Before that he resided in Los Angeles, where we worked as a professional musician. He has released two critically acclaimed albums: “Farewell” (2013) features compositions for a 25-piece large ensemble, and “Burnt Hibiscus” (2015) sets surrealist poetry to Indian ragas for a 10-piece ensemble. He is also a member of the Kobie Watkins Grouptet, a jazz quintet that regularly performs all throughout the country. Their debut album "Movement" was released in 2018.
Jon was recently awarded a 2019 Idaho Commission on the Arts Performing Arts Fellowship. He enjoys long walks in the Pocatello hills with his wife, daughter, and dog.
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Don't Call it Jazz is proud to host Bad Goode, an amazing jazz musician who was kind enough to sit down with our host Jon Armstrong for an interview and to listen to three of Goode's own recordings. -
Don't Call it Jazz is proud to present the debut album of Idaho Falls based drummer Caleb Coleman, Concentric Circles, released on City Creek Records.
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Don’t Call it Jazz is thrilled to host Bay Area musician Saxreligious (Eli Maliwan) to listen to and celebrate his new album Elysia Marginata, out on Hot Record Societe.
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Don’t Call it Jazz is thrilled to host Bay Area musician Saxreligious (Eli Maliwan) to listen to and celebrate his new album Elysia Marginata, out on Hot Record Societe.
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This episode of Don't Call it Jazz, join us in celebrating the life and honor the accomplishments of recently passed Jazz legend, Jaimie Branch.
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Don't Call it Jazz is proud to present ISU alum, Mal Layne in studio to discuss her new album, Integration by Parts, released on City Creek Records, ISU's new record label. Mal was a graduate of the music department in 2022 and is now studying in graduate school at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City on trombone.
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This week we continue our conversation with Chris Long and Jon Armstrong. Chris discusses his time with Concord Records, and some of the projects he's been a part of.
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Don't Call it Jazz is proud to present an interview and listening hang with Music Producer Chris Long. Chris discusses his time with Concord Records, and some of the projects he's been a part of.
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For this episode of Don’t Call it Jazz, Jon digs into his recent purchases and shares some of his favorite recent tracks. Not so much a best-of, but a collection of great creative jazz music from some wonderful contemporary artists that Jon has been listening to on repeat recently.
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Don't Call it Jazz is proud to present an annual tradition of celebrating LGBTQ musicians in recognition of pride month.
