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Stéphane Mercier

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Coming from a family surrounded by music and musicians, Stéphane Mercier studied different instruments early on before focusing on the saxophone and the flute, composition and arrangement. After studying at Berklee College of Music in the mid-90’s, he intensively toured with Mark Turner, Seamus Blake, B.Connection, Exile Society...then moved to Brooklyn, NY (95-02), where he played and/or recorded with a.o. Aaron Goldberg, Chris Cheek, Avishai Cohen, Randy Brecker, Jeff Ballard, Ingrid Jensen, Matt Penman,… Stéphane moved to Paris for a couple of years before Brussels, where he currently resides

Album

All In Motion

Label: Step By Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: All In Motion; Inner Way; Centro; Faultlines (trio); Pond Life; Windchill; Chilled Hymn; One Way Street; All In Motion (duo); Drip Dry.

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Live At The Jazz Station

Label: Step By Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Quantum Stereo: My Ideal; Calling Colescott; Multi-Tonic Society; Belgian Flies; Blizz

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Article: Album Review

Dave Redmond: All In Motion

Read "All In  Motion" reviewed by Ian Patterson


There is not too much down time for your average hard-working musician. Between scuffling for gigs wherever and whenever they fall, studio sessions and the inevitable teaching bag, it is often a struggle to keep all the balls in the air. Irish bassist Dave Redmond has managed better than many since the turn of the millennium. ...

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Article: Interview

Dave Redmond: The Next In Line

Read "Dave Redmond: The Next In Line" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Ireland probably has more good jazz bassists than at any time before but ask who the most in-demand bassist in the country is and the answer is most likely Dave Redmond. The Dubliner has been a key player on the Irish jazz scene since the early 2000s, playing with Irish guitar greats Louis Stewart and Tommy ...

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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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Article: Live Review

George Colligan Quartet At Magy's Farm

Read "George Colligan Quartet At Magy's Farm" reviewed by Ian Patterson


George Colligan Quartet Magy's Farm Dromara, N. Ireland May 8, 2024 Ordinarily the words George Colligan and Dromara would not belong in the same sentence. Colligan is one of the world's great modern jazz pianists. Dromara is a small village and sparsely populated townland in the County Down hills that ...

Album

United Beats

Label: KlapYaHandz Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: United we fall, Hundred Beats,Parallel Universe, Old Pots, New Exotic

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Article: Interview

Stephane Mercier: New Saxophone Talent

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This article was originally published at All About Jazz in December 2001. Belgian alto saxophonist Stephane Mercier tolerates no boundaries. “I listened to some cheesy things when I was young--I don't mind. If I like something, I just put it," he proclaims about his approach to music. A new talent in the jazz world, ...

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B-Konexion

B-Konexion

An eclectic jazz-funk-fusion band formed in the mid-90’s in Boston MA, B.Konexion consists of some amazing musicians, composer and producers. The group’s first album Don’t Butt in Line was the winner of the prestigious Down Beat Student Music Award (18th Award) as Best Instrumental Jazz Band 1995 (USA). B.Konexion toured in Europe, appearing on festivals in Belgium, Holland, France, Switzerland and Germany.

THE BAND

The band leader/composer/saxophonist/flutist player is Stéphane Mercier from Brussels, Belgium. Stéphane worked, toured and recorded with lots of amazing jazz musicians in small and big band formations such as Mark Turner, Seamus Blake, Chris Cheek, Randy Brecker, Grégoire Maret, Antonio Sanchez, Benny Benack III, Bai Kamara Jr, the Jazz Station Big Band, BZ Sounds, Mango Santamaria, Aaron Goldberg, Jeanfrançois Prins, Jeff Ballard, Adam Deitch, Matt Penman, Vincent Bourgeyx, Darren Beckett, Eric Legnini, Vijay Iyer, Nicolas Thys, Melvin Butler, Avishai Cohen, Bruno Castellucci, Jason Rebello…


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