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Clovis Nicolas

After having established himself as a first-call bass player on the European scene (performances with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Brad Mehldau, Michel Legrand,..), jazz bassist Clovis Nicolas moved from France to New York in 2002. Since then, he has shared the stage in numerous venues (Jazz Standard, Smalls Jazz Club, Blue Note, 55 Bar, Kennedy Center, Smoke, Jazz Gallery, Birdland, Alice Tully Hall, Dizzy’s Club...) with some of today's most prominent jazz musicians, such as Jeremy Pelt, Grant Stewart, Harry Allen, Branford Marsalis, Curtis Fuller, Benny Powell, James Williams, Peter Bernstein, Joe Magnarelli, Marcus Gilmore, Sachal Vasandani, Eric Alexander, Carl Allen, Greg Hutchinson, and Dan Nimmer.

Blues in Blueprint: 12 Variations on the Blues

By Clovis Nicolas

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Old Stack O'Lee Blues; Twisted Blues; One for My Baby (And One More For The Road); Hutch; Lawns; The 5:30 PM Dive Bar Rendezvous; Ramblin'; Blues in Blueprint; The Double Nickel; The Bass Speaks; Groovy Globy; Abide with Me.

Decidedly so

By Joe Magnarelli

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: D.J.; Decidedly So; Good Health; 10th Anniversary; This Nearly Was Mine; When I Grow Too Old To Dream; When I Fall In Love; Jimmy's Blues.

Clovis Nicolas: Blues in Blueprint: 12 Variations on the Blues

by Angelo Leonardi
August 13, 2026

Il contrabbassista Clovis Nicolas presenta dodici differenti interpretazioni del blues, interpretando in trio brani personali e temi appartenenti ad epoche e autori  diversi: dai tradizionali “Abide with Me" e “Old Stack O'Lee Blues" a Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery, Ornette Coleman, Carla Bley e altri. Con lui sono Carl Allen alla batteria e ...

Clovis Nicolas: Blues in Blueprint: 12 Variations on the Blues

by Kyle Simpler
April 13, 2026

The blues has long functioned as something equivalent to comfort food in jazz, a familiar form that musicians return to again and again. On Blues in Blueprint: 12 Variations on the Blues, bassist Clovis Nicolas embraces that tradition while subtly reframing it. Rather than treating the blues as a fixed structure, Nicolas approaches it as a living ...

Reverie

By Stefan Sirbu

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Drydown; Elsa Au Miroir; No Worries; Reverie; Sweet; That Very Vienne; V.S.T. (Valse Sans Titre).

Stefan Sirbu: Reverie

by Dan McClenaghan
April 5, 2025

The art of daydreaming is the birthplace of creativity. Moldavian-born pianist Stefan Sirbu delves into that state of receptive awareness with his album Reverie. The seven tunes presented here total up to a bit under 40 minutes. Sirbu says his goal was: “To produce a record that one could listen to during a short commute home, ...

Unexpected Dirtection

By Alex Madeline

Label: Lyonhill Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Direction Balance OR3 Voyage Thoughts Dream

All Is Merry And Bright

By Donald Vega

Label: Imagery Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Royal Davids City; Joy To The World; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; O Come O Come Emmanuel; Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem; Greensleeves; Deck The Halls; Midnight Clear; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Auld Lang Syne.

Miguel Zenon, Russell Malone & Yvonnick Prene

by Joe Dimino
September 8, 2024

From talented French-born, NYC-based harmonica player Yvonnic Prene and pianist Geoff Keezer, we triumphantly enter the 870th Episode of Neon Jazz. Off an album dedicated to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, they do their spin on “Tide." Following that cut, we get into solo work from Keezer and music from his 2000 album Zero One. ...