Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Brooklyn Jazz Pianist Julia Chen – She talked to us about her debut EP Silver Spoons and how she started her life off as a shy bespectacled child learning to rely on music to express her personality and connect with others in ways she couldn't with words. Raised in Brooklyn by parents from Poland and China, she grew up learning piano by ear from her mother who was a poet and mathematician. She would go on to get a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio. And she made her way back to New York to form her rendessvous trio .. and so much more .. Click here to listen to the interview. Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/