Guitarist Jon Fadem on 2025 Release Thankful, Solo Debut & Career
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series. On this episode, we catch up with Pennsylvania-based acclaimed jazz guitarist Jon Fadem to talk about his new 2025 album Thankful—his long-awaited solo debut and a deeply personal instrumental project.
Created during the pandemic, Thankful came together after Jon combed through a collection of old phones, rediscovering musical ideas he’d been shaping for years. Those fragments became a cohesive, all-original album of guitar-forward instrumental music, telling a personal life story without words.
The songs move freely across genres…
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