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Article: Album Review

Stéphane Mercier: Live At The Jazz Station

Read "Live At The Jazz Station" reviewed by Ian Patterson


A graduate of the Conservatoire Royale de Bruxelles and Berkley College of Music--where he was lead alto in Herb Pomeroy's big band--Belgian saxophonist Stéphane Mercier has been leading/co-leading groups since the mid-'90s. This live album, captured from a gig at The Jazz Station, the famous Brussels venue in whose long-standing big band Mercier sits. That chair ...

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T. K. Blue: Planet Bluu

Read "Planet Bluu" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Is T.K. Blue the coolest name for a jazz artist? Only “Thelonious Monk" competes in the category. Blue (aka Talib Kibue) a New Yorker of Trinidad and Jamaican descent who boasts a wide-ranging career--involvements with saxophonist Sam Rivers and pianist Randy Weston (he plays on Weston's 1991, Verve Records masterpiece, The Spirits Of Our Ancestors)--showcases a ...

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Article: Chats with Cats

The Record Store Owner: Jim Eigo

Read "The Record Store Owner: Jim Eigo" reviewed by B.D. Lenz


The last couple decades have brought a revolution in every aspect of the music-making process. Technology has transformed the creation of music, the promotion of music, and of course the distribution of music. At the very end of this delivery pipeline there has been a variety of formats that includes bulky vinyl records and clunky CDs, ...

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Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners 2022

Read "Brilliant Corners 2022" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Brilliant Corners 2022 The Black Box Belfast, N. Ireland March 4-12, 2022 Brilliant Corners is ten. Belfast's onliest jazz festival celebrated the milestone by welcoming audiences back to The Black Box after 2021's virtual edition. When Brilliant Corners was last held here before a live audience, in March 2020, Covid ...

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Adam Nolan Trio: Prim and Primal

Read "Prim and Primal" reviewed by Jim Worsley


Prim and Primal is a cool name for a record. It does, however, take some balls to put out a record with such a title. It leaves listeners with deep expectations. To paraphrase the old saying, though, “It's okay to talk the talk if you can walk the walk." Alto saxophonist Adam Nolan has a pair ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Steve Davis, Paul Desmond & Walt Weiskopf

Read "Steve Davis, Paul Desmond & Walt Weiskopf" reviewed by Joe Dimino


We begin the 684th Episode of Neon Jazz with veteran jazz trombonist Steve Davis and follow that up with a song by his mentor Jackie McLean. Quite a bit of music came out during 2020 and that trend continues into 2021. We look back at music released by Walt Weiskopf, Joshua Redman and Andrea Brachfeld in ...


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